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From: "Bill & Diane Jones" <>
Subject: Re: [COUCH] COUCH, GEORGE, ADAIR, MILAM, McSPADDEN
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 18:37:57 -0400
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I would be interested in hearing more about this line as well since I am
also a descendent of Jeremiah.

Diane (Couch) Jones
Utica, Michigan
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Subject: Re: [COUCH] COUCH, GEORGE, ADAIR, MILAM, McSPADDEN


> Bob,
> I read with interest your response to Alfred Fatica concerning your
> Thomas Couch ancestors. Based upon you finding a couple of Thomas Couches
in
> the Jamestown settlement records, I am speculating both yours and my Couch
> lines probably originated with one or both these Thomas Couches you found
in
> the Jamestown records. My ggg Jeremiah Sr. had brothers named Thomas John
> and another recorded as John Thomas. There was something special about
the
> name Thomas for our early ancestors it seems. Couches --- probably most
> familes --- were fond of naming children after grandparent names and/or
> uncles.
> I'm thinking my ggg Jeremiah is a descendent of one or the other of
> these Jamestown Thomas Couches. I think these Jamestown Couches lived in
the
> Jamestown/Williamsburg area until such time as they began to migrate
westward
> (southward and westward for your ancestors) as opportunities arose that
> suited their ideas and dreams. In my case, I think Captain John was a
> riverboat captain who found land in Buckingham County that he and brother
> James acquired to settle on in the 1700's. James is considered to be the
> father of my line of Couches.
> I start my 30th year of teaching biology at Oral Roberts University
> next week. Having turned 65 this spring, I plan to teach year by year.
> Best wishes,
> probably distant cousin Richard
>
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