William Calvert Sr. (1757 - 1834)

Born 26 Feb 1757 in Frederick, Montgomery, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Nodding) Calvert — married 18 Jul 1780 in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 31 May 1834 at age 77 in Knoxville, Washington, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Private William Calvert Sr. served with Flying Camp, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.

William Calvert Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 127584
Rank: Private

William was born in 1757. William Calvert ... He passed away in 1834. The family name changed from Covert to Calvert at this generation:

DNA evidence supports William is a descendant of Robert Covert born 1691 England through his son John

Robert Covert Sr mentioned his wife and children in his 21 November 1757, Charles Co., Maryland Will. Wife Charity, children Jane, Robert, John, Joseph, James, Samuel, Isabella, Christian and Violetta. You can view Robert Covert Sr's records

Robert Covert and Charity Gray's son John Covert married Mary Muncaster and his estate was appraised 22 August 1759. It appears that William Calvert born 1757 is the only child of John Calvert and Mary Muncaster. William Calvert's YDNA participant matches the YDNA participants of Robert Covert Sr and Charity Gray.

Children

• Sarah Calvert 1780-1828 2SZC-5T8
• John Calvert 1781-1839 K2XL-WD8
• Joseph Calvert 1782-1841 LZQ4-CRZ
• William Calvert 1783-1834 LZ8Q-1VL
• Nancy Calvert 1786-1786 L8WG-71T
• Leonard Calvert 1787-1860 KFL5-HN8
• Mary "Polly" Calvert 1792-1864 L49K-NRJ
• Elizabeth Calvert 1794-Deceased L8WP-MDR
• Nodding Calvert 1798-1858 LZ8C-7LW
• Jabez Calvert b. 25 Aug 1805 d. 31 May 1855

The following is from a Calvert Family DNA study: ^[1]

The reason I am beginning this blog post with Rev George E Calvert is because his families oral history and paper trail led in many directions, but his YDNA led in one direction to the immigrant Robert Covert born 1691 England, and transported to Virginia. Francis Duke of New Kent Co.,Virginia claimed head-rights for transporting Robert Covert.

This chart shows Rev George E Calvert matching a descendant of Robert Covert and his wife Charity Gray through their son Robert Covert Jr., son Asa Covert's descendant and YDNA participant at 25 markers.

Going by Rev George E Calvert's YDNA we know which family group to place him in, but the paper trail was more challenging. The family traced themselves back to a William Calvert born 1754 through a son Leonard Calvert born in Baltimore, Maryland, the family thought William Calvert born 1754 was the son of Frederick Calvert last Lord Baltimore, but Fredrick Calvert never visited the Calvert family property in Colonial America. They traced to Leonard Calvert who married Mary Bowman. This Leonard Calvert is identified as the son of William Calvert and Elizabeth Nodding. Great Great Grandfather Leonard Calvert was born 23 May 1787 Washington County, TN., he married Mary "Polly" Bowman, 3 September 1807, and he died 1 February 1860, near Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri. Rev George E Calvert identifies next Leonard Calvert's son Nodding Calvert born 5 September 1819 Washington Co., Tennessee, married three times Gabrella Skidmore, Nancy Gist Minor, and third Harriet McCarty, he died 20 October 1875, Carroll Co., Missouri. George E Calvert family history states Great Grandfather Nodding Calvert married Gabrella Skidmore 14 June 1846, she died 14 January 1863. Rev George E Calvert identifies next William Samuel Calvert son of Nodding Calvert and Gabrella Skidmore. Grandfather William Samuel Calvert born 27 August 1858 Bosworth, Carroll Co., Missouri married Martha Ann Newkirk, 8 March 1877, died 12 November 1945 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rev George E Calvert identifies his parents Robert Peyton Calvert born 15 March 1889 Missouri, married Mary Power Siggers, 6 March 1922, Robert Peyton Calvert died 26 June 1965, Scarsdale, Westchester Co., New York. You can follow Reverend George Edward Calvert's ancestry back HERE.

We didn't have a YDNA participant until recently with a clear paper trail back to William Calvert & Elizabeth Nodding. Thanks to Calvert Genealogy member Jeanne Bailey Sallaska, we have a participant for Andrew J Calvert, his ancestry can be followed back to William Calvert and Elizabeth Nodding HERE. Andrew J Calvert's YDNA participant matches Asa Covert's YDNA descendant -1 at 25 markers, Rev George E Calvert -2 at 25 markers, and Robert of Robert Covert and Charity Gray at 0 at 37 markers. There are more matches to the Coverts who descend from Robert Covert born 1691 England married Charity Gray at a -2 to -4 at 37 markers.

How did William Calvert descend from Robert Covert born 1691 England married Charity Gray and died by 10 March 1758 Charles Co., Maryland per his estate inventory? We have clues. William Kalvart married Elizabeth Nodding 18 June 1780 Cabin John, Montgomery Co., Maryland. William Calvert and Elizabeth Nodding named their eldest son John Calvert born 19 October 1781 probably Washington Co., Tennessee. William Calvert was born 26 February 1757 Maryland, died 31 May 1834 Cooper Co., Missouri.

William Calvert and his wife Elizabeth migrated in about 1780 with the Noddings, the Baylesses, the Browns, and other relatives to Washington County, which was at the time part of North Carolina, and then the short-lived State of Franklin, and finally Tennessee. A William Calvert appears as a plaintiff in a Washington County court record in 1782 in a suit against James Foard [Ford]. William is listed as "heir at law of John Calvert." No other details of the suit are given in the manuscript record, other than the names of the jurors and the amount of the judgment. If this is the subject William, then it could suggest that he was the sole surviving child of his father named John. (Robert Fillerup) Calvert Genealogy member.

Sources

1. ↑ http://calvertfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/william-calvert-elizabeth-nodding-ydna.html

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8WG-3YW

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 Aug 2022), "Record of William Calvert", Ancestor # A018447.
• Dewel Lott, Book Our Calvert Kin PAREN: Y (Book published by Dewel Lott 3rd. printing June 1997)
• http://calvertfamilygenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/09/william-calvert-elizabeth-nodding-ydna.html
• Calvert Bible: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/calvert/2532/

Acknowledgments

First-hand information as remembered by Clint Norwood, Tuesday, January 21, 2014.