Ebenezer Finch (1738 - aft. 1768)

Born 8 Dec 1738 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1768 after age 29 in Greenville, New York

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Biography

Ebenezer was born in 1738. He was the son of John Finch and Sarah Lockwood. He married Hannah Newman in about 1753. Different sources credit him with two or three children. The birth places of these children also seem to be in dispute. It is unclear how long after 1768 that he passes on, but Thummel does believe that he passed on at Greenville, Greene County, New York (certainly the two sons most authorities agree on, have family buried in Greene County, NY).

Sources

SOURCE

"Descendants of John Finch of Connecticut"

Compiled, Edited, Researched by Claude B. Thummel,

Self Published, 1965

Digital version located at Familysearch

Ebenezer Finch is listed as Number 311-18 in this text.

Further data below.

Born - 1734 Stamford Connecticut.

Died - Greenville, Greene County, NY

Married - 1753 Hannah Newman, she born 1734

Apr. 5, 1748. Ebenezer listed as a minor, mother Sarah appointed guardian.

Aug. 2, 1750, he shared in distribution of his fathers estate.

June 15, 1768, shared in distribution of the estate of his mother Sarah.

Children listed below

EZRA, born Aug.4,1757, Horseneck

SETH, born 1753.

AMOS, born Sept. 12, 1754.

NOTES about the children - The data shown here is as Thummel lists it, with the 1757 date and EZRA coming before the 1753 and 1754 birth dates of Seth and Amos. Familysearch only shows sons Amos and Ezra. Moving to the individual pages within Thummel's work, we find further clarity, with Ezra born August 1757 at Stamford, removing to Westchester County, NY, then Greene County, NY after the Rev War. Seth, born "about 1755", wife Rhoda she born 1761 and died August 5, 1809 at age 48 Census data 1790-1810 at Salem/S.Salem in Westchester Co, NY. Finally Amos born Sept 22, 1754 at Bedford Westchester Co, NY - this being incongruous with earlier data stating that most of them moved to NY State after the Rev. War. Married Martha Rowe, daughter of Thomas Rowe. Extensive military data. It would be interesting to cross this data with that given by Paul R. Finch.

On the page following Ebenezer's profile, Thummel presents a bible record. Below is his presentation with commentary in ( ). I will add more notes afterward.

Copied from a Bible by Mrs L.J.Rossi, Ravena,N.Y.

(Thummel gives us the complete title page of the bible including that it was printed in London. No date)

On front page are initials "M M F 1782"- (no idea what this means)

also Pfenninger 1792. (this means something when combined with next line)

On following page date 1850 and below this, Miss Corbetta Williams June 2 1880. Presented by a true friend. (Thummel isn't clear if the 1850 date is printed by the printers, or if it is written by hand. However, it is clear that this bible was presented to Corbetta Williams on June 2, 1880).

On center page between Old and New Testament (here Thummel seems to indicate that the Bible Miss Pfenninger receives is actually a used bible.)

Ebenezer Finch + Hannah Newman 1753 (This probably the year of their marriage)

Amos Finch + Martha Rowe 1784 (From above, we can surmise the following marriage dates, however, Amos and Ezra are brothers; Ebenezer who married Mary Blaisdell is a cousin of Samuel Finch who marries Anna Bush. The Rachel Finch and Silas Finch, I have still not discovered)

Ezra Finch + Ruth Townsend 1784

Ebenezer Finch + Mary Blaisdell 1816

Samuel Finch + Anna Bush 1822

Rachel Finch + Cornelius Vail 1861

Silas Finch + Elizabeth Winne, Nov.25,1875

On margin of page Psalms, Chap XLVIII Verse 13 marked with dash on inside margin is

Amos Finch Sept.12,1754 (these perhaps birth dates for these two).

Martha Rowe Feb.19,1767.

On page of Psalms Chap XCI on margin

Silas Finch July 18,1838. (these too must be birth dates).

Elizabeth Winne, Kay 6 1859 - This is all.

NOTES - Have discovered that "Miss Corbetta Williams", married Antoine Frei Pfenninger on 30 September 1880 in Manhattan. She was of Newport, Wales, UK and apparently lived in England and Wales often. By 1905, she is shown as "widowed" and living with 2 daughters Pfenninger ages 23 and 21, both born in the UK. She dies in 1931 and is [buried in Connecticut], presumably with her eldest daughter who died in 1922 (though I can find no trace of her daughter's burial on Findagrave). Looking into her history, and her daughter's marriages, I can find NO connection to the Finch Family. Furthermore, the inclusion of Silas Finch and Rachel Finch is also perplexing, and they seem to be from a different family than those descended from Ebenezer Finch and Hannah Newman.

SOURCE

Paul R Finch's work with respect to the testimony of son Amos is helpful here.

work of Paul R Finch at Genealogy dot com

REFERENCES/SOURCES called by Paul Finch

- Thummel, ref. no. 311-18 (see above)

- TAG (The American Genealogist - A society with a quarterly journal founded by Donald Lines Jacobus - unclear which issue)

- Mead, Hist. (I believe this is the following document

A history of the town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., with many important statistics. By Daniel M. Mead. Printed New York by Baker & Godwin, Printers in 1857

Available online [at Hathitrust])

- History of Greene County, New York, with biographical sketches of its Prominent Men. (I believe this is better known as

"History of Greene County, New York With Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men" by J. B. Beers & Co. 1884, available online at [The Vedder Research Library])

- Cuyler Reynolds, Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, 1911 (believe this is

"Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs", by Cuyler Reynolds. Published by New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. A copy located here, but sections pertinent to the Finch Family are located here and here)

-Scharf, History of Westchester County New York (believe this is better known as

"History of Westchester county, New York, including..& etc" by J. Thomas Scharf. Apparently available in several Volumes and different parts of each Volume. Published Philadelphia by L.E. Preston & Company, 1886.

Volume 1, Part 2 is located here).

- CSL, Barbour (Believe this is the often referenced The Barbour Collections of Connecticut .... including the Church Records, and Probate Records referenced hereafter in Paul R. Finch's document. Apparently all accessed through the Connecticut State Library... aka CSL.

- CSL, Church Records (see above)

- CSL, Probate Records (see above)

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