The Coverdale record in England has gone back to pre-1488, the era of Miles 
Coverdale, who wrote the first English translation of the Bible. Another record 
lists the names of Coverdale on the tax roll in the County of Norfolk, England 
in 1198. 
As far back as 1694, a Thomas Coverdale witnessed a will for a neighbour in 
Sussex County. In 1723, a Richard Coverdale, age 34, helped in dividing land in 
Sussex.
There were definitely two different awards of Coats of Arms: one by King Henry 
VIII and the other by King Edward VI. 
By 1760, several Coverdale and Coverdill families were living in Sussex and 
Kent Counties at Manitoke, Delaware, USA. The first church at Manitoke 
Hundred , Sussex County, Delaware, was established near Coverdale Cross Roads 
on July 30, 1785. (The Hundred is a political land division)  
A family of Coverdales arrived from England in 1735, stopped in Delaware, then 
moved southward to Kentucky and Ohio. In 1799, a Coverdale and a Coverdill 
served in the Delaware Militia. 
Some of the Coverdales came to America from England in their own vessels with 
their own crew. One vessel, coming from England, disappeared on the way to the 
West Indies. 
William`s (1765-1828 ) daughters, Hannah and Margaret and sons William, John 
and George emigrated to Canada in 1831 or 1832 along with a nephew Thomas. 
Other members of the Coverdale family were lost at sea in their own ship. 
William`s son John, and six children died in a boat accident on the St. 
Lawrence River. John`s wife, Elizabeth (or Margaret Balfour?) survived and re-
married a Mr. Hewin (or Hewitt??)
Many of the Coverdales were born in Danby,North Yorkshire, England. The 
definition of Danby is: `Dan`, means the place allotted to ` Dane `, a Viking 
invader with the force that took Yorkshire and Northumbrian lands about 
875. `By` means the colonists` farmlands. The population of Danby in 1831 was 
1392 people.