This is from "The History of the Town of Catherine, NY." Fortunately I had copied this into the notes for Capt. Samuel Couch as all my hard copy is packed away. Hope this helps . By the way, though the author did not know who Lucy Mallette married, I do. It was Thomas Couch, son of Thomas and Mary Sanford Couch. (I have the Early Mallette Bible in my possession). Gwen History of the Couch Family The origin of the name Couch or Crouch history says comes from the cross = or crucifix which stood by the wayside. The man who lived near was = called by the sobriquet man by the crouch or cross. The monks or friars = had their cloaks embroidered by many a cross "crouched." A will left by = one who came to this country had a rustic cross engraved thereon proving = the name. Two brothers named Simon and Thomas Couch secreted themselves = on board a ship and came to America from Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, = England. The two brothers parted, Thomas settled in the eastern part of = Connecticut near the river. His descendants are to be found there to = this day. Simon settled in Fairfield County and was made a freeman in = October 13, 1664. He married Mary, daughter of Francis Andrews, and had = three sons Thomas, Simon and Samuel. He was a tailor, and worked at his = trade. Afterward he opened an inn, and eventually became a large = landowner. He died while his sons were still young unmarried men. = Thomas was educated as well as the times and family would allow. His = brothers Simon and Samuel agreed to send him back to England to receive = his fathers inheritance which records say amounted to five million = dollars, so they must have belonged to the wealthy class of people. The = English and French were then at war. Thomas was taken prisoner at sea = and never heard of again. Samuel settled in Greens Farms about a mile = from his father's place. Schencles[?] history of Fairfield County says = Captain Samuel Couch, son of Simon 1st, purchased a large track of land = of the Aspetuck Indians, called Chicken Reservation in Redding, = Connecticut. We have a copy of a letter written by Asgill Gibbs of Ovid = [NY] in 1826 which says the date of the Chickens deed was February 1724 = or 1725, the state deed May 1724. We do not trace Samuel's descendants = further as they do not directly concern us. Simon settled near his = father's place at a place called Turkey Hill, married Abigail, daughter = of John Sturges 1st. They had a son Thomas who was born June 9, 1695, = who married Sarah, daughter of Gideon Allen December 7, 1721. They had = a son Thomas 2nd, born November 28, 1725, who married Elisabeth, = daughter of Edward Jessup February 25, 1750. They had a son Thomas 3rd = born February 12, 1751 who married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Nash = April 2, 1772, and had seven sons and four daughters: Thomas 4th, = Jonathan, Nathan, Moses, Edward, Hezekiah and John; 2 Sarahs, Esther and = Mary. Thomas 4th married Mary, daughter of Timothy Sanford. Thomas 4th = had four sons and one daughter: Timothy, Edward, Moses, and Thomas 5th, = and Esther (Mrs. William Keeler). Thomas 4th was killed when Thomas = 5th, the youngest child, was a few weeks old. The mother afterwards = married Daniel Mallett, brother of Dimon and Levi. They had two sons = and one daughter: Aaron, Samuel and Mary, all of whom lived in = Connecticut. Jonathan Couch had one son, General Darius N. Couch living in Norwalk, = Connecticut. Hezekiah Couch had one son, Joel M. living in Catharine, = New York. Thomas 2nd and Elizabeth Jessup had one son Simon who had two sons = Edward and Jessup who moved to Ohio near 1812 [in] Meigs County. Another = branch descendant William H. Couch lives at Naugatuck, Connecticut, but = the connection is so remote that we can not claim much relationship. = Timothy and Thomas moved to Tioga County, New York and settled with = their sister Esther Keeler. Timothy's children [are] William, Timothy, = Mary, Sarah, Charlotte andLucinda. Live at Catharine all but Charlotte = who lives on West Hill [NY]. Thomas 5th married Lucy, daughter of Dimon Mallett. His children were = seven: Edward, Myron, Samuel T., Asher, Mary, Esther and Emily. There = has been a Thomas in every generation since coming from England till the = present one in this branch of the Couch family. Oliver Couch, a native of Molveram Lincolnshire, England, whose father = kept a hotel or inn for many years called Lincoln Inn, came to America = on the ship Live Oak November 17, 1636. He settled in Saybrook or Lyme, = Connecticut in the forepart of the year 1640. He had two brothers, Henry = and John, where they went I have not learned. He had a son Henry, [and] = a grandson Oliver. Dates of birth unknown, or how many generations = elapsed to Jonathan who had six children: Joseph, Eli, Lucy, Eunice, = Huldah and Mollie. Three of whom we trace, Eli, Lucy and Eunice. Eli = married Elner Parsons and had seven children: Jonathan P., Samuel, = Larry, Eli, Laura, LeGrand, and Parson. Eli Jr. settled near Havana = [NY] and had three children: Hiram, Samuel and Mary Platt living there. LeGrand settled at Macedon, Wayne County [NY], and has a son living at = Rochester, New York. Lucy married Joseph Frost whose sister Sarah Frost = married Philip Mallett, father of Dimon, Daniel and Levi. Eunice = married Dimon Mallett so the three families Couch, Mallett and Frost are = pretty well mixed in their relationship although this branch of the = Couch family is no relation as I can find out to the one which Lucy = Mallett married. Their ancestors came from [a] different county of = England, and their names are not at all alike, though they immigrated = not far from each other.