Cornelia COUCH

Notes:

Gen Forum here http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Darius::couch::1330.html

Another source was from the book on Darius Couch pg 34, which list's it's source from : Allen Collection.........William S. Pelletreu, History of Putnam County (Brewster, NY: Landmark Preservation Society, 1975), 425.


Died:
Location of death was listed as S.E., NY. The town of Southeast, NY is in S.E., NY, just across the state line from CT, where Jonathan was born. So the town of Southeast is used as the likely location.

Jonathan married Betsey HALL-PENNEY. Betsey was born in 1787. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gen Forum here http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Darius::couch::1330.html

Another source was from the book on Darius Couch pg 34, which list's it's source from : Allen Collection.........William S. Pelletreu, History of Putnam County (Brewster, NY: Landmark Preservation Society, 1975), 425.

Notes:

Thomas Couch III

Thomas Couch, of Fairfield, removed to Redding prior to the Revolution, and settled on
Umpawaug Hill. He married, April 2d, 1772, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Nash, of Fairfield.
Their children were: Sarah, born August 9th, 1773, died young; Thomas, born September
23d, 1774; Jonathan, born February 13th, 1777, who was the father of Major-General Couch,
distinguished in the War of the Rebellion; Sarah, born September 18th, 1779; Nathan, born
September 25th, 1781; Esther, born December 14th, 1783; Moses, born October 2d, 1786;
Edward, born March 7th, 1789; Hezekiah, born March 14th, 1791; Mary, born April 21st,
1793; John, born July 28th, 1795. Mr. Thomas Couch died in Redding in 1817.

At the outbreak of the Revolution Thomas Couch enlisted in the patriot army, and was one of
the band of heroes who were present with Montgomery at the siege of Quebec. He left his
wife with their young children in Fairfield. When Tryon moved on that town, Mrs. Couch had
what furniture and grain she could gather put into an ox cart drawn by two yoke of oxen, and
started for Redding, where she owned land in her own right. She followed on horseback,
carrying her two children in her arms. At the close of the war, Thomas joined his wife in
Redding, where they continued to reside until death.
Source: History of Redding Connecticut

Thomas married Sarah NASH on 2 Apr 1772. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan Nathan Nash and Sarah Andrews) was born on 17 Jan 1755. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Elizabeth JESSUP on 22 Feb 1749/50 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christened:
History of Fairfield, V2, First Extant Parish Record of Christ's Church, Fairfield, p.482

Died:
History of Fairfield, CT 1700-1800, p.398

Jonathan married Sarah Andrews on 14 Mar 1754. Sarah (daughter of Deacon John Andrews, III and Sarah Couch) was born on 06 Aug 1731 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Notes:

Married:
History of Fairfield, CT 1700-1800, Vol. I, p.398

Notes:

Christening: 3 MAY 1696 Fairfield, CT
Note:
Aged 40y 9m 22d, from gravestone.

The will reference in this note mentions unnamed slaves.

Will 6 Dec 1735, codicil 2 Feb 1735/6, proved 20 Apr 1736.
Wife Sarah; sons Thomas, Simon; daughters Sarah and Ann Couch; Negros; mentions
brother Simon's homelot. Dower in estate of Thomas Sr., was ordered
distributed, 13 June 1765, to his widow, Sarah Keeler of Ridgefield.

All information from:
"History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield"
by Donald Lines Jacobus, Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter DAR, Fairfield, CT, 1930.
Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. Gc 974.602 F161j

Thomas married Sarah Allen on 7 Dec 1721 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. Sarah (daughter of Dr. Gideon Allen, II and Anna Burr) was born on 1 Apr 1697 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 10 Mar 1787 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Sarah wife of Capt. Thomas Nash. Sarah died on 20 Feb 1760. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christened:
History of Fairfield, V1, Genealogies, p.350

Name:
Click Here to View Information about John Andrews, son of Francis Andrews, and his namesake descendants named John. Clarification of which John is which, and of known and/or obvious errors in genealogy and history resource compilations, giving appropriate birth, marriage and death information as available for each with source citations for each piece of data provided. There were five generations of John Andrews as a continuous lineage.

John married Sarah Couch on 28 Oct 1730. Sarah (daughter of Simon Couch, II and Abigail Sturgis) was born on 30 Mar 1706; was christened on 12 May 1706 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 9 Mar 1783; was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christening: 12 MAY 1706 Fairfield, CT

Buried:
Plot 270

Notes:

All information from:
"History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield"
by Donald Lines Jacobus, Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter DAR, Fairfield, CT, 1930.
Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. Gc 974.602 F161j

Birth:
Although information extant on Simon, son of Simon Couch born 1633, suggests this son Simon was born in 1669, the 1687 will of Simon (born 1633) gives Simon as the second son. Therefore, he is placed here in that birth order without a birthdate given.

Died:
Simon Couch II - Will 2 Mar 1712/13, probated 7 Apr 1712/13. (History of Fairfield, Vol.1, p.365)

Simon married Abigail Sturgis. Abigail (daughter of John STURGIS and Deborah BARLOW) was born in 1673 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 14 Sep 1730 in Westport, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Renewed her Covenant at Fairfield Church, 3 May 1696.

Will of Abigail Andrews, 7 Feb 1729/30, proved 22 Sep 1730; daughters Abigail
edwards, Hannah Osborn, Sarah Couch, Isabel Rumsey, Deborah Couch; sons Thomas
and Simon Couch.

All information from:
"History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield"
by Donald Lines Jacobus, Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter DAR, Fairfield, CT, 1930.
Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. Gc 974.602 F161j


Name:
(also recorded as Abigail Harges, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700")

Buried:
Plot 22

Notes:

Married:
Renewed covenant, May 3, 1696, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT

Gideon married Anna Burr. Anna (daughter of Nathaniel Burr, II) was born in Jan 1696. [Group Sheet]

John married Elizabeth on 22 Aug 1677. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Click Here to View Information about John Andrews, son of Francis Andrews, and his namesake descendants named John. Clarification of which John is which, and of known and/or obvious errors in genealogy and history resource compilations, giving appropriate birth, marriage and death information as available for each with source citations for each piece of data provided. There were five generations of John Andrews as a continuous lineage.

John married Eleanor Burr. Eleanor was born on 26 Oct 1680. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Simon treated slavery as indentured servitude. He became a free man in 1665 having endentured himself to the Andrews family for his passage over from Plymouth. Plymouth is close to Cornwall, England. By the time of his death, he owned two neighboring "bankside farms," on Long Island sound in CT and had 3 businesses. In his will, his slaves were to be set free and were each given 8 acres of the farm lands.

Unfortunately, when I copied the above statement about Simon Couch's treatment of slaves, I did not record the source. It is important to note that despite any benefit received by indentured people (of all colors including white), indentured people were essentially owned and treated poorly. Some did become free and climb to success, but this was not typical. If they did not in their "owner's" view prove to be loyal, many were sold into slavery. During Simon's lifetime, freeing slaves and giving them land may have been a good thing, and yet it was really only a small thing compared to what slaves endured in slavery. In later years, slave owners were required by law to support slaves they had liberated, and were also required to give them 50 acres each...so Simon's gifts, while perhaps better than many slave owners of his time, were not special and good, but were minimal, and could easily leave his freed slaves to a life even worse than slavery in his care. In fact, it was practices such as his, of freeing slaves and not necessarily assisting them afterward, that prompted the passing of laws to prevent such practices or penalize them to ensure freed people could survive without criminal activities they were often forced to engage in just to stay alive.
— Footnote by Doug Couch, 2020

Buried at Couch Burial Hill, Fairfield Co., CT

Will 22 Dec 1687, proved 15 Mar 1687/8; wife Mary; eldest son Thomas; 2nd son Simon; 3rd son Samuel; brother's son Thomas Couch that lives with me; brother's daughter living at John Grumman's; cousin Susannah Couch living at Milford; eldest daughters, Mary and Martha; daughters Sarah and Hannah. - "History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" by Donald Lines Jacobus, Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter DAR, Fairfield, CT, 1930. Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. Gc 974.602 F161j

Simon Couch was made a freeman 13 Oct 1664 - "History of Fairfield Vol 1 1889" pg 364 ("50 Puritan Ancestors")

The History of Fairfield Co, CT 1700-1800 Vol.1 gives Simon's will as 22 Dec 1687, proved in 1689. If his death date is 15 Mar 1687/88, the sequence is correct, allowing for transcription errors in how the dates were to be recorded.

Name:

Previously, the parents of Simon were given here with his father as Lewis (as received from someone who visited England and did research there). Upon later reviewing (as the records became available to me as "The Register Baptisms Marriages & Burials-Parish of Hartland Devon {England}), the Lewis who married in Hartland, Devon, England and had a son, Symon, I do not believe this Symon born 1615 is our Simon born 1633. Even though I have unlinked them, you can still view that lineage here.

In further support that our Simon Couch (by any spelling) was not born in Hartland, Devon, England in 1633, I'm providing the pages showing the baptisms for Hartland in 1633. Reviewing other years back several decades also do not show him, except for Symon born in 1615.
View 1633 Baptisms — For now, I am retaining the birth information for Simon as 1633 in Devonshire, England because various sources give this date...and because Devon is a very large area, with Hartland being only a very small town as part of it at the time. Devon West District and the middle of Devon overall is roughly 40 miles from Hartland; which lies further west and north. Simon could have a birth record elsewhere in Devon (Devonshire).

Died:
Simon Couch - Will 22 Dec 1687, probated 1689.

Simon married Mary Frances Andrews in 1664 in Fairfield Co, CT. Mary (daughter of Francis ANDREWS and Anna SMITH) was born about 1645 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died in 1691 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Inventory of Mary Couch, 22 May 1691, exhibited 27 Dec 1691. Adm'n granted to
Simon and Samuel Couch. Order to distribute to the children: Thomas ("if he
never come to this Country again"); Simon; Samuel; widow Mary Grumman; Martha,
Hannah and Sarah Couch.

Mary Couch conveyed 1689 to brother Thomas. Samuel Couch receipt 1694 to
brother Simon for legacy from mother Mary dec'd. Abraham Finch receipted 1697
for legacy from father-in-law Couch. Peter Coley receipted 1703 for legacy of
Hannah Couch, his present wife.

All information from:
"History & Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield"
by Donald Lines Jacobus, Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter DAR, Fairfield, CT, 1930.
Allen Co. Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN. Gc 974.602 F161j


Died:
• He [re will of Simon Coucn I] caused his sons to provide a fixed & ample allowance yearly for their mother.
• His [Simon Couch I's] s. Thomas sailed for England in 1689 ; & made his will of 8. April the same year, in which he gave his mother [Mary Andrews Couch] the use of his lands during her widowhood, & at her death to his brother Simon's eldest son, & if he had no son, to his brother Samuel's eldest son. His [Thomas Couch's] will was probated 2. Dec. 1691.
• Mary the widow of Simon Couch [I] died in 1691, & the use of the land left her by her s. Thomas, fell to the eldest son of her s. Samuel.
——— History of Fairfield, Vol. I, p.364 (re Simon Couch I, commentary on his will and subsequent family history facts related to the widowhood period of wife, Mary's life up until her death)

John married Deborah BARLOW. [Group Sheet]

Gideon married Sarah. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Mary first wife of Sgt. Joseph Nash. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
"He [Sergt Joseph Nash] was twice married, but the maiden names of his wives are not known. Their Christian names were [1]Mary & [2]Margaret...His estate, which he bequeathed to his wife Margaret, & to their only daughter Sarah...The names of some of his children are found in New Haven as follows: John b. 12. July 1650. Hannah b. 21. Jan. 1652...Mary, his wife, died 25. Nov. 1654. ___ daughter died 18. Jan. 1654."—History of Fairfield, CT 1700-1800, p.397
Presumably, he married Margaret after 25 Nov 1654 and had a daughter with her named Sarah.

Notes:

Birth:
History of Fairfield, V2, Genealogical, p.441

Name:
Click Here to View Information about John Andrews, son of Francis Andrews, and his namesake descendants named John. Clarification of which John is which, and of known and/or obvious errors in genealogy and history resource compilations, giving appropriate birth, marriage and death information as available for each with source citations for each piece of data provided. There were five generations of John Andrews as a continuous lineage.

John married Bethiah Kirby. Bethiah (daughter of John Kirby and Elizabeth) was born on 14 Feb 1657/58 in Middletown, Middlesex Co, CT; died in 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Bithia Kirby, daughter of John & Elizabeth Kirby, born 14 Feb 1658, Mattabeset, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Middletown Township, Middlesex, Connecticut)

Notes:

Married:
View Information on Spouse Error in Historical-Genealogical Resource

"John Andrews i. b. in Essex, England, was a s. of Francis Andrews i. of Hartford & later of Fairfield, did not marry Sarah d. of Simon Couch of Fairfield as stated in Vol. L p. 350; but according to the town records of Middletown, Conn., he m. Bethiah Kirby b. Feb. 14. 1658 d. of John Kirby of Middletown. John Kirby, the father was b. in 1623 & d. in 1677. In the distribution of the estate of John Kirby by his widow Elizabeth, John Andrews of Fairfield was deeded, 'in right of his wife's interest in her father's estate,' her portion of his estate."—History of Fairfield, (Genealogical) Vol. 2, by Schenck, p.441
View Additional Clarification on the Successive Lineage of John Andrews I-V

Unknown married Unknown Mother of Simon. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Found on the list of Origianal Hartford Founders - A list of those settlers who came to Hartford before February, 1640 He is listed as: Francis Andrews

list found online at:
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ct/hartford/towns/hartford/prop001a.txt

"Francis Andrews purchased before 1640 the north part of Richard Buttler's lot on the corner of the present elm and Trinity Streets. Died in Fairfield. Will dated June 6, 1662; proved March 5, 1993." From Families of Early Hartford, CT page 10

Sources:
Abbrev: Families of Early Hartford, CT
Author: Lucius Barnes Barbour
Publication: Baltimore, Genealogical Publications, 1982
Repository:
Name: GenealogyLibrary.com (Family Tree Maker)

Page: 10
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Families of Early Hartford, CT
Author: Lucius Barnes Barbour
Publication: Baltimore, Genealogical Publications, 1982
Repository:
Name: GenealogyLibrary.com (Family Tree Maker)

Page: 10
Quality: 3
Text: d. 1662-3, died in Fairfield

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copy of family group web page data: [bracketed comments added]

First Generation
1. Francis1 Andrus was born in England about 1620. Francis died 1662/1663 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, at 43 years of age. He married Anna Smith. Francis Andrews purchased before 1640, the north part of Richard Butler's lot on the corner of the present Elm & Trinity streets. He removed to Fairfield where he was an early member of the 1st Congregational Church. His name appears on the founders monument in Fairfield.

His will is dated 6 June 1662, proved 5 March 1663. Anna, late wife of Francis Andrews dec'd, sold to [!son-in-law] Simon Couch, 14 Mar 1663/4; and on 28 Feb 1673/4 Couch had land entered which he had purchased of Ann Smith, Exec'x of the will of Francis Andrews. Francis may have been the brother of William of Hartford and John of Farmington. It is at least worth to note that John (son of Francis) and Thomas (son of William) m. sisters, daus. of John Kirby of Middletown; while Thomas (son of Francis) and Abraham (son of John) also m. sisters, daus. of Robert Porter of Farmington.

Francis [!Andrews] Andrus and Anna Smith had the following children:

2 i. Hannah2 Andrus. She married John Crampton. John was "of Norwalk".

3 ii. Elizabeth Andrus.

4 iii. Ruth Andrus.

5 iv. Jeremiah Andrus. He removed to Bedford.

6 v. Hester Andrus.

7 vi. Rebecca Andrus. She married Samuel Benedict 7 July 1678. Samuel was "of Norwalk".

8 vii. Mary Andrus [!Mary Frances Andrews]. Mary died 1671. She married Simon Couch. Simon died 1688.

9 viii. John Andrus was born in Hartford, Hartford, CT 1646. John died 1683 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, at 37 years of age. He was christened 27 September 1646 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.

10 ix. Thomas Andrus was born in Hartford, Hartford, CT 1647. He was christened 2 January 1648 in Hartford, Hartford, CT.
+ 11 x. Abraham Andrus was born about 1652.

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Francis married Anna SMITH in 1641 in Hartford, Hartford Co, CT. Anna (daughter of Giles SMITH and Mary WHEELER) was born in 1625 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 5 Mar 1661/62 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

http://www.renderplus.com/hartgen/htm/allyn.htm
possible other spouse:
Col. John Allyn - was born on 11 Nov 1696 in Hartford, Ct.. He is the son of Matthew Allyn and Margaret Wyatt.
Col. John married Anna Smith. Anna was born on 9 Nov 1640 in England. She is the daughter of Henry Smith and Ann Pynchon.

Notes:

Name:
History of Fairfield Genealogies states "Thomas Nash...is supposed to have been the Thomas Nash. who, among the emigrants of Rev. John Davenport's company, landed at Boston, from the ship Hector, on the 26 July 1637."

Thomas married Margery Baker. Margery was born before 1637. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
History of Fairfield Genealogies states that "Margery his wife died, within two years after his death." (referring to Thomas Nash)

John married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet]