Louisa Cover

1846 - 1907  (60 years)

• Name	Louisa Cover
  Born	30 Oct 1846	Huntley, St Ann, Jamaica   [1, 2]
  Baptized	19 Feb 1862	Huntley, St Ann, Jamaica   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Jul 1907	Jamaica   [4]
  	Age: 64
  	Note that age stated at death gives a birth date about 1843
  Notes	Madeleine Mitchell writes: Louisa was one of the Outside (outside of marriage) children of John Cover, at her baptism in 1862, although she was born in 1846. Her mother was listed as Sarah Smith. The fact that her mother's surname is used is significant because it means John Cover and Sarah Smith were not married. Our family lore is that John Cover had this outside family before he married Margaret Ellis in 1862. (He had 7 sons and one daughter including Septimus Royes Cover by Margaret Ellis Cover). Louisa therefore was probably of colour, and I suppose could have been mistaken for an Indian but I think that unlikely. You will see that the children of Louisa (in which she is listed as Louisa Royes nee Cover) born at Knapdale were born in the 1870's. This however does not answer the question of which Charles John Sr or Jr was the father of these children since senior lived to 1877 and Junior to 1905. Unfortunately there are no Methodist marriage records on Patricia Jackson's site, although the Mormon church did microfilm Dissenter Marriages which included Methodist records. It looks like they were married it was between 1862 and 1872. In the Law 6 register at the baptism of the children Charles Royes is listed as Planter, and the children were M or F Coloured, Legitimate. This will probably muddy your waters more, but it is as I know it. [5]
  Person ID	I3864	Roy~Royes | Royes Jamaica
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	John Foster Cover, jr,   b. 23 Jan 1825, Jamaica ,   d. 26 Jul 1878, Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Sarah Smith,   b. 1830, SC, USA
  Family ID	F700	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles John Royes, jr,   b. Est 1832, St Ann, Jamaica ,   d. 7 Nov 1905, Jamaica  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Children	1. Charles Henry Foster Royes,   b. Knapdale, St Ann, Jamaica   2. Margaret Louise Royes,   b. Knapdale, St Ann, Jamaica   3. Adelaide Royes,   b. Jamaica + 4. John Cover Royes,   b. 1874, Jamaica ,   d. 20 Oct 1949, Crossroads, St Andrew, Jamaica  (Age 75 years) + 5. Samuel William Royes,   b. Abt 1875, Jamaica ,   d. 1956, Jamaica  (Age ~ 81 years)   6. Solomon Hougham Royes,   b. 2 Feb 1879, Kingston, Surrey, Jamaica
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014
  Family ID	F1384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Oct 1846 - Huntley, St Ann, Jamaica Baptized - 19 Feb 1862 - Huntley, St Ann, Jamaica Died - Age: 64 - 16 Jul 1907 - Jamaica  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Royes-Cover (Mitchell), Madeleine Mitchell, Email 26 Nov 2008. [S32] Jamaican Family Search, Patricia Jackson, Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, Brown's Town Circuit, St. Ann, Jamaica. [S316] Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms, (Jamaican Family Search), p 163 #767. Cover, Louisa, dtr of John Cover & Sarah Smith, overseer, res Huntley, b 10/30/1846, bap 2/19/1862 by William Tyson, p. 163 #767 [S406] Jamaica Civil Registration, index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KP16-HL8 : accessed 18 January 2015), Louisa Royes, 1907. [S196] Royes-Jamaica Correspondence (Charles), Charles Royes, 28 Nov 2008.