Jacob Covenhoven was also known as Capt. Jacob Conover. Jacob Covenhoven was born on 11. Nov. 1751. He was the son of
John Covenhoven and
Mary Van Dorn. Jacob Covenhoven was baptized on 19. Jan. 1752 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. He married
Ariantje Covenhoven, daughter of
Jacob Covenhoven and
Margaret Covenhoven, c 1770; Jacob's first wife. Jacob Covenhoven Monmouth Regiment on 27. May. 1778. He married
Neeltje Smock, daughter of
John Smock and
Elizabeth Covenhoven, on 29. Dec. 1782 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Jacob Covenhoven married
Neeltje Schenck, daughter of
Peter Schenck and
Jannetje Hendrickson, on 10. Dec. 1788 at Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold-Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey; Neeltje was his third wife. In his will dated Apr 24, 1815, Jacob Covenhoven, Miller of Freehld, NJ, mentioned his wife, but not by name; his sons Aaron, Jacob, Roelof, and Isaac Covenhoven; his mother Mary Covenhoven; and his daughters Margaret and Nelly Schenck, Elizabeth Du Bois, and Mary, Catherine, Jane, Sarah, and Arintha Covenhoven. The executors were his sons Roelof, Aaron, and Isaac, who used the name Conover, The witnesses were J. Phillips, Johns S. Holmes, and Daniel Bray. Jacob Covenhoven died on 28. May. 1815 at age 63. His estate was proved on 22. Jun. 1815.