Samuel
Coutant
Born in New Rochelle, Ulster, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Coutant
and Phebe (Leggett) Coutant
Brother of
Elizabeth (Coutant) Gerow, Bethena (Coutant) Hutchings, Hezekiah Coutant, Abraham Coutant, Sarah (Coutant) Roberts and Jacob Leggett Coutant
Husband of
Margaret (Hutchings) Coutant
— married
1790 in Ulster Co. NY
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Coutant, Huldah (Coutant) Thompson, Jasper (Cotant) Coutant, Phebe Coutant, Benoni Coutant, John Coutant and Isaac Coutant
Died
at age 64
in Tillson, Ulster, New York
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2015
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Biography
Samuel Coutant is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.
Samuel Coutant has English ancestors.
Samuel was a Friend (Quaker) : Plains Monthly Meeting, Rosendale Plains, Ulster, New York
Samuel Coutant was born in 1768, the son of Jacob and Phebe (Leggett) Coutant of New Rochelle, Ulster, New York.[1] He married Margaret Hutchings in 1769.
Samuel was a farmer in Hurley, Ulster, New York.[2][3][4][5]
He died in Tillson, Ulster, New York in 1832/33.[6]
Research Notes
The Coutant family belonged to the Religious Society of Friends in Rosendale Plains, NY.[7]
In a 1915 family history, gr-nephew Rev. Anson S Coutan, listed their children as: Elizabeth (1790); Huldah (1791); Jasper (1793); Phoebe (1796); Benoni (1799); Peter (1800); Thomas (1802); John (1804); Isaac (1806); and Mary (1808).
An entry reportedly ascribed to a family bible states the subject's DY as 1833; however, Samuel's grave marker in Friends Cemetery, Tillson, Ulster, NY states DY as 1832. [8]
Sources
- ↑ United States Census, 1790; "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK5-NP8 : accessed 1 March 2019), Jacob Coutant, New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States; citing p. 150, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1800", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5T-L2P : Fri Oct 06 19:38:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Content, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; 1800.
- ↑ United States Census, 1810: "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Z-RC7 : accessed 1 March 2019), Samuel Contant, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 831, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 181,391.
- ↑ United States Census, 1820; "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGW-LTC : accessed 1 March 2019), Samuel Cotant, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing p. 50, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 76; FHL microfilm 193,731.
- ↑ United States Census, 1830: "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPD-F6Y : 19 August 2017), Samuel Clzut, Hurley, Ulster, New York, United States; citing 149, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 106; FHL microfilm 17,166.
- ↑ Findagrave: Samuel Coutant
- ↑ Quaker Meeting Records: State of New York, p. 10: Quaker Meeting Records: State of New York. Compiled by Josephine S. C. Frost. link
- ↑ Coutant-Birdsall Bible record: This record reference was provided by the original unknown profile creator with no further sourcing provided.
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