thinks for the the additional info -- wonder if this leads us to look to Scotland for our ancestors -- and there are Grants in the Couches... In a message dated 9/12/03 8:29:34 PM, eccox@bellsouth.net writes: << I must have missed the first part of this dialog, but may I add, the term Urquhart also reffers to the area and the remains of Urquarth Castle, on the shores of Loch Ness in Scottland, near Inverness. This area of Scottland is the location from which the "Grant" clan orginates. Grant, is one of my other family groups, as is Couch. Eddie ----- Original Message ----- From: <MICHAELSTPMOM@aol.com> To: <COUCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [COUCH] Questions ref. John Couch son of Drury > Kay, I looked on the names website and there isn't a meaning for Urquarth. > The closes to the name in the dictionary is Urquhart,Sir Thomas(1611-60), > Scottish translator of three books of Rabelais(1653,1693). Paula > >>