Mary Frances Andrews

Female Abt 1645 - 1691  (~ 46 years)


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  • Name Mary Frances Andrews  [1
    Born Abt 1645  Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1691  Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • • 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)
    Person ID I2772  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 22 Sep 2023 

    Father Francis ANDREWS,   b. Abt 1620, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1662, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Mother Anna SMITH,   b. 1625, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1661/62, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 1641  Hartford, Hartford Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F18904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Simon Couch,   b. 1633, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1688, Greens Farms, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 1664  Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas COUCH,   b. 1659,   d. 1689  (Age 30 years)
     2. Mary Couch,   b. 1663
    +3. Capt. Samuel COUCH,   b. 1666, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1739, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Martha COUCH,   b. 1667,   d. 1725  (Age 58 years)
    +5. Simon Couch, II,   b. 1669, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1713  (Age 44 years)
    +6. Sarah Couch,   b. 1669
    +7. Hannah COUCH,   b. Est 1671, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    Samuel Couch & Edrea Hurlbut - Marriage Record (compiled)
    Simon Couch & Mary Frances Andrews - Marriage Record (compiled)
    New England Marriages Prior to 1700, page 186
    Histories
    History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield - Couch References
    History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield - Couch References
    Compiled & Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1902
    (retyped as searchable PDF 2011)
    Family ID F20130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Peter NORTON 
    Family ID F24717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Hugh GRIFFON 
    Family ID F24718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol. I
    THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol. I
    From the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818
    by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck - New York, 1889
    www.archive.org
    THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol.II
    THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol.II
    From 1700 - 1800
    by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Shenck - New York, 1903
    www.archive.org

  • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [S18721] .


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