Timeline of Stephen Couch, son of John Couch

 

Who is Stephen Couch the son of John Couch? How do I know if this is MY Stephen Couch? Elizabeth Shown Mills in Evidence Explained writes about four major areas: data collection, evidence evaluation, compilation and teaching. This great resource will assist ALL historians in evaluating their work or tree.

 The following timeline is a comparison between two men with the same name, Stephen Couch.

Father’s name:	John Couch, 5 Aug 1713, Glastonbury, CT	John Couch, 1717, Fairfield, CT
Mother’s name:	Mary Scott, May 1720, Waterbury, CT	Sarah
Birth:	1758, East Hartford, Connecticut	17 Jan. 1753, New Milford, Connecticut
Spouse:	Abigail Webster, 1759-1834	Pollipheme Carington, 1760-1847
Marriage:	18 Sept 1777, see Ancestry tree comment	16 Dec 1781, New Milford, CT
Death:	5 April 1834, Keeney Settlement, NY	9 Aug 1833, Lee Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Children:	Stephen Jr 1778-1805	Daniel 1782-1848
	Anna 1780-1862	Sally 1785-1814
	Phoebe 1783-1827	Polyphena 1787-1846
	Polly 1785-1862	John Morton 1795-1856
	Alma Elma 1789-1831
	Laura  Luna 1792-1866
	Abigail 1793-1877
	Aaron 1798-1876
	Hannah 1800-1824
	Noah 1802-1837
Siblings:	John 1744-1808 *	Stephen 1753-1833**
	Mary 1745
	Martha 1748-1834
	Elisha 1753-1806
	Stephen 1758-1834	BOLD are the persons of this article
	Ann
	Prudence
	Susannah d 1776

 *Stephen and John were brothers, see History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster book for explanation.

**At the time of this article, this is the only child I am able to verify, time is limited.

 What is my connection to Stephen Couch husband of Abigail Webster? Stephen Couch is my fourth great uncle. Stephen is the brother to Elisha Couch my fourth great grandfather.

My conclusion came after many hours of research collecting records, books, and DNA cousins. All of my documentation is on Ancestry.com in my Roots_Digger  Family Tree [UNDER CONSTRUCTION,  help!!!).

Let us climb and dig together,

Selma