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Polly Couch 1784–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1784

Birth Location: Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA

Death Date: 30 Aug 1862

Death Location: Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America

Father: Stephen Couch

Mother: Abigail Webster

Spouse(s): Waite Risley

Children(s): Alanson Risley, Waite Risley, Polly Risley, Roger Risley, Abigail Risley, Reuben Risley, Waite Risley, Sally Risley, Noah Risley, Sabra Risley, Stephen Risley, Jemima Risley, Lura Risley, Polly Risley

In 1784, Polly Couch entered the world in Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA, born to Stephen John Couch And Abigail Webster. In 1855, Polly Couch resided in Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA. Polly Couch married Waite Risley, and had children including Abigail Risley, Alanson Risley, Jemima Risley, Lura Risley, Noah Risley, Polly Risley, Reuben Risley, Roger Risley, Sabra Risley, Sally Risley, Stephen Risley, Waite Risley. Polly Couch passed away in 1862 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1784, Polly Couch entered the world in Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA, born to Stephen John Couch And Abigail Webster.
  • In 1855, Polly Couch resided in Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA.
  • Polly Couch married Waite Risley, and had children including Abigail Risley, Alanson Risley, Jemima Risley, Lura Risley, Noah Risley, Polly Risley, Reuben Risley, Roger Risley, Sabra Risley, Sally Risley, Stephen Risley, Waite Risley.
  • Polly Couch passed away in 1862 in Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Stephen Couch
1758–1834
Birth Location: Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
SC
Abigail Webster
1759–1834
Birth Location: East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
AW

Spouses(s)

Waite Risley
1775–1836
Birth Location: Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
WR

Children(s)

Alanson Risley
1816–1863
Birth Location: Keeney, New York, New York, USA
AR
Waite Risley
1810–1816
Birth Location: Keeney, Cortland, New York, USA
WR
Polly Risley
1826–1873
Birth Location: Cortland County, New York, USA
PR
Roger Risley
1817–1827
Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga, New York, USA
RR
Abigail Risley
1823–1860
Birth Location: Cortland County, New York, USA
AR
Reuben Risley
1809–1877
Birth Location: Cortland County, New York, USA
RR
Waite Risley
1820–1892
Birth Location: Cortland County, New York, USA
WR
Sally Risley
1805–1869
Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga, New York, USA
SR
Noah Risley
1806–1806
Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga, New York, USA
NR
Sabra Risley
1825–1911
Birth Location: Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA
SR
Stephen Risley
1812–1903
Birth Location: Cortland County, New York, USA
SR
Jemima Risley
1814–1892
Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga, New York, USA
JR
Lura Risley
1818–1904
Birth Location: Fabius, Onondaga, New York, USA
LR
Polly Risley
1807–1831
Birth Location: Keeney, Cortland, New York, USA
PR

Polly Couch's Ancestors

Self
Polly Couch
1784–1862
Birth Place: Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA
Parents
Stephen John Couch
1758–1834
Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Abigail Webster
1759–1834
East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Jonathan ((John)) Couch
1713–1796
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Dix
1717–1787
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Jonathan Webster
1739–1770
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Agnes Densmore
1737–1769
East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Simon Couch
1669–1759
Rebecca Strickland
1677–1715
John (Dykes)
1684–1770
Mary Brewer
1684–1751
Jonathan Webster
1705–1781
Mabel Risley
1710–1781
William Densmore
1710–1788
Anne Strickland
1714–1786
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Couch
1643–1687
Rebecca Andrews
1647–1671
John Strickland
1648–1726
Esther Smith
1648–1725
John Dix
1661–1711
Rebecca Goffe
1651–1711
Thomas Brewer
1658–1702
Sarah Keeney
1664–1683
Esther Judd
1686–1782
John Risley
1677–1755
Mary Arnold
1684–1753
Samuel Densmore
1677–1755
Hannah Carter
1675–1750
Joseph Strickland
1679–1726
Naomi Wickham
1690–1743

Polly Couch's Descendants

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Polly Couch (14 Oct 1784–30 Aug 1862) m. Waite Risley (9 Apr 1775–6 Jul 1836)
  1. 1. Alanson Risley 1816–1863 m. Lucy (Ann) Porter 1816–1876
    1. 1. Noah Risley 1848–1916 m. Harriet (Rebecca) Spry 1852–1935
      1. 1. Blanche (Viola) Risley 1890–1981 m. Frederick (Samuel) Leftwich 1886–1942
        1. 1. Geoa (Maxine) Leftwich 1913–1983 m. Robert (Wilbur) Becker 1904–1960
        2. 2. Jennie (Rebecca) Leftwich 1910–2000
        3. 3. Fredda (Viola) Leftwich 1916–1980
        4. 4. George (Madison) Leftwich 1906–1972 m. Margaret (Lorraine) Robertson 1908–1980 m. Drusilla (Dorothy) Buckles 1914–1976
      2. 2. Mark (Alanson) Risley 1869– m. Ida (Belle) Chisum 1874–1927
        1. 1. Ola (Belle) Risley 1899–1971 m. Roy (John) Velau 1897–1976
        2. 2. Estelle (May) Risley 1897–1930 m. Eskell (Dow) Wells 1896–1934
        3. 3. Leonard (Hill) Risley 1905–1936 m. Ila (May) Jenkins 1908–1938
        4. 4. William (Edgar) Risley 1894–1927 m. Beryl Meeker 1901–1974
        5. 5. Elon (Iredelle) Risley 1902–1976 m. Philip (Norison) Isenhour 1905–1992 m. Claude (William) Cranford 1906–1992
      3. 3. Alah (Maud) Risley 1879–1889
      4. 4. Oscar (Virgil) Risley 1881–1896
      5. 5. Bertha (Rose) Risley 1883–1884
      6. 6. Noah (Jacob) Risley 1876–1952
      7. 7. Roger Risley 1871–1927 m. Laura (Belle) Thwing 1878–1912
        1. 1. Mary (Mae) Risley 1903–1999 m. Everett (Edward) Melville 1900–1964
        2. 2. Noah (Hugh) Risley 1898–1986 m. Amy (Leota) Reither 1908–1993
        3. 3. Oscar (Virgil) Risley 1904–1978 m. Mary (Blanche) Robins 1906–1969
        4. 4. Allen (Lawson) Risley 1906–1987
        5. 5. Roger Risley 1912–1912
        6. 6. Hattie (Belle) Risley 1900–1990 m. Fred (Albert) Coles 1881–1942
        7. 7. Laura (Hester) Risley 1908–2003
        8. 8. Nellie (Myrtle) Risley 1910–2005 m. Ernest (Julius) Jessen 1898–1955
        9. 9. Rodney Risley 1912–1912
        10. 10. Frances (Almeda) Risley 1901–1981 m. Charles (Robert) Melville 1899–1943 m. George Goldsmith 1908–1982
      8. 8. Myrtle ((Hattie)) Risley 1873–1940 m. Charles (Robert Patching) Sr 1869–1932
        1. 1. Fred (Risley) Patching 1906–1993 m. Clara Cunningham 1907–1979
        2. 2. Mary (Audry) Patching 1900–1940 m. Isaac (Newman) Porter 1901–1957
        3. 3. Hattie Patching 1913–2003 m. Harry (H.) Brown 1907–1970
      9. 9. James (Gibbon) Risley 1888–1955
      10. 10. Barbara Risley 1886–1965 m. John (A.) Phipps 1886–1960
        1. 1. Ladonia (Estalee) Phipps 1906–1989 m. Carl (Frederick) Poetsch 1906–2000
      11. 11. Benjamin (Franklin (Ben)) Risley 1893–1983
    2. 2. Waite (Hoyt) Risley 1844–1862
    3. 3. Ward (Weaver) Risley 1846–1913 m. Rosanna (Frances) Haraughty 1866–1958 m. Sarah Spry 1847–1885
      1. 1. Charles (R.) Risley 1873–1932 m. Barbara (Elizabeth) Haraughty 1864–1910
        1. 1. Barbara (Ruby) Risley 1895–1927
      2. 2. William (Wait) Risley 1895–1968 m. Myrtle Moore 1901–1979
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Grace) Rusley 1924–2017
        2. 2. William (Waite Risley) Jr. 1928–2007 m. Billie (Lou) Hutto 1928–2012
    4. 4. Joel Risley 1855–1876
    5. 5. George (Washington) Risley 1859–1928 m. Kate (Valeria) Owens 1871–1914
      1. 1. Frederick (Albert) Risley 1891–1969 m. Margaret (Adeline) Webb 1897–1925
        1. 1. Roy (Laverne) Risley 1920–1981 m. Jonnie (Toxie) Myers 1920–2020 m. Nellie (Fay) Spitzer 1919–1995
      2. 2. Roy (F.) Risley 1893–1957
      3. 3. Baby (Boy) Risley 1908–1908
      4. 4. Baby (Girl) Risley 1907–1907
      5. 5. Vida (Rose) Risley 1899–1954
      6. 6. Hattie (C.) Risley 1897–1984
      7. 7. Ward (Owens) Risley 1895–1960
  2. 2. Waite Risley 1810–1816
  3. 3. Polly Risley 1826–1873
  4. 4. Roger Risley 1817–1827
  5. 5. Abigail Risley 1823–1860 m. Rufus Brown 1815–1892
    1. 1. Effie (Valentia) Brown 1857–1930 m. Ezra Seacord 1856–1946
      1. 1. Claude (Ralph) Secord 1885–1963
      2. 2. Leon (E.) Secord 1884–1891
    2. 2. Vastine Brown 1845–1926 m. William (Albert) Blodgett 1836–1900
      1. 1. Berthena Blodgett 1867–1963 m. George (Washington) Burvee 1856–1929
        1. 1. Clinton (A.) Burvee 1900–1976
        2. 2. Martha (Ada) Burvee 1888–1975 m. Wilhelm (Ernst August) Warnow 1879–1944
        3. 3. Vastine Burvee 1889–1978
        4. 4. Orland Burvee 1891–1983
        5. 5. Luna (Abbie) Burvee 1897–1932
        6. 6. Nicenah Burvee 1885–1896
      2. 2. Lewis (Randolph) Blodgett 1864–1948
      3. 3. Abigail Blodgett 1870–1960
      4. 4. Mark (William) Blodgett 1873–1952
  6. 6. Reuben Risley 1809–1877 m. Harriet (N.) Andrews 1819–1883
    1. 1. Henry (Andrews) Risley 1845–1925 m. Laura (Ann) Keeney 1855–1944
      1. 1. Hattie (M.) Risley 1878–1971 m. Harley (Elzy) Bonnell 1876–1972
        1. 1. Donald (Aubrey Bonnell) Sr. 1907–1973 m. Daisy (Lucile) Wood 1914–1943
        2. 2. Lela Bonnell 1901–1936
      2. 2. Ray (Reuben) Risley 1884–1967 m. Gertrude ((Gertie)) Kramer 1884–1954 m. Marjorie Mead 1884–1960
        1. 1. Helen (M.) Risley 1906–1991
        2. 2. Leora (May) Risley 1916–1918
        3. 3. Raymond (Reuben) Risley 1920–2004
        4. 4. Hazel (Ellen) Risley 1913–2005 m. Edwin (Kellam) Boose 1909–1994
      3. 3. Clarice (Louise) Risley 1886–1987 m. James (Wilbur) Harris 1880–1967
        1. 1. Leora (Elizabeth) Harris 1916–2006
    2. 2. Esther (Ann) Risley 1836–1839
  7. 7. Waite Risley 1820–1892
  8. 8. Sally Risley 1805–1869
  9. 9. Noah Risley 1806–1806
  10. 10. Sabra Risley 1825–1911
  11. 11. Stephen Risley 1812–1903
  12. 12. Jemima Risley 1814–1892
  13. 13. Lura Risley 1818–1904 m. Sylvester Leonard 1821–1914
    1. 1. Eugene (Walter) Leonard 1848–1925 m. Alice (G.) Roberts 1850–1913
      1. 1. Sylvester (George) Leonard 1875–1926
      2. 2. Jessie (Florence) Leonard 1879–1915
      3. 3. Floyd (Eugene) Leonard 1885–1926 m. Buleah Bunnell 1890–1988
        1. 1. Eugene (Sylvester) Leonard 1911–1964 m. Frieda Lust 1913–1990
        2. 2. Dorothy (Clare) Leonard 1924–2010
      4. 4. Otto (Fayette) Leonard 1879–1936
      5. 5. Alice (Bell) Leonard 1884–1947
      6. 6. John (Franklin) Leonard 1889–1953
    2. 2. Otho (Fayette) Leonard 1854–1944
    3. 3. George (Folsom) Leonard 1850–1921
    4. 4. Albert (Carey) Leonard 1860–1942
    5. 5. Floy (Ida) Leonard 1858–1936
    6. 6. Olive (Alice) Leonard 1856–1884
    7. 7. Ralph Leonard 1852–1938 m. Hester (Josephine) Jackson 1862–1918
      1. 1. Hazel Leonard 1891–1891
      2. 2. Mary Leonard 1890–1890
      3. 3. Ralph Leonard 1890–1890
      4. 4. Agnes (Leah) Leonard 1895–1971
      5. 5. Maxwell (Joseph) Leonard 1893–1964 m. Emily (C.) Brough 1895–1974
        1. 1. Maxwell (Brough) Leonard 1917–1982 m. Gladys Falkenstine 1918–1986
        2. 2. Stephen (Voy) Leonard 1919–1992 m. Jessie (Belle) Petermann 1924–2020
      6. 6. Raymond (Jackson) Leonard 1887–1937
  14. 14. Polly Risley 1807–1831

Polly Couch's Timeline

3 Records

1784
14 Oct 1784
Birth of Polly Couch in Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA
Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA
1855
1855
Age 71
Polly Couch resided here in Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA
Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA
1862
30 Aug 1862
Age 78
Death of Polly Couch in Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA
Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1784
    Event Place: Cuyler, Cortland, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] New York, State Census, 1855
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, State Census, 1855

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Aug 1862
    Event Place: Truxton, Cortland, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fabius, Onondaga County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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