Elizabeth (Andrews) Finch (1698 - aft. 1752)

Born 3 Oct 1698 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Biography

Daughter of Nicholas Andrews Captain Mariner 1667 – 1730 and Mary "Marah" Fairfield 1674 – 1740

Birth 1698 3 Oct Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage to Benjamin Short 1717 13 Nov — Age: 19

Marriage to George Finch 1687 – 1742 After 1727 — Age: 37 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death 1752 28 Apr — Age: 53

Will, dated Sept 22, 1750 being proved Dec. 27,1752. She devised her property to her sister Tabitha Gorden and the latter's children, Nicholas, George, Elizabeth and Tabitha; and the house disappeared.

Sources

Collaborative research by Roland Henry Baker, Connie Fairfield Ganz and David Stolpestad

VR of Marblehead

First marriage in Newbury, Newbury, MA

Descendants of John Fairfield of Wenham by Wynn Cowan Fairfield

Tabitha (Fairfield) Woods will

Descendants of Nicholas Andrews The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 3 edited by Sidney Perley

Signed probate receipt Elizabeth Andrews, Marblehead, MA 1723

will, dated Sept 22, 1750 being proved Dec. 27,1752. She devised her property to her sister Tabitha Gorden and the latter's children, Nicholas, George, Elizabeth and Tabitha; and the house disappeared.

MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700 by Sidney Perley

Thomas Trevy House. Samuel Condey of Marblehead, fisherman, owned this lot as early as 1660. He sold it to John Slatter of Marblehead, the younger, Feb. 17, 1661-2.† Mr. Slater built a house upon it, and died before 27: 4 : 1665, when administration was granted upon his estate to his widow Elizabeth Slater and Capt. George Corwin of Salem, merchant. His house and garden were valued at forty pounds. Captain Corwin, administrator, conveyed the house and land to Francis Johnson of Marblehead, fisherman, Nov. 29, 1665.‡ Mr. Johnson conveyed it to Captain Corwin Oct. 31, 1666.§ Captain Corwin conveyed the house and lot to Thomas Trevy of Marblehead, fisherman, Oct. 27, 1671. || Mr. Trevey, for seventeen pounds, six shillings and six pence, conveyed the house, orchard and garden to Samuel Russell of Marblehead, merchant, Dec. 23, 1702. Mr. Russell, for nineteen pounds and three shillings, conveyed the estate to Joshua Orne of Marblehead, cordwainer, Nov. 10, 1704;** and on the same date Mr. Trevy and his first born son, Thomas Trevy, jr., both of Marblehead, fishermen, for twenty-three pounds and six shillings, released the house and lot to Mr. Orne.†† Mr. Orne conveyed the estate to Agnes Trefry, widow of Thomas Trefry, jr., and the latter's son Thomas Trefry of Marblehead, fisherman, Sept 15, 1722‡‡ Mr. Trefry's son John Trefry of Marblehead, mariner, conveyed one-tenth of the "old dwelling house and land wherein my mother Annie Trefry lately dwelt," to the widow Elizabeth Finch of Marblehead June 26, 1749.§§ She apparently became possessed of the other fractional interests in the estate, and died in 1752, her will, dated Sept 22, 1750, being proved Dec. 27,1752. She devised her property to her sister Tabitha Gorden and the latter's children, Nicholas, George, Elizabeth and Tabitha; and the house disappeared.

39 †Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 60. ‡Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 119. § Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 127. ||Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 264. Essex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 28. Essex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 44. †† Essex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 45. ‡‡Essex Registry of Deeds, book 39, leaf 191. §§ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 94, leaf 117.

Nicholas Andrews of Marblehead 3x in History of the Andrews Family A Genealogy of Robert Andrews and His By Henry Franklin Andre