Caleb Finney (abt. 1742 - abt. 1790)

Born about 1742 in Swansea, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Salisbury) Finney — married 6 Jul 1766 in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 48 in Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick

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Biography

Last Edited July 27, 2017^{[1] [2]}

Caleb Finney was born about 1742 in Swansea, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[3]He was the son of Nathaniel Finney and Hannah Wood.

Residence

1771 - Sackville Township, Westmorland, Nova Scotia^[4]

Marriage

Caleb married Bathsheba Salisbury on July 6, 1766 in Sackville Township, Nova Scotia.^[5]

Death

Caleb passed away on 1790 in Sackville Parish, Westmorland Co., New Brunswick^[2]

Notes

Nova Scotia was therefore partitioned. In 1784, Britain split the colony of Nova Scotia into three separate colonies: New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island, and present-day peninsular Nova Scotia, in addition to the adjacent colonies of St. John's Island (renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798) and Newfoundland.^[6]

• Notes from Marty Lund

Sackville Town Records:

Finney Caleb m. Bathsheba Salisbury, 6 July 1766 Finney Joseph b. 13 Feb 1767 & Caleb (b. c. 1745, Swansea; d. aft. 1820, Sackville; marr . 6 Jul 1766 in Sackville, Bashabe Salisbury, b. abt 1745 , MA) , his son Nathaniel (b. abt. 1770, marr. Mary Ann Wheaton , 7 Jun 1803, Sackville), his daughter Susannah. From there my mother's family becomes Sears. Susannah, hus. Titus Sears, et al move from Sackville to Pembroke, ME and work at Pembroke Iron Works. Titus' son Wilson moves family to Mass. Susannah Phinney's ancestors (Caleb Phinney and his father Nathaniel Phinney) along with others settled in the Sackville area (then Nova Scotia) about 1760. Land had become available with the removal of French Arcadians by the British crown. The Phinneys came to Sackville from Swansea , Massachusetts/Warren, Rhode Island

Caleb Phinney (M) b. 1741 Caleb was born in 1741 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Nathaniel Phinney and Hannah Wood. He married Bathsheba Salisbury in Sackville, NB on 6 July 1766. Children of Caleb Phinney and Bathsheba Salisbury: Joseph Phinney (13 Feb 1767) Anne Phinney (1768 - 1861) Jemima Phinney (1770) Caleb Phinney+ (06 Aug 1774 - a 1860) Nathaniel Phinney (1780) John Phinney (1782) Richard Phinney+ (1787 - Oct 1861)

Sources

1. ↑ Edited by Joe Patterson, Replace this if there is another source.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} A source for this information is needed
3. ↑ Family Data Collection - Births [1]
4. ↑ Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838 [2]
5. ↑ Sackville Township Record Book [3]
6. ↑ Wikipedia [4]

See also:

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rockport/f000282.html
• http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/a/g/Ronald-L-Sage/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0307.html
• New Brunswick Genealogy Society, First Families - Phinney