Generation No. 1
James Covey was born about 1615 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England, and married Mary Cossyne about 1634 in England. �He died September 5, 1712 in Wollastone (now Braintree), Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Their children:
1. �James Covey, born about 1635, St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England; died February 19, 1704/05, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
2. �John Covey, born about 1637, England; died Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; mar. Mary Aspinwall, October 6, 1658, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
3. �Mary Covey, born March 7, 1646/47
Generation No. 2
James Covey was born about 1635 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England and married Mary Mumford, daughter of Stephen Mumford, about 1659 in Wollystone, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. �He died February 19, 1704/05 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Their children:
1. �John Covey, born about 1658, Wollystone, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
2. �Hope Covey, born 1660, Braintree, Massachusetts (was Wollastone); died November 8, 1704, in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Generation No. 3
Hope Covey was born 1660 in Braintree, Massachusetts (was Wollastone) and married Mary on May 2, 1681 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island. �He died November 8, 1704 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Their children:
1. �Rachel Covey, born March 1, 1686/87 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island; died about 1760, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island
2. �Mary Covey, born 1689, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; mar. Peter Button, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
3. �James Covey, born Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island; died March 21, 1728/29; mar. Sarah Lanphere, March 21, 1706/07
Generation No. 4
Rachel Covey was born on March 1, 1686/87 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, and married Theodosius Lanphear, son of George Lanphear and Jane Hulet, on January 22, 1707/08 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island. �She died about 1760 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
Their children:
� 1. �Ingraham Lanphear
� 2. �James Lanphear, born November 22, 1710
� 3. �Joshua Lanphear, born November 23, 1712
� 4. �Abigail Lanphear, born March 27, 1715; mar (1) Joshua Burdick; mar (2) Peter Boss
� 5. �Susanna Lanphear, born December 14, 1716
� 6. �Nathaniel Lanphear, born March 22, 1717/18; died before 1751; mar. Prudence Cottrell
� 7. �Mary Lanphear, born December 14, 1721; mar. James Hope Covey, Jr.,
� 8. �Samuel Lanphear, born December 23, 1723
� 9. �Stephen Lanphear, Esq., born February 5, 1725/26, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
10. �Jabez Lanphear, born March 25, 1731, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
11. �Joseph Lanphear, born Septtember 20, 1736
Generation No. 4
Stephen Lanphear, Esq. was born February 1725/26 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island and married Mary Champlin, daughter of Christopher Champlin, on October 26, 1749. �He died sometime after 1790.
Their children:
1. �Champlin Lanphear, born July 14, 1750, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; died September 8, 1797, at sea.
2. �Amie Lanphear, born April 20, 1753; mar. William Weaver
3. �Susannah Lanphear, born February 25, 1755
4. �Huldah Lanphear, born March 14, 1760
5. �Anson Lanphear, born February 1764, Westerly, Rhode Island; died March 9, 1764
6. �Anson Lanphear, born January 28, 1765
7. �Ina, born December 6, 1768
8. �Mary, born July 1, 1771, mar. John Collins, October 24, 1791, Orrington, Maine
Generation No. 5
Champlin Lanphear was born July 14, 1750 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, and married Rebecca Babcock, daughter of Joseph Babcock and Susannah Thompson, on March 9, 1772, in Westerly. �He died September 8, 1797 at sea. �
Champlin served in the Revolutionary War as a 2nd Lieutenant in Captain Adam's Company of Colonol Elliott's Regiment of Artillery, Rhode Island Militia.
Their children: �
1. �Asa Lanpher, born September 19, 1772; mar. Susannah Sanders
2. �Joshua Lanpher, born March 5, 1774; mar. Ruth Thompson
3. �Joseph Lanpher, born October 3, 1775; mar. Lucretia Yeoman
4. �Stephen Lanpher, born August 16, 1778; mar. Sally Holly
5. �Prentice Lanpher, born July 11, 1781, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; died August 10, 1845, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
6. �Rebecca Lanpher, born May 5, 1783; mar. William Marryott
7. �Polly Lanpher, born January 11, 1786.
Generation No. 6
Prentice Lanpher was born July 11, 1781 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island; and married Anna Norey Meriott, daughter of Henry Marryott and Mary Saunders, on March 13, 1807 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. �He died August 10, 1846 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
Their children:
1. �Unknown Lanpher
2. �Prentice Lanphear, Jr., born October 10, 1807, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, died March 18, 1893, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
3. �Peter Lanpher, born about 1810
4. �Jesse B. Lamphere, born between 1820--1821; died about November 1909.
Generation No. 7
Jesse B. Lamphere was born about 1821 around Groton, Connecticut and died in November 1909 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island. He married Sarah H. Grinnell in 1849. who died of Typhus Fever a few months later. Jesse married her sister, Hannah W. Grinnell, daughter of Oliver Grinnell and Sally Winslow, �on July 4, 1850 in Groton, Connecticut.
Their children:
1. �Jesse C. Lamphear was born about 1852 in either Connecticut or Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
2. �Henry Albert Lamphear was born on December 27, 1856 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and died before 1865.
3. �Emma A. �Lamphear was born about 1859 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
4. �Nettie Swain Lamphear was born on September 16, 1865 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
5. �Henry Albert Lamphear was born on July 8, 1867 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and died on February 22, 1926 in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary A. Bulmer in Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware on November 14, 1886.
6. �Sarah J. Lamphear was born on September 8, 1869 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
My descendancy is from Henry Albert Lamphear and Mary A. Bulmer. Henry was a mariner/whaler, cook, and owned and operated a bakery/restaurant in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania before his death.
Their children:
1. �Harry Augusta �Lamphear was born December 25, 1887 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and died in April 1966 in Massachusetts. He married Florence Cross.
2. �Ella Emma �Lamphear was born February 25, 1889 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and died August 1, 1889 also in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.
3. �Edna L. �Lamphear was born on August 6, 1893 and died March 18, 1984. She married Harry N. Speer first and Dr. Ralph Powell of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, second.
4. �Helen Grace Lamphear was born on October 8, 1900 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island and died on May 31, 1981 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. She married Harry Edgar Harner on February26, 1919. After his death, she married Henry Johnson of Trainer, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Helen Grace Lamphear and Harry Edgar Harner were my grandparents. I have considerable information on their descendants.
Special thanks to all my "cousins" that contributed information.
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