surname FINNIS

[finnisfinder]

 
  Thanks AJ, have got the marriage of Mercy to John Marshall.

   I am trying to go further back from William 1720/25 but as there is no baptism record it is
   difficult
   I was told the parents might be William Finnis b abt 1690 and Susannah Rate but no firm
   evidence
   Finnises seem to have come from East Langdon, Hythe, possibly Walmer.
   
   Coming forward through the generations I do the direct line plus branches through siblings etc.
   I haven't found any links with the other Finnis families in Deal, My line has connections with some
   other Deal families, Woodruffs, Selths, Marsh, others I can't remember at the moment!

   Though I have to admit I do get side tracked sometimes eg with Bolding Hook family connection
   with Finnises.

    Finnisfinder.

[AJ100]

I've looked at Walmer, Northborne, Bettehanger, Worth, Sutton and St Margaret's and no William Finnis baptised around 1720-25. A William Finnis was married at Walmer to Susanna Rate from East Langdon on 16/5/1718 but no children were baptised there, implying they moved. The date is right to be William's father but otherwise tenuous.
Susanna in the above marriage was noted as being from East Langdon but not William. He had presumably come from somewhere else and settled in Walmer, albeit briefly, and therefore been local.

Regards

AJ

[finnisfinder]

 Thanks again AJ. I had come across William Finnis and Susanna Rate. There is also a generation
  earlier a George Finnis married to Hester Troward.
  But no certain connection to William 1720/25.

  Finnisfinder.

[Top-of-the-hill]

   I have recently come across a John Finnis of Dover, timber merchant, who was "of the 3rd part" in a land sale at Chillenden in 1825. He was not the buyer or seller, but perhaps he had some financial interest in the property. (I'm afraid I didn't read the whole document, which was about a yard square!) I am sure someone on this thread will know of him - did he have any connection with Chillenden?

[finnisfinder]

 I have read about Finnis timber merchants in Dover but don't know how they fit in with all the others in East Kent. Have never come across a Chillenden connection .
I believe there was a road or hill! called Finnis Hill in Dover, that might have something to do with the family.

I have been trying to get to grips with the will of Ann Bromley nee Belsey whose sister Mercy married John Finnis, posted earlier on this topic The will confirms Mercy had married John Marshall but I have never found her death. The will shows that she died before 1841 as Ann describes her as her late sister, so some more searching for her death record.

[finnisfinder]

Happy New Year!

I have just started going back through the Finnis line to fill in any gaps.
Could anyone help me please with........ death of Susannah Finnis Roberts b 1752 Deal, married Richard Roberts in 1772 Deal. I have found a son William Finnis Roberts b 1775.
I don't know if there were any other children.

Thanks.

 

[AJ100]

THere were no other children baptised to Richard & Susannah in Deal, Walmer or Sholden other than William Finnis Roberts on 14 Sept 1775. Depending on the date of Susanna's death, could Richard have remarried? There are children for a Richard & Mary nee Renvill after 1777.

Regards

AJ

[finnisfinder]

Thanks once again AJ. I've found two burials for a Susannah Roberts

29th July 1778 Parish Church Deal, also 6th March 1800 Deal.

Unfortunately didn't note the source so will have to find it, most likely Tyler Index. Also, a baptism for a child of Richard Roberts and wife Elizabeth. I need to check that too.

Regards
Maggie.

[AJ100]

So doesn't look as if Mary Renvill is a contender.

Richard & Elizabeth Roberts had a child Robert batised at St Leonard's, Deal on 10 July 1763. Don't know if this helps.

Regards

AJ