Simeon John Covell UEL (1748 - 1798)

Born 1748 in White Creek, Charlotte, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Mosher) Covell — married 1772 in Cambridge, New York

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1798 at about age 50 in Prescott, Augusta, Grenville, Upper Canada

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Simeon Covell was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

Simeon led a group of 53 other men, who were loyal to the King, to join Burgoyne in his ill-fated march on Albany, N.Y. in 1777. Simeon was made a Captain and led the 6th company in Col Peter’s Corp of the Queens Loyal Rangers for 72 days before the defeat of Burgoyne at Bennington. Simeon and three others decided to flee to Canada rather than be captured by the rebels after the surrender. His property in White Creek, N.Y. was subsequently confiscated and sold.

married Susannah Mosher

Sources

• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
• or
• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
• http://www.geni.com/people/John-Covell/6000000002516083029
• http://www.mykidsancestors.com/Simeon_Covell/Memorial_of_Simeon_Covell_1784.pdf
• http://www.mykidsancestors.com/Simeon_Covell/Simeon_Covell_UEL.html

1788 Upper Canada Land Petition

Memorial of Simeon Covell, Capt of the late Loyal Rangers

That your Memorialist was in England by permission of the then Commander in Chief, when land was given out and he missed out. 1786 received his Majesty's leave to return to North America. Arrived in Province in 1787 and applied for land but couldn't find any in Augusta where the Officers and soldiers of the Loyal Rangers were settled.

His family consisting of two sons now fit to bear arms and one daughter.

Petition Dated at Augusta, August 1788

Copy of a 1780 Letter (note in 1780 the children would have been aged 5, 6, and 7) State of New York, County of Albany - To the three children left by Simeon Covill. Agreeable to a Law of this State I do hereby notify you to withdraw yourselves within the lines of the enemy within the space of twenty days after the receipt of this. Given under my hand in Cambridge the 3rd of October, 1780. Signed John Younglove Justice. To the care of Jabez Moshier.

On the back is written May it please your Lordship to observe that the three children mentioned by Your Lordships memorial list were objects thought worthy the attention of the legislature of the State of New York, and was actually banished by virtue of an order, of which the within is a copy.

Library and Archives Canada Film C-1732, Volume 127, Petition 283 (page 403/1286)

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1788 Upper Canada Land Petition

Simeon Covill

Dated at Montreal, 7th of July 1788

Library and Archives CanadaFilm C-1732, Volume 127, Petition 284 (page 407/1286)

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1789 Upper Canada Land Petition

Simeon Covill

Asks for 200 acres of land (for granting land to Loyalists)

Dated: June 26, 1789

Library and Archives Canada Film C-1732, Volume 127, Petition 268 (page 372/1286)

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1793 Upper Canada Land Petition

Simeon Covill

Has been granted 3,000 acres, received 1,000 and asks for remaining 2,000 with his brother officers in the Township of Oxford on the River Rado.

Dated: Matilda, 25 January 1792

Library and Archives Canada Film C-1732, Volume 127, Petition 287 (page 413/1286)

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1796 WILL Leeds and Grenville United Counties Surrogate Court estate files, 1786-1858

• Simeon Covell of Augusta, County of Grenville, in the Eastern District, Province of Upper Canada, Esquire.
• Will Written: 1st November, 1796
  • Daughter: Susannah Covell, Executrix
  • Son: James Covell
  • Son: John Covell
  • (Grandson?) John, natural son of Jane Butler and John Covell (Lot 22, Con 4 of Yonge Twp, Leeds)