Isaac Finch, III^[1]

1723 - 1778  (55 years)

• Name	Isaac Finch
  Suffix	III
  Birth	Feb 1723	Goshen, Orange, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Jul 1778	Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I47367	Master
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Isaac Finch, Sr,   b. 16 Sep 1696, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 15 Jun 1748, Goshen, Orange, New York, USA (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Martha Gould,   b. 23 Jul 1703, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1795, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1714	Goshen, Orange, New York, USA
  Family ID	F10770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Ann Kinney,   b. 17 Apr 1742, , Orange, New York, USA d. 1 Dec 1834, Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1759	Goshen, Orange, New York, USA
  Children	1. Nathaniel Finch   d. 22 Jul 1779, Minisink, Morris, New Jersey, USA   2. Samuel Finch   3. Abraham Finch   4. Amy Finch,   b. 1761, , Orange, New York, USA d. 1835, , Berrien, Michigan, USA (Age 74 years)   5. Isaac Kinney Finch,   b. 25 Feb 1763, , Orange, New York, USA d. 10 Mar 1848, Clifford, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)   6. Enoch Finch,   b. 1765 + 7. John Finch,   b. 6 May 1767, Goshen, Orange, New York, USA d. 25 Sep 1849, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, USA (Age 82 years)   8. Enos Finch,   b. 1768, , Orange, New York, USA   9. Rebecca Finch,   b. 1769, , Orange, New York, USA   10. Moses Finch,   b. 15 Apr 1771, , Orange, New York, USA d. 15 Apr 1860, Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA (Age 89 years)   11. Mary Finch,   b. 7 April 1772, , Orange, New York, USA   12. Elizabeth Finch,   b. 1774, , Orange, New York, USA d. 1814 (Age 40 years)   13. Sarah Finch,   b. 1774, , Orange, New York, USA   14. Solomon Finch,   b. 31 Jan 1778, Valley, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA d. Jun 1851, Elm Creek Farm, Clay, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F10769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Feb 1723 - Goshen, Orange, New York, USA Marriage - Feb 1759 - Goshen, Orange, New York, USA Death - 3 Jul 1778 - Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lived in the Pittston District, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. July 14, 1777, Isaac Finch purchased a mill seat on the Lackawanna River, from a committee of proprietors consisting of Abraham Harding, Daniel Cass and Isaiah Halstead. (The purchase amount was £130.) On February 12, 1790 a portion of this same land was sold by Isaac Finch to Dr, William Hooker Smith, witnessed by Jesse Gardner and John Davidson. On July 3, 1778, at the time of the Wyoming Valley Massacre, Isaac Finch and family were said to have been in Pittston Fort (also known as "Fort Brown") which was located on the east side of the Susquehanna river. Per page 79 of "Historical Map of PA.", (published in 1875) Captain Jeremiah Blanchard commanded at Fort Brown where Isaac Finch was listed (among others) as an inmate. This account negates claims that Isaac was in Forty Fort, (on the west side of the Susquehanna river), during the battle. It is further believed that following the battle, Isaac Finch and family retreated to Orange County New York, where they took shelter with relatives residing there. On the day of the Wyoming Valley Massacre, Isaac Finch was considered a "defender" of Fort Brown, which according to DAR standards, qualifies him as having performed "Patriotic Service", though not "Military Service". In addition, after having relocated to New York, Isaac Finch is said to have provided monetary donations toward the war effort, which by DAR standards, also qualifies as an act of "Patriotic Service". Isaac Finch is believed to have died abt. 1790 in Wyoming Valley, Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA. Quit claim dated February 16, 1790, deeds a portion of (deceased) Isaac Finch's mill seat from Samuel Finch of Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania to William Hooker Smith Esquire. On December 12, 1792, son, Isaac Kinney Finch was appointed administrator of (this) Isaac Finch's estate. On March 29, 1793 the estate of Isaac Finch was officially closed, after a portion of the deceased Isaac's mill seat property was sold to son, Moses Finch of Minisink, New York. The burial site of Isaac Finch is to date, unknown. Note: Counter to the above, family sources indicate that Isaac Finch did indeed die July 3, 1778 in the Wyoming Valley Massacre, though though there is no official documentation to support this claim, nor is Isaac Finch's name included on the battle monument along Route 11, in Luzerne County, PA. Per "Flowing Stream" by Florence Finch Kelley, (page 5); "... dates from 1778 and the Valley of the Wyoming, where then were living Isaac Finch, my great-grandfather, and his brother John and their families. They were both fighting with the Colonial troops and both were killed in the massacre when the prosperous little colony was attacked and ravaged by British and Indian forces, its inhabitants slaughtered, its homes burned, and those who were able to make their escape did so only by instant flight." (page 6) "...Amy Kinney, wife of Isaac, who, knowing that her husband had been killed in the massacre and that the only safety for their children was in immediate escape, hurriedly bundled into a wagon her household goods and her nine sons, among them the six- months-old Solomon, who became my grandfather, and joined the flight of the few remaining colonists. They drove across country to the Finger Lakes region in central New York, where lived other Finches." Per "Biographical And Reminiscent History Of Richland Clay And Marion Counties, Illinois 1909" (page 212); "On the 4th day of July, 1778, Amy Finch, The widow of Isaac Finch, with the aid of faithful servants, loaded her household effects into a wagon drawn by a pair of oxen, and with all the children, excepting Isaac Finch and Amy Finch, who were visiting in Massachusetts, prepared to fly from the recent scene of the bloody carnival. As the wagon was about to pull out, with all the household goods and children, a number of Indians seeing one of the servants standing by the wagon, with savage yells and flourishing tomahawks, dashed out his brains, bespattering with blood and brains, the five-months-old baby of the deceased Isaac Finch and his widow, who was lying upon the bed clothing in the wagon. The name of this five-months-old baby was Solomon Finch, the last born. The widow of Isaac Finch, together with these children, then took their departure from the scene of the massacre, and after many days of tedious, tiresome and dangerous travel, made their way though swamp and wilderness for some three hundred miles to Genesee County, New York, where they were finally given shelter, food and clothing and abided until they were joined by the son and daughter who had gone on a visit to Massachusetts. They finally built them a house of logs and remained in this settlement for many years, and until the children were grown and married." A will, however, probated March 29, 1793, and administered by son, Isaac Kinney Finch, indicates that this Isaac Finch died between February 12, 1790 and December 1792 in Wyoming Valley,Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. See: "Biographical And Reminiscent History Of Richland Clay And Marion Counties, Illinois" 1909 (page 212) Amy & Isaac Finch - another version Posted 23 Jan 2023 by John Moore Another account: Isaac Finch and John Finch left their homes in the State of New York and settled in Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania, sometime previous to the Revolutionary war; they engaged in the milling business in an extensive way; and when the Revolutionary war broke out they were each at the head of a large family. Isaac Finch enlisted in the Revolutionary war, and John remained at home to look after the families of his brother Isaac and his own, and also their property ; they were then living in Wyoming Valley, at Fort Forty. Isaac Finch was killed in the battle of the Wyoming Massacre, July 3, 1778, and John and his entire family were massacred at the same time. Unto Isaac Finch and Amy Finch, his wife, were born five sons and five daughters, and the names of these children were: Isaac, Moses, John, Enos, Amy, Rebecca, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary and Solomon. On the 4th day of July, 1778, Amy Finch, the widow of Isaac Finch, with the aid of faithful servants, loaded her household effects into a wagon drawn by a pair of oxen, and with all the children, excepting Isaac Finch and Amy Finch, who were then visiting in Massachusetts, prepared to fly from the recent scene of the bloody carnival. As the wagon was about to pull out with the household goods and children, a number of Indians seeing one of the servants standing by the wagon, with savage yells and flourishing tomahawks rushed upon him and with their tomahawks dashed out his brains, bespattering with blood and brains the five-months-old baby of the deceased Isaac Finch and his widow, who was lying upon the bed-clothing in the wagon. The name of this five-months-old baby was Solomon Finch, the last born. The widow of Isaac Finch, together with these children, then took their departure from the scene of the massacre and after many days of tedious, tiresome and dangerous travel, made their way through swamp and wilderness for some three hundred miles to Genesee county, New York, where they were finally given shelter, food and clothing, and abided until they were joined by the son and daughter who had gone on the visit to Massachusetts. They finally built them a house of logs and remained in this settlement for some years, and until the children were grown and married. It seems that all the children of Isaac and Amy Finch were married in this part of New York, except Solomon, who again returned to the scene of the battle where his father and other relatives had met their death, and there married a Sarah Gardner, whose father owned the battlefield on which had been fought the bloody battle of Wyoming, and here he was married, and soon afterward returned to Genesee county, New York, and joined his relatives. He was married on the 13th day of March, 1804. Isaac Finch - Killed by Indians, or not? Posted 23 Jan 2023 by John Moore Lived in the Pittston District, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. July 14, 1777, Isaac Finch purchased a mill seat on the Lackawanna River, from a committee of proprietors consisting of Abraham Harding, Daniel Cass and Isaiah Halstead. (The purchase amount was £130.) On February 12, 1790 a portion of this same land was sold by Isaac Finch to Dr, William Hooker Smith, witnessed by Jesse Gardner and John Davidson. On July 3, 1778, at the time of the Wyoming Valley Massacre, Isaac Finch and family were said to have been in Pittston Fort (also known as "Fort Brown") which was located on the east side of the Susquehanna river. Per page 79 of "Historical Map of PA.", (published in 1875) Captain Jeremiah Blanchard commanded at Fort Brown where Isaac Finch was listed (among others) as an inmate. This account negates claims that Isaac was in Forty Fort, (on the west side of the Susquehanna river), during the battle. It is further believed that following the battle, Isaac Finch and family retreated to Orange County New York, where they took shelter with relatives residing there. On the day of the Wyoming Valley Massacre, Isaac Finch was considered a "defender" of Fort Brown, which according to DAR standards, qualifies him as having performed "Patriotic Service", though not "Military Service". In addition, after having relocated to New York, Isaac Finch is said to have provided monetary donations toward the war effort, which by DAR standards, also qualifies as an act of "Patriotic Service". Isaac Finch is believed to have died abt. 1790 in Wyoming Valley, Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA. Quit claim dated February 16, 1790, deeds a portion of (deceased) Isaac Finch's mill seat from Samuel Finch of Kingston, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania to William Hooker Smith Esquire. On December 12, 1792, son, Isaac Kinney Finch was appointed administrator of (this) Isaac Finch's estate. On March 29, 1793 the estate of Isaac Finch was officially closed, after a portion of the deceased Isaac's mill seat property was sold to son, Moses Finch of Minisink, New York. The burial site of Isaac Finch is to date, unknown. Note: Counter to the above, family sources indicate that Isaac Finch did indeed die July 3, 1778 in the Wyoming Valley Massacre, though there is no official documentation to support this claim, nor is Isaac Finch's name included on the battle monument along Route 11, in Luzerne County, PA. Per "Flowing Stream" by Florence Finch Kelley, (page 5); "... dates from 1778 and the Valley of the Wyoming, where then were living Isaac Finch, my great-grandfather, and his brother John and their families. They were both fighting with the Colonial troops and both were killed in the massacre when the prosperous little colony was attacked and ravaged by British and Indian forces, its inhabitants slaughtered, its homes burned, and those who were able to make their escape did so only by instant flight." (page 6) "...Amy Kinney, wife of Isaac, who, knowing that her husband had been killed in the massacre and that the only safety for their children was in immediate escape, hurriedly bundled into a wagon her household goods and her nine sons, among them the six- months-old Solomon, who became my grandfather, and joined the flight of the few remaining colonists. They drove across country to the Finger Lakes region in central New York, where lived other Finches." Per "Biographical And Reminiscent History Of Richland Clay And Marion Counties, Illinois 1909" (page 212); "On the 4th day of July, 1778, Amy Finch, The widow of Isaac Finch, with the aid of faithful servants, loaded her household effects into a wagon drawn by a pair of oxen, and with all the children, excepting Isaac Finch and Amy Finch, who were visiting in Massachusetts, prepared to fly from the recent scene of the bloody carnival. As the wagon was about to pull out, with all the household goods and children, a number of Indians seeing one of the servants standing by the wagon, with savage yells and flourishing tomahawks, dashed out his brains, bespattering with blood and brains, the five-months-old baby of the deceased Isaac Finch and his widow, who was lying upon the bed clothing in the wagon. The name of this five-months-old baby was Solomon Finch, the last born. The widow of Isaac Finch, together with these children, then took their departure from the scene of the massacre, and after many days of tedious, tiresome and dangerous travel, made their way through swamp and wilderness for some three hundred miles to Genesee County, New York, where they were finally given shelter, food and clothing and abided until they were joined by the son and daughter who had gone on a visit to Massachusetts. They finally built them a house of logs and remained in this settlement for many years, and until the children were grown and married." A will, however, probated March 29, 1793, and administered by son, Isaac Kinney Finch, indicates that this Isaac Finch died between February 12, 1790 and December 1792 in Wyoming Valley, Pittston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. See: "Biographical And Reminiscent History Of Richland Clay And Marion Counties, Illinois" 1909 (page 212) Battle Of Wyoming

  
  

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