Abraham Finch

Biography

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Abraham Finch, the son of Daniel, was killed during the Pequot War in 1637 [Manwaring 1:11].[1] During the General Court session of New Haven on 29 October 1639, the Indian Nepaupack testified that he killed Abraham Finch and also three men in a boat on the Connecticut River and also took Mr. Swaine's daughter.[4]

On September 3, 1640, Abraham's estate was inventoried at a value of £137, leaving a widow and a son, Daniel, whose grandfather, Abraham Finch, on December 3, 1640, offered to educate him at his own expense.[5]

Sources

Robert Moulton entry, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

ii DOROTHY, b. say 1618; m. (1) by 1637 Abraham Finch, son of DANIEL FINCH ; (2) by 1638 John Edwards; (3) by 1667 Richard Tousley [NEHGR 145:317-22].. m(1) Abraham Finch; m(3) bef. June 5, 1667 Richard Towsley/Tousland