Jonathan (Finney) Phinney (1655 - abt. 1728)

Born 14 Aug 1655 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Kinnicutt) Finney — married 18 Oct 1682 in Bristol, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about May 1728 at about age 72 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

"One of the 1st settlers at Bristol MA (later RI), becoming a freeman there 1680; later in Swansea; Will dated 27 Aug 1724"

Born to John Phinney and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Bayley Bailey, Elizabeth

Name: Jonathan Finney

Birth: 14 AUG 1655 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co, MA 1

Death: NOV 1728 in Swansea Bristol Co, MA 2

Burial: Kickemuit cem, Warren, Bristol Co, RI ^[1]

Marriage

Spouse: Joanna Kinnicutt born JAN 1664 in Malden, Middlesex Co, MA

Date: 18 OCT 1682

Place: Bristol, Bristol Co, MA^[2]

Children

1. Johnna Finney b: 30 NOV 1683 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA c: 27 OCT 1695 in Church of Christ, Bristol, Bristol Co, MA^[3][4]
2. Jonathan Finney b: 3 NOV 1686 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA c: 27 OCT 1695 in Church of Christ, Bristol, Bristol Co, MA^[5]
3. Mahitabel Finney b: 19 Jan 1687/88 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA c: 19 JAN 1688
4. Elizabeth Finney b: ABT 1695 c: 27 OCT 1695 in Church of Christ, Bristol, Bristol Co, MA
5. Lydia Finney b: 1695 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA c: 27 OCT 1695 in Church of Christ, Bristol, Bristol Co, MA
6. Mary Finney c: 27 OCT 1695 in Church of Christ, Bristol, RI
7. Ebenezer Finney b: ABT 1699 c: 23 APR 1699 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA
8. Hannah Finney b: ABT 1700 c: 1 SEP 1700 in Swansea, Bristol Co, MA

In 1690, Jonathan is mentioned in his brother (who died in the expedition to Quebec, Canada), Robert Phinney's will.^[6]

Death

Inscription:

In Memory of

Mr. Jonathan Phinney

Deceafed:

May ________17_8 (not legible-? 2 )

Aged About 78

Years

(which if the date of death is 1728-78 years= 1650)

Will

The will of Jonathan Phiney of Swanzey, yeoman, is dated 27 August 1724 and was proved 20 August 1728.^[7]

It names

• wife Joannah
• daughters Johannah Clerk, Elizabeth Bradford, Mary Clerk, Lydia Potter, and Hannah Phiney
• son Jonathan Phinney (executor)

Research Notes

There appear to be two headstones for this person in FAG. (Merged 27 August 2021.)

Please see Find A Grave: Memorial #9260154 - gives the same birth date but a different death date. To be connected if these are the same person

Parentage agrees with what was already on this profile

son: Jonathan Phinney (1686-1736)

grandson: Elisha Phinney (1737-1815)

ggson: Benjamin Phinney (1771-1831)

gggson: Warren Phinney (1816-1900)

Sources

1. ↑ Note: Find a Grave Memorial #9260154 Updated 27 August 2021. -::Lineage ; his descendants spelled the surname "Phinney". ::From Bradford, Schenk Families  ::Janet :ID: I1828
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V3-4RN : accessed 18 January 2020), Jonathan Finny and Joanna Kinnicut, 18 Oct 1682; citing Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 912,787.
3. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QX-HBG : 17 December 2019), Jonathan Finney in entry for Joanna Finney, 1683.
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MK-VXY : 17 December 2019), Jonathan Finny in entry for Joanah Finny, 1683.
5. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QN-8LX : 17 December 2019), Jonathan Finney in entry for Jonathan Finney, 1684.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JDFW : 16 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 47 of 490; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ Bristol County, Massachusetts, Wills vol. 6 page 137

1. Find A Grave: Memorial #9260154 headstone] --Created by: Dave Van Doren --Record added: May 17, 2011
2. From the rootsweb.com Family Tree [1]  : Abbrev: Herbert Phinney Database

Title: Herbert Phinney Database Note: Herbert Phinney Database-- Media: Website Abbrev: Rootsweb - Wheeler Database-- Title: Rootsweb - Wheeler Database-- Author: Mary Beth Wheeler--

• • Sources: Bradford, Schenk Families  ::Janet

Text: vol.60, p.67/ Text: vol.148, p.315/ Text: vol.60, p.67/ Text: vol.60, p.67/Type: Periodical---Author: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA

Title: Early Vital Records of Poland, ME Periodical: New England Historical and Genealogical Register Date: vols. 1-148 on compact discs in DMVD library Text: vol.60, p.67

• "The Bristol Branch of The Finney Family," Franklin C. Clark, M.D., Boston, NEHGS, 1906, p68. https://ia800306.us.archive.org/0/items/bristolbranchoff00clar/bristolbranchoff00clar.pdf

• Type: Periodical---Author: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA--Title: Early Vital Records of Poland, ME--Periodical: New England Historical and Genealogical Register--Date: vols. 1-148 on compact discs in DMVD library----Text: vol.148, p.315 --

• Type: Book--Author: Virkus, Frederick A.--Periodical: Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy--Publication: A.N. Marquis & Co, Chicago, IL 1925,--Location: Vol.1 on Family Tree Maker's Family Archives CD #113 by Brøderbund in DMVD library -- Media: photocopy, personal abstract

• Type: Book--Author: Saunders, Dorothy C.--Periodical: Bristol RI Early Settlers

Publication: Heritage Books, 1992--Media: personal abstract

• Type: Periodical-- Author: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, MA-Title: Early Vital Records of Poland, ME--Periodical: New England Historical and Genealogical Register--Date: vols. 1-148 on compact discs in DMVD library

• Type: Periodical--Periodical: Mayflower Descendant--Publication: MA Society of Mayflower Descendants--Location: on Search&Research Legacy Edition CD, in DMVD library

• Type: Book-- Author: Torrey, C.A.-- Periodical: New England Marriages Prior to 1700--- Publication: Genealogical Pub Co, Baltimore, 1985-- Location: in DMVD library

• Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899

Jonathan Finney

Marriage Date 18 Oct 1682

Marriage Place Bristol, Rhode Island, USA

Spouse Name Joanna Kinnecut

Page number 21

• Saunders, Dorothy. Bristol, Rhode Island's Early Settlers (Heritage Books, Westminster, MA, 2010) p. 76, #42.

• Munro, Wilfred. The History of Bristol, R.I. (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, 1881) p.79.

• Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C, Page 377