Illustration by Charles Leon ("Chalk") Finch
Illustration by Charles
Leon ("Chalk") Finch
Our particular
branch of the Finch family has been successfully traced back to the birth
of John Finch, who
left his native England in search of a new life, setting sail for a America in 1630.
A tremendous amount of appreciation is extended to Ora F. Finch and
Charles L. Finch, who, without the benefit of modern means, researched
and created our first "Finch Family Tree". That original document was
published in the Indianapolis News, October 3, 1920, and has been amended over
the years to include genealogical data spanning dates 1595 to 2005. The
information passed down from Ora and Charles Finch has proved indispensable with
respect to continued research of our family's history, and it is only
through their individual contributions that a more complete record has
now been created.
This site is dedicated in memory of my
parents: Richard Bird Finch and Wanda Ruth Dennison Finch,
to my sisters, Leslie Ann, Lisa Lee and Linda Dennison Finch and the many kindred spirits
of the
FINCH family.
May we be thoughtful students of those who have been, thoughtful teachers of those who
are yet to be,
and ever mindful of the importance of leaving this world a little nicer than
we found it.
Lydia Carol Finch Johnston
Danville, Indiana
LTLFinch@TDS.Net
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(updated
12/15/09)
John Rud Finch (b. 1868)
Clay Columbus Finch (b. 1830)
Lloyd L. Finch (b. 1916)
Robert Finch (b.
1819)
photo description
Grant Finch (b. 1864)
Daniel C. Finch (b. 1817)
Francis "Frank" Finch (b.
1861)
Rex McKinley Finch Jr. (b. 1926)
Cassius Marcellus Finch (b.1871)
Rex McKinley Finch (b. 1896)
Loretta Finch Osborn (b.1763-4)
Joseph R. Finch (b. 1820)
William A. Finch (b. 1914)
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Pedigree of
Author:
(I) John FINCH (1595-1657)
b. Essex (?), England
(II) Isaac FINCH
(1635-1702) b. Stamford, Connecticut
(III) Abraham FINCH
(1665-1716) b. Stamford, Connecticut
(IV) Isaac FINCH (1696-1748)
b. Fairfield, Connecticut
(V) Isaac FINCH
(1745- 1778) b. Goshen, New York
(VI) John FINCH (1767-1849)
b. New York
(VII) Jubal FINCH
(1790-1819) b. New York
(VIII) Robert FINCH
(1819-1907) b.
Lawrenceburg, Indiana
(IX) Leon FINCH
(1870-1938) b. Prairie Green, Illinois
(X) Roscoe Wall FINCH
(1900-1941) b. Frankfort, Indiana
(XI) Richard Bird FINCH
(1930-1995) b. Greensburg, Indiana
(XII) Lydia Carol FINCH
b. Indianapolis, Indiana
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First Generation:
( I ) John
Finch
(1595 - 1657)
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Born 1595 in Essex (?), England.
[Believed to be the son of Abraham Finch, and brother of Abraham Jr. and
Daniel Finch.]
John Finch came to America in June / July 1630, arriving in Salem, Massachusetts aboard
a vessel
of the Winthrop
Fleet, and led by the flagship, "Arbella". Traveling with
John Finch,
during this
"Great Emigration" was his father, Abraham Sr., and brothers,
Abraham Jr., and Daniel.
In 1630, this Finch family group settled in Watertown, Massachusetts where,
(per Governor Winthrop),
Abraham Sr.'s wigwam and worldly goods were destroyed
by fire
in September of that year.
By 1634, having taken the oath and become "Freemen", Abraham Finch Sr., Abraham Jr. and Daniel
Finch relocated to
Wethersfield, Connecticut, where each took up residence on the east side of Broad
Street. It is unclear whether John Finch ever owned property in Wethersfield,
CT., though he certainly
did
in Stamford, which was
then considered a colony of Wethersfield.
Abraham Sr., commonly known as "Ould Finch", took up residence
just south of Thomas Olcott, of
Hartford, CT. Near Abraham Sr.'s homestead was that of son, Daniel Finch
who was appointed
Wethersfield's first constable in 1631. Just north of Daniel's residence, was the home
of Abraham Jr.
Abraham Finch Jr. was killed October 30, 1637 in the Wethersfield Massacre by
Massutunck
(alias Nepaupuck), a Pequot War Chief. Nepaupuck was tried, convicted
and on October
29,
1639, beheaded for the
murder of Abraham Finch Jr., a Swaine family daughter "and others".
At the time of his death, Abraham Finch Jr. had a wife, Dorothy (Moulton) and a son also
named
Abraham.
Young Abraham Finch (III) was soon after adopted by his grandfather, Abraham Sr. and
eventually inherited his father Abraham Jr.'s 10 acres of land on Broad Street.
(Will administered in September
of 1840.)
As for what we know of John Finch....
"November 7, 1632, at Boston, John Finch fined
for wanting Arms
for his man and for being
absent himself from training." [Militia]
John's first wife (name?) died before 1634, sometime after the birth of their child
(John Finch Jr.)
See record of marriages
Online:
John Finch married his 2nd wife, Martha Brett in 1634 - Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
Martha was born in England, and alleged to have arrived in 1630 aboard the "Arbella".
" John was a proprietor of Watertown in 1636-38, being granted 4 acres
on February 26, 1636,
4 more acres on February 26, 1637 and 91 acres April 1638."
By 1642 John Finch was living in Stamford, Connecticut where he
was assigned 6 acres of marsh and
upland and served in the Stamford Train Band"
[Militia].
John Finch died September 5, 1657, (age 62) Fairfield County - Stamford, Connecticut.
"The inventory of his estate was filed in Stamford February 9, 1658, and
found him with a net
estate of only 23 pounds."
See:
"History of Ancient Wethersfield" (p.66-67 and 268-269)
"Finch and Ashley: American Frontiersmen 1630-1977"
Wethersfield Historical Society
The Winthrop Society
Children Of ( I ) John Finch
and 1st wife, (Name?)1. John Finch (cir.1625 - 1685)
Born cir.1625
Married Hannah Marsh Fuller - November 8, 1652
Died June 16, 1685 In Huntington, Long Island New York.
Children Of
( I ) John Finch and 2nd wife, Martha Brett3. Samuel Finch (1638 - 1698)
Born 1638, Stamford, CT.
Married Sarah Hoyt, daughter of Simon Hoyt and Susanna. Smith.
Sarah Hoyt was born abt. 1646 and died March 19, 1712.
Samuel Finch died April 23, 1698 in Stamford Connecticut (age 60)
NOTE: Samuel Finch family information provided courtesy of Carleton
Finch
Children of Samuel Finch and Sarah Hoyt:
Joseph Finch
Born abt. 1677 in Stamford, CT.
Married Abigail Seeley on August 7, 1703 in Stamford, CT.
Abigail Seeley, daughter of Obadiah Seeley, was born abt. 1763
in Stamford, CT., and died December 18, 1752.
Joseph Finch died December 16, 1752.
[NOTE: Joseph Finch family record on file at FinchRoots.com]
Children of Joseph Finch and Abigail Seeley:
Joseph Finch
Benjamin Finch
Elizabeth Finch
Sarah Finch
Born in Stamford CT.
Died January 16, 1750-51 in Stamford, CT.
Samuel Finch Jr.
Born abt. 1666 in Stamford, CT.
Married Sarah Gold on December 5, 1692 in Stamford, CT.
Martha Finch
Born abt. 1669 in Greenwich, CT
Died abt. 1711 in Greenwich, CT.
Susanna Finch
Born abt. 1672 in Stamford, CT.
Died after 1711 in Stamford, CT,
Rachel Finch
Born abt. 1674 in Stamford, CT.
[Children of John
Finch and Martha Brett continued]
4. Joseph Finch Sr. (1640 - 1714)
Born November 23, 1640 Greenwich Connecticut
Married (1) Nov. 23, 1670 at Stamford, Elizabeth Austin, daughter of John and
Catherine Austin.
Married (2) c. 1697, Ruth (Hardy) Mead, widow of John Mead Jr.
Joseph Sr. died March 12, 1714 (age 74) in Greenwich, Connecticut
Children of Joseph Finch Sr. and Elizabeth Austin.
Joseph, Finch
Born ca. 1675
Samuel, Finch
Born c.1677
Died 1728, Greenwich
Married c. 1713 to Mary (Whelpley) Marshall, daughter of Jonathan Whelpley
and
widow of Samuel Marshall.
Children of Samuel Finch and Mary (Whelpley) Marshall.
Mary Finch
Born Dec. 4, 1715 (?)
Hannah Finch
Born Feb. 6, 1716-17
Mercy Finch
Born Sep. 6, 1718
Married Nathan Lockwood Jr.
Samuel Finch
Born July 12, 1721
Elizabeth Finch
Born Aug. 7, 1725
Jeremiah Finch
Born March 17, 1727
(Note: Jeremiah Finch family record on file at FinchRoots.com)
Abigail Finch
Deborah Finch
Married Jonathan Garnsey
[Children of Joseph Finch Sr. and Elizabeth Austin, continued]
Jonathan, Finch
Born c. 1679
Benjamin, Finch
Born c. 1682
Abigail Finch
Elizabeth Finch
Sarah Finch
Martha Finch
[Children of John
Finch and Martha Brett continued]
5. Martha Finch
6. Abraham Finch
Born Approx. 1648
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Children of
( II ) Isaac Finch and wife 1.) Elizabeth Bassett
1. John Finch (1659 - 1702)
Born September 20, 1659
Died March 17, 1702 (age 43)
2. Isaac Finch
(1662 - ?)
Born April 12, 1662.
Married Mary Rundle, daughter of William and Abigail (Tyler)
Rundle, on April 27, 1704.
3. ( III )
Abraham Finch (1665 - 1716)
Born July 5, 1665 Fairfield County - Stamford, Connecticut
Married Martha Couch in 1695 Fairfield, Connecticut.
Martha Couch, was born Sept. 13, 1669 in Fairfield, CT.
She was the daughter of Simon and Hannah Couch, and
died Sept. 8, 1725, Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Martha renewed her covenant at Christ Church, Fairfield, CT.
Abraham Finch died in 1716 (age 51) Goshen, Orange County
New York. Burial place, 1st Presbyterian
Churchyard. Recorded
as first adult interment.
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Martha Couch
4. Elizabeth Finch (1669 - 1692)
Born November 14, 1669
Married Jonathan Pettit c. 1687
John Pettit was born Feb 23, 1656 in Stamford, Fairfield CT.
and died abt. 1720 Bedford, Worcester, New York.
Elizabeth Finch died 1692, Bedford, Worcester, New York
5. Martha Finch (1672 - ?)
Born June 19, 1672 in Stamford, CT
Children of ( II ) Isaac Finch and wife 2.) Hannah Webb
6. Rebecca Finch ( abt.1682 - ?)
Born March 17, abt. 1682 - 3
Included in Stamford Conn. Town
Records
dated 4/6/1797
7. Sarah Finch (1686 - ?)
Born November 23, 1686
Included in Stamford Conn. Town
Records
dated 4/6/1797
8. Jacob Finch (1691 - 1702)
Born October 9, 1691.
Died February (April?) 15, 1702 (age 10)
Included in Stamford Conn. Town
Records
dated 4/6/1797
9. Benjamin Finch (1695 - ?)
Born June 29, 1695
Included in Stamford Conn. Town
Records
dated 4/6/1797
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( III ) Abraham Finch and wife, Martha Couch ( IV ) Isaac Finch (1696 - 1748 / 49)2. Nathaniel Finch (? - ?)
Children: Hannah Finch
(Born 1720 in Florida, Orange County, New York)
Daniel Finch
( Born 1731 in Florida, Orange County, New York)
3. Elizabeth Finch (1698-?)
Born may 15, 1698.
4. Solomon Finch (1700 - ?)
Born 1700
5. Others (as documented in Finch Family Tree)
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( IV ) Isaac Finch and wife, Martha
1. ( V ) Isaac Finch
(1720s - 1790 ? )
2. Samuel Finch (1725 - ?)
American
Revolution Born 1725
Married Helena Rozencranz in 1752.
Fought in and survived, “Battle Of Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania”
July 3rd 1778. (fought at age 53, rank of Private) Noted in Hendrick
B. Wright’s book “Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne
County Pennsylvania” page 174. Name included on monument
erected along Route 11 in Luzerne County - Wyoming, PA.
See:
Battle Of Wyoming
3. Abraham Finch (1727 - ?)
Born 1727 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Married Mary (?).
Died abt. 1757.
4. Daniel Finch (1730 - 1778)
American
Revolution Born 1730 in Goshen,
Orange County, New York.
Married Mary (Finch?) (widow of brother Abraham?).
Died July 3, 1778 in “Battle Of Wyoming Valley Pennsylvania
(age 48, rank of Private). Name included on monument erected
along Route 11 in Luzerne County - Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
See:
Battle Of Wyoming
(Skip to next child of ( IV ) Isaac
and Martha Finch)
Children of Daniel Finch and Mary (Finch?):
Samuel Finch
Born December 15, 1757 in Goshen, Orange
County, New York.
Died March 6, 1838 in Lawrenceville, Tioga
County, Pennsylvania.
Married Mary (Polly) King in New York.
Mary was born July 26, 1770 in Bellville, NJ.,
and died March 2, 1841 in Albion, Michigan.
Children of Samuel Finch and Mary (Polly) King:
David Finch
Born June 27, 1788 in Pennsylvania.
Married Betsy Coykendall.
Children of David Finch and
Betsy Coykendall:
David J. Finch
David J. Finch
Born?
Married?
Served in the Civil War, 189th
Regiment, New York Infantry -
Company I, rank of Private.
Daughter Eva Jane Finch married
Brice Briggs Benson.
Eva Jane
Finch
Brice B. Benson
Lafayette Finch
Born March 1835 in Wyoming
County, N. Y.
Married Cornelia Roberts.
Children of Lafayette Finch
and Cornelia Roberts:
Florence Adelle Finch
Born May 19, 1867 in
Middlebury, Wyoming County,
New York.
[Children of Daniel Finch and Mary (Finch?) continued]
Loretta Finch
Born 1763-4 in Goshen, Orange County, NY.
Married Abraham Osborn abt. 1783.
Abraham was born abt. 1758 in New York.
Loretta Finch Osborn died in 1814 and is buried
in Cement City Cemetery, Jackson County, Michigan.
[See
a photo of the gravesite] Photo courtesy of
Deb Hayes-Wolfe.
Daniel Finch
Born 1769 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Died August 15, 1841 in Ogden, Monroe County, NY.
Married Phebe (Finch?) Nov. 4, 1811 in NY.
Phebe died in 1845.
Lydia Finch
Born in 1772.
Married David Wandle abt. 1793.
David Wandle was born in 1759 and died in 1825.
Asahel Finch
Born Dec. 4, 1775 in Goshen, Orange County, NY.
Married Elizabeth Gilbert before 1799 in NY.
Elizabeth was the daughter of of Ebenezer Gilbert
and Ruth Carpenter.
(Children of ( IV ) Isaac
Finch and wife, Martha continued)
5. Hannah Finch (1732 - 1827)
Born 1732 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Married John Williams in 1761.
Died October 11, 1827 in Union Indiana (age 95)
6. John Finch (1735 - 1778)
American
Revolution Born 1735 in Goshen, Orange County, New York
Lived at Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Was a Physician.
Married Christiana Carpenter.
Christiana Carpenter was born abt.1740 in Jamaica, Queens,
Long Island, New York.
John Finch died July 3, 1778 in the Wyoming Valley Massacre,
(age 43, rank of Private). Per "Biographical
And Reminiscent
History Of Richland Clay And Marion Counties, Illinois 1909"
(page 212);
"He [John Finch] remained at to look after the families of his
brother Isaac and his own, and also their property; they were
then living in Wyoming Valley at Fort Forty."
John's name is included on
monument erected along Route 11 in
Luzerne County - Wyoming, PA.
NOTE: Following the death of John (and their son, Benjamin?),
Christiana Carpenter Finch is said to have walked with her
surviving
children, back to Orange County, New York, a distance
of approximately 100 miles. It is reported that they survived the
trip on nothing more than wild berries.
On January 10, 1779 (6 months after the Wyoming Massacre)
Christiana Carpenter Finch married Richard Woods, a farmer in
Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Christiana Carpenter Finch died July 29, 1825 in Orange County,
at the age of 86.
See:
"Biographical And Reminiscent History Of Richland Clay
And Marion Counties, Illinois 1909" (page 212)
(skip to the next child of (IV)
Isaac and Martha Finch)
Children of John
Finch and Christian Carpenter:
Hannah Finch
(1760 - 1849)
Born 1760
Was 18 years of age during the Battle Of
Wyoming Valley.
Married Benjamin Carpenter Coleman July 25, 1780,
after returning to Orange County, New
York
with her mother.
Benjamin Finch
Born 1763.
Died with father, John Finch July 3, 1778 in the
Wyoming Valley Massacre (abt. age 15).
Eyewitness accounts report that Benjamin was
scalped near Shoemaker’s Mill.
Thaddeus Finch (1764 - ?)
Born April 2, 1764.
Died?
Isaac Finch (abt. 1765 - 1811)
Born abt. 1765 in Orange County, NY.
Died 1811 in Wantage, Sussex Co., NJ
Married Eunice (Unis) Rosecrans in
Clove
Church, Sussex, NJ.
Eunice Rosecrans was born 1760 in England.
Per a descendant's research notes:
"Eunice spent her years as a widow with
her
daughter and family. They lived in
Tompkins
County, NY until about 1834, when they
relocated to
Yates, Orleans, NY. Eunice
Rosecrans was buried, according to an article
in
the Aug. 1933 Lyndonville Enterprise, in a
private cemetery on the lakeshore property
of
her daughter [Christian] and son-in-law.
This
suggests that Eunice's date of death falls
between
1834 and the next census in 1840."
Children of Isaac Finch and Eunice Rosecrans:
Jedediah Finch
Born abt. 1781.
Married Elizabeth Sweze, December 15, 1802
in Sussex, New jesrsey.
Isaac Finch
Born October 21, 1789 in Wallkill, Orange
County, New York.
Died April 11, 1863 (age 73). in Delaware
County,
Ohio.
Married Elizabeth Coykendall on April 9, 1814.
Elizabeth Coykendall was born October 20, 1796
in Sussex County, NJ. She was the daughter of
Harmon and Catherine (Beamer) Coykendall, and
died September 18, 1866 in Ohio.
Moved to Ohio in abt. 1818 with their two children,
Jesse & and Elizabeth, and entered land in Kingston
Township.
Note: Jesse Finch family record on file
at FinchRoots.com
(Above information courtesy of, Jeanette
Moore)
Daniel Finch
Born 1790.
Died bef. 1745.
Married Elizabeth Van Sickle on
Jan. 3, 1811 in Sussex County, NJ.
Elizabeth was born1794.
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Finch & Eunice Rosecrans
Children of Daniel Finch and
Elizabeth Van Sickle:
Daniel Evans Finch
Born 1819 in Delaware Co, OH.
Died 1889 in Nevada, Story Co, IA.
Married Eliza Jane Doty.
Eliza Jane was born 1823 Albany,
NY. and died 1868 in IA.
Children of Daniel Evans Finch
and Eliza Jane Doty:
Daniel Lambert Finch
Born1858 in Delaware Co, OH
Died 1913 in CO.
Married Ida May Clark in 1886
Ida May Clark was born in 1863
in IA.
Children of Daniel Lambert Finch and
Ida May Clark:
Burnell Willis Finch
Born 1890 in IA.
Died 1953 in IL.
Married Flora Dora Otto.
Children of Burnell Willis Finch
and Flora Dora Otto:
William Elmer Finch
Born 1913 in IL.
Children of William Elmer Finch:
Jean Ann Finch
Born 1941 in
Mt. Carmel, IL.
Children of Jean Ann Finch:
Martin D. Skelton
[Children of Isaac Finch and Eunice Rosecrans continued:]
Christian Finch ("Christine", "Christina")
Born abt. April 13, 1792.
Married David Coon August 25, 1810 in NJ.
Christina Finch Coon died sometime after
the
1870
census, in Avoca, Steuben, NY. where she
resided with her eldest
son, Israel Coon.
Note: David Coon family
record on file at FinchRoots.com
(Information courtesy of, Sonja
Wendt )
Children of Christian Finch & David Coon:
Eunice Coon
Mathias Coon
Susan Ann Coon
Israel Coon
Mary Coon
George Coon
Lemira Coon
Rachel Coon
Edward M. Coon
John Finch
Born abt. 1793.
Married Elizabeth Cranston on November 25, 1815.
Lived in Yates County, New York
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Children of John Finch and Elizabeth Cranston
William Finch
Lived in Michigan.
Joseph R. Finch
Born March 16, 1820 in Sussex
County, NJ.
Died March 19, 1893 in Hartington,
Cedar, NE., and is buried in
Hartington City Cemetery.
Married Maria Matilda Vliet
abt. 1842 in Warren County, NY.
See:
The History of Dupage County,
Illinois
by by Rufus Blanchard, p. 96.
(Joseph R. Finch family information
provided courtesy of Donna Fawcett)
Children of Joseph and Maria Finch:
Joseph Warren Finch
Born 1843 in NY.
By 1880 had moved to
Boulder, Jefferson Co.
Montana
Joseph R. Finch
Born 1848 in NY
Married Helen (?) on
March 21, 1869 in Green
Co., WI.
By 1880 he was in German
Smith Co., Kansas.
Emma Alphena Finch
Born Apr. 15, 1850 in WI.
in Cook Co, Ill.
Married William Gillett on
Sept. 23, 1898 in Green
Co., WI.
Died January 25, 1931 in
Brodhead,
WI. Buried in
Greenwood Cemetery -
Brodhead, WI.
Emanuel C. Finch
Born 1854
Married Alice (?)
By 1880 was living in
Ponca, Dixon, Nebraska.
Evangina Finch
Born ?
(Others?)
[Children of Isaac Finch and Eunice Rosecrans continued:]
Jesse Finch
Born abt. 1795.
Married Hannah (?)
[Children of ( IV ) Isaac Finch and wife, Martha Continued:]
7. Nathaniel Finch
(1737 - 1779)
American
Revolution Born 1737 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Died July 22, 1779 in the Battle of Minisink, Orange County,
New York (age 42).
8. Solomon Finch (1739 - 1779)
American
Revolution Born 1739 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Married Deborah Dunning on February 17, 1777.
Deborah was listed as a member of First Presbyterian Church
at Goshen in 1770.
Solomon Finch died July 22, 1779 in the Battle of Minisink,
Orange County, New York (Age 40).
Rank of Adjt. Wounded in leg.
See:
Col. John Hathorn's Official Report.
9. Ruth Finch
(1741 - ?)
Born 1741 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Married James Ensign.
(James Ensign married Mary Carpenter on May 13, 1779.)
Children of Ruth Finch and James Ensign:
Osman Ensign
Born July 1, 1764.
Baptized June 26, 1774.
10. Elizabeth Finch
(1743 - ?)
Born 1743 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
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Note:
The Pennamite wars were (in short) land disputes between the Connecticut
and Pennsylvania
settlers of Luzerne County, PA. The Second Pennamite war concluded in
1784, (6) years
following the Battle of Wyoming. At that time, the original Connecticut
settlers of Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania were ordered to vacate their properties, as the Continental
Congress Court of
Arbitration had officially granted the land to the state of Pennsylvania. In
1799, a Compromise
Act of the Pennsylvania Legislature "secured a means of settlement with the
Connecticut claimants".
Given the known history of the Finch family, it is assumed that
following the Pennamite wars,
(and/or the 1799 Compromise Act) the surviving children of ( V ) Isaac
Finch migrated
southwestward
through Ohio, to north central Indiana in search of new land on which to
settle. As Indiana became a
state in 1816 and the Treaty of St. Mary's ("New Purchase") opened up
land previously inhabited
by the Delaware, Miami and Shawnee Indians, the rich prairie land along the
banks of the White River
in Hamilton County must have seemed an inviting destination.
See
additional history below:
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Children of (V) Isaac Finch and Amy Kinney
1. Amy Finch (1761- abt.1852)
Born March 13, 1761, Orange County, New York
Died December 1, 1854. (Place of death and burial are yet unknown.)
Married 1.) Jonathan Bassett (date?).
Married 2.) Jonathan Webb in 1787, Goshen, Orange County, New York.
Jonathan Webb was born September 9, 1759 and was a Revolutionary War soldier.
It is believed that Webb was an Orderly Sgt. in the New York Military and
served
under Capt. Weasoner and Col. Hatfield.
Jonathan Webb died in the fall of 1815, the same year he and Amy moved from
Orange County,
New York to Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana with Amy's brothers, Moses, John
& Solomon Finch.
It is believed that he is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Brookville, Franklin
County, Indiana.
Amy Finch Webb applied for a widow's pension July 22, 1843 (age 82), in in the
home of her daughter,
Rebecca (Finch) Budd in Brookville, Franklin County Indiana. The application was
subsequently denied.
Per that file: State of Indiana - Franklin County "I, Henry berry, Judge
of Probate Court in
and for the State of aforesaid Do certify that Amy Webb was on this day by me
duly sworn and
in my presence subscribed the foregoing Declaration and I further certify that
said Amy Webb
is unable from bodily infirmity to attend said court at the usual place of
sitting. Given under
my hand this 22 day of July 1843.
Per the bible of Anna Parker Basset, and The History of Stamford,
by Elijah Baldwin Huntington,
Amy Finch Bassett Web died December 1, 1854.
Given the above court record and statement of Amy Webb's infirmity, it is
possible that Amy Finch
Webb
lived the rest of her days, died and was buried in or near Brookville, Franklin
County, Indiana.
However, the 1850 Augusta Township, Des Moines County, Iowa census, lists "Amery Webb", female,
age
90 living in the Alvin C. Graves household. Alvin C. Graves was the
husband of Amy's daughter,
Elizabeth Webb (Graves). The research of Duane
R. Finch
coupled with supplemental documentation
provided by the Des Moines County Genealogical Society, suggests that the
"Amery Webb" enumerated
in the 1850 Des Moines County census may have in fact been Amy Finch Bassett
Webb. If so, and
assuming Amy Finch Bassett Webb's "infirmity" was temporary, she
could well have relocated to Iowa
prior to the taking of the 1852 Des Moines
County census, and would then likely be buried in the old
Augusta Cemetery,
Augusta, Iowa. NOTE:
Though a 1978 headstone documentation project did not
reveal Amy Finch Bassett Webb's grave site, it did
record a stone for
"Amy A. Graves, age 1 year,
6 months, 6 days" who died September 18,
1849. Amy A. Graves
was the great-granddaughter of
Amy Finch Webb.
As for a third theory that "in 1851, at age of 90, Amy Finch Webb removed to Niles Michigan,
with
brother, Moses Finch Sr." ... to date, no
supporting documentation has surfaced.
See: "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried In Indiana - A Supplement" Waters
- 1954.
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See: History of Stamford by Elijah Baldwin Huntington. Biog:
177269,378. Entry 323-112.
Children of Amy Finch and Jonathan Bassett:
John Bassett
Born January 11, 1779 in Geneva, New York .
Died April 15, 1834 in Russellville, Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio.
Married (1.) Sabra Witter, daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Story)
Witter
on March 10, 1801.
Sabra Witter was born December 21, 1782, and died August 26, 1815.
Married (2.) Anna Parker, daughter of Phineas and Louise (Southworth)
Parker on February 15, 1816.
Anna Parker was born March 6, 1791 in Mansfield (Tolland) Connecticut,
and died November 12,1865 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, where
she is buried in City Cemetery next to her daughter Hester Ann Wills Bone,
and first husband Willis Wills (headstones no longer standing).
John Bassett's burial place is yet unknown.
Children of John Bassett and Sabra Witter:
Elijah Witter Bassett
Born August 22, 1802.
Married Anna Snedaker October 14, 1826 in Brown County, OH.
Died in October 1847.
Peninnah Bassett
Born September 28, 1804.
Married Christian Snedaker on October 3, 1822 in Georgetown,
Brown County, Ohio.
Died November 12, 1840.
Arminda Bassett
Born July 20, 1812.
Married John Ewing.
Arminda Bassett died december 18, 1833.
John Ewing died may 1835 (age 28 years).
Children of John Bassett and Anna Parker:
Orin Bassett
Born August 17, 1817 Geneva, Ontario County, New York.
Married 1.) Margaret Moore March 17, 1836, in Russellville,
Brown County, Ohio.
Married 2.) Jane Avaline Parker.
Married 3.) Mrs. Sarah Packard on September 9, 1889 in Tonica,
LaSalle County, Illinois.
Orin Bassett died in November 1899 in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
John Parker Bassett
Born October 8, 1819 in Ohio.
Married Ann Reese on April 26, 1842 in Brown County, Ohio.
Amy S. Bassett
Born December 10, 1821.
Married J. C. Reese.
Died June 12, 1847, age 25 years 24 days.
Buried in Baird Burial Grounds, Brown County, Ohio
Hester Ann Bassett
Born March 19, 1824.
Married 1.) Willis Wills on September 18, 1843.
Willis Wills died June 12, 1847.
Married 2.) William Bone in June 1870.
Hester Ann Bassett died June 3, 1891, and is buried in Shelbyville,
Indiana, where husband William Bone had been postmaster.
Brazilla Bassett
Born July 2, 1826 in Ohio.
Married Lucinda J. Mead on march 30, 1854 in Greensburg, IN.
Died August 21, 1907 in Normal, Illinois.
Mary A. Bassett
Born March 31, 1829.
Married William Baughman on February 26, 1846 in Brown
County, Ohio.
Died February 17 1874.
[Children of Amy Finch and Jonathan Bassett continued:]
Hannah Bassett
Born October 2, 1781
Children of Amy Finch and Jonathan Webb
Mary Webb
Born April 4, 1789
Married John Carson in Benton Center, Yates County, New York.
Brazillia Webb
Born April 2, 1791
Served in the War of 1812, Davis Regiment, New York Militia.
Married Cynthia Scott in Franklin County, Indiana on May 29, 1823.
Rebekah Webb
Married Daniel Budd.
Lived in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana.
Born August 22, 1793
Johnathan Bassett Webb
Born October 4, 1795
Matilda Webb
Born May 30, 1798
Elizabeth (Betsy) Webb
Born November 18, 1800
Married Alvin C. Graves on June 24, 1816.
Per 1850 census, the Graves family was living in Augusta,
Des Moines County, Iowa. Living with them at the time was
"Amery Webb", female, age 90. (Mother, Amy Webb?)
Alvin C. Graves died in Iowa, sometime between 1853-1854.
Nathaniel Webb
Born March 24, 1803
Married Amelia Young on November 30, 1830 in Floyd County, Indiana.
[Children of (V) Isaac Finch and Amy Kinney continued]
2. Isaac Kinney Finch (1763-1848)
Born February 25, 1763 in Orange County, New York.
1776, moved to Pittston, Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Married Sarah Tompkins October 19, 1789, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Sarah Tompkins was born October 10, 1768.
Isaac served in the Revolutionary War.
Was a soldier in Capt. Elisha Hopkins Company, New York Militia,
from February 1, to
December 31, 1781”,
per, "Our Ancestors" by Ernest B. Cole.
Note: Original Family Tree
lists that same statistic under the
name of (V) Isaac Finch.
March 27, 1793, Isaac acted as administrator of his father's estate.
1800 census lists Isaac Finch in Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
In 1809, Isaac and Sarah Finch moved to Greenfield Township, Lakawanna County,
Pennsylvania,
and later opted not to move westward to Indiana with brothers John, Moses Sr.
and Solomon Finch.
Sarah Tompkins died October 27, 1846 (age 78).
Isaac Kinney died in March 10, 1848, Clifford, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (age 85).
Isaac Finch and Sarah (Tompkins) Finch are buried in Greenfield Cemetery,
Clifford, Pennsylvania.
See: History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania. H. C. Bradsby,
Editor,
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893 (Chapter XII, pg. 373).
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Children of Isaac K. Finch and Sarah Tompkins:
Isaac Burton Finch (Capt.)
Born November 20, 1789.
Married (1.) Betsey Weeks of Cayuga County, NY., with whom Isaac had
eight children.
Married (2.) Lucinda Swallow, with whom Isaac had five children.
Served in the War of 1812, rank of Captain.
Moved from New York to Luzerne County, PA.
Died April 14, 1860.
Nathaniel Finch
Born February 3, 1792.
Married Eleanor Simrall on December 15, 1813.
Eleanor was the daughter of William and Bethiah (Owen) Simrall.
Nathaniel and Eleanor Finch resided in Abington Township,
Luzerne County, PA in 1813
Nathaniel Finch died June 20, 1884.
John Gardner Finch
Born May 19, 1794 in Pennsylvania.
Married Martha Hutchins.
Martha Hutchins was born abt. 1795, and died (?) in Luzerne County, PA.
John Gardner Finch died January 16, 1886 in Lackawanna County, PA.
"Fanny" (Mary) Finch
Born February 1, 1797 in Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA.
Married Leonard Spencer in 1818.
Fanny and Leonard resided in Luzerne County, PA., and had eight children.
Leonard Spencer died February 1, 1887.
Fanny Finch Spencer lived beyond the age of ninety.
See:
History of Luzerne County.
Carpenter Finch
Born November 21, 1799 in Pittston Twsp., Providence, Luzerne County, PA.
Died may 5, 1852 - age 48 years, six months and 19 days.
Buried at Greenfield Cemetery.
Julia Finch
Born April 23, 1802 in Pittston Twsp., Providence, Luzerne County, PA.
Married (?) Foster.
Lavina Finch Benson - age 100
Centenarian Anniversary Celebration
March 16, 1905 - Whitehall, Wisconsin
Lavina Finch
Born March 16, 1805 in Pittston Twsp., Providence, Luzerne County, PA.
Married Wandell Benson November 6, 1831.
Wandell Benson was born November 25, 1798 in New York.
Lavina and Wandell Moved from Pennsylvania to Janesville, Wisconsin
in
1842, traveling by wagon team.
The couple later moved to Dane and Columbia counties.
Wandell assisted in the building of Wisconsin's first railroad system,
the Prairie du Chien Railroad.
Wandell Benson died in Columbia County, Wisconsin on his birthday,
November 25, 1876, and is believed to be buried in Dekorra.
Lavina Finch Benson died Tuesday, November 17, 1908 in Whitehall,
Wisconsin after having succumbed to a cold several days prior.
She passed at age 103 years, 8 months and 1 day. Funeral services
were
held at the M. E. Church with Rev. Charles Chalfant officiating.
Lavina Finch Benson was buried at Lincoln Cemetery, Whitehall, Trempeau
County, Wisconsin.
Wandell Benson and Lavina Finch had four children. Their first child
died in
infancy. Other children include; Dorothy (Benson) Harris, Martha
Benson
(with whom Lavina lived for thirty years of her widowhood) and Mary P.
(Benson) Quackenbush, all of Wisconsin.
Sally Finch
Born May 4, 1808.
Married William Mason.
Died in 1888.
Solomon Finch
Born November 4, 1810.
Married (1.) Catherine (?)
Married (2.) Anne (?)
Solomon Finch died sometime after 1880 in Lackawanna County, PA.
Polly Finch
Born July 5, 1813.
Married (?) Whipple.
[Children of (V) Isaac Finch and Amy Kinney continued]
3. Enoch (Enos) Finch (1765- 1813)
Born in 1766.
Died in 1813, just before he and his brothers were to move
westward to Indiana.
Believed to have had a wife and two children at the time of
his death.
Per Oct 16, 1899 letter from James Gardner Finch to cousin,
Benoni Wheeler Finch,
(Enoch) "died close to our house as they were preparing
to come west. I can recollect
going to their house whilst he was sick, with mother.
There was snow on the ground
and they were straining honey."
4. ( VI )
John Finch (1767 - 1849)
Judge John Finch
Orange County, New York
[unknown artist]
Photo courtesy of Conner Prairie Museum
John Finch was born May 6, 1767 in Goshen, Orange County, New York.
He was 11 years old during the Battle Of Wyoming Valley, PA.
In adulthood, John was described as being six feet tall, 170 pounds, with
fair skin and black eyes.
Married:
1st wife, Elizabeth Green in August 17, 1787. Elizabeth (Green)
Finch died bef. Oct. 1797.
2nd wife, Jemima Overton October 12, 1797. Jemima (Overton) Finch
was was born
December 25, 1775, and died sometime prior to April 1806.
3rd wife, Mehitable Brown Chapman on April 25,
1806
Mehitable was born May 12, 1776, Orange County, New York.
She was previously married to Nathan Chapman on Feb. 13, 1800
Nathan Chapman died July 18, 1804, while Mehitable was pregnant with
their 3rd child.
Children of Nathan Chapman and Mehitable Brown Chapman:
Amasa Chapman
Born Dec. 13, 1800
Died in August 1819, Horseshoe Prairie - Hamilton County, Indiana.
(age
18)
Elizabeth Chapman
Born November 3, 1802
Married William Conner (of Conner
Prairie ) in November of 1820
Died Dec. 14, 1891 (age 89)
Nathan Chapman
Born November 3, 1804
Married Phebe (Phoebe?) Mills on March 23, 1823
Married Emily Reed January 9, 1833
Mehitable Brown Chapman Finch was buried with John Finch in Riverside Cemetery
Noblesville, Indiana (section G, Row 20 Marker #5)
John Finch fathered 17 children, (from the time he was 23 up until his 51st year)
1800 census indicated that John Finch was a resident of Seneca County, New York.
In 1810, per census records, John Finch was a resident of Caldonia, Genesee
County, New York.
Was a blacksmith in the War of 1812.
1813, Lived in North Bend, Ohio, where he purchased land adjacent to that of
William J. Harrison.
Known to have lived in Muncie, IN., Anderson, IN., Connersville, Indiana (abt.
1816-1819)
and Noblesville, Hamilton County Indiana, where he moved his family in August
of 1819.
John settled on Horseshoe Prairie, six months following his brother, Solomon's
arrival there.
John Finch was one of the (2) first Associate Judges in Hamilton County, Indiana (the other
being
William Blackmore)
He was Associate Judge 1823-1829 Probate & Common Pleas.
Built the first mill in Hamilton County, which was run by horse-power, and
known as "Finch's Horse-mill".
Started first Blacksmith shop in Hamilton County.
Said to have been a "fine mechanic and good blacksmith".
First sermon preached to white settlers, took place in the home of John Finch in
1820.
Baptist services were held there until 1832, when John moved to Wayne Township,
[Noblesville, IN.].
The congregation met at his new home as well as other private residences, until
John Conner
donated a lot on the corner of Ninth and Cherry Street.
John Finch died September 25, 1849 (age 82) in
Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana.
Mehitable Brown (Chapman) Finch died November 18-24, 1846 in Noblesville,
Hamilton Co., IN.
Originally interred on his family farm, John Finch was later moved to Riverside Cemetery
Noblesville,
Hamilton County, Indiana along with his wife Mehitable Brown Chapman. (Sect.G, Row 20 Marker #4).
Will dated January 26, 1841; probated January 12, 1850, Hamilton County,
Indiana;
"I give to my wife Mehitable household furniture, etc... To each of my
children, Elizabeth Davidson,
Sarah Palmer, Margaret Thompson, Rebecca Hall, Fabius M. Finch, Angeline
Williams, ---- to my
children, Jubal, John, Cyrus, Laura, and Hiram, H.G. and Fabius M. Executors."
Note:
John owned "Old Finch Farm" in Hamilton County, Indiana which was
located South of Route 38,
west of Boden Road and north of 166th street - about 2 miles east of
Noblesville, Indiana.
Finch Cemetery was located on that property and later, when the property sold to
Alfred J. Sohl,
several graves from that Finch cemetery were moved to Riverside cemetery in
Noblesville.
Skip to the Children of John Finch and (3)
Wives
See:
"History of The Formation, Settlement &
Development Of Hamilton County" by
Augustus Finch Shirts copyright 1901
Hamilton County History & Genealogy
History Of Durbin Elementary School
Riverside Cemetery Records
5. Rebecca Finch
Born in 1769, Orange County, New York.
Married Mr. DeVee.
Moses Finch Sr.
6. Moses Finch Sr. (1771-1860)
Born April 15, 1771 in Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
Described in adulthood as being very white haired, with skin fairer than his
brother Solomon.
Married (1.) Sarah Brannon in 1789, daughter of Charles Brannon and Margaret
(Wheeler?).
Sarah Brannon was born August 18, 1774, and died June 17, 1831 in Henry County, Indiana.
1800 and 1810 census records indicate Moses was living in Seneca, Ontario
County, New York.
In 1804, Moses was dismissed from the Church at Wheatland, New York.
1830 census records Moses Finch as a resident of Henry County, Indiana.
Moses Finch Sr. married (2.) Miranda (Everts) Granger abt.1832
in Hamilton County, Indiana.
Miranda (Everts) Granger was born 1791 in Vermont, and moved to
Hamilton County, Indiana with her first husband, Chester
Calvin Granger,
with whom she had eight children.
Chester Calvin Granger died Aug. 24, 1830.
The youngest of Miranda and Chester Granger's children, was Sarah Ann Granger.
Sarah Ann Granger married Lucien Brannon Finch,
son of this Moses Finch Sr.
Once married, Moses and Miranda Finch resided on 160 acres of land once
owned
by Miranda's late husband Chester Calvin Granger.
In 1850, at the age of 80, Moses Finch left Miranda (Everts) Granger Finch,
to live with his son Nathaniel
Finch, in Koshkonong, Jefferson County Wisconsin.
By the 1860 census, Moses was living with son, Abraham
Wheeler Finch, in
Spring Valley, Fillmore County,
Minnesota.
Miranda (Everts) Granger Finch remained in Noblesville, Hamilton County,
Indiana
where she died March 16,1863. She is buried in Granger family plot
at Riverside Cemetery,
Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana. (View
grave marker)
Moses Finch died April 15, 1860, ( age 89) in Spring Valley, Fillmore
County, Minnesota, at the
home of his son, Abraham Wheeler Finch,
and
is buried at Watson Creek Cemetery, Fillmore County, Minnesota.
See: "A History and Genealogy of the Finch
Family of Berrien County, Michigan",
by Alice Burridge Hobart. Copyright
January 1, 1964, Piquet (publisher).
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Finch and Miranda Granger)
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(V) Isaac Finch and Amy Kinney)
Note: Moses Finch family information and photos, courtesy of Duane
Richard Finch.
Children of Moses Finch and Sarah Brannon:
Isaac
Kinney Finch
Born September 6, 1790, in New York.
Married
Hannah Deyo.
Died march 27, 1853.
Charles Brannon Finch
Born April 19, 1792 in
New York.
Wounded in the War of 1812.
Married about 1812 to (1.) Isabel Hartford.
Isabel Hartford was born in 1793 and died in 1844.
Married (2.) Hepsabah Briggs in 1848, Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
Hepsabah Briggs died in 1850.
Charles Brannon Finch died September 11, 1851 in, Koshkonong,
Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
(NOTE: Family Group Sheet on file for Charles Brannon Finch.)
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Children of Charles Brannon Finch and Isabel Hartford:
Marcellus Finch
Born February 2, 1813.
Married Elizabeth (?)
Died February 14, 1868 (age 55).
Buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Watertown, Wisconsin.
Samuel
Finch
Born February 16, 1815.
Was a carpenter and a farmer.
Married Anna Briggs on September 26, 1844.
Died October 1, 1892 (age 77).
Daniel C. Finch
Born February 14, 1817 in Indiana.
At abt. age 17, was a participant in the infamous
"Fighting Finches" episode.
Was a farmer, but described by some as being a gypsy type.
Married (1.) Frances A. Craig in 1849.
Frances A. Craig was born in 1831 and died in 1860
Married (2.) widow, Sarah A. (Thompson) Macey on
March 20, 1861 in Cambridge, Iowa.
Sarah Thompson was born in 1833 and died in 1880.
Married (3.) Sarah J. Wills on November 28, 1880.
Sarah J. Wills was born in 1833 and died (?).
Daniel C. Finch is said to have moved from Iowa to
Arkansas, with Sarah J. Wills.
Married (4.) (name?), and moved back to Iowa.
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and Isabel Hartford]
Children of Daniel C. Finch and (1) Francis Craig:
Emeline Coyt Finch
Born July 17, 1849.
Died November 25, 1911.
Marcus W. Finch
Born 1851.
Married Percinia Bowman.
Percinia was born in 1865.
Marcus and Percina Finch had two children:
1.) Bertha Finch - born 1883.
2.) Charles H. Finch - born Oct. 30, 1884.
Daniel Francis Finch
Born June 1853.
Married Ida (?)
Daniel and Ida Finch had five children:
1.)
Louis Finch - born June, 1884.
2.)
Child - born June 1886.
3.)
Maude Finch - born January, 1890.
4.)
Clifford Finch - born February, 1896.
5.)
Fern Finch - born April, 1899.
Sarah Olivia Finch
Born August 1854.
Died October 4, 1875.
Children of Daniel C. Finch and (2) Sarah Thompson Macey:
Frances "Fannie" Finch (twin)
Born December 21, 1861.
Married John Corkins Nov. 4, 1882.
John Corkins was born about 1855.
Francis "Frank" Finch
Francis "Frank" Finch (twin)
Born December 21, 1861.
Married Lillian Jane Stevens Dec. 23, 1885.
Lillian was born Nov. 7, 1862 and died
Aug. 22, 1928.
Francis Finch died March 24, 1943.
Francis Finch family information provided
courtesy of Earlene Zinner
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and Sarah Finch]
Children of Francis and Lillian Finch:
Children of Daniel C. Finch and (2) Sarah Thompson
Macey continued:
Grant Finch Family abt. 1907
Grant Finch
Born August 24, 1864.
Married Anna Beckwith Nov. 25, 1885.
Anna was born July 1, 1864 and died
November 26, 1930.
Grant Finch died August 5, 1940.
Grant and Anna Finch had seven children:
1.) Elizabeth Finch - born Dec. 20, 1886.
2.) Daniel H. Finch - born Oct. 1888.
3.) Clayton J. Finch - born July, 1892.
4.) Bruce Finch - born April, 1894.
5.) Bertha Finch - born August, 1896.
6.) Sidney Francis Finch - born June 28, 1900.
7.) Lois Finch - born 1905.
For more information on the Grant Finch
Family line, contact Susan (Finch) Laymon
John Rud Finch
Born May 28 1868 in Cambridge, Story Co. Iowa:
Died September 14 1942 Paducah, Cottle, Texas
(Uremic Toxemia)
Married Nancy Caroline McDade. Born June 1874
Bradleyville, Taney Co. Missouri:
Died March 20, 1933 Paducah, Cottle, Texas
(Burned in house fire)
John and Nancy had the following children:
1) Edna Finch born May 20, 1893 Woodford, OK
2) Essie Finch born Feb 3 1896 Woodford, OK
3) Arlin Richard Finch, Sr. born Nov. 1898 Woodford, OK
4) Ethel Finch born Sept 30,1900 Woodford, OK
5) Oda Finch born Nov. 28,1902 Woodford, OK
6) Thomas Finch born Feb 7, 1905
7) Floyd Finch born May 15, 1906 Paducah, TX
8) Pearl Finch born March 19, 1909 Paducah, TX
9) Noel Douglas (Bill) Finch born May 10, 1911 Paducah, TX
10) John Alden (Jack) Finch born October 21, 1915
For more information on the John Rud Finch
Family line, contact
ReGina M. Finch- Tollett
Family of John Rud Finch & wife
Nancy
Nancy & youngest child John Alden Finch
Children of Daniel C. Finch and (2) Sarah Thompson Macey continued:
Elizabeth Finch
Born August 1869.
Died May 13, 1873.
Cassius Marcellus
Finch Inez Redding Finch
Cassius Marcellus Finch
Born January 4, 1871 in Cambridge,
Storey County, Iowa.
Settled in the town of Milo in the Chickasaw
Nation and was a farmer there.
Married Inez "Nezza" Redding.
Cassius
M. Finch died
July 12th, 1916 in Milo,
Carter County,
Oklahoma.
Note: For more information on the
Daniel C. and Cassius M. Finch family line,
contact: Alan Finch
Children of Cassius M. Finch and Inez Redding:
Richard James Finch
Born July 12, 1901.
Died May 18, 1957.
Charley Lee Finch
Born January 17, 1904.
Died January 8, 1986.
Lucy Ellen Finch.
Born June 15, 1906.
Died September 17, 1980.
George William Finch
Born September 1, 1908.
Died September 17, 1980.
Cammie Finch
Born October 22, 1910.
Grant Finch
Born May 8, 1913.
Died April 19, 1993.
Cassius Marcellus Finch Jr.
Born April 9, 1916.
Died September 8, 1966.
Children of Charles Brannon Finch and Isabel
Hartford continued:
Olivia Finch
Born June 21, 1821 in Franklin County, Indiana.
Married David Gardner on August 12, 1848 in Wisconsin.
David Gardner died in 1860.
Olivia Finch Gardner died about 1886, and is buried in
Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Eloise Finch
Born September 14, 1824.
Married (1.) (?) Davis in 1853.
Married (2.) Hal Silas in 1864.
Charles Brannon Finch Jr.
Born September 24, 1829 in Indiana.
Married Nancy Caroline Chipman on April 21, 1888.
Charles Brannon Finch Jr. died January 7, 1911 in
Eureka, California, (age 81) and is buried near
Eureka CA., in Myrtle Grove Cemetery.
Francis Mortimer Finch
Born February 12, 1835 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan.
Was a farmer.
Married Mary Watt on September 23, 1860 in Madison, WI.
Mary Watt was born October 16,1841 in Ayshire, Scotland
and was the daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Johnston)
Watt. [Note: The Watt family was of Scottish Descent, and
first settled in Ames, Iowa, upon coming to the U.S.]
Francis M. Finch died October 10, 1892 in Ames, Story
County, Iowa, and is buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery,
Ames, Iowa.
Mary Watt Finch died February 25, 1931 in Phoenix AZ.,
where she is buried.
Note: Francis M. Finch Family Group Sheet on file at
FinchRoots.com
Francis M. Finch
Children of Francis M. Finch and Mary Watt:
Charles Johnston Finch
Born August 28, 1862.
Married (1.) Sadie Heaverland in 1888 in
Welcome, Wyoming.
Sadie Heaverland was born 1866, and died
in 1898.
Married (2.) Alice Maude Flint Feb. 12,1902.
Alice Maude Flint was born in 1878,and
died in 1962.
Charles Johnston Finch died Sept. 23, 1933
in Spearfish, Lawrence County, South Dakota.
Mary Elizabeth Finch
Born June 3,1864.
Died September 18, 1865.
Mary Elizabeth Finch is buried in
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Calvin Benton Finch
Born March 27, 1866 in Story County, IA.
Was a farmer.
Married Matilda Graham on Oct. 31, 1892
in Ames, Story County, IA.
Matilda Graham was born 1875 and died
in 1943.
Calvin Benton Finch died on Dec. 15, 1956
in Gilmore Nursing Home, Nevada, IA.
Note: Calvin Benton Family Group Sheet on
file at FinchRoots.com
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Watt
Children of Calvin and Matilda Finch:
Fred Finch
Born August 4, 1907 in Kelly,
Story County, Iowa.
Was a farmer.
Married Florence Phillips on
January 20, 1932 in Bethany, MO.
Florence Phillips was born
March 8, 1912 in Sheldahl, Iowa,
and was the daughter of Charles
Lawrence Phillips and
Fae D, (Harden) Phillips.
Fred Finch died March 20, 1972,
and is buried in Kelley Community
Cemetery, Kelley Iowa.
Florence (Phillips) Finch died
April 19, 2006 in Kelley, Iowa and
is buried in Kelley Community Cem.,
Kelley, Iowa. (See obituary)
Note: Fred Finch Family Group
Sheet on file at FinchRoots.com
Children of Fred and Florence Finch:
Betty Joan Finch
Married Scott Arnold Krane.
Duane Richard Finch
Married Barbara Ann Feller.
Ronald Dean Finch
Married Jean Soderstrum.
[Children of Francis M. Finch and Mary Watt, continued:]
Annabell Finch
Born March 4, 1868 in Story County, IA.
Married Mahlon Sims Sept. 16, 1888 in
Story County, IA.
Mahlon Sims was born 1859 and died 1946.
Annabell Finch died November 24, 1921 in
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and is
buried in Ames Municipal Cemetery, Ames,
Iowa.
Marcellus Deo Finch
Born February 5, 1870 in Story County,
Iowa.
Was a Stagecoach Driver.
Married (1.) Sarah Johnston on Dec. 24,
1902 in Spearfish, South Dakota.
Sarah Johnston was born 1872 and died
in 1930.
Married (2.) Catherine Hopkins March 2,
1934 in Long Beach, CA.
Marcellus Deo Finch died September 20,
1963 in Long Beach, CA., and is buried in
Inglewood Park, Cemetery Inglewood, CA.
Leila Katherine Finch
Born Dec. 5, 1874 in Story County, IA.
Married Harry Wilson on Dec. 28, 1892 in
Story County, Iowa.
Harry Wilson was born 1865 and died 1951.
Leila Katherine Finch died in 1954.
Francis Truman Finch
Born June 4, 1878 in Story County, IA.
Married Susanna May Cunningham on
October 11, 1899.
Susanna May Cunningham was born 1876
and died 1944.
Francis Truman Finch died April 29, 1905,
in Phoenix Arizona, and is buried in Ames
Municipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
Ella Nancy Finch
Born Sept. 24, 1883 in Story County, IA.
Married Harvey Orlando Lyman on
September 24, 1901 in Ames, Story County,
Iowa.
Harvey Orlando Lyman was born 1879 and
died 1948.
Ella Nancy Finch died August 10, 1924
in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona,
where she is buried.
[Children of Moses Finch and Sarah Brannon,
continued]
Abraham
Wheeler Finch
Born September 4, 1794 in New York.
Married
Charity Hildreth Woodworth on April 28, 1815 in Franklin
County, Indiana.
Raised two nephews, Lucien Bonaparte Finch and
Abraham Finch, as their own. These boys were sons
of Lucien Brannon Finch and Sarah Ann
(Granger) Finch.
Abraham Wheeler Finch later lived in Spring Valley, Fillmore County,
Minnesota.
Abraham Wheeler Finch died July 23, 1861.
Children of Abraham W. Finch and Charity Woodworth:
Sarah Ann Finch
Married Gibson Essington
Had nine children.
Benoni
Wheeler Finch
Born March 18, 1797 in New York.
Married 1.) Elizabeth Tyner on October 16, 1816 in Franklin
County, Indiana. (See
IN. State Library Records.)
Per Sarah Gardner Finch (wife of Solomon), Elizabeth Tyner
was a "lazy and untidy" woman.
Married 2.) Elizabeth Holliman.
Elizabeth Holliman was born in 1805 in Mississippi.
Lived in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Raised niece, Sarah M. Finch after the death of her parents,
Lucien Brannon Finch and Sarah Ann (Granger)
Finch.
Benoni Wheeler Finch died in 1851.
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Children of Benoni Wheeler Finch and Elizabeth Holliman.
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