 1752 - 1829 (76 years)
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| Name |
Simon Couch |
| Suffix |
Jr. |
| Born |
6 Nov 1752 |
Fairfield Co, CT  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
16 Apr 1829 |
Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
| Buried |
Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
| Person ID |
I3221 |
adkinshorton |
| Last Modified |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Family |
Eleanor Nash, b. 14 Jan 1758, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT , d. 5 Mar 1818, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT (Age 60 years) |
| Married |
7 Jan 1776 |
Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
| Children |
| | 1. Elizabeth COUCH, b. 9 Oct 1776, d. 21 Feb 1834 (Age 57 years) |
| | 2. Jessup COUCH, b. 3 Aug 1778, d. Jun 1821 (Age 42 years) |
| | 3. Seth COUCH, b. 31 Aug 1780 |
| | 4. Eleanor COUCH, b. 26 Aug 1782, d. 28 Dec 1856 (Age 74 years) |
| | 5. Simon COUCH, b. 1 Dec 1784, d. 1826, Marion, Marion Co, OH (Age 41 years) |
| | 6. Nash COUCH, b. 23 Apr 1787 |
| | 7. Priscilla COUCH, b. 27 Jun 1790 |
| + | 8. Edward COUCH, b. 14 Jul 1792, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT , d. 16 Apr 1856, Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT (Age 63 years) |
| | 9. Simon A. Couch, b. 6 Dec 1794, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT |
| | 10. Caroline COUCH, b. 23 Jun 1801 |
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| Documents |
 | Simon Couch & Eleanor Nash - 1776 Marriage Record
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| Last Modified |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Family ID |
F21457 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Simon Couch, brother of Thomas, settled in Redding, on Umpawaug Hill, about the same
time. He married, January 7th, 1776, Eleanor, daughter of Jonathan Nash, of Fairfield. Their
children were: Elizabeth, born October 9th, 1776; Jessup, born August 3d, 1778; Seth, born
August 31st, 1780; Eleanor, born August 26th, 1782. Simon, born December 1st, 1784;
Nash, born April 23d, 1787; Priscilla, born June 27th, 1790; Edward, born July 14th, 1792;
Simon A., born December 6th, 1794; Caroline, born June 23d, 1801. Simon Couch died April
16th, 1829. Of the children, Simon and Jessup graduated at Yale College. Jessup graduated
in 1802, and in 1804 removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he practised law until his
appointment as Judge of the Superior Court of Ohio in 1815. This office he continued to hold
until his death in 1821. In the War of 1812 he was also aide-de-camp to Governor Meigs, of
Ohio, and bearer of dispatches to General Hull.
Simon Couch, his brother, settled at Marion, Ohio, where he practised medicine until his
death in 1826.
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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