" Jeffery Finney11 was born Abt. 1532 in Lenton Nottinghamshire England, and died July 21, 1586 in Lenton Nottinghamshire England12.
He married Ellen Smedley on Abt. 1560 in Lenton Nottinghamshire England." "The parish of Lenton lies immediately southwest of the cith of Nottingham.The parish register, located at the Nottinghamshire Archivesbegin in 1540, but baptismal records before 1598 are lost, and there is a gap in the marriages from 1598 to 1612.the following entries were fround in the Lenton registers. 21 July 1586Jeffery Finnye"
" Jeffery Finney of Lenton, Nottinghamshire, was born about 1532 and was buried at Lenton on 21 July 1586.
He married, first at Lenton 19 Sept 1558, Katherine Jackson, who died probably soon afterward.
Jeffery Married , second, Ellen Smedley about 1560.She was buried at Lenton 17 Aug 1606. Ellen's will identifies five children.
Children; surname Finney all born at Lenton.
1.Edward, b. ca 1561; d; at Lenton between 26 March and 11 May 1598, the dates of the execuyion and probate of his nuncupative wii.He m. at Lenton, 29 oct 1587, Anne Warde, who was buried there 3 oct 1632.Edward was styled "laborer" in his will, which mentions children Robert, Mary, and Elizabeth.
2.Anne, b ca, 1566,m. at Lenton22 oct 1587William Fletcher Four children of Anne are named in the will of their grandmother Ellen Finney. SurnameFletcher;Henry, Alice, Margery and Ann
3.Robert , ca.1568
4.Sicille, Bur at Lenton, 25 Jan 1643/4 Unmarried.She is mentioned as a creditor to the estate of her uncle Thomas Smedley on 17 July 1610
5.Isabell, m at Lenton, 25 June 1611, William Burrowes.She was unmarried on the date of her mother's will,,8 Aug 1606, and appears to have married late in life.
Robert Finney [Jeffery] was born about 1568.He died about 1637/8, probably enroute to New England or soon after arrival.Robert married, probably at Lenton, abt1595, but the name of his wife is unknown.Shye came to Plymouth, where she died on 22 April 1650 as "Mother Finney"."[1]
Jeffrey was born in 1532. Jeffrey Finney ... He died in 1586. [2]
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The supplied geni.com reference no longer lists his parents due to lack of citations/evidence.
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