63. John9 Finney ( John10, John11, William12, John13 Fienes, Richard14 Finies, Roger15 Fynes, William16 Fines, William17 Fienes, John18) was born in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, England 1614. John died 1653 in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, England, at 39 years of age.
He married Martha Higginbotham in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, England, abt. 1628. Martha was “the Daughter of Anthony Higginbotham, of Marple, with whom he had a very considerable Fortune, it is said 1,500” [pounds sterling].
At 16 years of age John became the father of John Finney of Finney Green (Wilmslow), Cheshire, UK, 1630. At 28 years of age John became the father of Samuel Finney Captain in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, 1642. At 39 years of age John became the father of Mary Finney 1653.
John Finney and Martha Higginbotham had the following children:
64 i. John8 Finney was born Finney Green (Wilmslow), Cheshire, UK 1630. John died in Finney Green. His body was interred 1653 in Wilmslow Church. John is buried in the “on the Northside of” the church “under the Window of Fulshaw Hall Pew”. John was the eldest son, and "had a learned Education, and took the degree of M.D., but never made any Figure in that profession; he died in extreme old age at Finney Green...leaving numerous issue without any Estate: the Dublin Finneys are descended from him."
+ 52 ii. Samuel Finney Captain was born 1642, the same year as Sir Isaac Newton was born.
65 iii. Mary Finney was born 1653. Mary died January 1730 Philadelphia, PA, at 76 years of age. She married Robert Ashton.
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