Person:Jonathan Couch (1)

From "The Revolutionary Soldiers of Redding, Ct" by William Edgar Gruman, pg. 131 ... Couch, Jonathan, April 2, 1777, he was appointed on a committee of nine to take care of the families of soldiers in the service of the country.

Another accounting of Jonathan's ancestry is listed in a "Transcription of Frost/Couch genealogy" (The link to Oliver Couch needs to be investigated. Is this the same family? )

Oliver Couch History_1 gen. - Oliver Couch - a native of Wolverton, Lincolnshire, England, whose father kept a hotel then called Lincoln's Inn, came to America in the ship Live Oak, Nov. 16, 1636.__In 1640 he settled in Saybrook or Lyme, Connecticut. He had two brothers, Henry and John, who came with him. Oliver, our ancestor, had a son named:__2d gen. Henry, who had a son_3d " Oliver - Oliver's son_4th " Johnathan had six children (his wife was Eunice) who were:_5th gen. Joseph_Eli_Lucy (underscored in text)_Eunice_Hildah_Mary__Eli married Edna Parsons. They had seven children.__Lucy married Joseph Frost 4th September 19, 1781. The names of their 10 children are given in the Frost History.

From "The Revolutionary Soldiers of Redding, Ct" by William Edgar Gruman, pg. 131 ... Couch, Jonathan, April 2, 1777, he was appointed on a committee of nine to take care of the families of soldiers in the service of the country.

Another accounting of Jonathan's ancestry is listed in a "Transcription of Frost/Couch genealogy" (The link to Oliver Couch needs to be investigated. Is this the same family? )

Oliver Couch History_1 gen. - Oliver Couch - a native of Wolverton, Lincolnshire, England, whose father kept a hotel then called Lincoln's Inn, came to America in the ship Live Oak, Nov. 16, 1636.__In 1640 he settled in Saybrook or Lyme, Connecticut. He had two brothers, Henry and John, who came with him. Oliver, our ancestor, had a son named:__2d gen. Henry, who had a son_3d " Oliver - Oliver's son_4th " Johnathan had six children (his wife was Eunice) who were:_5th gen. Joseph_Eli_Lucy (underscored in text)_Eunice_Hildah_Mary__Eli married Edna Parsons. They had seven children.__Lucy married Joseph Frost 4th September 19, 1781. The names of their 10 children are given in the Frost History.

1. ↑ Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/fairfield/fairfield_c.htm.

   Jonathan, son Ebenezer & Ann, b July 16, 1736