Hans Theunis COVERT

                   NAME:
Bergun OR Bregon
                  

                   Historical information included in notes.







Note by Rita Crawford: (*) Barbara/Egie bp 26 Oct 1709; married Johannes Swick. Records found on Swick family on internet say Barbara was born in Bound Brook NJ; died
1803 Millstone, Somerset Co. NJ; married NJ; Johannes Swick born 1705
Erlenbach Germany; died 1760 NJ; son of Matthys Swick and Veroica Wolle
(Zwicksen).
Now Barbara Egie Coverts father was Hans Teunissen Covert, b. 1658 in Brooklyn, NY. Her mother was Jannetje Jane Brokaw/Bourcard, b. 1667 in Germany. They married in Newtown, Queens Co., NY. In the early 1700s (according to the Somerset County Historical Quarterly, pg. 32), the Coverts and Brokaws divided a 2,000 acre piece of property near Weston, NJ (The Franklin Lotts of Franklin Township, NJ). Margaret Wright Covert writes, 
On 5-2-1702 Borgon Broucard (Brokaw) and his son-in-law Jan (John) Covert (Barbaras father) bought 2,000 acres of land inSomerset Co. bounded on the North and Northwest by the Raritan and Millstone Rivers for 400 pounds  (NJ Deed Book Lib. C.P.447). In the New Jersey Index of Wills, Vol. 3, 1969, in Somerset County, NJ they list: Abraham Covert, Burgun Covert, Cornelius Covert, Isaac V.N. Covert, Jane Covert, John Covert, Luke Covert, Minna K. Covert, Peter Covert, and Tunis Covert  1735. Then they list 70 Brokaws. A few are Abraham Brokaw, Adeline Brokaw, Alexander Sr. Brokaw, Bergun Brokaw, Bergon Brokaw, and Bergen Brokaw- 1780. In Hunterdon Co., NJ, Vol.2 of Wills they list 9 Brokaws, the first two being Burgun Brokaw  1802 and Isaac Brokaw  1806. In the New Jersey in 1793, 1793 Militia Census by James S. Norton, 1973, they list in HillsboroughTownship, NJ.: Caleb Brokaw, Isaac Brokaw, Abraham Brokaw, Abraham C. Brokaw, Evert Brokaw, Isaac Brokaw, Isaac I. Brokaw, John Brokaw, Hendrick Brokaw, Bragun Brokaw, Ferdinand Brokaw with Brogun Coevert and Tunis Coevert.. So it appears that the Coverts/Brokaws had acres in New Jersey but so did the family Bird.
Now I believe the Covert/Coeverts, Brokaws/Brocaws and the Bird/Burds knew each other. And somehow Johann Martin Swick met Barbara Covert and was involved as well with these families. Gene Brierly, of the Bird family, writes, Johannes Swick and Barbara Covert are named as witnesses to the christening of George Bird, b. 8/11/1731, son of Thomas and Catherine Bird, at the DRC of Harlingen. And Jack Swick says,  From research done in 1743, New Jersey ( Cases Before and After the Revolution) it was discovered that Thomas Bird owed John (Johannes) Swick some money. George Bird is also mentioned. Now Barbara Coverts parents were Hans Covert and Jannetje Brokaw/Bourcard and their first child was Catherine Covert, born 1684 in Dutch Kills, Queens Co., NY; married Thomas Burd/Bird in Somerset Co., NJ. The brother of this Thomas Bird, b. 1697 was George Bird, b. 1673 and they knew Johann Martin Swick .
So it appears that Mathys Zwick died sometime around 1710. Veronica remarries Ludwig Leicht in 1913 and they must have Johann Martin Swick with them. They could have lived in Brooklyn, NY (where Barbara Coverts dad was born), or Dutch Kills, Long Island, NY or Newtown Queens County, NY (the first place where Barbaras dad was christened or the second place where the Birds were born), and then later moved to Somerset Co., NJ where Barbara was born and there was a Dutch Reformed Church there. Then Johann Martin Swick married Barbara Covert and lived in this area of Somerset, NJ.