Joel Benedict Phinney

M, b. circa 1805
FatherSamuel Phinney b. 2 Jul 1786, d. 1855
MotherSusan Benedict b. 16 Feb 1786, d. 1820
BirthJoel Benedict Phinney was born circa 1805 in Connecticut. 
Last Edited1 Oct 2004

John Phinney

M, b. 24 December 1638, d. before 9 March 1718/19
FatherJohn Finney b. 15 Mar 1604
MotherChristian Patten b. 23 Nov 1608, d. 9 Sep 1649
BirthJohn was born on 24 December 1638 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4,5 
BaptismHe was baptized in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 31 July 1653.3 
MarriageHe married Mary Rogers in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 10 August 1664.1,2,3,4,5 
Biography 
WillJohn Phinney left a will on 19 April 1718 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; bequests were as follows: After The Decease of my wife I Give to my Daughter Mary Eastland my best feather Bed and Coverlid and bolster and one pillow. All the Rest of my movable Estate I Give Equally to my Three Daughters vis: To Mary Eastland, Mercy Crocker and Reliance Morton. The Remainder of the Money Due To me from my son Ebenezer Phinney after my wife's Decease I Give Equally To my Seven sons vs: John Phinney, Joseph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin and Jonathan Phinney. I Do Constitute . . . son John Phinney my onely and sole Executor. The signature was recorded as "John Phinney". The witnesses were: Moodey Russell, Martha Russell, James Paine. 
DeathJohn died before 9 March 1718/19 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on which date the invetory of his estate was taken.2,3 
ProbateHis estate was probated on 19 June 1719.2 

Family

Mary Rogers b. 22 Sep 1644, d. a 19 Apr 1718
MarriageHe married Mary Rogers in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 10 August 1664.1,2,3,4,5 
Children
Last Edited30 Jan 2004

Citations

  1. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Increasings.
  2. Westgate / Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of Thomas Rogers.
  3. Clifford L Stott, "The Finney Family of Lenton, Nottinghamshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts", 148, 315.
  4. Howard Finney, Finney-Phinney Families in America; Descendants of John Finney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., and Bristol, of Samuel Finney of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Robert Finney of New London, Pa.
  5. Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Dunkle, Robert J. (Transcriber), The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, 2001.

John Phinney

M, b. 5 May 1665, d. 27 November 1746
FatherJohn Phinney b. 24 Dec 1638, d. b 9 Mar 1718/19
MotherMary Rogers b. 22 Sep 1644, d. a 19 Apr 1718
BirthJohn was born on 5 May 1665 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 
MarriageHe married Sarah Lumbart in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 30 May 1689.5,2,4 
BiographyJohn was known as Deacon John. 
WillJohn Phinney left a will on 29 November 1735; John's bequests were as follows:

To "Wife Sarah ye Profitts or Improvement of all my Land and marsh the great Room In my house where I now Dwell my best bed and furniture belonging to it two Cows and half the fruit of ye Orchard During the time of her Living my Widdow and In case she should marry again my will is that on my son Jabez paying her twenty pounds she shall quit all her Itight to all my Real Estate."

To "my Son John Pliinney the bed and bolster he hath already Received, my Cane and One third part of my Wearing Cloaths having Given him his part of my Lands Allready by Deed Executed."

To "my Son Thomas Phinney all my Coopers Tools and one third part of my Wearing Cloths lie also having had allready part of my Land."

To "my Son Jabez Phinney and to his heirs forever all my Land with the building thereon Reserving to my Wife as above said both Land and Meadow Wherever it my Lye I also give and bequeath unto my Said Son Jabez One third part of my Wearing Cloths my arms and all my husbandry Tools and Implements Whatsoever Provided he pay to his Mother fifty pounds for her Support if She Shall Call for it while she Lives my Widow."

"my Land at Sandy Neck Shall be held by my three sons Equally to them and their Heirs forever."

"I Give unto my five Daughters Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, Patience and Martha all my Quick Stock not yet Disposed of and all my household stuff as my wife can spare it She to have the Improvement of it as she Shall need it whitst she Lives my Widow and What She Shall Leave at her Death to be Equally divided amongst my Daughters Reconing what each one hath already had."

"I appoint my Loving Wife Sarah to be Executrix and my Son Jabez to be Executor to this my Last Will."

The witnesses were Ebenezer Lewis, George Lewis Jr. and Sarah Lewis. 
DeathJohn died on 27 November 1746 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at age 81.1,2,3 
BurialHe was buried in Phinney's Lane Cemetary, Centerville, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.4 
ProbateJohn's will was probated on 15 January 1747. 

Family

Sarah Lumbart b. Dec 1666, d. 5 May 1753
MarriageHe married Sarah Lumbart in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 30 May 1689.5,2,4 
Children
Last Edited1 Feb 2004

Citations

  1. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Births and Deaths Volume 2.
  2. Westgate / Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of Thomas Rogers.
  3. Howard Finney, Finney-Phinney Families in America; Descendants of John Finney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., and Bristol, of Samuel Finney of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Robert Finney of New London, Pa.
  4. Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Dunkle, Robert J. (Transcriber), The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, 2001.
  5. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Marriages.

John Phinney

M, b. 8 April 1693, d. 29 December 1780
FatherJohn Phinney b. 5 May 1665, d. 27 Nov 1746
MotherSarah Lumbart b. Dec 1666, d. 5 May 1753
BirthJohn was born on 8 April 1693 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 
MarriageHe married Martha Coleman in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 25 September 1718.5,2,4,3 
BiographyHe was the founder of the town of Gorham, in Maine.

The first emigration from the Cape was in the easterly direction. Maine was a part of Massachusetts, and the undeveloped territory there was at the disposal of our people. The soldiers of the Indian wars felt that they had a claim upon this territory, and in 1727 the legislature of Massachusetts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Narragansett expedition, during Philip's war, and their heirs, a township six miles square in the Province of Maine, to each 120 persons whose claim should be established within four months of the passage of the act. The seventh town was named Gorham, in honor of Capt. John Gorham of Yarmouth, who commanded the Cape expedition in that war, and the settlers were from Barnstable, Yarmouth, Eastham and Sandwich. The first man who took up his residence there was Capt. John Phinney of Barnstable, May 26, 1736.

John and his son Edmund, who was afterwards a distinguished officer of the Revolutionary War, disembarked from his canoe on the Presumpscot river, with his axe and a small stock of provisions, with a design to make a home for his family, in the then wilderness, but now a large and flourishing town. Edmund felled the first tree for a settlement.

Capt. John Phinney and his wife Martha, both died at the age of 87. Among the other first settlers in the town we find the names Bacon, Bourne, Bangs, Davis, Gorham, Harding, Higgins, Hinckley, Hamblen, Lewis, Linnel, Lombard, Paine and Sturgis.

A monument standing in the center of the town bears this inscription:

May 6, 1805 / CAPT. JOHN PHINNEY / commenced the / First Settlement in this town / May. 1736 / Gr. by the General Court 1732 to the / Narragansett Soldiers / This / assigned to Capt. John Gorham / and 119 others / then called Narragansett No. 7 / Town inc. 1764. 
Event-MiscOn 29 December 1762 John Phinney of Gorhamtown, Gentleman, sold land in town to son James Phinney of Gorhamtown, laborer.2 
Event-MiscJohn Phinney was On 26 January 1763 John Phinney of Gorham sold land in Gorham to grandsons Colman Phinney Watson, son of Eliphalet, and John Phinney, son of John Phinney, Jr., upon payment by Eliphalet Watson, "my son-in-law" and "my son John Phinney Jr." both of Gorham. on 26 January 1763.2 
DeathJohn died on 29 December 1780 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, at age 87.1,2,3 
BurialHis body was interred in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, in Old Cemetery. 

Family

Martha Coleman b. 4 Mar 1698, d. 16 Dec 1784
MarriageHe married Martha Coleman in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on 25 September 1718.5,2,4,3 
Children
Last Edited18 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Births and Deaths Volume 2.
  2. Westgate / Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of Thomas Rogers.
  3. Howard Finney, Finney-Phinney Families in America; Descendants of John Finney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., and Bristol, of Samuel Finney of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Robert Finney of New London, Pa.
  4. Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Dunkle, Robert J. (Transcriber), The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, 2001.
  5. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Marriages.

John Phinney

M, b. 18 March 1732, d. 3 May 1815
FatherJohn Phinney b. 8 Apr 1693, d. 29 Dec 1780
MotherMartha Coleman b. 4 Mar 1698, d. 16 Dec 1784
BirthJohn was born on 18 March 1732 in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine.1,2,3 
MarriageHe married Rebecca Sawyer on 27 January 1755.3 
DeathJohn died on 3 May 1815 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, at age 83.3 

Family

Rebecca Sawyer b. 13 Jun 1735, d. 1815
Children
Last Edited18 Dec 2004

Citations

  1. Susan E. Roser, Mayflower Births and Deaths Volume 2.
  2. Westgate / Reeves, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Family of Thomas Rogers.
  3. Howard Finney, Finney-Phinney Families in America; Descendants of John Finney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., and Bristol, of Samuel Finney of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Robert Finney of New London, Pa.