Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 31, P 219
Virginia Quit Rent Rolls 1704----New Kent County
Edward Finch----300 acres
Saint Peters Parish Register, New Kent County
Mary Finch, daughter of Edward and Martha Finch, baptized April 1, 168_.
Henry Finch, son of Edward and Martha Finch baptized Feb. 15, 169_.
John Finch, son of Edward and Martha Finch baptized March 20, 1699.
Martha Finch, daughter of Edward and Martha Finch, died August 24, 1716.
Edward Finch died Dec. 21, 1718.
Notes: These records are the only records relating to Edward Finch that have been found.
All New Kent County VA records were destroyed during the Civil War when they were taken to Richmond for safe keeping.
Edward3 Finch who lived in Charles City County is not listed among the Saint Peters Parish baptisms. However, neither is Martha Finch, the daughter who died in 1716.
New Kent County adjoins Charles City County on the north.
Edward3 Finch is the right age to be a son of Edward2.
His name of Edward is a further strong indication that he was of the New Kent County family.
The father of Edward2 Finch was probably Thomas Finch.
In 1664 in New Kent County Thomas and Francis Finch paid taxes on 300 acres of land.
Forty years later, Edward Finch paid taxes on 300 acres in New Kent County.
The name Francis was not used by the New Kent County Finch family, but the name Thomas does come through in later generation.
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