Henrici Finche abt 1560

The Finch family of Standish
Henrici Finche abt 1560

The Finch family in Standish can be traced back to an entry in the earliest Standish baptism register for Henery Finche. In the 16th Century, the time of Henery’s baptism, the surname was “Finche” before dropping the “e” in the 17th Century.

Little information is available for Henery beyond his name and the name of his wife and we must take the date of his baptism and birth as approximate only. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) is a little imprecise and does not give the exact date.

The marriage of Henery to Catherine is frustratingly imprecise and we are without any means of researching matters further and we are left with Henery as the first speculative ancestor.

In addition to Henery’s birth and marriage to Catherine, we can speculate that Henery was part of an already existing family and genealogy in the village of Standish. The registry office records represented in the IGI give a number of Finche members and we can perceive that they are all perhaps siblings with a generation only sperating us from the first “Finche” ancestor in the village. This means that if correct that the family is not perhaps as firmly placed in Standish as it subsequently became.

The story of the Finche Family in Standish argusably begins with the unknown father of Henery although we may have to accept Henery as one of the progenitors of the name in the areas