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*[[Foster M. Finch]] b. at about 1839
 
*[[Foster M. Finch]] b. at about 1839
 
*Mary Finch b. at about 1841
 
*Mary Finch b. at about 1841
*[[Edwin Finch]] b. at about 1846
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*[[Edwin Finch]] b. at about 1846<br>
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In the early 1850's, Thirza Finch, her father and eight siblings moved from Knox, N.Y., to a farm in Maple Valley, Prince William County, Va. <ref name="Thirza Finch diary"> Thirza Finch Diary and Copybook, 1858-1870, Manuscripts Division
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Nancy died on July 9, 1855 at Prince William County, VA age 50 years<ref name=" Virginia Deaths and Burials "/><br>
 
Nancy died on July 9, 1855 at Prince William County, VA age 50 years<ref name=" Virginia Deaths and Burials "/><br>
 
John, widowed, married secondly on January 17, 1858 in Fairfax County, VA, Mary Ann Cash who was born in 1818 in Fairfax, VA, a daughter of Elijah and Susan Cash. <ref name="Virginia Marriages">  Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRZG-LXS</ref>
 
John, widowed, married secondly on January 17, 1858 in Fairfax County, VA, Mary Ann Cash who was born in 1818 in Fairfax, VA, a daughter of Elijah and Susan Cash. <ref name="Virginia Marriages">  Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRZG-LXS</ref>

Revision as of 23:50, 9 March 2013

Birth

John Finch was born at about 1802 at Knox, a son of Foster Finch and Naomi Merrick[1]

Marriage & Children

John married Nancy Wood who was born in 1805, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Wood[2] Their known children were:

In the early 1850's, Thirza Finch, her father and eight siblings moved from Knox, N.Y., to a farm in Maple Valley, Prince William County, Va. [3]


Nancy died on July 9, 1855 at Prince William County, VA age 50 years[2]
John, widowed, married secondly on January 17, 1858 in Fairfax County, VA, Mary Ann Cash who was born in 1818 in Fairfax, VA, a daughter of Elijah and Susan Cash. [4]

Death

Nancy died in 1855 in Virginia[2]. John died at the end of October, 1862[3] .

Additional Research Notes

1860 census, Occoquan, Prince William County, VA page 543, line 20
John Finch age 58 M Farmer 2, 100 520 b. NY
Thirza Finch age 27 F b. NY
Madison Finch age25 M Farm Laborer b. NY
Edwin Finch age 14 M b. NY
Susan Webster age 20 F Domestic b. VA

Obituary

Additional Media

Sources

  1. Bernehistory.org
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRSG-8RS
  3. 3.0 3.1 Thirza Finch Diary and Copybook, 1858-1870, Manuscripts Division William L. Clements Library University of Michigan, James S. Schoff Civil War Collection Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Thirza Finch diary" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRZG-LXS