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From: "Danny Couch" <>
Subject: Re: [COUCH] Concise Listing
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:06:34 -0500
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Robert, I am still pouring over your projections and will get to you on that
later. Nice work, very intriguing. I am intrigued by the Thomas Couch you
mention that was the Captain of the Fortune and/or the Palm Tree. I saw
(and made copies of) a Thomas Couch in 1694 who, with a (Francis?) Jones,
were "Factors of London" (a factor was a buyer/seller) and were in a dispute
about money owed them by the Lee family in Northumberland Co. VA on the
Chesapeake Bay and the Rappahannock River that went on for several years.
"Jones & Couch, Factors of London" initiated the lawsuit in Northumberland
Co. VA. It was over a storage of tobacco the Lee's either lost or got
stolen. That info is on the VA website too.
Now---I realize that the Thomas Couch/Crouch I saw on the VA library
website, the one that was too old for muster (obligatory military service)
was NOT 1608, but is actually the one that is in 1623/1624 record. In other
words, the 1608 reference I thought I saw in Richmond VA was a false lead
and I apologize for that. I should have made a copy then but was trying to
do too much while I was there for the day.
Jamestown experiment was such a mess and most died anyway, I am a little
skeptical if Thomas Couch 1623/1624 survived. I bet that Thomas Couch ship
captain and factor is worth pursuing but it would help if the Cornwall folks
could add to that. There is just not anymore of a record in VA other than
that. Danny Couch
----- Original Message -----
From: "M M Morrow" <>
To: <>
Sent: December 15, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [COUCH] Concise Listing


> Thanks, Robert Couch, for you concise listing of what is actually found in
records.
> I printed your list out for future reference as our Molly Mary Ann(e)
COUCH FITZGERALD (b. 1794
> NC; m. John FITZGERALD of Virginia; 1st 9 of 11 children b. 1809-1828
Alabama; d. 1860-70 Washington
> Co., Arkansas) begins to reveal her origins. It seems that their ca.1808
m. may have taken place in
> Alabama, likely near TN border as other connected families.
> These terrific Internet clues have been passed on to me over the
years, so now am starting on
> verifying whatever is possible. The trouble with undocumented sources is
that they get repeated
> often enough in many otherwise reliable places; then begin to be accepted
as fact, in spite of the
> obvious conflicts and questions. Dan Couch just sent along some very good
Bible data, but our
> Molly's tie-in is still questionable.
> Good to know that some early documentation is actually possible!!!
This web site is a great
> source for COUCH background. Thank you, thank you All for keeping the
lights on (Thomas COUCH
> 1608 Jamestown ... WOW!!) M. M. Morrow
>
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