Captain
Joseph
Covenhoven
Born in Great Egg Harbor Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, British Colonial America
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 60
in Great Egg Harbor Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States
Profile last modified
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Joseph Covenhoven is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A026773.
Biography
Family surname also: "Couwenhoven" and "van Kouwenhoven", Covenhoven, Cownover, Conover they are all descendants from the original pioneer settler of New Amsterdam, Wolfert Gerritse van Couwenhoven (1 May 1579 – 1662), also known as Wolphert Gerretse van Kouwenhoven and Wolphert Gerretse, was an original patentee, director of bouweries (farms), and a founder of the New Netherland colony.
He also founded the first European settlement on Long Island, called New Amersfoort, and was a Schepen of New Amsterdam in 1654. He is noted as playing an "active role in laying the foundations of the communities of Manhattan, Albany, Rensselaer, and Brooklyn."
The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family, Jan Aertszoon (1620–1705), also known as Jan Aertson, a Dutch farmer from the village of De Bilt in Utrecht, Netherlands, emigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland as an indentured servant to the van Kouwenhoven family in 1650.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfert_Gerritse_van_Couwenhoven
Daughters of the American Revolution information:
- COVENHOVEN, JOSEPH
- Ancestor #: A026773
- Service: NEW JERSEY
- Rank(s): CAPTAIN
- Birth: CIRCA 1741 GREAT EGG HARBOR TWP GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
- Death: ANTE 11-30-1801 GREAT EGG HARBOR TWP GLOUCESTER CO NEW JERSEY
- Service Source: NJ, REV WAR SLIPS: SINGLE CITATIONS OF THE NJ DOD MATERIALS, FHL ROLL #569440, MSS #3933
- Service Description: (1) COL RICHARD SOMERS, 3RD REGT, (2) GLOUCESTER CO MILITIA
- Residence: Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2022-03-30 15:41:54.02, By: 1) County: GLOUCESTER CO - State: NEW JERSEY
- Spouse: SARAH STEELMAN; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2022-03-30 15:41:54.147, By: 1)
- Child son: JOSEPH COVENHOVEN, [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] RUHAMAH LEEDS
On FamilySearch.org 5 sources of information for: Name • • Joseph Couwenhoven • • Sex • • Male Birth • • about 1741 Christening Death • • DEC 1801 Egg Harbor City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States Burial
Other Information:
Alternate Name • Birth Name Joseph Cownover Last Changed: July 8, 2017
Alternate Name • Also Known As Joseph Covenhover Last Changed: July 8, 2017
Alternate Name • Birth Name Joseph Covenhoven Last Changed: July 8, 2017
Alternate Name • Birth Name Joseph Connover Last Changed: July 8, 2017
Alternate Name • Birth Name Joseph Van Couwenhoven Last Changed: July 8, 2017
Alternate Name • Also Known As Captain Joseph Couwenhoven Last Changed: December 15, 2018
Sources
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A026773
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6MR-NZ9
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