Category: Coover

Seventy-seven Palatine Immigrants, who, with their families, numbered in all 60 persons, arrived Aug 9, 1730 at Philadelphia, PA on the ship Thistle of Glasgow. Among those was Deiterich Kober. The male passengers of the ship, from ages 16 and upwards, proceeded at once to the court house and subscribed their names under oath to… Continue reading Dieterich Coover

(John) George Coover, son of Dietrich Kober, Palatine immigrant of 1730, was born Jan 7, 1741 and died in 1820. He was baptized by Rev. Casper Stoever Feb 2, 1741. sponsors: John Egedius Hoffman and his wife. He was born in Lancaster County, PA, moved to Allen township, Cumberland county, PA. John served as private… Continue reading George Coover

John Coover was my Great Great Grandfather, father of Ann Elizabeth Coover, who married Levi Kauffman and were the parents of Percival Coover Kauffman, the father of my dad, Walter Lee Kauffman 2nd. His father was George Coover, who farmed the plantation at Cedar Spring. His grandfather was Dietrich Kober, Palatine Immigrant of 1730. John… Continue reading John Coover