Caspar Koch was born on August 04, 1700 in Steinmetz, Zurich, Switzerland.[1] His parents were Heinrich Koch and Anna Hauser.[2] He married Verena Muller on October 27, 1722[3] Caspar and Verena arrived in America about 1725 and lived in the town of Palatine, Montgomery county. Together they had 4 children:
He died on January 14, 1789 in Stone Arabia, New York, aged 89 years and 7 months. He left seven children, 57 grandchildren and 56 great-grandchildren.[8]
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Barney of Jefferson county, Mrs. Andrew Getman of Palatine, George of Illinois, Benjamin of Prattsburg, Steuben county, Harrison of Palatine, Mrs. Washington Saddler of Fulton county. John Cook, born in 1740, married Magdalena Dillenback and lived at the original Cook homestead, about a mile south of Stone Arabia.
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