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Covell, James

Covell, James[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male Abt 1708 - 1781  (73 years)


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  • Name Covell, James 
    Birth Abt 1708  Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Baptism 23 May 1725  Putnam Hts Church, Killingly, Connecticut, USA, aka So. Killingly Congregational Church Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Between 2 Jun 1781 and 14 Jun 1781  Chatham, Barnstable County, Cape Cod Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I248  Theisen & Allied Families
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2023 

    Father Covell, Joseph,   b. Between Abt 1674 and 1675, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1732, Chatham, Barnstable County, Cape Cod Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 59 years) 
    Mother Bassett, Hannah,   b. Abt 1678, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1729, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1 Mar 1703  Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Masaschusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    • Spouse: Joseph Covell
    Family ID F333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nickerson, Mehitable Hitty,   b. 30 Jan 1709, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1761, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 4 Aug 1727  Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    • Spouse: James Covell
    Children 
     1. Covell, Mehitable,   b. 15 Feb 1727, Chatham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1781, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     2. Covell, Ruth,   b. 13 Mar 1729, Chatam, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Covell, Drusilla,   b. Abt 23 Apr 1732, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 28 Dec 1814, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     4. Covell, Hannah,   b. 13 Nov 1734, Chatham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1734, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Covell, Joseph,   b. 26 Sep 1736, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1736, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     6. Covell, Joseph,   b. 10 Jan 1738, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1738, Chatham, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     7. Covell, Hanna,   b. 30 Jan 1740, Chatham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1781, Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)
     8. Covel, James II,   b. 28 Jun 1742, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 29 Apr 1790, Chatam, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 48 years)
     9. Covell, Constant,   b. 3 Mar 1744, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1781, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     10. Covell, Samuel,   b. 22 May 1748, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1825, Clinton Corners, Dutchess, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F73  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2026 

    Family 2 Crowell, Ruth,   b. 18 Oct 1722, Bass Ponds, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1776, Bath, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 16 Sep 1762 
    Children 
     1. Covell, Ruth,   b. 13 Mar 1730, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1760, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     2. Covell, Joshua,   b. 13 Oct 1766, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts 02633 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Covell, Nathan,   b. 6 Sep 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F331  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2026 

    Family 3   
    Family ID F332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2026 

  • Notes 
    • She [MEHITABLE NICKERSON] was married in Harwich by Rev. Nathanie.l Stone 4 August 1726-7 to JAMES COVELL of Chat ham; son of Joseph and Hannah (Bassett) Covell.

      James married 2nd at Yarmouth, Mass. 16 September 1762 RUTH (CROWELL) KELLEY, born 18
      October 1722; daughter of John and Experience (Higgins) Crowell, and widow of Amos Kelley
      ( 0 'Kellia) .

      James Covell "being advanced in years" wrote his will 2 June 1781. He left his wife the right to
      provide for his three small children, Ruth, Joshua and Nathan. Others named in the will were
      his second wife's daughter, Naomi Godfrey, his sons James and Samuel, his daughters, Mehitable
      Nickerson, a widow in Connecticut, Drusilla Ewer and Constance Robertson in "Hampshire State",
      and Hannah Nickerson of Harwich, a widow; grand-daughter Betty Ryder; grandsons James Co vell, Charles and Joseph Atkins, and Prince Nickerson. He had a son and three daughters in other
      states "and I can't hear but seldom from them". The will was proved 14 June 1781. His wife,
      Ruth, was appointed guardian of sons Joshu:1 and Nathan, and daughter Ruth, minors, in 1781.

      Children - surname COVELL, all born at Chatham:

      By first wife, Mehitable -
      i. Mehitable, 15 February 1727-8; married James5 NICKERSON ( #202), son of William4
      and Sarah ( Covell) Nickerson on November 9, 1749; was a widow in 1781 in Conn.
      ii. Ruth, 13 March 1729-30; married 1st Thomas ATKINS; married 2nd Prince NICK ERSON ( #253) 22 August 1759; died 20 April 1760.
      iii. Drusilla, 2.3 April 1732; married Rev. Nathaniel EWER, Jr. 18 October 1750, was living in
      New Hampshire in 1781; died in 1810 at Newmarket, N.H.
      iv. Hannah. 1:3 November 1734; died 4 December 17.34.
      v. Joseph, 26 September 1736; died December 1736.
      vi. Joseph, 10 January 1737-8; died 13 January 1737-8.
      vii. Hannah, 30 January 1739; married Edward NICKERSON ( #280) 24 December 1761;
      lived in Harwich; was recorded as a widow in 1781.
      viii. James, 28 June 1742; married Sarah HALL, int. 6 September 1760.
      ix. Constant (Constance), 3 March 1744; married __ ROBERTSON; resided in New
      Hampshire in 1781.
      x. Samuel, 22 May 17 48; married J erusha HALL, int. 20 January 1770; went to Clinton,
      N.Y.

      By second wife, Ruth -
      xi. Ruth, 17 September 1764; married Edward HALL, Jr. 11 April 1782.
      xii. Joshua, 13 October 1766; married Elizabeth __ ; removed to Maine before 1790.
      xiii. Nathan, 6 September 1768.

      References: A. D. E. Bks. 18,21 F. vols. 1,7,9,15 I. ( Crowell Family)

      From The Nickerson Family, Part I, Pg. 41

  • Sources 
    1. [S266] Theisen Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1504124_237392261_237392261/james-covell (Reliability: 3).
      Added by confirming a Smart Match

    2. [S266] Theisen Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1500014_256639891_256639891/james-covell (Reliability: 3).
      Added by confirming a Smart Match

    3. [S266] Theisen Web Site, https://www.myheritage.com/person-2502277_274610531_274610531/james-covell (Reliability: 3).
      Added by confirming a Smart Match

    4. [S3] Geni World Family Tree, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-21197266/james-covell-in-geni-world-family-tree.
      James Covell&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Circa 1708 - Chatham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Mehitable Covell (born Nickerson) - Aug 4 1727 - Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA&lt;br&gt;Death: June 1781 - Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>Joseph Covell</a>&lt;br&gt;Mother: <a>Hannah Covell (born Bassett)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wives: <a>Ruth Covell (born Crowell)</a>, <a>Mehitable Covell (born Nickerson)</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Mehitable Nickerson (born Covell)</a>, <a>Ruth Atkins (born Covell)</a>, <a>Drusilla Covell</a>, <a>Hannah Covell</a>, <a>Joseph Covell</a>, <a>Joseph Covell</a>, <a>Hannah Nickerson (born Covell)</a>, <a>James Covel (born Covell), Jr.</a>, <a>Constance Covell</a>, <a>Samuel Covell</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Nathaniel Covil</a>, <a>Dorcas Nickerson (born Covell)</a>, <a>Hannah Covell</a>

    5. [S545] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI).

    6. [S563] Boston Evening Transcript, https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/boston-evening-transcript-genealogy-pages-1911-1940/image?volumeId=37739&pageName=Jul:5&rId=59761236.
      Boston Evening Transcript - July 16, 1924 - 1259

    7. [S560] The Nickerson Family, Part I-III, Pg. 41.

    8. [S1] FamilySearch Family Tree, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/795571/?offset=0#page=6&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=.

    9. [S1] FamilySearch Family Tree, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-WCK9?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-SP8%3A353349701%2C353445401%2C353445402.

    10. [S560] The Nickerson Family, Part I-III, Pg. 41.
      She [Mehitable Nickerson] was married in Harwich by Rev. Nathanie.l Stone 4 August 1726-7 to JAMES COVELL of Chat ham; son of Joseph and Hannah (Bassett) Covell.

    11. [S557] A History of Chatham Massachusetts, Parts 1-4, Pg. 127, 217.

    12. [S582] Early Chatham Settlers, Pg. 5.

    13. [S1] FamilySearch Family Tree, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ2B-88C.
      Tells of birth of their son James Covel in 1742, they are listed as parents (i.e. married).

    14. [S560] The Nickerson Family, Part I-III, Pg. 41.
      MEHITABLE 4 NICKERSON ( Samuel3, Samuel 2, Williaml), born at Harwich, Mass., 30 January 1708-9; daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Hall) Nickerson; died at Chatham, Mass., 26 November 1761 in her 53rd year.

      She was married in Harwich by Rev. Nathaniel Stone 4 August 1726-7 to JAMES COVELL of Chatham; son of Joseph and Hannah (Bassett) Covell.


 

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