(The Kimball Line.)

          The name Kimball in England, as records show, appears in the various forms of Kymbolde, Kembold, Kembould, Kembolde, and Kemball.  From New England this family has spread throughout the United States, and has included, and now includes, many prominent in social, political and commercial affairs. 

          (I) The common ancestor of the great majority of Kimballs, who with his family embarked at Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, England, April 10, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master.  He arrived at Boston, and from thence went to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he settled and became an active man in the new settlement.  He was by trade a wheelwright.  He was proclaimed a freeman in 1635, May 6, and was a proprietor in 1636-37.  Soon after this date he was invited to remove to Ipswich, where was needed a competent man to act as a wheelwright to the new settlement.  Here he spent the remainder of his days as one of the leading men of the town.  He died June 22, 1675.  Richard Kimball married (first) Ursula Scott, of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk, England.  He married (second) Margaret Dow, widow of Henry Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire, October 23, 1661.  His children, eleven in number, were by his first wife:  1. Abigail, born in Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England; married in England John Severans, and they came to America; she died at Salisbury, Massachusetts, June 17, 1658, and he died at the same place, April 9, 1682.  They were the parents of twelve children.  Their youngest child, Elizabeth Severans, married, in 1686, Samuel Eastman, of Salisbury, Massachusetts.  Her granddaughter, Abigail Eastman, born July 10, 1737, daughter of Thomas and Abigail (French) Eastman, married Ebenezer Webster, and was the mother of Daniel Webster, the statesman.  2. Henry, baptized August 12, 1615.  3. Elizabeth, born in Rattlesden, Suffolk county, England.  4. Richard, born in Rattlesden, about 1623.  5. Mary, born in Rattlesden, England, in 1625, married Robert Dutch, of Gloucester and Ipswich, Massachusetts.  6. Martha, born in Rattlesden, August, 1629, married Joseph Fowler, who was born in England in 1622, and was killed by the Indians, may 19, 1676, near Deerfield, Massachusetts.  7. John, mentioned below.  8. Thomas, born 1633, died May 5, 1676.  9. Sarah, born at Watertown, Massachusetts, 1635, died June 12, 1690; married, November 24, 1658, Edward Allen, of Ipswich, Massachusetts.  10  Benjamin, born in 1637.  11. Caleb, born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1639, died 1682.

          (II) John, third son of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kimball, born in Rattlesden, county of Suffolk, England, 1631, came to America with his father and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he died May 6, 1698.  By trade he was a wheelwright, but by occupation was an extensive farmer.  He

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also frequently bought and sold land and a number of deeds on records in Salem bear his name.  About 1655 he married (first) Bridget Bradstreet, born in England, 1633, and came to New England with her parents in the same ship which brought John Kimball.  He married (second) in 1666, Mary Jordan, of Ipswich.  On March 8, 1673, he united with the church.  His will was made March 18, 1697-98.  Children, born in Ipswich, four by his first, and others by his second marriage:  1. John, born November 8, 1657, died February 24, 1658.  2. Mary, December 10, 1658; married, May 17, 1682, Deacon Thomas Knowlton, of Ipswich, Massachusetts.  3. Richard, September 22, 1665, died May 26, 1716.  4. Elizabeth, twin of Richard.  5. Abigail, March 22, 1667; married (first) October 14, 1689, Isaac Estey, of Topsfield; (second) April 25, 1718, William, son of Jonathan Poole.  6. John, mentioned below.  7. Benjamin, July 22, 1670, died May 28, 1716.  8. Sarah. July 29, 1671, died 1724; married John Potter, of Ipswich.  9. Moses, September, 1672. 10. Aaron, January, 1674, died probably before his father, as he is not mentioned in father's will.  11. Joseph, January 24, 1675, died 1761. 

          (III) John (2), third son of John (1) Kimball and second child of his second wife, Mary (Jordan) Kimball, was born March 16, 1668, in Ipswich, died May 4, 1761, in Preston, Connecticut, where he located in the spring of 1727.  He inherited from his father the homestead on which he lived in early life at Kimball's Point, Ipswich.  This he sold August 4, 1726, immediately following which he went to Stonington, Connecticut, and spent the following winter.  He had taken deed, July 11, 1726, to a farm of two hundred acres in Preston for which he paid seven hundred pounds.  There he lived to the close of his life.  He married at Watertown, December 2, 1692, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Whipple) Goodhue.  Children:  1. John.  2. Joseph.  3. Mary.  4. David.  5. Nathan.  6. Isaac.  7. Jacob.  8. Abigail.  9. Sarah

          (IV) Jacob, fifth son of John (2) and Sarah (Goodhue) Kimball, was born October 12, 1706, in Ipswich, and died in Preston, May 4, 1788, in his eighty-second year.  He removed to Preston about the same time as his father, and in January, 1731, purchased land there on which he lived.  He married (first), February 24, 1730, Mary Parke, born June 6, 1715.  His (second) wife, Martha, born June 10, 1718, died February 8, 1789.  Her family name is not recorded.  Children, all born in Preston:  1. Hannah.  2. Lucy.  3. Jacob.  4. Mary.  5. Moses.  6. Asa.  7. Levi.  8. Elisha.  9. Lucretia.  10. Daniel.  This family was noted for its longevity, the average age of the ten children being eighty-six and seven-tenths years. 

          (V) Levi, fourth son of Jacob and Mary (Parke) Kimball, was born April 22, 1745, in Preston, and died there September 15, 1827.  His wife's name was Abigail, and their children were:  1. Hannah.  2. Desire.  3. Levi.

          (VI) Hannah, eldest child of Levi and Abigail Kimball, was born October 27, 1769, in Preston, and become the wife of Samuel Darbee (see Darbee IV).

(The Gates Line.)

          This is a very ancient name in England and was brought to this country by several early immigrants.  Their descendants have included many prominent citizens of the American colonies and the United States.  the name has been conspicuously identified with various wars in this country, beginning with the early struggles with the Indians, continuing through the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the great Civil War.  Its representatives in this country have been people of his spirit and temper in many cases, and their bravery upon the battlefield has been conspicuous.  In the walks of peace, in manufactures, in the arts, in agriculture and every worthy calling of life, it has borne well its part.  Thomas Gates, Esquire, of Higheaster, and Thursteubia, county of Essex, England, born 1327, was the original ancestor of the family so far as now known.  From him some lines have been traced down to the present day. 

          (I) The first to whom the family herein mentioned can be traced was George Gates, born about 1634, in England, who came to this country when seventeen years old with Captain Nicholas Olmstead, and settled in Hartford.  There he grew to maturity and became an active citizen, and was chimney viewer in 1661.  In the following year he was one of the original proprietors of the

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town of Haddam, Connecticut, and settled there, becoming a leader in the community.    He was captain of the first military company at Haddam, serving in that capacity until October, 1697.  In 1668 he represented the town in the general court, and often filled that position in the succeeding thirty yeas; was appointed justice of the peace as early as 1691, and served at least twelve years in that capacity.  He first resided on the west side of the Connecticut River, and about 1685 removed to the east side, living in what is called "Creek Row."   He shared in the first division of "Machimoodus Meadow" in 1686, and was one of the right original make members of the church at East Haddam in 1704.  He died November 12, 1724, aged about ninety years.  He married Sarah, eldest daughter of Captain Nicholas Olmstead, son of James Olmstead, who came to Boston in 1632, and removed to Hartford in 1636, becoming an original proprietor.  The son, Captain Nicholas Olmstead, was one of the prominent public men of Hartford, and filled important public offices.  He served in the Pequot War and also in King Philip's War, being appointed a captain and sent to New London in 1675.  His wife Sarah was a daughter of Joseph Loomis, of Windsor, Connecticut.  Sarah, wife of Captain Gates, died November 7, 1709.  Children;  1. Joseph, born November 7, 1662.  2. Thomas, June 21, 1664.  3. John, April 4, 1668.  4. Sarah,. March 16, 1670.  5. Mary, March 16, 1674.  6. George, August 16, 1677.  7. Daniel, mentioned below.

          (II) Daniel, youngest child of George and Sarah (Olmstead) Gates, was born May 4, 1680, in East Haddam, died the November 24, 1761.  He was the first deacon of the Millington Society of East Haddam, and was often a town officer, being selectman from 1729 to 1739, and leather sealer in 1740.  His wife Rebecca was admitted to the communion in the first church of East Haddam, June 29, 1712.  Children:  1. Daniel, born February 5, 1707.  2. David, mentioned below.  3. Rebecca, June 27, 1711.  4. Abigail, March 18, 1714.  5. Joseph, September 7, 1716  6. Mary, March 29, 1719.  7. Ruth, August 10, 1721.  8. Ephraim, August 18, 1724.  9. Judah, August 2, 1727. 

          (III) David, second son of Daniel and Rebecca Gates, was born June 27, 1709, baptized July 24, same year, at East Haddam, where he lived.  He was admitted to full communion in the first church of East Haddam, December 28, 1729, and died January 16, 1795, in Millington.  He married, September 17, 1730, Hannah (Hungerford) Ashley, widow of Samuel Ashley.  Children:  1. Elizabeth, born January 15, 1734.  2. Levi, mentioned below.  3. Mary, October 22, 1738.

          (IV) Levi, only son of David and Hannah (Hungerford) Gates, was born February 23, 1730, in East Haddam, and resided in Millington Society.  He married, in Westchester, may 29, 1760, Lydia Crocker, born January 14, 1736, in Colchester, daughter of James and Alice Crocker, who came from Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Colchester.  Children:  1. Betsy Allen, who lived to be one hundred and seven years old and died in Westerly, Rhode Island.  2. Levi, mentioned below.

          (V) Levi (2), son of Levi (1), and Lydia (Crocker) Gates, was born February 24, 1770, in east Haddam.  He resided for a time in New Marlboro, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and was one of the pioneer settlers of the town of Liberty, Sullivan County, New York, where he cleared land and was a successful farmer.  He married Anna Allen, born November 11, 1770, in Westerly, Rhode Island, daughter of Samuel and Isabelle Allen.  Children:  1. Jonathan, born August 17, 1794, a harnessmaker, died at Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, May, 1854; married Sally Hurd, September 5, 1816.  2. Eliza, mentioned below.  3. Arletta, born August 10, 1803, at New Marlboro, married, January 20, 1853, Francis Le Roy, and died in Liberty, New York, November 14, 1884. 

          (VI) Eliza, daughter of Levi (2) and Anna (Allen) Gates, was born March 24, 1800, in New Marlboro, died in Liberty, New York, January 24, 1997.  She married, January 10, 1822, John Darbee, of Liberty (see Darbee V).

ARMSTRONG.     John Armstrong, founder of this family, was born in Scotland, March, 1736.  He came as a young man to America.  he married Sarah Woolsey, born April 15, 1741.  Children:  1. Moses, married (first) Hannah Acker, (second) Catherine -----------;

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Had three children by first wife, two by second.  2. Jacob, married, and had four children.  3. Gabriel, married Betsey --------, and had three children.  4. Richard, married Hannah Drew, had one child.  5. Martin, married Thurza Rhodes, had two children.  6. Aaron.  7. Stephen.  8. William, of whom further.  9. Elizabeth, married Edwin Gail, one child.  10. Tamar.  11. Lucinda, or Lucretia. 

          (II) William, son of John and Sarah (Woolsey) Armstrong, was born April 25, 1772, died January 27,1808.  He lived in Dutchess County, New York,.  He married, march 1, 1795, Mary Buckbee, born September 2, 1777, died March 27, 1855.  Children:  1. John.  2. Asbury, died young.  3. Sarah, born September 29, 1801, died November 15, 1869; married William Henry Avery; children:  i. William Henry, ii. Sarah Jane,  iii. John Sela.  4. Milton, a builder in New York City; married (first) Lucinda Avery, (second) Penelope Pierce.  Child by fist wife: Mary H., children by second wife:  2. Grace.  3. Alida.  4. Sarah.  5. Elizabeth.  5. Asbury, married (first) Mary J. Maxwell, (second) Jane Horton.  Children:  1. Sarah F. and Emma.  6. Alexander, of whom further.

          (III) Alexander, son of William and Mary (Buckbee) Armstrong, was born august 1, 1808, in Putnam County, New York, died June 23, 1898.  He was a carpenter by trade, and also a farmer in Putnam County, but was later a car man in New York City for many years.  He married, December 23, 1832, Sarah Ann, born November 3, 1810, died November 18, 1854, daughter of Silas and Hannah (Smith) Chapman, both of Putnam County.  Children of Silas and Hannah (Smith) Chapman:  1. James, married Catherine Romer; children, all born in Putnam County:  i. Ferris,  ii. Henry,  iii.  Marsdes,  iv. Fanny, and four others.  2. Henry, married Catherine Croft; children:  i. Curtis, deceased,  ii. Mary Chapman Samson.  3. Harriet, married Stephen Curry, no children.  4. Harrison, not married.  5. Maria, married Mathias Croft, of Putnam County; children, all born in Putnam county:  i. Mary J.,  ii. William,  iii. Harriet,  iv. Silas,  v. Frank,  vi. Charles P., vii. Hannah.  6. Sarah Ann, referred to above.

          Children of Alexander and Sarah Ann (Chapman) Armstrong:  1. Alexander (2), died July 13, 1856.  2. Mary E., born October 8, 1836; married George F. Barmore, of Lake Mohegan, Westchester County, New York; children, all born in Adams Corner, Putnam County, New York.  i. Mary.  ii. Emma.  iii. Lewis.  iv. Catherine.  v. Frank.  3. Sela, born April 15, 1840; married Margaret Cole, of Putnam county;  children, born at Putnam Valley, Putnam county:  i. Harriet R., ii. Emma V.  4. Sarah J., born December 22, 1846; married Reuben Perry, of Putnam County; children, born in Putnam county:  i. Walter, deceased, ii. Edward.  6. William, born October 26, 1849, died January 14, 1883; married Margaret Brewster, of Putnam County; children:  i. Frederick A., ii. Herbert.  7. Harriet R., died May 7, 1863.

          (IV) Henry Lewis, son of Alexander and Sarah Ann (Chapman) Armstrong, was born at Putnam Valley, March 23, 1843.  He attended public schools there, and finished his education at a seminary in the western part of the state.  Prior to this he had been engaged for six years in farming and cattle raising in Illinois.  He is a Methodist in  religion, and has been for many years a trustee of the church and was for years superintendent of the Sunday School.  He is an Independent in politics.  At this time (1912) he is president of the park commissioners of Peekskill.  He is a trustee of the Westchester national Bank of Peekskill; trustee of the Savings Bank; president of the Highland Democrat Company, and an associate member of the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Company, of Peekskill.  Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 744, of Peekskill, and trustee of the Hillside Cemetery Association. 

          He married (first), June 23, 1864, in Illinois, Margaret F. Barmore, of lake Mohegan, New York, who died at Peekskill, November 9, 1908, and is buried in Hillside Cemetery; no children.  She was the daughter of Mead Barmore, deceased, and Jane (Curry) Barmore, daughter of Thomas Currey, and Rebecca Ward (see Ward V.).  Mr. Armstrong married (third) January 29, 1910, Evelyn Paulding, daughter of John Middagh and Susan Wiley (Paulding) Ward (see Ward VII).

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(The Ward Line.)

          Andrew Ward, the founder of this family, was born in England, probably in 1597, died in 1659.  He is found first at Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was made freeman May 14, 1634; thence he removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut.  He held various offices in the Connecticut colony, and was a staunch supporter of the Congregationalist Church.  He next settled at Stamford, Connecticut then a part of the New Haven colony, and gained political prominence there.  Finally, he settled at Fairfield, Connecticut.  He married Hester, daughter of Edmund and Judith (Angier) Sherman, born April 1, 1606, died about 1666.  Children:  1. Edmund.  2. William, died 1675,76.  3. Anne, died July 23, 1718; married about 1650, Caleb Nichols.  4. Mary, married John burr.  5. John, died 1683-84; married, April 18, 1664, Mary Harris.  6. Sarah, married Nathaniel burr.  7. Abigail, married (first), May 2, 1670, Moses Dimon, (second), Edward Howard.  8. Andrew, died in 1690; married in 1667-68, Tryal Meigs.  9. Samuel, of whom further.

          (II) Sergeant Samuel Ward, son of Andrew and Hester (Sherman) Ware, was born about 1648, died January 8, 1693.  He was called Sergeant.  He married (first) Hannah, daughter of Richard and Mary (Hall) Ogden, who died April 30, 1691; (second) Hannah Nichols, widow of Jonathan Nichols.  Children all but one by first marriage:  1. Edmund, died in 1712.  2. Sarah.  3. Samuel, died in 1706.  4. William, born about 1678, married Hannah Pell.  5. John, of whom further.  6. Moses, born in 1685.  7. Hannah, married Peter Bulkley.

          (III) John, son of Sergeant Samuel and Hannah (Ogden) Ward, was born about 1683, died probably December 6, 1767.  He lived at East Chester, Westchester County New York, but probably removed late in life to Peekskill, where he was buried.  He married Elizabeth ----------.  Children:  1. John, married Mary Pell.  2. Caleb, of whom further.  3. Phebe, married Caleb Morgan.         

          (IV) Caleb, son of John and Elizabeth Ward, was born November 11, 1728, died May 16, 1802.  He lived at Peekskill.  He married (first) Mary, daughter of Benjamin Drake, born April 30, 1731, died February 20, 1801, and (second) Rebecca, another daughter of Benjamin Drake.  Children, all by first wife:  1 Benjamin, of whom further.  2. John, born in 1752, died November 5, 1846; married Elizabeth Strang.  3. Abigail, married Solomon Fowler.  4. Esther, born April 1, 1765, died March 6, 1804;  married John Paulding, the captor of Major André.  5. Mary, married James Perrot.  6. Phebe, born December 31, 1770, died January 4, 1799; married Samuel Jones.  7. Caleb, born in March, 1774, died December 13, 1811; married, September 16, 1794, Susannah Jones.

          (V) Benjamin, son of Caleb and Mary (Drake) Ward, was born in 1750-51, died April 21, 1817.  He married, in 1775, Phebe, daughter of Reuben and Jane (Valentine) Fowler, born in 1756, died January 9, 1848.  Children:  1. Rebecca, February 3, 1776, died August 31, 1864; married Thomas Currey.  2. Reuben, of whom further.  3. James, born in 1782, died in 1826; married Martha Bard.  4. Mary, married (first) timothy Conklin, (second) David Field.  5. Phebe, married peter Ferris.  6. Hester, married Rev. Israel Hammond.  7. Nancy, married Ira Knapp.  8. Sarah. Married James D. Hyatt.  9. Elizabeth, died March 20, 1847.  10. Benjamin, born January 26, 1800, died February 26, 1842; married Mary Yoe.

          (VI) Reuben, son of Benjamin and Phebe (Fowler) Ward, was born in 1779, died January 14, 1824.  He married Sarah, born in 1786, died March 9, 1876, daughter of Stephen and Frances (Moore) Currey.  Her father was a farmer in Ulster county, New York.  Children:  1. Mary Ann, born June 24, 1805, died in 1885; married (first) Zadok Petit, and (second) Stephen Mott.  2. Caleb, born September 26, 1807, died in 1855; married, in 1828, died in December, 1880; married David Field.  4. Jane, born March 28, 1811; married (first) Antonio Recanio, (second) John Thatcher.  5. Frances, died in 1882; married Ezra Lawrence.  6. John Middagh, of whom further.  7. Jacob, born April 2, 1820, died in 1880.  8. Rebecca, born May 14, 1822, died April 15, 1891. 

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Sarah (Currey) Ward, was born at Greenbush, Ulster County, New York, February 7, 1818, died June 2, 1906.  As his father died while he was quite young he joined the family of his uncle, Thomas Currey, on a farm near Peekskill.  For a number of years, beginning at the age of sixteen, he was on a Hudson River sloop.  After this he was in the butcher business.  He was a strong Republican and held various offices. 

          He married, September 7, 1845, Susan Wiley, born February 8, 1824, died March 25, 1892, daughter of Caleb and Caroline Augusta (Conklin) Paulding.  Her father was a son of John and Esther (Ward) Paulding, (see Ward IV). Children, all born at Peekskill:  1. Edwin F., born July 5, 1840, died April 8, 1891.  2. Matilda.  3. Evelyn Paulding, born May 1, 1854; married Henry Lewis Armstrong (see Armstrong IV).  4. Emily, born in 1856, died June 1, 1800.  5. Albert, born in 1858, died June 1, 1860.  6. Sarah Augusta, born in 1860, died June 1, 160.  7. Caroline, born September 7, 1866, died March 19, 1878.

TICE.     Joseph Henry Tice, the founder of this family, came from Germany to American in 1735.  His father started with him, but died at sea.  He married ----------.  Children:  1. John, married Sarah Horton.  2. Philip, referred to below.

          (II) Philip, son of Joseph Henry Tice, came with his father to Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York, in 1799.  He married Phoebe, daughter of David Horton, of Mamakating; his brother married her sister.  Children:  1. Henry.  2. David.  3. Philip, referred to below.  4. William.  5. Gilbert.  6. Elijah.  7. Phoebe, married Nathan Weed Hough.  8. Gettie, married David Warne.  9. Sarah, married Samuel Brown.  10, Ann, married John Rider.  11. -------- Marshall. 

          (III) Philip (2), son of Philip (1) and Phoebe (Horton) Tice, lived at Mamakating, New York.  he married Harriet Hanyon, of Mountaindale, Sullivan county, New York.  Children: 1. Ann, married Alexander Schrein, of Mountaindale.  2. Phoebe Jane, married Ferris St. John, and they lived at Summitville, Sullivan County, New York.  3. John William.  4. Cornelius Langster, referred to below.  5. James.  6. Sarah, married John I. Cudney, of Summitville.  7. Frank Charles, married Anne Hanson;  8. William Oliver, living in Kansas. 

          (IV) Cornelius Langster, son of Philip (2) and Harriet (Hanyon) Tice, was born on the farm at Mountaindale, January 9, 1839.  He lived there all his days, farming a hundred acres of land.  He married, September 1, 1862, Laura Amanda, daughter of Theodore and Esther (Clark) Tompkins, of Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, New York.  Children:  1. Frank Charles, referred to below.  2. Emily Esther, born July 13, 1866, died in February, 1887; married emery Tice, a relative, son of Charles and Betsy (Budd) Tice.  3. Libby Ellen, born in 1868, died in 1895.  4. Orville Youngs, born January 12, 1871; married Jane, daughter of John Wilson, of Middletown, Orange county, New York; child, Laura, living with parents.  5. Mabel Edith, born in 1874; married Charles Schoening, a native of Germany; children:  i. Emily,  ii. Edwin, died January 10, 1912, iii. Alexander, iv. Hermenia.

          (V) Frank Charles, son of Cornelius Langster and Laura Amanda (Tompkins) Tice, was born July 31, 1864.  He is now living on a farm east of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York.  He is an industrious and kind man.  The Tice family take pleasure in the fact that all the family have been morally and religiously upright, sober, earnest church workers; they claim that there has not been hitherto a black sheep in the flock.  Mr. Tice is a Methodist in religion and a republican in politics.  He married, September 28m 1904, Edith Laura, daughter of David Robinson, of Monticello.  Children:  1, Eva, born October 3, 1906, died in infancy.  2. Le Roy David, born June 22,m 1908, died September 27, 1908.  3. Ralph Charles, born October 26, 1911, died November 31, 1911. 

COVART.     This name was planted in New York by an early Dutch immigrant, and has been identified with the history of that state down to the present time.  It appears with a multitude of spellings in the early Dutch records, such as Coevors, Coeveres, Couverts, Coeuvert, Coverd, and Coverden.  The usual spelling of the name in modern generations is Covert, but the branch herein traced used the form given at the head of this article.

(I)               Teunis Janse Covart came form Hol-

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land, probably from Coervorden in 1651.  His last place of residence in Holland was Heemstede, near Harlem, in North Holland.  Before 1660 both he and his wife were members of the Dutch church in New York.  After this they settled in Brooklyn, where he died before 1700.  He took the oath of allegiance to the English Government at Bedford, in 1685.  He was assessed there 1675-76 and 1683.  His wife was Barbara Lucas, or Jans, probably a daughter of Jan  Lucas.  Children:  1. Hans.  2. Marretje.  3. Lucas.  4. Lauritz.  5. Aeltje.  6. Sarah.  7. Annettje.  8. Jannettje.  9. Aagyrica. 

          (II)Lucas Covart was probably the son of Teunis Janse Covart, and may have been left in Holland until some time after the immigration of the parents.  In a statement by him, it appears he came to New York in 1663, possibly this may indicate the year of his birth.  When he took the oath of British allegiance in 1687 he stated that he had been twenty-four years in this country.  He was assessed in Bedford in 1683, and bought land there, April 26, 1697.  This he sold the same day.  His name was written Lucas Coeverts and he signed with a mark, as did his wife.  He was a member of the Brooklyn Church in 1677, and later resided at Madnan's Neck, now Great Neck in the present town of North Hempstead.  At some time he wrote his name Lucas Teunissen, and the name Lucas at time appears of Luijcas.  He married, August 27, 1682, Barbara Sprong, of New Amsterdam, daughter of Jan and Anna (Sodelaers) Sprong.  Jan Sprong was a soldier from Bon.  Lucas Covart has sons Abraham, Isaac and Lucas, the last baptized April 19, 1699, and the first two May 27, 1683.

          (III) Isaac, son of Lucas and Barbara (Sprong) Covart, resided at Great Neck until about 1710, when he removed to Rye, New York.  He sold his farm at Great Neck, February 19, 1706, and acknowledged the deed for the same, March 21, 1711.  He received a deed for thirty-eight acres in Rye from his brother-in-law, John Horton, April 5, 1710, and was among the petitioners for a patent of the White Plains purchase, and one of the grantees of the same.  He sold land, January 18, 1723, and was residing at Rye in 1725.  He was chosen surveyor for the White Plains purchase in 1726, and owned land there in 1729, 1733, and 1735.  His wife was probably a Horton and they were married about 1700.  They had sons:  1. Elisha.  2. John.  3. Isaac.  4. Abraham.  5. Luke.

          (IV) Isaac (2), second son of Isaac (1) Covart, married Hannah, daughter of John and Sarah (Vaile) Horton, and they were probably the parents of Abraham Covart.

          (V) Abraham Covart married Charity Haight, and settled at West Point.

          (VI) William, probably a son of Abraham and Charity (Haight) Covart, removed from little Britain, Orange County, New York, and settled in what is now the town of Lumberland, Sullivan county, New York.  His farm was near the center of that town near the Mongaup River.  He had five sons and four daughters:  1. James R.  2. William Hector.  3. Joseph.  4. Andrew J.  5. George R.  6. Phoebe Jane.  7. Margaret.  8. Harriet.  9. Catherine.  The two youngest sons, Andrew J. and George R., are living neat St. Paul, Minnesota.  All the others are deceased.  William Covart was a Methodist, and a very devout man, holding family prayers every morning before breakfast, regardless of the season.  He was an extensive farmer and usually employed about ten men during the haying and harvesting season. 

          (VII) James R., eldest son of William Covart, was born about 1818.  He had a farm adjoining that of his father in Lumberland, where he passed his life.  He married Martha Cory, and they were the parents of four sons and three daughters.  One daughter, Mrs. Howard Stevens, now resides in Port Jervis, and a son James R., at sparrow Bush nearby. 

          (VIII) William Henry, second son of James R. and Martha (Cory) Covart, was born 1844, in Lumberland, New York, where he grew up and received the education supplied by the local schools.  He led a very active life and was engaged in many kinds of business. He bought and sold live stock extensively, owned and operated a sawmill and for fourteen years conducted a hotel at Starlight, Sullivan County, New York.  He owned a fine farm, which he sold n1885.  Following this he removed to a farm one mile west of the village of Monticello, and there resided until his death, October 22, 1907.  He was an active Democrat; he

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served as postmaster and also served as town clerk in Lumberland for a number of years.  he married, December 13, 1881, Laura L., daughter of Charles and Martha (Stanton) Hindley (see Hindley), and they were the parents of three children:  1. Ruby L., born march 7, 1883, married William Hilliard, of Monticello, and has one son. Chester W., born July 11, 1904.  2. James Rider, born September 26, 1885, unmarried, resides in Monticello.  4. Ruth Martha, August 8, 1897, lives in Monticello, unmarried.

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