Simon Couch was the immigrant ancestor of many with the surname, Couch, in America including Capt. Ebenezer Couch, Jr., Lora Sophia Couch, Joel B. Couch, Francis Newton Couch, Alfred Bostic Couch, and Dr. Morris Couch of Guymon, Oklahoma.∼Simon Couch was one of 3 brothers who did not want to go to London for their education and instead, stowed away on a ship in Plymouth, England, indenturing themselves to families coming to settle in CT in 1620's. The brothers were Samuel, Simon and Thomas. Simon was indentured with Andrews family and became a free man in 1665. He married Mary Andrews, worked as a taylor, ran a horse saloon and ultimately bought the Andrews' widow's farm. He continued to add acreage to the farm, buying the adjacent Green Farm. Upon his death in 1688, he was a wealthy landowner in Fairfield, CT.
Simon Couch was the immigrant ancestor of many with the surname, Couch, in America including Capt. Ebenezer Couch, Jr., Lora Sophia Couch, Joel B. Couch, Francis Newton Couch, Alfred Bostic Couch, and Dr. Morris Couch of Guymon, Oklahoma.∼Simon Couch was one of 3 brothers who did not want to go to London for their education and instead, stowed away on a ship in Plymouth, England, indenturing themselves to families coming to settle in CT in 1620's. The brothers were Samuel, Simon and Thomas. Simon was indentured with Andrews family and became a free man in 1665. He married Mary Andrews, worked as a taylor, ran a horse saloon and ultimately bought the Andrews' widow's farm. He continued to add acreage to the farm, buying the adjacent Green Farm. Upon his death in 1688, he was a wealthy landowner in Fairfield, CT.
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