Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow (1765 - 1833)

Born 29 May 1765 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York Colony

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Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1833 at age 68 in Plattekill, Ulster, New York, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow has English ancestors.

Elizabeth was a Friend (Quaker) : Oblong Monthly Meeting, Pawling, New York

Elizabeth was born abt May 29, 1765 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York. Daughter of Jacob Coutant & Phebe Legget. Married Elias Gerow on May 30, 1785. Had 12 children with Elias Gerow.^[1]

Elizabeth Coutant married her first cousin, Elias Gerow^[2]. Her father, Jacob, was Elias' maternal uncle^[3]:

1. Jean Coutant II & Elizabeth Angevine
   1. Elizabeth Coutant (b.1729) md. Daniel Geraud III(aka Gerow)
      1. Elias Gerow (b. 1765)
   2. Jacob Coutant (b. 1744) md. Phoebe Leggett
      1. Elizabeth Coutant (b. 1765)

She passed away 31st day of 10th month in 1833 in Plattekill, Ulster, New York.^[4][5] She was buried in Friends Cemetery.^[4]

Children

Children of Elias and Elizabeth Gerow:^[6]

Gilbert Gerow.

Anna Gerow.

Daniel Gerow.

Phebe Gerow.

Hannah Gerow.

Catharine Gerow.

Deborah Gerow.

William Gerow.

Jacob C Gerow.

Elias Gerow.

Isaac Gerow.

Child's Death
Daniel E. Gerow, son of Elias and Elizabeth Gerow, died, 19 of 10m, 1873, aged, 82 years, 3 months and 26 days. ^[7]

Research Notes

• Descendant of Huguenot Descendant on paternal side
• English Ancestor on maternal side
• Namesakes: Paternal grandmother Elizabeth Angevine Coutant & her aunt Elizabeth Coutant Geraud

Addt'l Notes

*Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Sources

1. ↑ FindAGrave: Elizabeth Coutant
2. ↑ Genealogical and Family History NY : Southern New York, p577.
3. ↑ Pedigree Resource File
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/78240332/elizabeth-gerow : accessed 9 June 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Coutant Gerow (29 May 1765–31 Oct 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78240332, citing Friends Cemetery, Plattekill, Ulster County, New York, USA ; Maintained by irish85 (contributor 47629090) .
5. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number M 363; Volume 4.4; Page 11; ID 124513 .
6. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number M 363; Volume 4.4; Page 11; ID 124514-26.
7. ↑ Quaker Deaths from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Part VI, Dutchess, NY Transcribed by Barb Mihalcik, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost.

• FindAGrave: Elizabeth Coutant
• Genealogical and Family History NY : Southern New York, p577. fultonhistory.com [1]. (notes: states BY as May 1768-not possible as her brother Samuel was born Apr 1768; entry also appears to skip a generation-ie Daniel Geraud II b. 1697 md Catharine Sicord b. 1703-research of vital records needed)See also:
• FamilySearch profile. "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9CNP-TBQ : accessed 29 June 2019), entry for Elizabeth Coutant; file (2:2:2:MM9R-F6H), submitted 25 April 2003.

Acknowledgements

• Sources added, edits -C-213 00:56, 26 November 2019 (UTC)