Hans Teunise Covert

other sources gives Brooklyn New York as birthplace. There is mentioned that Teunis emigrated from Heemstede Holland in 1651.

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Abraham Lefevre, born 1632 in Etaples, Picardie, France; died 1685in Yonne Valley, France and Antoinette Jerrian, born 1628 in Etaples, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France; died 1700 in Raritan, Somerset, NJ were the parents of Catherine Lefevre. She was born 1648 in Etaples, Picardie, France and died in1712 in Raritan, Somerset, NJ. She married Bourgan (Borgan) Broucard (Bouchard, Brokaw), born March 1645 in Burigary, France; died 1720 in Somerset, NJ. Their daughter, Jannetje (Jannitze) Jane Bourcard (Brokaw) was born 2
16/17 November 1667 in Mannheim, Baden, Germany or in Hesse, Prussia or in France. The Brokaws were French Huguenots/Calvinists who had problems with the Roman Catholic Church in France and went to Amsterdam, Holland and then to America in 1675. Teunis Janssen Covert, born 5 Jan. 1620 in Reusel-de Mierden, NoordBrabant, Netherlands; died 13 Mar 1698 in Brooklyn, NY and Barbara Lucas VanKessel, born 1625 in Noord, Sint Anthenis, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; died 29 Apr 1700 in Brooklyn, NY were the parents of Hans (Jan, John) Teunissen(Teunison) Covert (Coevert, Coevers). The Coverts were also French Huguenots and went to America from France via Amsterdam, Holland as members of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1675. Hans Teunissen Covert was born 15 January 1658 (or 1655) in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He married Jannetje Jane Brokaw in Newton, Queens County, Long Island, New York in 1684 or 1689. On 2 May 1702 Hans T. Covert and Borgan Broucard (Brokaw) bought 2000 acres for 400 pounds in Somerset County, New Jersey. The land was bordered on the north by the Raritan River and on the northwest by the Millstone River. Hans T. Covert died 2 May 1719in Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey. Jannetje Brokaw died in 1719 or 1722in Flagtown, Raritan, Somerset County, New Jersey.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 25 2020, 6:49:11 UTC

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Johannes & Janitze immigrated to America from Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 21 2022, 2:51:13 UTC