NameMary P. COVINGTON
Birthabt 1807, Tennesee
Death20 Oct 1858, Arkansas
FatherJohn COVINGTON (~1772-1847)
MotherJane Davis HANKINS (1776-1853)
Misc. Notes
My mother (Helen Porter Wrightso) passed down a note that “Mary Lee” ?? told her that two Covington brothers came to Virginia through Maryland on 2nd crossing Lord Calvert from England.

I did a search and found this possible as...Calvert received a Charter from Charles I of England for the new colony of Maryland, to be named for the Queen Consort Henrietta Maria (wife of King Charles). This was shortly after the death of his father, the First Baron Baltimore, who had long sought the charter to found a colony in the mid-Atlantic area to serve as a refuge for English Roman Catholics.

The first expedition consisted of two ships that had formerly belonged to Baltimore's father George, "Ark" and "Dove".[14] They departed from Gravesend in Kent with 128 settlers on board. They were chased and forced to return by the British Royal Navy so that the settlers would take an oath of allegiance to the King as required by law. They then sailed in October 1632, for the Isle of Wight to pick up more settlers. There, two Jesuit priests (including Father Andrew White) and nearly 200 more settlers boarded before the ships set out across the Atlantic Ocean.
Spouses
Birth2 Nov 1804, Franklin, Williamson, TN
Death24 Dec 1883, Harmony, Johnson, AR
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FatherJohn PORTER (ca1767-1827)
Marriage3 Dec 1827, Murphreesboro, Rutherford, TN
ChildrenJane E. (1828-1904)
 Amanda Thomas (1834-1867)
 Mary Eliza (1836-1888)
 Joseph Bartlett (1839-1913)
 James Columbus (1841-1862)
 Thomas Brantley (1844-1862)
 William. F. (Callie) (1847-1904)
 John W. (-1848)
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