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*[[Madison Finch]] b. at about 1836
 
*[[Madison Finch]] b. at about 1836
 
*[[Richmond Finch]] b. at about 1837
 
*[[Richmond Finch]] b. at about 1837
*[[Foster M. Finch]] b. at about 1839
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*[[Finch, Foster M. |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<br>
 
*[[Edwin Finch]] b. at about 1846<br>

Revision as of 18:48, 29 April 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

1850 census, Knox, Albany Co., NY Page 339, line 13
John Finch age 48 M Farmer $2200 b. NY
Nancy wife age 45 F b. NY
Theresa age 17 F b. NY
Madison age 14 M b. NY
Richmond age 13 M b. NY
Foster age 11 M b. NY
Mary age 9 F b. NY
Edwin age 4 M b. NY
Catherine West age 18 F. b. NY


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