Elizabeth (Unknown) Finch (abt. 1624 - 1658)

Born about 1624 in York, Yorkshire, England [uncertain]

Wife of John Thompson Sr. — married before 1644 in Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Wife of Daniel Finch — married after 25 Dec 1657 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1658 at about age 34 in Pequot, Hartford Co., Connecticut

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Biography

Elizabeth's last name at birth, birth year and birth place are unknown. Her birth year is estimated based on the year her first child was born.

Elizabeth married first John Thompson before 1644,^[1] likely at Fairfield, Connecticut, where John resided.^[2]

Elizabeth (___) Thompson made a marriage covenant December 25, 1657, with Daniel Finch of Fairfield. It is recorded in Fairfield Probate Records.^[3] Known children of John and Elizabeth were:^[2]

1. Elizabeth, b about 1644; m Thomas Bennett
2. Mary, b about 1649; m John Bennett
3. John, b about 1651; d Mar 1, 1734, age 83; m Sarah Gold in 1684
4. Hester, b about 1654; m John Gruman

Elizabeth (___) Thompson Finch died in 1658.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 3, page 1507. $Subscription
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jacobus, Donald Lines, The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth, published 1960. Reference page 57
3. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Reference Volume 19 (1942), page 61. $Subscription

• Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1911) Page 546