Thanks, both Sylvia and Laurie for the information - and so quickly! Sylvia, I have the same info about his wives. My 2nd great-grandfather, Israel Huse, had a sister Desire who "was wife of Mr. Finch and died of shock after near-drowning", according to family oral tradition, provided by her niece - a near-enough relative to be fairly reliable. I have no dates and no first name for Finch. But Desire lived in Durham and I found this info about her on your website: "According to Baptist Church Records in Catskill, in 1824 Desire Huse 'removed from Catskill Baptist Church'". I speculate that she may have left that church to marry Mr. Finch, in which case she might have been his 1st wife, possibly the mother of Adelbert and/or his daughter Adeline (age 18 in the 1850 census). You have helped me research this in the past, but we've never found anything else about her. Israel Huse had a son named Adelbert also. But I must stress that this is unproven speculation on my part . . . could Desire "Hall" who m. Ezra Finch (date unkn) be my Desire "Huse" or "Hues" who m. a Mr. Finch sometime after 1823 in Greene Co? I've never found any indication that another Finch from Greene County ever was married to a woman named "Desire" (especially right from Durham, the home of my Huse family). Desire is a family name - she was probably named for her great-grandmother Desire Farrington, the wife of Jonathan Harrison of New Haven Co CT; also for her mother's sister Desire Tyler. The name Huse/Hues is misspelled many times in family genealogies, census indexes etc. The Noble Family genealogy spells the name "Hawes", I have found them indexed as "Head", "Heels" and "Hires", as well as Heus, Hewis, Hewes, Hughs, and Hughes. It's not a stretch that it might be listed as "Hall" in a book about the Finch family, especially as no source is provided for the information, and it may have been the "best" recollection of some descendant or the best read of an illegible handwritten document. Frustrating! But I haven't given up hope that I might someday find the proof, whichever path it takes. Does anybody have information about Adeline or Adelbert Finch - apparently children of Ezra? I need to get back on the website, Sylvia, and catch up my research. One thing I can always be sure of - you are constantly updating the information there - thanks very much for that! Judy From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> Date: 2005/05/12 Thu AM 08:08:20 EDT To: NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] 1855 census FINCH Judy, Ezra's wives were: Desire Hall, Roxanna Hitchcock, Lucy Ann ??, and Mary Paddock. He is buried with Mary and son Adlebert in Acra cemetery. He is the son of Ezra Finach and Ruth Townsend. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Davison" <judithdavison@bellsouth.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] 1855 census FINCH > Ezra Finch, of Durham and later Athens, would be about age 49-50 in 1855. > He reportedly had four wives: Mary, Desire, Roxanna (Rozenia), and Lucy. > > Could you please tell me his wife's name in the 1855 census and who else > was in the hh? > > Thanks very much. > Judy in Georgia > > > > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== > The Diary of John Barr, Ensign in the Revolutionary War. Come read about > our revolutionary past from the eyes of one who lived it! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== Over 150 family bibles of Greene County families on-line now. Track down your lost ancestor! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

All I have on Adelbert H. Finch is that he was born April 2, 1841 and died May 27, 1870 - buried with parents in Acra cemetery. Now Acra is about 1-2 miles from the Town of Durham border. If someone lived around Sunside, which is in Durham, right on that border, it is very possible you would be buried in the Acra cemetery. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Davison" <judithdavison@bellsouth.net> To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] EZRA FINCH > Thanks, both Sylvia and Laurie for the information - and so quickly! > > Sylvia, I have the same info about his wives. My 2nd great-grandfather, > Israel Huse, had a sister Desire who "was wife of Mr. Finch and died of > shock after near-drowning", according to family oral tradition, provided > by her niece - a near-enough relative to be fairly reliable. > > I have no dates and no first name for Finch. But Desire lived in Durham > and I found this info about her on your website: > "According to Baptist Church Records in Catskill, in 1824 Desire Huse > 'removed from Catskill Baptist Church'". I speculate that she may have > left that church to marry Mr. Finch, in which case she might have been his > 1st wife, possibly the mother of Adelbert and/or his daughter Adeline (age > 18 in the 1850 census). > > You have helped me research this in the past, but we've never found > anything else about her. > > Israel Huse had a son named Adelbert also. But I must stress that this is > unproven speculation on my part . . . could Desire "Hall" who m. Ezra > Finch (date unkn) be my Desire "Huse" or "Hues" who m. a Mr. Finch > sometime after 1823 in Greene Co? I've never found any indication that > another Finch from Greene County ever was married to a woman named > "Desire" (especially right from Durham, the home of my Huse family). > Desire is a family name - she was probably named for her great-grandmother > Desire Farrington, the wife of Jonathan Harrison of New Haven Co CT; also > for her mother's sister Desire Tyler. > > The name Huse/Hues is misspelled many times in family genealogies, census > indexes etc. The Noble Family genealogy spells the name "Hawes", I have > found them indexed as "Head", "Heels" and "Hires", as well as Heus, Hewis, > Hewes, Hughs, and Hughes. It's not a stretch that it might be listed as > "Hall" in a book about the Finch family, especially as no source is > provided for the information, and it may have been the "best" recollection > of some descendant or the best read of an illegible handwritten document. > > Frustrating! But I haven't given up hope that I might someday find the > proof, whichever path it takes. > > Does anybody have information about Adeline or Adelbert Finch - apparently > children of Ezra? I need to get back on the website, Sylvia, and catch up > my research. One thing I can always be sure of - you are constantly > updating the information there - thanks very much for that! > > Judy > > > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <esi@francomm.com> > Date: 2005/05/12 Thu AM 08:08:20 EDT > To: NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] 1855 census FINCH > > Judy, Ezra's wives were: Desire Hall, Roxanna Hitchcock, Lucy Ann ??, and > Mary Paddock. He is buried with Mary and son Adlebert in Acra cemetery. He > is the son of Ezra Finach and Ruth Townsend. > Sylvia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy Davison" <judithdavison@bellsouth.net> > To: <NYGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [GREENE COUNTY] 1855 census FINCH > > >> Ezra Finch, of Durham and later Athens, would be about age 49-50 in 1855. >> He reportedly had four wives: Mary, Desire, Roxanna (Rozenia), and Lucy. >> >> Could you please tell me his wife's name in the 1855 census and who else >> was in the hh? >> >> Thanks very much. >> Judy in Georgia >> >> >> >> ==== NYGREENE Mailing List ==== >> The Diary of John Barr, Ensign in the Revolutionary War. Come read about >> our revolutionary past from the eyes of one who lived it! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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