Referenced in the family

Rebecca Finch

b. 1817

Life

c. 14 May 1817Born

Records & Research

Rebecca Finch (reportedly born 14 May 1817) is recorded in the 2006 family report as a daughter of George Finch (1787-1827) and Elizabeth Pierce (1787-1827). A candidate parental couple was located in public genealogy records: a WikiTree profile for Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch (1790-1827), wife of George Finch, who lived in Wilmot/Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, and whose 1827 death year matches the report. However, no source read first-hand places a daughter named Rebecca, born 1817, in this family; the WikiTree profile lists only one child (Amanda Finch Wright, b. 1821). A Geni 'Amanda Wright (Finch)' page whose search snippets paraphrase a sibling 'Rebecca (Finch) Wright' is JavaScript/login-walled and could not be read. Rebecca's specific 1817 birth therefore remains UNCORROBORATED by any citable source read directly, and the candidate-mother identity is not locked (the WikiTree profile flags two different Elizabeth Pierce women and gives a birth year ~3 years off from the report).

Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.

A candidate married couple matching the report's parents was identified: Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch, wife of George Finch, who died in 1827 (the report gives Elizabeth Pierce as 1787-1827 and George Finch as 1787-1827). The family was located in Wilmot/Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. This profile does not itself list a daughter Rebecca, so it does not corroborate Rebecca's own identity. likely

1827 · Wilmot / Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada · WikiTree profile (read directly via browser) states Elizabeth Pierce was 'Wife of George Finch,' born 2 Aug 1790, died 1827. The 1827 death year matches the report, and the husband George Finch matches the report's named father (two anchors: husband's name + mother's death year). However the profile's birth year (1790) differs from the report (1787) by 3 years, the profile explicitly flags two different Elizabeth Pierce women, and Rebecca is NOT listed among the children. Treated as a candidate family, not a confirmed link to Rebecca. tree ↗
George Finch and Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch had a daughter Amanda (Finch) Wright, born about 1821 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia. If the report's parentage is correct, Amanda would be a sibling of Rebecca; this does not by itself corroborate Rebecca's existence or 1817 birth. likely

1821 · Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada · Amanda is the only child explicitly listed on the WikiTree Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch profile (read directly). A separate Geni profile for Amanda Wright (Finch) (1821-1848) reportedly names parents George Finch and Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierce, but that page is JavaScript/login-walled and could not be read directly (login-walled); it is cited from search-result metadata only. tree ↗tree ↗

likely mother.birth.year: report “Elizabeth Pierce born 1787” vs. found “Elizabeth (Pierce) Finch born 2 Aug 1790 (WikiTree); a profile discussion also proposes ~1796”. The candidate-mother record agrees on the 1827 death year and on the husband (George Finch), but the birth year differs from the report by ~3 years, and WikiTree itself notes unresolved parentage/birth-year uncertainty for this Elizabeth Pierce (and flags two different same-name women). Same-person identity is plausible but not established.

unconfirmed children / Rebecca's existence: report “Rebecca Finch born 14 May 1817, daughter of George Finch and Elizabeth Pierce” vs. found “The matching WikiTree parental profile lists only one child (Amanda, b. 1821) and does NOT list a daughter Rebecca born 1817.”. Search-result summaries paraphrasing the Geni tree assert a 'Rebecca (Finch) Wright' among the siblings, but that page could not be read directly (login-walled), so Rebecca's 1817 birth and her membership in this family could not be confirmed against any source read first-hand.

Open questions (6)

Does Rebecca Finch (b. 1817) actually appear as a child of George Finch and Elizabeth Pierce in the Geni Nova Scotia tree? Search-result snippets paraphrasing the Geni 'Amanda Wright (Finch)' profile list siblings including a 'Rebecca (Finch) Wright,' but the Geni page is JavaScript/login-walled. It showed no readable text when opened, so the name, birth year (1817?), and married surname (Wright?) remain unverified.
If Rebecca married a Wright, what is her full married name and dates? A citable Geni/FamilySearch profile for 'Rebecca Wright née Finch' of Nova Scotia was not located.
The report gives a precise birth date (14 May 1817) and no place. No baptism record was found. Cornwallis Methodist Church baptisms (1814-1827) and St. John's Anglican Cornwallis parish register (1783-1920) are existing archival sources that may contain a Rebecca Finch baptism circa 1817 and should be checked directly.
Report says both parents died in 1827 with birth year 1787; the candidate mother's WikiTree birth is 1790 (or possibly 1796 per profile discussion). Confirm whether this is the same Elizabeth Pierce or a same-name confusion (the profile explicitly flags two different Elizabeth Pierce women).
Confirm George Finch's dates and birthplace; WikiTree gives him born 1786 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia versus the report's 1787-1827.
Neither finding corroborates Rebecca herself; both speak to the candidate parents/sibling. Rebecca's identity link to this Nova Scotia Finch family rests entirely on unread, paraphrased Geni metadata and should be treated as unproven until a first-hand source is obtained.

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Ancestry

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Rebecca Finch b. 1817

father George Finch 1787–1827

father Charles Finch 1755–1848

mother Abigail Strong b. 1758

father Stephen Strong b. 1725

mother Elizabeth Barstow b. 1727

mother Elizabeth Pierce 1787–1827