 1751 - 1817 (66 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Couch |
| Suffix |
III |
| Born |
1 Feb 1751 |
Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
16 Mar 1817 |
Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
| Person ID |
I3181 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2018 |
| Family |
Sarah NASH, b. 17 Jan 1755 |
| Married |
2 Apr 1772 |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah COUCH, b. 9 Aug 1773, d. 24 Aug 1773 (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Thomas COUCH, IV, b. 23 Sep 1774, d. 08 Oct 1805 (Age 31 years) |
| + | 3. Jonathan COUCH, b. 13 Feb 1777, CT , d. 04 Jul 1845, Southeast, Putnam Co, NY (Age 68 years) |
| | 4. Sarah COUCH, b. 18 Sep 1779, d. 07 Jan 1809 (Age 29 years) |
| | 5. Nathan COUCH, b. 25 Sep 1781, d. 09 Sep 1823, Natches, Adams Co, MS (Age 41 years) |
| | 6. Esther COUCH, b. 14 Dec 1783 |
| | 7. Moses COUCH, b. 2 Oct 1786, d. 24 Jun 1796 (Age 9 years) |
| | 8. Edward COUCH, b. 7 Mar 1789, d. 17 Sep 1792 (Age 3 years) |
| + | 9. Hezekiah COUCH, b. 14 Mar 1791, d. 2 Oct 1864, Patterson, Putnam Co, NY (Age 73 years) |
| | 10. Mary COUCH, b. 21 Apr 1793 |
| | 11. John COUCH, b. 28 Jul 1795, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
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| Family ID |
F21406 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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
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| Sources |
- [S16] Connecticut, All Town Birth Records, Pre-1870 (Vital Stats), Fairfield, p41.
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