Events
Date of Baptism: 28 December 1611.
Place of Baptism: Barrow on Humber, Lincolnshire.
The baptism is given in the FamilySearch database “England Births and Christenings, 1538 - 1975”, citing FHL microfilm 421906.
Date of Burial: 30 October 1657.
Place of Burial: Barrow on Humber.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: Henry Coverdale.
Mother: unknown.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Elizabeth Boothby. Married 9 May 1637 in Barrow on Humber.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. All baptisms and burials were in Barrow on Humber.)
Henry Coverdale (baptized 20 November 1638) married Ann.
Robert Coverdale (baptized 23 November 1640)
Margaret Coverdale (baptized 15 August 1643)
Thomas Coverdale (baptized 25 July 1646)
Elizabeth Coverdale (baptized 8 February 1648/9) married John Cowlam 29 November 1674 in Ulceby, Lincolnshire.
Evidence
From the Barrow on Humber parish register:
[1637]
Thomas Coverdale et Elizabetha Boothbie mariti fuit nono die Maj
[1638]
Henricus[?] filius Thomi et Elizabeth Coverdail baptizatus [illegible] die Novebreris.
[1640]
Robertus filius Thomae Coverdaile et Elizabetha uxor bapt. Vicesimo tertio die Novembris
[1643]
Margareta filia Thome Coveraile & Elizabetha Coverdaile bapt. decimo quinto die August
[1646]
Thomas filius Thome Coverdaile et Elizabetha Coverdaile bapt. Vicesimo quinto Julij
[1648]
Elizabetha filia Thome & Elizabetha Coverdale bapt. octavo die Februarij
[1657, October]
Thomas Coverdale yeoman was buried the 30th day.
Thomas is listed under Barrow under Humber in the Protestation Return taken 11 March 1641/2 at Caistor along with his brother Brian. There are no other Coverdales in the Lincolnshire returns.
Commentary
Thomas’s parentage
Thomas was married in 1637 in Barrow on Humber and his children were baptized there. The only plausible baptism in indexes is in 1611 in Barrow on Humber, where Thomas’s father is recorded as Henry Coverdale.
References
Lincolnshire Parish registers. Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 2 January 2018).
Protestation Returns 1641/2: Lincolnshire. W.F. Webster transcriber (Nottingham, 1984).