John Finney is referred to as "Christian John" in this source:[1]
John Phinney was born on 24 December 1638 at Plymouth.[2] He was the son of John Phinney and Christian Patten. John Phinney married Mary Rogers, daughter of Joseph Rogers and Hannah, on 10 August 1664 at Barnstable.[3][4] John Phinney died 19 Apr 1718-09 Mar 1718/19 at Barnstable.
John Finney changed his name to Phinney.[1] His descendants generally used the spelling, Phinney.[5]
He died before 9 March 1718/9, the date his estate was inventoried. John Phiney of Barnstable, weaver, made his will, dated 19 April 1718 and proved 18 June 1719, in which he desired that after the decease of his wife, his best bed & linens were to be given to daughter Mary Eastland, the rest of his moveable estate to be divided equally between his three daughters Mary Eastland, Mercy Crocker and Reliance Morton. After the decease of his wife, the money due to him from son Ebenezer to be equally divided between his seven sons: John, Joseph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin & Jonathan Phiney. Son John Phiney to be his sole executor. Witnesses were Moody & Martha Russel, James Paine. The inventory of his estate was taken 9 March 1718/9, totalling approximately £116, of which £90 was due on a bond, the rest in household goods.[6][7]
Known children of John and Mary (Rogers) Phinney, all recorded in Barnstable, Massachusetts were:[8][4][9][10]
Deacon John, b May 5, 1665
Malatiah, b Oct 1666; d Nov 1667
Joseph, b Jan 26, 1667 (prob. 1667/8)
Thomas, b Jan 1671
Ebenezer, b Feb 18, 1673
Samuel, b Nov 4, 1676
Mary, b Sept 3, 1678; m John Eastland
Mercy, b July 10, 1679; m Eleazar Crocker Jan 26, 1715
↑ Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [1st printing]), p. 12.
New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 1183. FINNEY, John Jr. (1638-1719) & mary ROGERS (1644-1718+); 10 Aug 1664, 16 Aug; Barnstable {Phinney 6, 15; Hills: Mayflower Planters 154; Barnstable Co. Prob. 5:49; MD 11:30, 20:143 (probably wrong); Pilgrim Notes 4:70; Plymouth (Davis) 347; Morse (#1) 65, 67, 68; Williams (#18) 38}
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch, John Phinny and Mary Rogers, 10 Aug 1664; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 947,061.
Morse, William Inglis, Genealogiae; or, Data concerning the families of Morse, Chipman, Phinney, Ensign and Whiting, published 1925. Reference pages 68-71
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
Page 15 of the James A Finney book, shows his father as Finney, and says that he (meaning John of this profile) "moved to Barnstable and changed his name to Phinney". Also NEHGR 148:325 says his surname was Finney.
Having said that, my preference would be to go with Phinney or even Phinny last name (based on Barnstable Town Record), leaving Finney in the Other Name Field, along with the other name spellings found in records
Update, Torrey uses the Finney spelling as well, for his marriage to Mary Rogers
What is the source of the LNAB spelling of Finney, please? His birth record has the spelling Phinny. Is there another primary record that uses the "F" spelling?
I would suggest removing the statement in the bio, "John Finney changed his name to Phinney," as his birth recorded in Barnstable uses the spelling "Phinny". His father's last marriage record uses the "Phinney" spelling as well. I did not check further back.
Based on the source named here, he was perhaps nicknamed "Christian John". Should we change his name fields to remove Christian from middle name, and add "Christian John" to the other nicknames field, as Christian wasn't his middle name. BTW, I don't find a primary record that uses "Christian" in any form and may be a bit of fiction by the author.
In his records in Barnstable he is refered to as John Junior.
Finney-533 and Phinney-46 appear to represent the same person because: same birthdate and place, same father, same death place. -46 is well sourced; -533 has sources but not directly shown. Please merge.
Having said that, my preference would be to go with Phinney or even Phinny last name (based on Barnstable Town Record), leaving Finney in the Other Name Field, along with the other name spellings found in records
Update, Torrey uses the Finney spelling as well, for his marriage to Mary Rogers
In his records in Barnstable he is refered to as John Junior.