In brief

He married April 9, 1719, in Killingly, Connecticut by Reverend J. Fisk.

Family

Spouse
m. 1719

Children

  • Hannah Covel · in this line
    b. Baptized: September 30, 1722, in Killingly, Connecticut by Reverend J
  • James Covel
    b. Abt. May 1725 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Ebenezar Covel
    b. Abt. November 1727 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Abigail Covel
    b. Abt. May 1730 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Zurviah Covel
    b. Abt. April 1733 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Lydia Covel
    b. Abt. August 1736 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Sarah Covel
    b. Abt. February 1739 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Elizabeth Covel
    b. Abt. February 1739 near Killingly, Connecticut
  • Kezia/Keziah Covel
    b. Abt. May 1741 near Killingly, Connecticut
    m. Jesten Cady in February 1762 in Killingly, Connecticut

Siblings

  • Elizabeth Covwell
    b. November 25, 1686, in Woburn, Massachusetts
  • Alice Covwell
    b. April 6, 1689, in Woburn, Massachusetts
  • Phillip Covwell
    b. February 12, 1692, in Woburn, Massachusetts
    d. February 12, 1692, in Woburn, Massachusetts
  • Sarah Covwell
    b. August 1698 in Woburn, Massachusetts

Life story

A Putnam Congregant

Joseph Covel, son of Joseph Covel and Alice Palmer, married Hannah Lamb in Killingly, Connecticut, in April 1719. The following year he and his young son entered the covenant of the First Congregational Church in Putnam, Connecticut, together.

Sources (4)
  1. Connecticut Church Records: Putnam, First Congregational Church 1715-1904 (Hartford, Connecticut : Connecticut State Library, 1961), 46-47, for Covel family; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0386-00049 : accessed 5 August 2026).
  2. Killingly, CT: Church Records, 1711-1775 (Putnam, Connecticut: The Putnam Patriot, 1894); digital images, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2752/i/0/1/0 : accessed 5 August 2026).
  3. Edward F. Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873: Part I. – Births (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb01john : accessed 5 August 2026).
  4. Edward F. Johnson, Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages from 1640 to 1873: Part II. – Deaths (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890); digital images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/woburnrecordsofb02john : accessed 5 August 2026).