Margaret
Saywell
Finch
formerly [surname unknown] aka Flood
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Finch
— married
9 Oct 1616 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England
Wife of
John Flood
— married
1624 in Surry County, Virginia
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 42
in Surry County, Virginia Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2014
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Biography
Margaret (Unknown) Finch was a Jamestown colonist.
Margaret (Unknown) Finch is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
Margaret was born in 1597 and passed away in 1639.
In 1620, Margaret boarded the ship Supply[1] and sailed to Jamestown. She was accompanied by her husband, William Finch and daughter, Frances.[1]
The child of Margaret Saywell and William Finch was
- Frances Finch
Not long after their arrival in Virginia, William died, and widow Margaret Finch married again, to John Flood. The Flood household is listed in the 1624/25 census as follows:[2]
- THE MUSTER OF JOHN FLUDD arived in the Swan 1610
- MARGRETT his wife in the Supply 1620
- FRANCES FINCH her daughter in the Suply 1620
- WILLIAM FLUDD his sonn aged 3 weeks
- PROVISIONS: Corne, 30 bushells; Pease and Beanes, 2 bushells. ARMES AND MUNITION: Powder, 1/2 lb; Shott, 10 lb; Peeces fixt, 2 and a Petronell*; Armour, 1; Coat of Male, 1. SWINE ETC.: Swine, 1; Poultrie, 20. HOUSES: House, 1.
The children of Margaret Saywell (Finch) and John Flood were:[3]
- William, b. 1624
- Thomas, b. 1629
- Jane, b. 1637
Margeret's death year is reported to be c. 1639. John remarried to Fortune Jordan in 1642.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 List of Passengers on the Supply 1621 Research and compilation by Anne Stevens, packrat-pro.com.
- ↑ Jester, Annie Lash., Hiden, Martha Woodruff. 1883. Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625, Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625: FamilySearch International, Title No. 2058494., p.16.
- ↑ McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 2007, pp. 298, 305-306.
- Jamestowne Society: Flood, Margaret ( ) - A9670; died by 1655; (Muster of 1624/5), wife of William Flinch and John Flood. accessed 20 June 2021
- "Virginia historical genealogies", page 303, by John Bennett Boddie Documentation of marriage to William Finch, then to John Flood, along with names/date of births of children (father, John Flood)
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Arrival from England to Virginia, 1620
- Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600s Documentation of marriage to John Flood, 1624
- "England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940" Marriage to William Finch, 9 Oct 1616
- "England Marriages, 1538–1973" Marriage to William Finch, 9 Oct 1616
- "Person Resource File" familysearch.com FamilySearch Resource File 10 Aug 2021
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988, Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; Date Range: 1558 - 1650; Film Number: 991395
Research Notes
On her husbands profile this source is given to show Margaret Saywell was indeed her name at birth.
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988, Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England; Date Range: 1558 - 1650; Film Number: 991395
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Categories: Charles City County, Virginia Colony | Supply, sailed Sept 1620 | Jamestown Colonists | Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestors
My descent from John Flood, Sr is via Elizabeth Flood (his daughter or granddaughter?) and Nicholas Smith (Smith-39623). When I connected with this branch on WikiTree I noticed that the Elizabeth Flood who was married to Nicholas Smith is Flood-231, daughter of John Flood, Jr (not Fludd-4, daughter of John Flood, Sr). If this new assignment is correct then my 8th great grandmother is Margaret Finch (Saywell-9), not Fortune Jordan (Jordan -231). Because of a genetic analysis that I will address shortly, I suspect that Flood-231 and Fluud-4 are the same person with the spousal assignment of Flood-231 and the parental assignments of Fluud-4. If they are really two separate people, then I suspect that Fluud-4 should have Nicholas Smith as spouse instead of Flood-231.
Genetic Analysis: Among my FTDNA matches are 4 individuals with Flood and/or Jordan ancestry who share with me a small segment on chromosome-10. These segments range from 2.07 cM (centa-Morgan) to 3.47 cM. They are too small for triangulation, but given my selection crtteria and their small sizes it is highly unlikely that they would not all match my maternal branch of Ch-10 (the branch that includes my Flood/Jordan ancestry). If that is the case then this commonly shared segment should be inherited from a common shared ancestor. Among my matches is one individual (Indv 1) whose pedigree tree includes John Flood, Sr and Fortune Jordan. This suggests that the segment in question comes from either John Flood, Sr or Fortune Jordan (provided our two pedigrees don't intersect in some other position). Another of the matches (Indv 2) descends from Arthur Jordan (Jordan-2932, Fortune Jordan's brother) and does not include any Flood surnames in their tree. That would suggest that my segment comes from Fortun Jordan (provided that the trees of my FTDNA matches are correct). I will henceforth call this segment the Jordan segment. Two other individuals (Indv3 and Indv 4) according to their trees descend from John Flood, Sr and Margaret Finch via their daughter Mary (Flood) Briggs (Flood-75). This would seem to invalidate my segment assignment to Fortune Jordan until, that is, one realizes that Mary Briggs was also married to John Washington (Washington-1017) and their son Richard (Washington-366) married Elizabeth Jordan (Jordan-3394), the niece of Fortune Jordan. If Indv 3 and Indv 4 both also descend from Richard and Elizabeth (which is indeed the case) then their possession of the Jordan segment under study is explained. Now this genetic data that I have just described is understandable only if I am descended from John Flood, Sr and Fortune Jordan (a descent via John Flood, Jr would not include any Jordan genes) , hence my suspicions regarding Flood-231 and Fluud-4. I will wait for the reactions of other profile managers before proposing a merger of these two individuals. If anyone would like to see more details of my genetic analysis they may email me at [email address removed] and I will respond with individual identies and graphics (it seems that I cannot paste a graphic in this comment).
UPDATE: After a series of email exchanges with Paul Gierzewski (thanks Paul) and further genetic analysis, I have been able to justify my possession of the Jordan segment without having Fortune Jordan in my pedigree. I still support the merging of Flood-231 and Fludd-4 but the change of parental assignment of Flood-231 is no longer compelling (ie eliminate Fludd-4).
edited by Dudley Miller
Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestor #A9670
https://www.jamestowne.org/fleet---foliott.html
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Margaret, widow of William Finch, b. Bef 1600, England
Married 1624 Surry County, Virginia to John Flood
Their children
1. John Flood, b. Aft 1622, Surry County, Virginia d. 1679, Surry County, Virginia 2. Mary Flood, b. Abt 1630, Surry County, Virginia d. Abt 1686, Surry County, Virginia 3. Thomas Flood, b. Bef 1636, Surry County, Virginia Fd. Aft 1656, Lancaster County, Virginia
"There is no documentation on Margaret Saywell except for her marriage to William Finch. This includes the Stanley genealogy, and there is no connection, not even one to King's Stanley."
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I've seen one site where they make her born a Finch as well as married one, but there are no sources for that, as far as I saw. But her being a Saywell seems to be refuted. Surely the Jamestowne Society would have her maiden name if it were known. They don't.