Cornelius Covenhoven (1783 - 1817)

Born 3 May 1783 in Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Died 11 Apr 1817 at age 33 in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Cornelius was baptized on May 3, 1783, in the Reformed Dutch Church of Freehold and Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey, recorded as the child of Cornelius Covenhoven and Jane Denise. No witnesses were recorded.^[1][2][3]

His parents were Cornelius Roelof van Couwenhoven and his wife Jannetje Denyse. He married Mary Stoutenburg on March 9, 1807, in his hometown. They had three children during their marriage. He died as a young father on April 11, 1817, in Freehold, New Jersey, at the age of 33, and was buried in Holmdel, New Jersey.

At his baptism and marriage he was recorded with the last name Covenhoven, but his probate Letters of Administration and his gravestone show his last name as Conover.

Marriage

Cornelius Conover married Mary Stoutenborough on 9 Mar 1807 in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey.^{[4][5][2][3][6]}

Death

Cornelius R. Conover died on April 11, 1817, in Freehold, New Jersey, when he was 33 years old.^[7][2][3][6]

Burial

Cornelius is buried at the Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum in Holmdel, Monmouth County, New Jersey,^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Records of the Dutch Congregations of Freehold and Middletown," The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 32 (1957), page 70. (FamilySearch microfilm image.) Indexed by FamilySearch in "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6W-T26 : 11 February 2018), reference ; FHL microfilm 0982040 IT 13, 0982045 IT 1-4, 9-13, 0982046 IT 2-3.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Erik Smit, "Stamboom Smit, Zimmermann", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-smit-zimmermann/I94849165.php : accessed December 2, 2019), "Cornelius R. Van Couwenhoven (1783-1817)".
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} American Historical Society, Cyclopedia of New Jersey biography in six volumes. Memorial History Company; New York; 1916; Digitized by Internet Archives, 2008. Vol I, Page 90.
4. ↑ "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWRZ-XWR : 20 May 2019), Cornelius Covenhoven and Mary Stoutenborough, 09 Mar 1807; citing Monmouth, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 595,130.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. New Jersey Marriages. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Beekman, George Crawford. Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Moreau Bros, Freehold, NJ; 1901. Page 139.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-6HTX : 12 August 2019), Cornelius R. Conover, 1817; Burial, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States of America, Holmdel Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 14641750, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Source: S244 Type: Book Periodical: Genealogies of Long Island Families: Form The NYG & B Record Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Baltimore: 1987)

• Source: S247 Type: Book Periodical: Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of NJ Editor: Francis Bazley Lee

Acknowledgments

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