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  • Name Isaac Finch 
    Born 12 Apr 1662  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died of Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3154  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Isaac Finch,   b. Abt 1635, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1702, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bassett,   b. Bef 1639, of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1682, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 43 years) 
    Married Oct 1658  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Rundle,   b. Abt 1679, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 22 Oct 1714, of Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Married 27 Apr 1704  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. From Worldconnect database of Frank Mitchell accessed 13 Feb 2010: "Mary m. 27 Apr 1704, Isaac Finch, Jr. at Stamford, CT, s/o of Isaac and Elizabeth (Bassett) Finch. She and her sister, Deborah, are the two of the 14 children of William Rundle, St. not mentioned in his will dated 22 Oct 1714. She had probably died before him."

      2. FHL book 929.273 R871rg "Ancestry of Long Island and Greenwich 1667-1992," by Rundall, Austin, Brownhill, Parker (poorly punctuated), pp. 515-510:
      "Mary (Rundle/Rundall) Finch 2, William Rundle Sr. 1
      Resided: Greenwich & Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
      Born: ca 1679 Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT.
      Parents: William Rundle Sr. / Abigail Mills wf 2.
      Married: Apr. 27, 1704 Stamford, Fairfield Co. CT to Iseak/Isaac Finch Jr. of Stamford, born Apr. 12, 1662 Stamford, Fairfield Co. CT.
      Parents: Isaac Finch Sr. / Elizabeth Bassett
      Religion: Congregationalist.
      Children (Finch) 3:
      1) Bethia, b. Feb. 26, 1704-5 Stamford, n.f.i.
      2) Jacob, b. Feb. 24, 1706-7 Stamford, m. ___ ___.
      3) John, b. ca 1708-9 Stamford.
      4) Isaac, b. ca 1710, Greenwich.
      References:
      1. Greenwich CT Town Records recorded under Stamford in Barbour Index Vol. 1 pg. 122.
      2. Mormon Film #2949 - CT Vital Records Ru/RUR - Barbour "Rundle* Mary in Iseak Finch Apr. 27, 1704 Stamford VR Vol 1 p 122 *(Arnold copy has "Ruddle").
      3. "Ye Historie Ye Greenwich." CT. See William 1. pg. 456: Land Records lists "Isaac Finch of Stamford, Feb. 05, 1706, bought land of Joseph Palmer." pg. 546: Finch Family lists "2. 4 Isaac. b. April 12, 1662, d., m., and had: I. 5Jacob, b. Feb. 24, 1706, and perhaps others."
      4. History & Genealogy of Families of Old Fairfield by Jacobus pg. 12 Additions & Corrections. D.A.R. 1943 (Originally pub. as Supplement to The American Genealogist Oct. 1943).
      5. Families Old Fairfield See Anne 1-10-3-8. pg. 203: Isaac Finch Sr.: "Inv. 16 Nov. 1702; widow Ann to administer with her two sons, John and Isaac." (Son Isaac refers to Mary's husband, Isaac Jr.).
      6. Finch Family Association Bulletins #1-13 pg. 72: 4 children plus Jacob 3 desc. pg. 90: "Known facts of line presented as most plausible connection."
      7. Mormon Film # 899934 - Stamford CT B-M-D pg. 152: "Mary Rundle married Iseak Finch ye 27th day of Aprill 1704. Bethiah Finch, ye daughter of Iseak and Mary Finch was born Feb. ye 26th 1704/5"

      3. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700" page 161: "Isaac - b1662, m1704 Mary Rundle. Greenwich & Goshen, NY." Notes he is son of Isaac Finch and Elizabeth Bassett and grandson of John Finch (See RIN 889).

      4. The book "Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke)," by Paul W. Prindle, 1976, pp. 142-47:
      "2. ISAAC FINCH, son of John (1) Finch and his second wife, Martha, was born about 1635, probably at Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, or at Wethersfield, Connecticut Colony. He died intestate between 27 August 1702, when he conveyed property, and 15 November 1702, when the inventory of his estate was made. Isaac married twice. In October 1658 (the day is illegible in the record) he married ("Stamford Town Records," 1:74) Elizabeth Bassett, q.v., daughter of John and Margery Bassett. Elizabeth's father died in 1653 when she was about 14 years old, and she was no doubt "apprenticed" to Jeremiah Whitnels of New Haven. "Stamford Land Records," A:103, record an acknowledgment dated 22 May 1688:
      "These may certifi whome it may concern yt I, Isaak Ffinch of Sta'ford in ye county of Fairfield, being proper heir of Elizabeth Basset, which was formerly Jerimy Whitnels Maid of Newhaven & my former wife, doe own myself to have received of Philip Alcock of Newhaven twenty shillings as a legacy left by the aforesaid Whitnel unto ye aforesaid Basset. I say, received by me.
      his Isaac X Finch mark"
      Elizabeth had obviously died by that date and Isaac had married second, Ann, whose identity has not been established. Ann died 9 November 1703 ("Stamford Town Records," 1:135).
      In his Finch article in "Old Fairfield," op. cit., 1:201, Donald Lines Jacobus calls Isaac and Samuel probable children of John (1) Finch. That they were his sons is proved by testimony of William Potter, entered 27 January 1684/5 in "Stamford Land Records," A:36, who stated that he had "bought that lot, w'ch Danil Scolfild now lives upon, of Goodman Ffinch, w'ch was Isaak Ffinch & Samuel Ffinches father, 84:yt the Aforesaid John Ffinch tould him yt ye piece of medow..."
      Isaac Finch gave testimony concerning the ownership of a horse at a hearing before the General Court at New Haven on 19 October 1659 ("Records of the Colony or jurisdiction of New Haven, 1653-1665": 325, by Charles Hoadly).
      "Stamford Town Records" show that Isaac Finch gave testimony in 1660 at a hearing regarding a heifer which had died mysteriously. "Isaak Fenish" was in 1665 one of several witnesses who swore they had seen Robert Pennoyer "reell and stagger in ye street as he went drownkard like ... and it being ye thred tim of his offenc in ye kind, he is find treebl, acording to ye lawe. Ye find is 30 s." Two years later Isaac was one of several witnesses who testified against John "Osten" (i.e., Austin) "for swareing and cuseing, extremely agrevated p[er] the many oeths & Cuses." For being drunk, Austin was fined 30 shillings and charges. In 1667 Isaac's name was on the list of those intending to place a horse in the town's new horse pasture.
      Isaac Finch served as a surveyor of highways for the East Field in 1667 and 1681; as fence viewer for that field in 1668 and 1671, and for the North Field in 1700, and as pounder for the North Field in 1698. He served on only three town committees. In 1667 it was Voted at a town meeting in Stamford "yt Mr. Lawe and Isack Finch are chosen to present the officers chosen by ye trayne bande to comitty at Fayrfielde for yeer [their] confermation." In that same year Isaac and one other man were named to lay out land granted to individuals by the town. At a town meeting in 1699 Isaac Finch Sr. was placed on a committee of three directed to renew the tree markings outlining the boundary line of the Sequestered Land.
      A number of land transactions involving Isaac Finch were recorded in Stamford Town Records. He requested a house lot in 1670. In allotments of commonage he received lots in 1677, 1698 and 1699. The minutes of a town meeting held 22 December 1687 record that, "To Isaak Finch is sold ye dismall swamp yt lys on ye east sid of ye path, for 1.1s.0." Two years later Isaac sold this property to John Dean. On 22 February 1698/9 the town granted "to Isak Finch, for ye use of his son Isack, four acre of land."
      "Stamford Land Records" show Isaac (2) Finch as grantor in 11 deeds, as grantee in only two, and as the recipient of five layouts by the town during the years 1679 to 1702. He also exchanged fencing with Benjamin Hoyt in 1684.
      Two of Isaac's conveyances are of interest. On 26 February 1698/9 Isaac Finch Sr. made over to Joseph Finch, son of Isaac's brother Samuel (now deceased), land he had formerly given to Samuel, but which gift had never been recorded (A:314); and on 20 January 1700/1 Isaac gave to his son Abraham (A:358) nine acres:
      "in ye woods neeare ye turne of ye mill river ... upon the condission yt hee doe give to my son Jacob Finch a good cow with calfe, or a calfe by her side, ye cows age to bee above three years old and not to bee above seven years old, and to be delivered to ye s'd Jacob or his order at his being fourteen years of age ..."
      In May 1703 the General Assembly at Hartford authorized Abraham and Isaac Finch to sell land of their father, Isaac Finch, late of Stamford, deceased, in order to pay debts owing by his estate ("The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1689-1706," by Charles Hoadly). Subsequently, four administrator's deeds involving the estate of Isaac (2) Finch were recorded in "Stamford Land Records." In one (A:406) dated 25 August 1703:
      "... Iseak Finch 8c An Finch, boath of Stanford ... by venue of an order from the Generall Asembly at Hartford may ye thirteenth 1703 to us as Administrators to ye Esteate of Iseak Finch, desest, by 8: with ye advice of Capt. Jonathan Selleck, Leuit. David Waterbery, to sell lands of s'd Iseack, desest, to pay just debts, there beeing noe personell Esteate, have for 8c in consideration of thirty three pounds in pay to us paid ... by Abraham Finch Sen'r Samuel Blachly, boath of s'd Stanford, ... sell ... all that Pond, the Pond lott, commonly so called, which was the s'd Iseake, desest ...
      Similarly, on the same day, Isaac and Ann Finch sold to Jacob More of Stamford, for £ 22, three acres in the North Field, and on the following day sold to David Waterbury of Stamford, for an unstated amount, 27 acres of upland on Rockwells Ridge (ibid., A:406, 405). The fourth such deed was dated 13 January 1707/8 and recorded ibid., A:486. "Iseack Finch, now resident in Grinwich ... Administrator unto ye Estate of my honered father, Iseack Finch of Stanford, lately deseased, doe deliver unto William Price of Greenwich ... six acres of land within ye bounds of Stanford to be taken up to ye Estate of my honered father above s'd, upon the account of his wife's portion." The grantee, William Price, was the son-in-law of Jonathan Pettit, q.v., and his wife, Elizabeth (4) Finch.
      "Fairfield Probate Records," 5:5-5a, show "An Inventory of the Estate of Isack Finch Sen'r, who is departed this Life. Taken in Stanford this 15th day of Novemb'r 1702" by David Waterbury, Daniel Scofield and Jonathan Bell, townsmen. The inventory shows no total value, but aggregated about £125. In addition to his house and home lot, four tracts of land and his right to the Sequestered Land, all appraised at £95:10:00, there were listed minor farm, household and personal effects, including "ye barrell of a Gun, & a Sword, £0:07:00," and 30 shillings "In Abraham Finch, his hands ... The Widow, Ann Finch, Relict of Isack Finch of Stanford, made oath to the Truth of ye Inventory before The authority in Stanford, Novemb'r 21:1702." The court approved the inventory 26 November 1702 and appointed the widow Ann, with her stepsons John and Isaac, as administrators, "and there being testimony Exhibited In Court Concerning what the decesed Isack Finch declared to be his will or minde Concerning ye disposeing of his Estate, and ye Witneses not being present, wherefore ye Court" deferred settlement. No further action is found in the probate records.
      In his "Old Fairfield," op. cit., 1:203, Donald Lines Jacobus gives Isaac (2) Finch nine children, calling the last four "prob. by second wife, but perhaps they belong to Isaac Jr." That they were children of Isaac Sr. is proved by two deeds recorded in "Stamford Land Records." On 3 March 1698/9 Joseph Brown of Stamford sold "unto Isaac Finch Sener of the same town ... al my right of land to be taken up in the woods ... according to my interest of Estat, which is sixty one pound and ten shillings" (ibid., A2315). This "right of land" was his right to future distributions of the Sequestered Land (also called the Southern Commons), which distributions were to be based on the 1687 list of taxable estates. In this tax list Joseph Brown was assessed at £61:10:00 (A:272).
      On 14 March 1748/9 Benjamin Finch of North Castle, Westchester County, sold to Samuel Hait 3rd of Stamford, the £61:00:00 right of "my honnored father, Isaac finch, formerly of s'd Stamford, deceased, which he Bought, & was originally the Right of Joseph Brown sen'r of s'd Stamford, deceased" (E:291). Since Isaac Finch, father of Benjamin, is here stated to have bought the right, he is identified as being the Isaac Finch Sr. who purchased it in 1699 from Joseph Brown. Without the word "Bought" it would be possible to consider that Isaac Finch Jr. had inherited the right from his father, Isaac Sr., and was thus the father of Benjamin.
      Confirmation of the fact that Benjamin Finch of North Castle was a son rather than a grandson of Isaac (2) Finch is found in a deed dated 17 January 1748/9 and recorded ibid., E:313, "Benjamin finch of North Castle ... [for] Eight Pounds & ten shillings ... sell & Confirm unto the s'd Samuel Hait ... seventy one pound Right in ye Com'on and undivided Land Called Sequest or Southern Commons in s'd Stanford, which s'd Right was my hon'd fathers, Mr. Isaac finch, Late of s'd Stanford, deceast."
      Isaac (2) Finch's taxable estate was assessed in 1687 at £71:00:00 (ibid., A:272). Isaac (2) Finch and his first wife, Elizabeth Bassett, had five children. Unless otherwise noted, parenthetical references are to "Stamford Town Records":
      i. John Finch, born 20 November 1659 (1:98), died 17 March 1702/3, as recorded in the inventory of his estate. He married twice. His first wife was Sarah Pettit, daughter of John Pettit Jr., q.v., and his wife, Sarah Scofield, q.v. He married second, Hannah, q.v., daughter of Richard and Mary Scofield, and widow of Joseph Webb, q.v., who had died 8 March 1683/4 (Fairfield Probate Records, 3: 125).
      John Finch was childless. His will, dated 15 March 1702/3 but never proved or recorded, and the inventory of his estate, may be seen at the Connecticut State Library, Hartford. He made bequests to his "well beloved 8c Loving brother, Isaac ffinch"; to his brother Benjamin Finch; to his sister (i.e., sister-in-law) Elizabeth Pettit, and to his "Loving & welbeloved son in-Law, Joseph webb," and his "Loving Daughter in-Law, Sarah webb" - they were, of course, his stepchildren.
      ii. Isaac Finch Jr., born 12 April 1662 (1298), whose given name is omitted in the birth record. He married Mary Rundle (or Ruddle) 27 April 1704 (1:122).
      iii. Abraham Finch, born 5 July 1665 (1:76), died before 4 December 1708, when the inventory of his estate was taken ("Fairfield Probate Records," 5:130-1). He married Martha Couch, daughter of Simon and Mary Couch of Fairfield ("Old Fairfield," op. cit., 1:161-2, 204).
      4. iv. Elizabeth Finch, born 14 November 1669.
      v. Martha Finch, born 19 January 1672 (1:76).
      By his second wife, Ann, Isaac (2) Finch had four children, born and recorded at Stamford:
      vi. Rebecca Finch, born 17 March 1682/3 (1:102).
      vii. Sarah Finch, born 23January 1686/7 (1:102).
      viii. Jacob Finch, born 9 October 1691, died 15 April 1702 (1:102).
      ix. Benjamin Finch, born 29 June1695 (1:122). The record of this Benjamin Finch is not entirely clear. There were two others of that name shown in early records: Benjamin, born about 1682, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Austin) Finch of Greenwich, and Benjamin, born 8 October 1707 to Joseph and Abigail (Seeley) Finch, but "Stamford Probate Records," 3:369; 5:160-2, 384, clearly show this last Benjamin Finch to have died unmarried.
      The marriage on 16 April 1717 of a Benjamin Finch to Elizabeth Palmer is given in "Greenwich Land Records," 1:450, the same wedding being also recorded, but under date of 18 April 1717, in "Greenwich Early Records" (sometimes called the "Common Place Books"). Spencer P. Mead, in his "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich": 547, 549, has Benjamin Finch, born circa 1682, as marrying Elizabeth Palmer on 16 April 1717, and Benjamin Finch, born 1695, as marrying her on 18 April 1717, an obvious error. "Palmer Families in America," 1:123, by Horace W. Palmer, states that Elizabeth Palmer, born about 1696, daughter of James Palmer, q.v., and his wife, Sarah Denham, q.v., of Greenwich, married on 18 April 1717, Benjamin Finch, son of Isaac and Ann Finch, and had two daughters born by 1720.
      "Greenwich Early Records" also show the marriage on 23 December 1727 of a Benjamin Finch and Susannah Peet or Peat; and on 13 December 1750 a Benjamin Finch married at Sharon, Connecticut, Sarah Knapp, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Finch) Knapp. All three of these marriages are tentatively attributed herein to the subject Benjamin Finch, born in 1695. He was known to have been a resident of North Castle, Westchester County, in 1749.
      References:
      As cited.
      Stamford Town Records.
      "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," by Donald Lines Jacobus, F.A.S.G."

      BIRTH:
      1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 106: "Page 115 [1:97] ( ) son to Isac Finch, born the 12 of Aprill 1662."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. The book "Stamford Town Records, Vol. 1, 1641-1723," transcribed and annotated by Paul R. Finch, NEHGS (Boston, 2011), p. 145: "Page 152 [1:122] Iseak Finch & Mary Rundle was maried, the 27th day of Aprill, 1704."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Per the book "The Story of the Early Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641 - 1700," by Jeanne Majdalany (including genealogies comp. with Edith M. Wicks), pp 161-163: Also references Paul W. Prindle records.