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Thomas Couch

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  1. 1.  Thomas Couch was born on 9 Jun 1695 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; was christened on 3 May 1696 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 1 Apr 1736 in Westport, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sarah COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1723 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 24 Aug 1773.
    2. 3. Thomas Couch, II  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1725 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 14 Dec 1764 in CT; was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT.
    3. 4. Anna COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1729.
    4. 5. Deacon Simon Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Apr 1729 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 25 Apr 1809 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sarah COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 1 Dec 1723 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 24 Aug 1773.

  2. 3.  Thomas Couch, II Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 28 Nov 1725 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 14 Dec 1764 in CT; was buried in Colonial Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT.

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

    Children:
    1. 6. Simon Couch, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1752 in Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Apr 1829 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.
    2. 7. Gideon Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Sep 1757 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT.
    3. 8. Stephan COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Sarah COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 10. Elizabeth COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 11. Mary COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 12. Thomas Couch, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Feb 1751 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Mar 1817 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

  3. 4.  Anna COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born about 1729.

  4. 5.  Deacon Simon Couch Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 5 Apr 1729 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 25 Apr 1809 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

    Simon married Rebecca Nash on 25 Nov 1779. Rebecca was born on 18 Nov 1733 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 12 Jan 1784 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Simon Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 May 1755 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 8 Nov 1807 in Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Greens Farms Church Upper Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT.
    2. 14. Thomas Nash Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1758 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 3 Jan 1821 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.
    3. 15. Rebeckah Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Mar 1761 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 3 Apr 1785 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Simon Couch, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 6 Nov 1752 in Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Apr 1829 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

    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

    Simon married Eleanor Nash on 7 Jan 1776 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT. Eleanor (daughter of Jonathan Nathan Nash and Sarah Andrews) was born on 14 Jan 1758 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 5 Mar 1818 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Umpawaug Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 16. Elizabeth COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1776; died on 21 Feb 1834.
    2. 17. Jessup COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Aug 1778; died in Jun 1821.
    3. 18. Seth COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1780.
    4. 19. Eleanor COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Aug 1782; died on 28 Dec 1856.
    5. 20. Simon COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Dec 1784; died in 1826 in Marion, Marion Co, OH.
    6. 21. Nash COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1787.
    7. 22. Priscilla COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jun 1790.
    8. 23. Edward COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1792 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Apr 1856 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT.
    9. 24. Simon A. Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1794 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.
    10. 25. Caroline COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1801.

  2. 7.  Gideon Couch Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Sep 1757 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT.

    Notes:

    Original Ancestors of the Couches in America


  3. 8.  Stephan COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1)

    Notes:

    Original Ancestors of the Couches in America


  4. 9.  Sarah COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1)

    Notes:

    Original Ancestors of the Couches in America


  5. 10.  Elizabeth COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1)

    Notes:

    Original Ancestors of the Couches in America

    Elizabeth married Noah HANFORD. [Group Sheet]


  6. 11.  Mary COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1)

    Notes:

    Original Ancestors of the Couches in America


  7. 12.  Thomas Couch, III Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 1 Feb 1751 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Mar 1817 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 26. Sarah COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Aug 1773; died on 24 Aug 1773.
    2. 27. Thomas COUCH, IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Sep 1774; died on 08 Oct 1805.
    3. 28. Jonathan COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Feb 1777 in CT; died on 04 Jul 1845 in Southeast, Putnam Co, NY.
    4. 29. Sarah COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1779; died on 07 Jan 1809.
    5. 30. Nathan COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Sep 1781; died on 09 Sep 1823 in Natches, Adams Co, MS.
    6. 31. Esther COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Dec 1783.
    7. 32. Moses COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct 1786; died on 24 Jun 1796.
    8. 33. Edward COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1789; died on 17 Sep 1792.
    9. 34. Hezekiah COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Mar 1791; died on 2 Oct 1864 in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY.
    10. 35. Mary COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Apr 1793.
    11. 36. John COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jul 1795 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

  8. 13.  Simon Couch Descendancy chart to this point (5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 18 May 1755 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 8 Nov 1807 in Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Greens Farms Church Upper Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield Co, CT.

    Simon married Abigail Chapman on 25 Nov 1779 in Fairfield Co, CT. Abigail was born on 10 Oct 1758; died on 18 Dec 1825. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 37. Abigail Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Aug 1782 in Fairfield Co, CT; died on 13 Dec 1858; was buried in Greenfield Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT.
    2. 38. Simon Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1783 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 28 Jul 1819 in Newbern, Craven Co, NC.
    3. 39. William Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1786 in Fairfield Co, CT.

  9. 14.  Thomas Nash Couch Descendancy chart to this point (5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 15 Apr 1758 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 3 Jan 1821 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

  10. 15.  Rebeckah Couch Descendancy chart to this point (5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 31 Mar 1761 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 3 Apr 1785 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Elizabeth COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 9 Oct 1776; died on 21 Feb 1834.

    Elizabeth married Ozias BURR. Ozias was born on 13 Jan 1773. [Group Sheet]


  2. 17.  Jessup COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 3 Aug 1778; died in Jun 1821.

    Notes:

    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.


  3. 18.  Seth COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 31 Aug 1780.

  4. 19.  Eleanor COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 26 Aug 1782; died on 28 Dec 1856.

  5. 20.  Simon COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 1 Dec 1784; died in 1826 in Marion, Marion Co, OH.

    Notes:

    He graduated at Yale College


  6. 21.  Nash COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Apr 1787.

  7. 22.  Priscilla COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 27 Jun 1790.

  8. 23.  Edward COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Jul 1792 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 16 Apr 1856 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT.

    Edward married Betsey MERCHANT. Betsey was born on 29 Jan 1794 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 6 May 1875 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 40. Edward J. Couch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1828 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 29 Apr 1907 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT.
    2. 41. Simon COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1830 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 11 Mar 1893 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT.

  9. 24.  Simon A. Couch Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 6 Dec 1794 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

  10. 25.  Caroline COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (6.Simon3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Jun 1801.

  11. 26.  Sarah COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 9 Aug 1773; died on 24 Aug 1773.

    Notes:

    Died young



  12. 27.  Thomas COUCH, IV Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Sep 1774; died on 08 Oct 1805.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Run over and killed by a cart near Norwalk.


  13. 28.  Jonathan COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 13 Feb 1777 in CT; died on 04 Jul 1845 in Southeast, Putnam Co, NY.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 42. Charles COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 43. Abigail COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 44. Esther COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 45. Cornelia COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 46. Caroline COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 47. Harriet COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 48. MajGen. Darius Nash COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jul 1822 in Southeast, Putnam Co, NY; died on 12 Feb 1897 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Bristol Co, MA.

    Jonathan married Darius. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 49. Nancy COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 50. Elizabeth COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 51. Susan COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 29.  Sarah COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 18 Sep 1779; died on 07 Jan 1809.

    Notes:

    Died:
    (this second Sarah died unmarried)


  15. 30.  Nathan COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 25 Sep 1781; died on 09 Sep 1823 in Natches, Adams Co, MS.

  16. 31.  Esther COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Dec 1783.

  17. 32.  Moses COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 2 Oct 1786; died on 24 Jun 1796.

  18. 33.  Edward COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 7 Mar 1789; died on 17 Sep 1792.

  19. 34.  Hezekiah COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Mar 1791; died on 2 Oct 1864 in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY.

    Notes:

    Lived in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY.

    Hezekiah married Clarrey MERCHANT. Clarrey was born on 16 Dec 1791 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT; died in in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 52. Mary COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY.
    2. 53. Jane Ann COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in in Danbury, Fairfielld Co, CT.
    3. 54. Joel M. COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Oct 1819 in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY; died on 11 Nov 1898 in Montour, Schuyler Co, NY.
    4. 55. Elizabeth COUCH  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1822; died on 16 Feb 1849 in Patterson, Putnam Co, NY.

  20. 35.  Mary COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 21 Apr 1793.

    Mary married Ebenezer Hawley. [Group Sheet]


  21. 36.  John COUCH Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 3.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 28 Jul 1795 in Redding, Fairfield Co, CT.

  22. 37.  Abigail Couch Descendancy chart to this point (13.Simon3, 5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Aug 1782 in Fairfield Co, CT; died on 13 Dec 1858; was buried in Greenfield Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT.

    Abigail married William Sherwood on 5 Jan 1800 in Fairfield Co, CT. William was born on 23 Mar 1777 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 31 Mar 1844 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; was buried in Greenfield Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT. [Group Sheet]


  23. 38.  Simon Couch Descendancy chart to this point (13.Simon3, 5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 16 Oct 1783 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT; died on 28 Jul 1819 in Newbern, Craven Co, NC.

  24. 39.  William Couch Descendancy chart to this point (13.Simon3, 5.Simon2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 8 May 1786 in Fairfield Co, CT.


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