Jeremiah Finney, I

Jeremiah Finney

• AKA Phinney
• Birth: Aug 15 1662 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
• Death: Feb 18 1748 - Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island
• Parents: John 'the Pilgrim' Finney and Elizabeth Bailey
• Spouse: Hester (later known as Esther) Lewis - married 7 January 1684, Bristol, Rhode Island

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Finney-87

Jeremiah Finney was born in mid-August of 1662 at Barnstable, Plymouth, a son of John Finney, Sr., and Elizabeth (Bailey) Finney. He became a shipmaster, and in early January of 1684, he married Esther Lewis at Bristol, then a part of Rhode Island. He died at Bristol, by that time a town of Massachusetts Bay, in February of 1743.[1]

Marriage

7 JAN 1683/4 Bristol, Rhode Island
Husband: Jeremiah Finney
Wife: Esther Lewis
Child: Mary Finney
Child: Hannah Finney
Child: Mehitable Finney
Child: John Finney
Child: Rebecca Finney
Child: Esther Finney
Child: John Finney
Child: Abigail Finney

Hester Lewis (evidently christened thus; later recorded as Esther) is presumed to be the first and only wife of Jeremiah Finney. An unsourced first marriage, originally shown in this profile, to Mercy Watts has been removed; the alleged bride would only have reached the age of eighteen by 1683, and within months, Jeremiah wed Esther. Mercy Watts in fact married Jeremiah's brother Joshua Phinney in 1688; also, a Mercy ("Mersey") Finney is shown as the wife of Joseph Finney of Plymouth as of 15 June 1693 [2]. These are highly probable sources of the confusion.

DNA

Possible multiple DNA matches back to this ancestor, exact connection as yet unknown but may be connected to the RICHARDS family. Please contact Veronica Williams if you are a descendant and have had your DNA tested.

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Jeremiah Finney (1662-1743)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Finney-87 : accessed 12 September 2024). cites
   1. NEHGR Vol. 60 (Jan. 1906), p. 68; Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21124/68/0 (by subscription)
   2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 3 November 2017), Joseph Finney and Mercy Bryant, 15 Jun 1693; citing Marriage, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts
   3. Birth: "The Finney Family of Lenton, Nottinghainshire, and Plymouth, Massachusetts", NEHGR Vol. 148, p. 326; Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14295/326/264779965 (by subscription)
   4. Marriage: "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch ([2] : accessed 4 August 2018), Jeremiah Finney and Esther Lewis, 07 Jan 1684; citing Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; see also Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014), Originally Published as: Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: First Series: births, marriages and deaths: a family register for the people, by James N. Arnold. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, [3] (subscription required)
   5. Death (including image of handwritten record): "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953", database with images, FamilySearch ([4] : 10 December 2017), Jeremiah Phinney, 1743.
   6. Saunders, Dorothy. Bristol, Rhode Island's Early Settlers (Heritage Books, Westminster, MA, 2010) p. 69, #40.
   7. Munro, Wilfred. The History of Bristol, R.I. (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, 1881) p.79.
   8. Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C, Page 377
   9. Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Profile
   10. Census of Bristol in Plymouth Colony, now in Rhode Island, 1689 Shows that he had only one surviving child on 11 Feb 1688/9.
2. http://www.phinneysplace.com/genealogy/p193.htm#i466
3. https://hotchkissclan.org/gen/INDIs/II12493.html
4. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LW63-5J6