Did this Rachael Evans have a sister Elizabeth Evans?
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:04:11 EST APUND(a)aol.com writes:
I am passing on a reply which I made to a Burcham researcher, just in
case
anyone else is interested in these people:
"I have only recently discovered that Rachel Evans was married to
James
Burcham. She was first married to John Couchman, who is my relative,
and who
died in 1827. I have his probate record. It includes a receipt (10 Feb
1834)
for $7.75 received from an executor of the estate; the receipt is
signed A.
Evans for James Burchum & Rachel Burchum formerly Rachel Couchman.
Another
receipt (Oct 14, 1834) for $6 from the estate was signed by James
Burcham;
the signature was faded so I can't tell how he spelled it.
Jesse and Andrew Evans were listed as buyers of some of the items sold
from
the estate. A. Evans was identified as a collector of tax from the
estate,
1829.
John's two farms were left to their daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth;
proceeds
were to support the daughter and his beloved wife Rachel as long as
she
remained his widow. They were only married two years.
I have this record of the marriages:
[Indiana State Library Genealogy Division Indiana Marriages
Through 1850
http://199.8.200.90:591/c-d.html
Couchman John Evans Rachel Owen 8-31-1825
lic [no
record of the marriage in Owen Co., just the license. They probably
married
in a nearby co. John had two farms, one in Owen Co. and one in Daviess
Co.]
Coutchman Rachel Burcham James Owen 11-29-1831]
This also appeared during a search:
Database: Gene Pool Individual Records Mariann Elizabeth Coutchman
birth
date 1827 Somerset, , KY father John Coutchman mother Rachel Evans
[from
Ancestry.com]
If this is correct, it seems to indicate that Rachel and John moved to
Indiana after their daughter's birth in 1827. Others in John's family
were
there as early as 1819."
Nancy Pundsack
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