When Henry Finch was born on 22 June 1823, in Cairo, Greene, New York, United States, his father, Jonas Finch, was 41 and his mother, Henrietta Lennon, was 38. He married Mary Jane Carr on 1 March 1849, in Tompkins, Delaware, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Masonville, Delaware, New York, United States for about 10 years and Delaware, New York, United States in 1900. He died on 5 October 1904, in Sidney, Delaware, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Sidney Center, Sidney, Delaware, New York, United States.
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"AT February sessions, 1824, a petition from ""divers inhabitants of Lycoming township"" was presented, setting forth that the said township of Lycoming is ""about eight miles in breadth on the river and extends over the Allegheny mountain a distance of nearly twenty-five miles; that the inhabitants who reside on the north and northwest side of the Allegheny, and the inhabitants up Lycoming creek, are subject to great inconvenience by being connected with ' the inhabitants on the river, where the township officers generally reside. Therefore they pray for the, court to appoint a view to divide said township."" The court appointed Andrew D. Hepburn, Phillip Krebs, and Mordecai Heylmun as viewers, with instructions that if ""they saw proper to divide said township by an east and west line, to commence on Lycoming creek about eight miles from, the mouth, to report at the next term of court."" The viewers reported favorably at September sessions, and recommended that a new township be erected and called Jackson ..."
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English: nickname from Middle English finch, fink ‘finch’ (Old English finc), for a small, lively, cheerful person.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Fink ‘finch’, or of some of the corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Czech (Moravian) Pěnka (see Penka ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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