Abel
Willard
Finch
Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Finch
and Mary (King) Finch
Brother of
David Josiah Finch [half], Henry Finch [half], Abel Henry Finch [half], Daniel King Finch [half], Asahel Finch [half], Elizabeth Betsey (Finch) Fries, Samuel B. Finch, William Friece Finch [half], Amos G. Finch [half], Julia (Finch) Dyer [half], Benjamin Finch and Charles H. Finch
Husband of
Elizabeth Janet (Cross) Finch
— married
1836 in Michigan, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Willard W. Finch, Charles Finch, Rachel Ann (Finch) Mosher, Harriet E. (Finch) Andrews and Rial T. Finch
Died
at age 65
in Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 22 May 2018
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Biography
Abel was born in 1812 in Pennsylvania. He married about 1836 to Elizabeth Janet Cross. He was a poor farmer living in 1840 & 1850 in Albion, Calhoun county, Michigan. In 1850, he had 5 cows, 2 swine all worth $75. By 1860, he had moved to Walton, Eaton county, Michigan where his farm was valued at $1800, including 5 cattle, 2 oxen, 7 swine, with 12 bushels of wheat and 50 bushels of corn during the previous year. By 1877, he had moved to Quincy, Branch county, Michigan where he passed away.
Burial in June 1877 at the Lake View Cemetery, Quincy, Branch County, Michigan.
Sources
- Abel W. Finch on Find A Grave: Memorial #100030577
- 1840; Census Place: Albion, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: 203; Page: 151; Family History Library Film: 0014795
- The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Walton, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M653_542; Page: 771; Family History Library Film: 803542
- Find a Grave web page: [1]
- 1850; Census Place: Albion, Calhoun, Michigan; Archive Collection Number: T1164; Roll: 1; Page: 327; Line: 35; Schedule Type: Agriculture.
- 1860; Census Place: Walton, Eaton, Michigan; Archive Collection Number: T1164; Roll: 8; Page: 17; Line: 5; Schedule Type: Agriculture.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 Abel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 Abel:
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~3.12%
Doug McAdams
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member longnow28
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~1.56%
Glenn Tucker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ftyiri
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~0.78%
Rosemary (Conway) Hagemyer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A280488 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jennifer (McKinzie) Corl :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JB7371196 [compare], Ancestry member JenniferSueCorl
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~0.39%
David Dunaetz :
23andMe, GEDmatch M846206 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M846206 [compare], Ancestry member dunaetzd
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