Covington Family Line

Covington Family Line

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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandmother:

My 8x Great-Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandmother:

Anne Covington (1672-1726

Anne Huggins

Birthdate: 1672

Birthplace: Monie, Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Denomination: (probably) Quaker / Episcopalian

Date of Marriage: ca. 1689

Place of Marriage: (probably) Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Death: ca. 1726 in Monie, Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Burial: Monie, Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Parents:

Nehemiah Covington

1628-1681

Anne Collins

1628-1678

Family

Spouse:

Edmund Huggins

Birthdate: ca. 1658

Birthplace: Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Denomination: (probably) Episcopalian

Death: 1729 in Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Immediate Family:

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

See: Huggins Family Line

Children:

1. Elizabeth Huggins (Marvel) 1690-1755

About Anne Covington

Biography

Little is known of Anne Covington. She was born around 1672 in Somerset County, in the English colony of Maryland. Her father was Nehemiah Covington, a planter along the Nanticoke River in Somerset County, and her mother's first name was "Ann" but her maiden name is Unknown at present. She had been born in around 1640 and was the widow of Robert Ingram when she married Nehemiah Covington in 1667. Anne Covington was the couple's 3rd child.

In about 1696 to 1698, Anne Covington married widower Edmund Huggins, b: 1658 and a planter neighbor to the Covington plantation in Somerset County, Maryland. The couple had at least 4 children:

Elizabeth Huggins, b. ca. 1698-1700

Nehemiah Huggins, b. ca. 1702

Charles Huggins, b. ca. 1706

Edmund Huggins Jr., b. ca. 1708

Anne (Covington) Huggins is not named when the inventory was taken of Edmund Huggins' estate on June 16, 1726, indicating she had already passed away.[1]

Sources

↑ See MilesFiles Research - Anne Covington for evidence that Anne Covington married Edmund Huggins. Thank you to Marvel-family cousin, Carolyn Patton, for clarifying this connection.

See Also:

Research by Laura Tasset Koehn on RootsWeb - Edmund Huggins. Lists 2 of Edmund's sons: Charles, b: 1706 and Edmund Jr., b: 1709, in Nanticoke Hd., Somerset, Maryland.

"A Huggins Line" on RootsWeb - Edmund Huggins. Names 1st wife but ignores 2nd wife.

John W, Crossno III Database on RootsWeb - Edmund Huggins. Puts his birth in 1660; lists 2 wives, both named Ann; Ann#1 dates: 1662-1690; none for Ann#2. Repeats that Elizabeth was born in 1684 (unlikely as her last child: Joseph Marvel, was born in 1739 - she'd have been 55 years old). Cites Ancestry.com's Family History collection.

MilesFiles Research - Anne Covington Link valid May 2016; see Index of Surnames if page numbers have changed.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Anne-Huggins/6000000003571343937

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K2JH-MNH

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covington-570

http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p283.htm#i28220

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/THOMAS%20COVINGTON%20(6477),%20born%20at%20Huntingdonshire%201605.htm

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Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

Christened: All Saints Church, Covington, Huntingdonshire (present-day Cambridgeshire)

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Quaker

Arrival: arrived in Northampton, Accomack County, Virginia in 1646/47 and then moved to Somerset County, Maryland in 1662. Nehemiah founded Covington's Vineyard in 1663.

Oath to England: March 30, 1651 Nehemiah Covington, I took the oath of allegiance to hereby engage and promise to be true and faithful to the Commonwealth of England as it is now established without King or House of Lords on 30 March 1651 at Northampton Co, VA. He was shown as Nehemiah Coventon.

Will: wrote a will on 17 January 1679 at Somerset Co, MD. To wife Ann. Witt: William Stevens & Benjamin Walker.

Death: June 9, 1681 in Monie, Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Burial: Covington's Vineyard, Greater Monie, Somerset County, Province of Maryland

Occupation: was a grist mill stone cutter, blacksmith and tobacco planter. He registered this Owl's Head Trade Mark in 1663.

Children:

1. Elizabeth Covington 1668–1729

2. Thomas Covington, Sr. 1670–1715

3. Anne Covington 1672–1726

4. Jeremiah Covington 1675–1676

5. Sarah Covington 1676–1677

6. Samuel Covington 1676–

About Nehemiah Covington

Note:

He was the 3x Great Grandfather of Brig. Gen. Leonard Wailes Covington (1768 - 1813), fallen hero at the Battle of Chrysler's Field, November 11, 1813, in the War of 1812. The man that Covington, Kentucky is named after.

Note on 2nd wife Anne Collins:

Nehemiah Covington was her *second* husband. She married him soon after her first husband, Robert Ingram, died.

Nehemiah Covington 1628-1681, born Covington, Huntingdonshire, England, 65 miles north of London. He was a Quaker and refused to contribute to the Church of England. He was therefore, brought into court many times and fined. He was a stone mason, a grist mill stone cutter and builder of grist mills, a blacksmith, furor, and tobacco planter. Arrived Northampton, Accomack County, Virginia in 1646. Buried in Covington's Vineyard, Somerset County, Maryland. Nehemiah registered his owl's head trademark in Eastville, Virginia in 1663. He was a Quaker and refused to contribute to the church of England. He was therefore, brought into court many times on trumped up charges and fined. in one case he was fined and given 12 lashes. He was married in 1648 to his first wife Mary (1626-1667). Their 6 children were all born in Northampton, Virginia: John, Jane, Katherine, Sarah, Margaret, and Nehemiah. In 1667 he married his second wife Anne Ingram who died 1678. Their 4 children were all born in Covington's Vineyard, Great Monie Creek, Somerset County, Maryland. Elizabeth, Ann, Jeremiah, and Thomas. (From Covington and Kin by Elbert Eskel Covington).

Nehemiah was born in Covington, about 65 miles north of London. A stone mason, a grist mill stone cutter and builder of grist mills, blacsmith, furror and tobacco planter.

He arrived in Northampton, Accomack County, Virginia in 1646 and moved then moved to Somerset County, Maryland in 1662. Nehemiah founded Covington's Vineyard in 1663.

He registered his Owl's Head trade mark in Eastville, Virginia in 1663. He was a Quaker and refused to contribut to the Church of England. He was therefore, brought into court many times on trumped-up charges and fined. In one case, he was fined and given 12 lashes.

He is listed under the patent of Nicholas Waddilow and Sephen Harsey in 1647 and under the patent of Nicholas Waddilow in 1649. Nehemiah signed the Oath to the Commonwealth March 25, 1651 in Northampton County, VA. In 1662, with his wife and children, he immigrated to Somerset where he acquired a patent to 300 acres of land on the north side of Monie Creek in 1663.4. He called his land "Covington's Vineyard". In 1666 and 1674, he was sworn in as Constable in Somerset County. He was a prominent Quaker.

Transported, 1647

Stephen Harsey and Nicholas Waddelow applied for 400a. of land in Northhampton County called by the name of "Dawes Neck" . . . 13 July 647. Headrights for the transpotation of eight persons into the Colony all whose names are in the record mentioned under this Patent to havee and to hold - which payment is to be made seven years after the date hereof or o-ertly date of any former owner or grand and not before. Date 13 July 1647 Nehemiah Coventon Margaret Norton Edward Southeren Nicholas Waddelow Alice Stewardson Ann Jackson Toby Northon

Headrights 1649 15 September 1648 Nicholas Waddelow applied fir 300a Northhampton County on Occahanock Creek. The following names appear on this patent: Edward Morris Wm. Stanley John Thompson Thomas Key George Hall Nehemiah Coventon

Patent Bk. 2 1643-1651 Folio 109 & 177

Archives Richmond, VA

Loyalty 1651/2

Signed "engagement" of loyalty March 1651/2

Deeds and Wills Libra 4 Archives, Richmond, VA

Court Proceedings 1653

According to an Act of Assembly we order that Nehemiah Coventon be fined 200lbs of tobacco for incontinency before marriage to be paid at the next crop, also the Court charges at Execution. March 1652/3 - April 1653

For as much as it appeareth to the Court by the depositon of John Hinaman and Sara his wife and the confession of Nehemiah Coventon that he robbed Mrs. Jane, wife of Capt. Thomas Johnson and taken from her a (considerable number) of cheeses and most slanderously defamed the said Mrs. Jane Johnson as proved by suffecient testamony. It's therefore ordered for his robbing and slande the the afs. Nehemiah Coventon shall receive (upon his naked shoulders) twelve lashes well applied and Nehemiah Coventon shall make payment, 200lbs of tobaccon for the cheeses, for this day he be found guilyt as confessed. Executed this day 28 April 1653

Liber O.B. Folio 167 and 177 Northampton Courthouse Eastville, VA

Province of Maryland 1662

Nehemiah Coventon entered the Province of Maryland with wife and six children and four servants.

Warrants Liber 7 Folio 562 Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland

https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2899452&id=I0002

Nehemiah COVINGTON Sex: M Birth: 1628 in Coventry, Huntingdonshire, England Death: 2 MAY 1681 in great Monie Creek, Somerset MD 1 Burial: Covington's Vineyard, Great Monie River,Somerset Co., MD

Note: There are many discrepancies about the origins of the Covington family in NC and SC, and Elbert Eskell Covington's version starts with this Nehemiah Covington. However it is one of many versions to be considered. See Book 3 Chapter 3 by James Lou Poole "Covington Family" for a comprehensive study of the Covington family from many sources at: https://www.ncgenweb.us/richmond/covingtonloupoole.pdf.

Covington is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. Huntingdonshire was a county but is now a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire.

References:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covington-100

https://www.geni.com/people/Nehemiah-Covington-Sr/6000000013174042728

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKTH-SXT

http://espl-genealogy.org/MilesFiles/site/p283.htm#i28207

http://www.bohsys.com/familytree/individual.php?pid=P9445&ged=Norwood

Covington History & Lineage:

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/USA.htm

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/ROBERT%20COVINGTON%20(22443),%20born%20at%20Bedfordshire%201500.htm

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/THOMAS%20COVINGTON%20(6477),%20born%20at%20Huntingdonshire%201605.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Covington,_Huntingdonshire_Genealogy

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Grandy's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Thomas Covington (1602 - 1637)

Birthdate: ca. 1602-1605

Birthplace: Covington, Huntingdonshire (present-day Cambridgeshire), England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Death: (probably) Maryland or Virginia

Parents:

William Covington, I

1582-1638

Joan Hinton

1587-

Family

Spouse:

Ann Joice

1605-1637

Ann Covington

Birthdate: ca. 1605

Birthplace: Covington, Huntingdonshire (present-day Cambridgeshire), England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Date of Marriage: ca. 1627

Place of Marriage: [location unknown]

Death: ca. 1637 in Huntingdonshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Nehemiah Covington, I 1628–1681

2. Arthur Covington 1630–1654

3. Joice Covington 1632–

4. John Covington 1634–

About Thomas Covington

THOMAS COVINGTON. Ref: 6477. Born: around 1605 at Huntingdonshire. Father: not known, Father Ref: 0. Mother: not known, Mother Ref: 0. Mar: around

1626 at Huntingdonshire to Ann 6478. One of the largest family tree within the current Covington History database. It stretches to 15 generations so far, with over 4600 members. Transported by Arthur Allen to Surry County 20 Aug 1665 (Cavaliers & Pioneers by Neil Marion Nugent 1963)(Last updated: 01/04/2001)

NEHEMIAH COVINGTON. Ref: 5675. Born around 1628 at Huntingdonshire. Mother: Ann, Ref: 6478

ARTHUR COVINGTON. Ref: 6131. Born around 1630 at Huntingdonshire. Mother: Ann, Ref: 6478

JOICE COVINGTON. Ref: 6133. Born around 1632 at Huntingdonshire. Mother: Ann, Ref: 6478

JOHN COVINGTON. Ref: 6132. Born around 1634 at Huntingdonshire. Mother: Ann, Ref: 6478

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Covington/6000000013174039686

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZYD-BQD

http://www.bohsys.com/familytree/individual.php?pid=P9451&ged=Norwood

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/THOMAS%20COVINGTON%20(6477),%20born%20at%20Huntingdonshire%201605.htm

Wrong Person:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covington-339

Covington History & Lineage:

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/USA.htm

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/ROBERT%20COVINGTON%20(22443),%20born%20at%20Bedfordshire%201500.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Covington,_Huntingdonshire_Genealogy

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(Nana & Grandy's Common Ancestor!)

Grandy's 9x Great-Grandfather:

My 11x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

William Covington, I (1582 - 1674)

Birthdate: ca. 1582

Birthplace: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Christening: April 7, 1582 at St Paul's Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Episcopalian

Arrival:

Death: ca. 1674 in Rappahannock County (1656), Colony of Virginia

Parents:

George Covington

1552-1630

Elizabeth Wilbow

1553-1594

Family

Spouse:

Joan Hinton

1587-(1636?)

Joan Covington

Birthdate: ca. 1595

Birthplace: Harrold, Bedfordshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Episcopalian

Date of Marriage: October 20 1608

Place of Marriage: St Paul's Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Death: aft.1636 in [location unknown]

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Michael Hinton and Pastuh [unknown]

Children:

1. Thomas Covington 1602–1637

2. Elizabeth Covington 1609–

3. Anne Covington 1610–

4. Honor Covington 1612–

5. John Covington 1616–

6. George Covington 1617–1617

7. William Covington II 1618–1696

*(Nana's Ancestor!) See: Covington Family Line

8. Joan Covington 1620–1624

9. Hannah Covington 1627–

10. Thomas Covington 1628–1700

11. Robert Covington 1636–1706

About William Covington, I

(Nana & Grandy's Common Ancestor!)

See: Covington Family Line

Charles River Shire was one of eight shires of Virginia created in the Virginia Colony in 1634. Charles River Shire became York County in 1643.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_River_Shire

Rappahannock County (1656), Colony of Virginia

Essex County was established in 1692 from the old Rappahannock County, Virginia (not to be confused with the present-day Rappahannock County, Virginia).

The first Rappahannock County, Virginia — generally known as "Old Rappahannock" County — was founded in 1656 from part of Lancaster County, Virginia and became extinct in 1692 when it was divided to form Essex County and Richmond County, Virginia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappahannock_County_(1656),_Virginia

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Covington-I/5436650174370105332

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVD9-4HP

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covington-202

https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/195917/I143035/william-covington/individual

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/WILLIAM%20COVINGTON%20(2642)%2C%20born%20at%20Harrold%2C%20Beds%201593.htm

Another Covington Line (Grandy's Ancestor):

http://www.covingtonhistory.co.uk/THOMAS%20COVINGTON%20(6477),%20born%20at%20Huntingdonshire%201605.htm

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Grandy's Maternal 10x Great Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

Elizabeth Wilbow

1553-1594

Elizabeth Covington

Birthdate: 1553

Birthplace: Arlesey Parish, Bedfordshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Date of Marriage: March 13, 1576

Place of Marriage: St Paul's Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Death: 1594 in Turvey, Bedfordshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Wilbow and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. May Covington 1580–

2. William Covington, I 1582–1674

3. George Coveinton II 1588–

4. William Covington 1591–1691

About George Covington

Biography

He married Elizabeth Wilbon on 13 Mar 1576 at Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire, England. [1]

1594 Turvey, Bedfordshire, England.

File File: Media

Sources

↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVW9-K8Z : 13 March 2020), Geo. Coveington, 1576.

https://www.geni.com/people/George-Covington/6000000033218296071 Unsourced

From Ancestry app

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/George-Covington/6000000033218296071

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVD9-4KY

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covington-1041

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Famous relative (distant cousin):

The man who Covington, Kentucky is named after...

Brig. Gen. Leonard Wailes Covington (1768 - 1813)

Birthdate: October 30, 1768

Birthplace: Aquasco, Prince George's County, Province of Maryland

Death: November 14, 1813 in Altamont, Albany County, New York

Early Origins of the Covington family

The ancestry of the name Covington dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived at Covington in Huntingdon. The name was a habitational name having derived from the Old English "Cofingtun" which meant "Cofa's settlement." Covington dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was first listed as Covintune.

The surname Covington was first found in at Covington in Huntingdon (now part of Cambridgeshire.) There is also a Scottish branch that had an earliest record of the 12th century.

In fact, Covington and Thankeston is a parish in Lanarkshire that has an interesting origin. "Of these ancient parishes, which were united about the beginning of the 18th century, the former derives its name, anciently Colbanstoun, from its proprietor Colban, in the 12th century; and the latter, from a Flemish settler named Tankard or Thankard, who obtained a grant of lands here during the reign of Malcolm IV. "

Another source claims that Covinton (Covington) was probably derived from the Latin for "Villa Colbani."

Spelling changes were frequent as seen by Thomas de Colbainestun who witnessed a charter by William the Lion in Dumfriesshire c. 1187 and Thomas de Colbaynstun who witnessed the resignation of lands of Ingilbristoun in 1204.

Covington Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Covinton in Lanarkshire, first recorded in the late 12th century in the Latin form Villa Colbani, and twenty years later as Colbaynistun. By 1422 it had been collapsed to Cowantoun, and at the end of the 15th century it first appears in the form Covingtoun. It is nevertheless clearly named with the personal name Colban (see Coleman 1) + Old English tun ‘enclosure’; Colban was a follower of David, Prince of Cumbria, in about 1120. English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire) named Covington, from an Old English personal name Cofa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tun ‘settlement’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

Covington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Covington have been found, including Coventon, Colvaynston and others.

Covington Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Covington and his wife Ann who received a land patent in Maryland in 1665

Thomas Covington, who arrived in Virginia in 1665

Thomas Covington, who landed in Maryland in 1665

Arthur Covington, who settled in Virginia in 1683