John Coveney

1815 - 1878

• Born	5 May 1815	Borden, Kent
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1840 and 1874	Farmer
  Died	31 Dec 1878	Chestham, Henfield
  Probate	28 Jan 1879	under £60, 000 Will proved by Henry Ross & George Coveney Bird (nephews)
  Person ID	I0970	The Bird Tree
  Last Modified	10 May 2013

  
  

  Father	William Coveney,   b. Abt 1790,   d. Abt 1850
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Sophia Brightman,   b. 7 Aug 1786, Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent ,   d. Jun 1865
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	27 Dec 1814	St. Mary's, Chatham, Kent, England
  Family ID	F303	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Harriott Bird,   b. 22 Jan 1814, St Mary, Newington ,   d. 7 Nov 1874, Manor House, Swanscombe
  Married	19 Mar 1840	Kennington, Surrey
  Family ID	F082	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		certificate - marriage of John Coveney and Harriott Bird 1840 Marriage certificate of John Coveney and Harriott Bird 1840
  		Chestham Park 2.JPG

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Chestham Park - census for Henfield 1878 Census for Henfield includes John Coveney, Henry Ross and Charles Wisden
  		Chestham Park - Henfield : Through the lens of Marjorie Baker A copy from this book about the history of Chestham Park
  		Chestham Park Street Map Street map for Chestham Park
  		Will of John Coveney (1815 - 1878) The Will of John Coveney who diedon the last day of December 1878 - Swanscombe Manor and Chestham Park

  
  

  Histories		Chestham Park The manor house at Chestham Park was purchased by John Coveney around 1874 and then left to his nephew, Henry Ross, whose widow, Eliza Bird, lived there until her death in 1904.
  		The Ross Bird Mystery It was conjected that one of William Bird of Newnham's sons had changed their surname to Ross but I was able to ascertain that this was not actually the case.