Hi Brian & Listers: I have excerpted (and pruned branches of) some of the relevant COUCHes from my database to show how they are related. A reference such as 1C8R after a person's name gives their relationship to me. The numbers at the end of each datum refer to the source codes at end-of-file. Regards, Bob Hull ��������������������������������������������� First Generation ��������������������������������������������� 1. Simon Couch Sr. Born abt 1633.1 Simon died in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, bef 15 Mar 1687/1688; he was 54.1 Simon married Mary Andrews?. Children: 2 i. Simon (-<1713) 3 ii. Mary 4 iii. Samuel (-~1739) 5 iv. Hannah Second Generation ��������������������������������������������� 2. Simon Couch Jr. (Simon1). Simon died bef 7 Apr 1713 in ?, Fairfield Co, CT, US.1 Simon married Abigail Sturges, 1C8R, daughter of John Sturges Sr. (~1624-1700) & Deborah Barlow (~1638-). Born abt 1673 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Abigail died in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US, on 14 Sep 1730; she was 57.1 Buried in Sep 1730 in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Children: 6 i. Abigail (1693-1747) 7 ii. Thomas (1695-1736) 8 iii. Hannah (~1699-1774) 9 iv. Sarah (1706-1783) 4. Capt. Samuel Couch (Simon1). Samuel died abt 1739 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Samuel married Edrea [or Adrea] Hurlbut, daughter of Thomas Hurlbut Jr. (1650-1697) & Mary Brown (~1655-). Born abt 1674 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Edrea [or Adrea] died in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US, on 24 Nov 1737; she was 63.1 Buried in Nov 1737 in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Children: 11 i. Mary (~1696-1766) 12 ii. Adrea (~1698-1753) 13 iii. Samuel (~1700-1775) 14 iv. Benjamin (~1702-1748) 15 v. Martha (~1704-~1728) 16 vi. Solomon (~1713-1748) Third Generation ��������������������������������������������� 7. Thomas Couch Sr. (Simon2, Simon1), 2C7R. Born on 9 Jun 1695 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 At the age of <1, Thomas was baptized in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 3 May 1696.1 Thomas died in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US, on 1 Apr 1736; he was 40.1 Buried in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US.1 On 7 Dec 1721 when Thomas was 26, he married Sarah Allen, 2C8R, daughter of Dr. Gideon Allen Jr. (1671-1750) & Anna Burr (~1675-1747), in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,1 Born on 1 Apr 1697 in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,1 At the age of 3, Sarah was baptized in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 30 Jun 1700.1 Sarah died in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 10 Mar 1787; she was 89.1 Children: i. Thomas (1725-1764) ii. Simon III (1729-1809) On 10 Nov 1736 when Mrs. Sarah (Allen) Couch was 39, she second married Timothy Keeler Sr., son of Samuel Keeler (~1655-1713) & Sarah St.John (1659-1714), in Westport, Fairfield, CT, US.1,10 Born in 1695 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT, US.10 Timothy died in Ridgefield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 30 Aug 1748; he was 53.10 Occupation: Selectman, Town Clerk. 8. Hannah Couch (Simon2, Simon1), 2C7R. Born abt 1699 in of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 At the age of <1, Hannah was baptized in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 27 Aug 1699.1 Hannah died in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 30 Aug 1774; she was 75.1,4 Buried in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1,4 Old Burying Ground. On 4 Nov 1724 when Hannah was 25, she married Sgt. Samuel Osborn, 1C8R, son of Capt. John Osborn Sr. (-1709) & Sarah Bennett (~1653-1725), in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,1 Born abt 1680 in of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Samuel died in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 2 Apr 1752; he was 72.2,4 Buried in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1,4 Old Burying Ground. Children: i. Eunice (1727-1789) ii. Joseph (1733-1776) 15. Martha Couch (Samuel2, Simon1). At the age of <1, Martha was baptized in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 18 Feb 1704/1705.1 Martha died in ?, Fairfield Co, CT, US, abt 1728; she was 24.1 Born abt 1704. In Nov 1727 when Martha was 23, she married Ephraim Jackson Sr., 1C7R, son of Joseph Jackson Jr. (1680-1714) & Elizabeth Sanford (1679-), in Fairfield, Fairfield, CT, US.2,1 Born on 13 Oct 1704 in Stratfield, Fairfield, CT, US.1 Oct 1704 {BC}. At the age of <1, Ephraim was baptized in Stratfield, Fairfield, CT, US, on 22 Oct 1704.1 Ephraim died in Redding, Fairfield, CT, US, on 5 May 1768; he was 63.1,7,8 28 Apr {HOR1}. Buried in Redding, Fairfield, CT, US.7 Old Cemetery. Child: i. Joseph III (1728-<1783) Sources 1. {FOF} �Families of Old Fairfield [Connecticut]� by Donald Lines Jacobus 2. {BC} Barbour Collection, State Library, Hartford, Connecticut 3. {HOS} �A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut� by Rev. Samuel Orcutt. 4. {TS} Tombstone inscriptions; �The Old Burying Ground of Fairfield, Conn.� by Kate E. Perry 5. {FHC1} �Genealogy of the Curtiss Family�� by Frederic Haines Curtiss. 6. {FANH} �Families of Ancient New Haven [Connecticut]� by Donald Lines Jacobus. 7. {Hale} Connecticut Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, Connecticut State Library, Hartford by Charles R. Hale. 8. {HOR1} �History of Redding [Connecticut], Book I� by Charles Burr Todd 9. {DHS1} �The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut (1590-1658) and his wife Alice Tomes� [and a research paper on their son John] by Donna (Holt) Siemiatkoski. 10. {WBK} �Keeler Family�� by Wesley B. 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