Person:Simon Couch (4)

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

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

   Simon, son Thomas & Elizabeth, b Nov 6, 1752