Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

This is a photo of Peter Couse that was taken in a Bainbridge studio - this must have been taken not long before his death in 1890. I'm trying to track down the descendants of Peter, but since that task may take many years, I'll include a list of his children at the bottom of his info - this is the best info that I have at this time. --Louise Chen, August 9, 2008

Peter Couse (1793 - 1890) lived the majority of his life in the Masonville area of Delaware County, engaged in farming and raising a large family with his wife Lucinda Beals.

According to the inscription on Peter and Lucinda Beals Couse's headstone on their grave at the Bennettsville Cemetery, Bainbridge, Chenango County, NY; Peter was was born on January 15, 1793 in Dutchess County, NY and Lucinda Beals was born on May 28, 1798 in Unadilla, Otsego, NY. Sometime before their marriage on January 15, 1813, they moved to Delaware County and met each other. They had a long and successful marriage and raised a large family. Peter was a farmer in the Masonville area and out lived his wife by eight years and died at the age of 97 on March 20, 1890. Lucinda passed away on Feb 28, 1882.

The information for Peter and Lucinda Beals Couse's headstone at the Bennettsville Cemetery was provided by Rene' Treffeisen, October 26, 2001, at this link on the Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site: index.html/cemchenangobennettsville.html