Mary (Andrews) Couch
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Mary (Andrews) Couch (1645 - 1691)

Mary Couch formerly Andrews
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
Daughter of [uncertain] and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 46 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 23 Apr 2011
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Biography

Birth

Mary, daughter of Francis Andrews was under the age of 18 when her father made his will in 1662. So she was definitely born after 1644. However, Mary's exact birth and even birth order are unknown. Jacobus places her birth after John and Thomas, which would make her born about 1649 in Fairfield. If born as early as 1645, she would have been born in Hartford.

Disputed Marriage

Donald Lines Jacobus

Mary perhaps married (1) Peter Norton of Fairfield and (2) about 1670 Hugh Griffen[1]
Speaking of Mary, the wife of Simon Couch: "Mrs. Schenck with Happy certainty calls her dau. of Francis Andrews, which is not impossible, yet the records she quotes do not specify the relationship as her quotations seem to imply."[2]

Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck

Speaking of Simon Couch: "He m. Mary d. of Francis Andrews of Bankside. He with John Andrews purchased of the heirs of his father-in-law, most of their interest in their father's estate. He purchased of his mother-in-law Anna Andrews 6. March 1663, all her interest in the housing & lands of her deceased husband."[3]

Torrey's New England Marriages

"COUCH, Simon (1634-1689) & Mary [ANDREWS?] (-1691); by 1663, ca Jan 1662/3?; Fairfield, CT"[4]

Mary, wife of Simon Couch

Death

An inventory of the estate of Mary Couch was taken 22 May 1691.[2]

Simon Couch, or Crouch, pre-deceased her, in 1688,[2] and was buried in land belonging to him at Forest Point, looking out upon the Sound, which he had set apart as a family burial place and which was long known as the Couch Burial Hill.[5]

Children

  1. Thomas d. 1691[2]
  2. Simon m. Abigail Sturgis[2]
  3. Mary, m. (1) Thomas Grumman (2)James Bennett, (3)Samuel Jennings.[2]
  4. Samuel[2]
  5. Martha, m. Abraham Finch.[2]
  6. Sarah.[2]
  7. Hannah, m. (1) Peter Cooley (Coley) [6] m. (2) Joshua Hoyt[2]

Mary, wife of Peter Norton and Hugh Griffin

Mary Andrews perhaps married Peter Norton, who died about 1670. Their children were:
  1. Abigail Norton m. Joseph Beers about 1688
  2. Mary [? perhaps m. abt 1665; died at Stratford, 28 Nov 1748 ae 83; m. John Skidmore. "when Mary's half-brother Francis Griffin died John Skidmore's grandson Griffin Bradley contested Griffin's will and his interest does not clearly appear in less this Mary was his grandmother hence this marriage is tentatively suggested for her.]
Mary, widow of Peter Norton, married second Hugh Griffin of Orinage (his second wife). His 1690 will mentions his children, his wife Mary and her children Mary Norton and Abigail wife of Joseph Bears, and their children Francis and Hannah.
  1. Francis b. about 1672
  2. Hannah b. about 1675

Source: Families of Old Fairfield[7]

Sources

  1. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (New Haven, CT; Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor Co., 1930-1932), Volume I, p. 18.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (New Haven, CT; Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor Co., 1930-1932), Volume I, p. 161/2.
  3. Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell (Godfrey) Mrs. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, From the Settlement of the Town In 1639 to 1818. New York: The author, 1889. p. 364 Google Books
  4. Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Cites the following sources {LBDF&P ,368; Fairfield Fam. 1:160; Fairfield 1:350; Fairfield Prob. 36, 51, 93; Crary-Dunham 84, 96; Griswold etc. 25; Nash Anc.; TAG 11:126; Crary-Hill 148, 150}
  5. Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Jerry Crary And His Wife Laura Antoinette Dunham of Warren, Pennsylvania. New York: F.H. Hitchcock, 1924. p. 96
  6. Fifty Puritan Ancestors, 1628-1660: Genealogical Notes, 1560-1900; http://bit.ly/16T1KiW added 2013 Nov 10 by Michelle
  7. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (New Haven, CT; Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor Co., 1930-1932), Volume I, Griffin p. 241/2; Norton p 444.
  • American Genealogical-Biographical Index
  • US New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • North America Family Histories 1500-2000




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This should probably go in the G2G Feed Section. However, I am not sure how to find her Profile Number. My Entire Lambertson-Couch Line, ( My Mom's Side) is based on the Marriage of Simon Couch I and Mary Francis Andrews. If They Never Married, How Can She Be Connected as My 7th Great-Grandmother based on my DNA Results?
I think the Barnes family genealogy has Thomas Andrus/Andrews of Farmington as this Mary's father.
posted by Sally (Klosz) Fabro
Andrews-12252 and Andrews-924 appear to represent the same person because: same
posted by Mary (Spradley) Morken
Andrews-3818 and Andrews-924 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted by [Living McQueen]