Finch, John
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:
- Theresa (Thirza)Finch b. at about 1833
- Madison Finch b. at about 1836
- Richmond Finch b. at about 1837
- Foster M. Finch b. at about 1839
- Mary Finch b. at about 1841
- Edwin Finch b. at about 1846
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
- ↑ Bernehistory.org
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRSG-8RS
- ↑ 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 - ↑ Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRZG-LXS
