Born in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph W. Finch Sr.
and Elizabeth (Austin) Finch
Sister of
Martha (Finch) Mead, Joseph Finch Jr., Samuel Finch, Johnathan Finch, Elizabeth (Finch) Whitney, Sarah (Finch) Newman and Benjamin Finch Sr.
Wife of
Joseph Reynolds
— married
1698 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Reynolds, Rachel Reynolds, Abigail Reynolds, Samuel Reynolds, Benjamin Reynolds, John Reynolds, Nehemiah Reynolds, Isaac Reynolds, Reuben Reynolds Sr. and Elizabeth Reynolds
Died before
before age 85
in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2011
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Biography
Abigail was born in 1675. She was the daughter of Joseph Finch and Elizabeth Austin. She passed away before 1760.
Abigail Finch was the daughter of Joseph Finch and Elizabeth Austin. Joseph Finch was born in Stamford in 1640 and married Elizabeth Austin in 167(3). Greenwich, Connecticut was not granted a proper township charter from the Connecticut Colony until 1665, however, then Joseph Finch was born and married in the Stamford township limits. He died in Greenwich.
She married Joseph Reynolds in 1698.
Abigail was the granddaughter John Finch and Martha Betts who migrated with Winthrop' Fleet in 1630 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Sources
- Hart, Frederick, C., Early Austins of Greenwich and Stamfrod, Connecticut, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 2014) Vol. 168, Page 89.
- She d. Greenwich 1715. m. 1698 Joseph Reynolds as his 1st wife.
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- http://www.finchroots.com
- https://www.geni.com/people/Abigail-Reynolds/6000000022160718016
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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~0.78%
Denise (Severance) Cook
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H488526 [compare]
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~0.39%
Robert Buswell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M811476 [compare]
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~0.39%
Larry (Caldwell) Klaasen :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T245529 [compare], Ancestry member lklaasen
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245529 [compare], FTDNA kit #313485
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Ron Foster :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A585666 [compare], Ancestry member fostergaylej
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KC8788152 [compare], FTDNA kit #825394
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~0.39%
Donna Durland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member durlanddonna
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~0.39%
H Cray :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hcray93
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~0.39%
FLorence Turner :
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Eric
Nothing matches except the name of their husband, and the 2 profiles of Joseph Reynolds do not match.
Eric