Dear Susan, You wrote: > Can someone help sort out Joseph Covel/Lydia Stuart/Hannah Bassett? > I am a descendant of Sarah Covel b 15 May 1701. > Lydia Stuart married Joseph Covel ca 1700? > Lydia Stuart died ? > Hannah Bassett married Joseph Covel? > Then to make matters more interesting, I came across a website yesterday that had Joseph Covel Jr. married to Hannah > Bassett! > I would also appreciate the names of all the children. > > Thanks for any help > Susan First of all, there was no Sarah Covel born 15 May 1701. There was a Lydia Covel born 12 Jul 1701, the daughter of Joseph Covel and his first wife Lydia Stuart, recorded thusly in the Mayflower Descendant: > [MD 4:198] Ledea : Covil ye Daughter of Joseph & Ledea Covel was born ye 12th of July 1701 Record pr Me Samll Stewart C Lydia Covel married Thomas Nickerson, the son of Thomas Nickerson and Mary Bangs: > [MD 4:198] Thomas Nickerson : & Ledea Covel was Married ye 16th of May 1716 pr Joseph Doane Just of peace. Record pr me Samll Stewart Clark Lydia Stuart died, and her widower (Joseph Covel) married Hannah Basset, the daughter of Nathaniel Basset and Dorcas Joyce. > [MD 3:181] Joseph Covel of monomoy and Hannah Bassett were married by Jonathan Sparrow Esqur on the first day of march 1703/4 Sarah Covel (whose date of birth has not been ascertained), was the daughter of Joseph Covel and his 2nd wife Hannah Basset. Sarah Covel married William Nickerson ca 1723, the son of William Nickerson and Deliverance Lombard. [See The Nickerson Family, Part I, published by The Nickerson Family Association 1973-1988). Then, you ask for "the names of all the children" but do not specify whose children you are interested in. If you mean the children of Joseph Covel, perhaps the following will help. >From Pamphlet No. 36 of the Library of Cape Cod Hist and Gen, "Early Chatham Settlers" by William C. Smith, 1915: Joseph Covell, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Nickerson) Covell, born at Monomoit about 1675, married first Lydia Stewart, dau of Ensign Hugh of Monomoit, about 1700. She died not long after and he married second Hannah Bassett, dau of Nathaniel of Yarmouth and sister of Nathan of Monomoit, 1 March 1703/4. His farm was on the east side of Muddy Cove and extended east to the present road from the old cemeteries over to the late Rufus Smith's. It was a part of the old William Nickerson farm. There is no record of his death or of his children and no settlement of his estate. He was living as late as 1732 (ML Luce papers) but does not apear in the tax list of 1755. Children of Joseph Covell: By wife Lydia: Lydia b. 12 July 1701 (Chatham VR) m. Thomas Nickerson Jr 16 May 1716 (Catham VR). By wife Hannah (order uncertain): Sarah m. William Nickerson "Red Stockings," son of William about 1723 (Osborn Nickerson papers). James m. first Mehitable Nickerson dau of Samuel of Harwich 4 Aug 1727 (Harwich VR). She d. 26 Nov 1761 and he m. 2nd Ruth (Crowell) Kelley, widow of Amos Kelley of Yarmouth. Nathaniel m. Mary Chase, dau of Isaac of Yarmouth (Int. 20 July 1740 Yarmouth VR). Joseph m. Hannah Bassett dau of Nathan and died not long after marriage, leaving widow and dau Hannah. Possibly a dau Constant who m. Ebenezer Nickerson son of Thomas. Possibly a dau Dorcas who m. James Nickerson, son of William. Regards, Pam Sears