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Phinney, John

Male 1694 - 1780  (86 years)


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  • Name Phinney, John  
    Born 8 Apr 1694  Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 6 May 1694  West Parish,Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Dec 1780  Gorham,Cumberland,ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Village Cemetery,Gorham,Cumberland,ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: "Barnstable, Mass. Vital Records," MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, 11(1909):131 (FHL #974.4 D25md). The vital records gives John a birth year of 1696. This record was written years after John's birth when all the children in the family were recorded at one time. The chr rec, below, shows that John was bapt on 6 May 1694. He was most likely born on 8 Apr 1694, a month before the bapt. His death rec in Gorham, Maine vital recs also suggests the earlier year, as John's age was given as 86 when he died on 29 Dec 1780 (see death rec below).
      CHR: Reg of Barnstable West Parish Congregational Church, 3a (FHL #022364 item 5).
      MAR: "Barnstable, Mass. Vital Records," MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT, 32(1934):151.
      DEATH: RECORDS OF GORHAM, MAINE (Camden, ME, 1991), 183 (FHL #974.191/G1 V2k). Aged 86 yrs. For a biographical sketch of John Phinney, 1st settler of Gorham, see Hugh D. McLellan, HISTORY OF GORHAM, MAINE (Portland, ME, 1903), 711-12 (FHL #974.191/G1 H2m).
      BUR: Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1st series (typescript, n.d.; Maine State Library, Augusta), alphabetically arranged (FHL #1316111). Aged 87 yrs. (86 on death rec, above). "First settler in the Town of Gorham."

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    Person ID I6678  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Phinney, John,   b. 5 May 1665, Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1746, Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Lumbert, Sarah,   b. Dec 1666, Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1753, Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 May 1689  Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2734  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Coleman, Martha 
    Married 25 Sep 1718  Barnstable,Barnstable,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart