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Frederick C. Hart, Jr., "Early Austins of Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut" NEHGR 168 (April 2014) 85-100.

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Children of John^G1 and Catherine (-----) Austin, place of birth unknown and order uncertain:

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ELIZABETH AUSTIN, b. say 1650; d. perhaps 1693;[19] m. Stamford 23 Nov. 1670, JOSEPH FINCH,[20] son of John 1 and Martha (-----) Finch,[21] d. Greenwich before 1 April 1714 whebn his inventory was taken.[22] The following heirs of Joseph Finch Sr. of Greenwich made and agreement on 9 April 1714: Joseph Finch eldest son, additional sos Samuel, Jonathan, and Benjamin Finch, son-in-law Joseph Reynolds, daughters Elizabeth Whitney and Sarah Finch and son-in-law Jonathan Mead.[23] Joseph Finch [Sr.] m.(2) before 1712.3 RUTH (HARDY) MEAD, daughter of Richard Hardy, and widow of John Mead.[24] Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Austin) Finch, all born in Greenwich between ca. 1671 and ca. 1695, although none recorded there:[25]

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¹⁹ Family Group Sheet for Joseph³ Finch, in "Manuscripts and Notes of William A. Eardeley," (microfilm, Long Island [now Brooklyn] Historical Society), reel 2 of 14. Eardeley gave this date of death without any qualification, but his source was not stated, and I have not been able to cobnfirm or disprove his statement.

²⁰ Finch, Stamford Records [note 8], 127, citing the original, 1:113.

²¹ Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie (Mrs. William Sperry Beinecke) (New York: New York Public Library, 1976), 141-42.

²² Fairfield District Probate Records, 5:296, as cited in numerous places including by Donald L. Jacobus in his "Source Material for a FInch Genealogy," The American Genealogist 19 (1942-43):50-61, 118-25, 188-92, 249-56 et seq., at 119.

²³ Fairfield District Probate Papers, File 2204; Fairfield District Probate Records, 5:296; Jacobus, "Finch Genealogy" [note 22], The American Genealogist, 19:119.

²⁴ Prindle, Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie [note 21], 328; Paul W. Prindle, "Some Early Finch-Mead Problems," The American Genealogist 48 (1971):93-99, at 96.

²⁵ Unless otherwise noted, all information is based on Claude B. Thummel, "Descendants of Abraham, Daniel, and John Finch of Connecticut," 2 vols., typescript (1955), copy at the Connecticut State Library, 1:260-63, 279-86. Various authors including Thummel have had difficulty determining the exact birth dates for these various children, and no list of those dates or birth order

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1.	Joseph Finch, d. Greenwich 1727; m. ca. 1701, Elizabeth Close.
2.	Samuel Finch, d. Greenwich 1728; m. Mercy Whelpley.
3.	Jonathan Finch, m.(1) Abigail Rundle; (2) Abigail Butler.
4.	Benjamin Finch, d. Greenwich before Sept. 1741; m. Greenwich 23 Dec. 1727, Susanna Peat/Peatt.
5.	Abigail Finch, d. Greenwich 1715; m. 1698 (as his first wife), Joseph Reynolds.[26]
6.	Elizabeth Finch, d. Norwalk, Conn., 1745; m.(1) Norwalk 4 March 1709/10, John Whitney, d. Norwalk 3 Feb 1712/3.[27] Perhaps she was the Elizabeth Whitney who m. Greenwich 8 May 1723, Samuel Hurley.[28]
7.	Sarah Finch, m. Stamford 1 Dec. 1714, Jonathan Newman.[29]
8.	----- Finch, m. Jonathan Mead.[30]

3. iv. THOMAS AUSTIN, b. say 1654, m. -----.

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