Elizabeth Fenwick

[Researcher notation] Year of birth = 1624 derived from: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, at: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/71092?docPos=4

• Fenwick, John (1617/18–1683), settler in America, was the second of four sons of William Fenwick (1581–1647), landowner, of Stanton Hall, Northumberland, and his wife, Elizabeth (bap. 15 Feb 1578), daughter of Sir Cotton Gargrave of Nostell, Yorkshire. John Fenwick was entered at Gray's Inn, London, on 15 March 1639 but was never called to the bar. He married, probably in 1641, Elizabeth (bap. 1624/5, d. 1654), daughter of Sir Walter Covert of Slaugham, Sussex. They had three daughters.

The following links attach to sources mentioning Elizabeth as the wife of John Fenwick, and/or her Covert family genealogy:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fenwick_(Quaker)
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njsalem/documents/JohnFenwick-gen...
• https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/viewFile/28078/27834 Page 272 makes important statement about the 'Parentage of John Fenwick' concerning Elizabeth
• https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/download/28032/27788
• Covert Genealogy and Family History: http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/COVERT
• Fenwick Genealogy and Family History: http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/FENWICK
• Full text of History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony [New Jersey]: https://archive.org/stream/historyandgenea00shougoog/historyandgene...
• Magna Carta Barons - Ancestral Memories: http://herebedragons.weebly.com/magna-carta-barons.html

Following biography taken from: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Covert-114

• Elizabeth Fenwick formerly Covert
• Born March 10, 1611 in Boxley, Kent, Englandmap
• Daughter of Walter Covert and Anne Covert
• Sister of Walter Covert, Thomas Covert and John Covert Bart., MP
• Wife of John Fenwick — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
• Mother of Anna (Fenwick) Hedge
• Died August 30, 1654 in Sussex, England

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Elizabeth Covert was a descendant of Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy

Biography

• Elizabeth was born in 1611.

Elizabeth Covert was born to Sir Walter Covert, knight, of Boxley and Maidstone, Kent, and his wife Anne (nee Covert).

• She married John Fenwick, founder of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey about 1641. She was living with her husband at Brockham Green in the parish of Betchworth, Surrey, on 7 May 1652 but apparently died soon after this.
• She had three known children. Her oldest child, Elizabeth, was born ca. 1642 and died ca. 1687-89 in Salem County, New Jersey. She married in England, John Adams, of Reading, Berks. They had six children. The second daughter, Priscilla was born ca. 1651 and died before 5 Feb. 1675/6 in Salem County, New Jersey. She married Edward Champneys at Reading, Berks. They had a son and a daughter. The third daughter, Ann, was born ca. 1653 and died in Salem County, New Jersey, after 1 July 1703. She married Samuel Hedge. They had a son and a daughter.

Family

• John Fenwick

Children

• Elizabeth, wife of John Adams
• Priscilla, wife of Edward Champneys
• Ann, wife of Samuel Hedge

Sources

Magna Charta Sureties Line 65-17MCA2, Volume 1, page 559, COVERT 13i.