Andrew Mitchell was born in Edinburgh in 1737.
Reverend Andrew Mitchell of Beith in Ayrshire who was trained by the Reverend Alexander Moncrieff in the Divinity Hall at Abernethy in Perthshire.
Andrew Mitchell was appointed in 1793 as the Anti Burgher Minister at Beith and Alexander Moncrieff was one of four Seceders who broke away from the Church of Scotland and formed the Anti Burgher Church.
He married Janet Alice at Beith in 1766 and they had ten children. The youngest, Jean, married Thomas Millar in Glasgow in 1809.
Rev Andrew Mitchell died in Glasgow in 1812 and was buried at Cheapside Street Church.
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George Finch 1692
George Finch was the second son of George Finch and Constance Hornby. He was born in 1692 and baptised at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London. The family acquired Valentines in Essex when George was 10 years old but his father died in 1710 after a long and painful illness.
George married in 1721 but his wife died in 1725. They had two daughters but one died in infancy.
In 1726 George married Mary Garret at Stifford Church. They had three daughters and two sons, but neither son survived so George's estate went back to the male line [his younger brothers?] leaving Mary with limited income after he died.
George married in 1721 but his wife died in 1725. They had two daughters but one died in infancy.
In 1726 George married Mary Garret at Stifford Church. They had three daughters and two sons, but neither son survived so George's estate went back to the male line [his younger brothers?] leaving Mary with limited income after he died.
William Finch
William Finch 1630-1672 and his wife Esther (1631-1673) had eight sons and one daughter Anna Marrea. The children were baptised at St Helen Bishopgate in London between 1659 and 1672
The Finch family were prominent in the City of London and there is a memorial in St.Helen's church at Bishopsgate to William Finch, Esq with a lengthy Latin inscription. From this we can discover that he was of noble birth,* a good man, just to his neighbours and indulgent to his wife and children, who died in 1672. He was "abounding in alms", as well as in wealth, which he "honestly accumulated on earth as a prudent merchant." His wife Esther was also a devout Christian, a good mother and obedient wife who died in 1673.
George Finch of Valentines, Essex was the fourth son.
from Friends of Valentines Mansion
*There is good reason to think that William Finch [born 1691] was the great-grandson of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Heneage of Copped Hall, wife of Sir Moyle Finch, who was created Countess of Winchelsea in 1628, - but as yet no proof.
©Georgina Green, 2001
(http://www.2-sixteen.org.uk/vm) October 2002
This suggests that William born 1630 was a son of Sir Moyle Finch and Elizabeth Heneage. He had a grandson Heneage born 1697.
St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Floor slabs within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 80-91. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98363 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
73. WILLIAM FINCH, 1672.
Gvilielmi Finch non ita
pridem mercatoris Lon
dinensis necnon Esther
castissima conjvgis qvod re
liquum est siste parvm via
tor et svspice marmor ex adver
so positvm docebit qvid de ta
lo Viro sentiendvm et qvid de
tali fœmina abi viator & pro
priæ mortis memor qva [ ]
lavde digna [i - - c - si dvio i.m.iii]
Arms at head of slab: (Argent), a cheveron (sable) between 3 griffons (sable).
'St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Monuments within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 52-79. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98362 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
4. WILLIAM FINCH, 1672.
Wall-monument of marble with Ionic columns at the sides supporting an entablature and curved broken pediment with a cartouche of arms. In the middle is an inscription on black marble within an oval wreath of bay leaves. Below a projecting moulded shelf is a second inscribed panel between a pair of moulded corbels each with a cherub's head upon it. Below this again on an apron is a shield of arms and swags.
Arms:
(i) (Argent) a cheveron (sable) between three griffins passant (sable).
(ii) (i) impaling (argent) a cross engrailed (sable) between four pellets each charged with a pheon (argent).
The inscription is as follows:
Siste Gradum
Peripatetice, & paulisper contemplare,
Ornatissimi Microcosmi heu! breves reliquias
Nunc in pulverem redacti olim
Guilielmi Finch, Armigeri antiquâ & data
in Agro Cantij Familia oriundi
Naturæ & Gratiœ dotibus egregie nobilitati Ad Oris Corporisq.
Venustatem accessit maior Animœ pulchritudo optimis virtutibus insignitæ Quas in Christianæ Religionis testimonium et decus luculenter
usque exernit
Eximia in Deum. O. M. Pietate erga Sacros Pastores. summa-
Reverentia, Fidelitate in Principem, Justitia in Proximum Conjugali
Paternacq Indulgentia Singulari in Familiares affectu integerrima pro
pensa in Omnes Benevolentia; Linguâ castus et candidus manu supra
fidem Liberalis; Nemini turpiter obloqui, aut obtrectare solitus omnibus
benefacere, inprimis Egenis absqb, prœcinente buccina, Eleemosynis pariter ac
Thesauris plenus, quos probe accumulatos in Terra plurimos prudens Mercator
in Cœlo recondidit, Vitam tandem commutandis aliquandiu mercibus pros
pere transactam 42 Ætatis annum emensus Jun 27. 1672
Meliori quæstu cum Morte comutavit.
Relictis & bonœ spei Parvulis cum dilectissima et
Amantissima Uxore quæ in perpetuam tam chari Capuis Me
moriam Monumentum hoc, constantissimi Amoris Pignus, extruendum curavit, Ipsa interim mœrore cum Illo consepulta
Abi iam attonitus Viator, & mirare
tam probum in tam pravo seculo Virum,
aut vivere potuisse, aut debuisse
MORI.
Esther Finch Foemina castissima, Viro morigera, et curæ domesticæ dulce levamen Liberorvm (quos septem reliquit) Mater provida, Sincera pietate, alacri erga tenuiores benignitate, libera litate in omnes, morvm denique sanctitate conspicva. Viri (dvm in vivis esset) decus simul et solamen; defvncti, Vidua svpra qvamdici potest moestissima. Vixit Annos 41. Menses 5. demp tis Diebus 11. Obiit Maii Die 4. ANNO SALVTIS 1673.
The Finch family were prominent in the City of London and there is a memorial in St.Helen's church at Bishopsgate to William Finch, Esq with a lengthy Latin inscription. From this we can discover that he was of noble birth,* a good man, just to his neighbours and indulgent to his wife and children, who died in 1672. He was "abounding in alms", as well as in wealth, which he "honestly accumulated on earth as a prudent merchant." His wife Esther was also a devout Christian, a good mother and obedient wife who died in 1673.
George Finch of Valentines, Essex was the fourth son.
from Friends of Valentines Mansion
*There is good reason to think that William Finch [born 1691] was the great-grandson of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Heneage of Copped Hall, wife of Sir Moyle Finch, who was created Countess of Winchelsea in 1628, - but as yet no proof.
©Georgina Green, 2001
(http://www.2-sixteen.org.uk/vm) October 2002
This suggests that William born 1630 was a son of Sir Moyle Finch and Elizabeth Heneage. He had a grandson Heneage born 1697.
St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Floor slabs within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 80-91. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98363 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
73. WILLIAM FINCH, 1672.
Gvilielmi Finch non ita
pridem mercatoris Lon
dinensis necnon Esther
castissima conjvgis qvod re
liquum est siste parvm via
tor et svspice marmor ex adver
so positvm docebit qvid de ta
lo Viro sentiendvm et qvid de
tali fœmina abi viator & pro
priæ mortis memor qva [ ]
lavde digna [i - - c - si dvio i.m.iii]
Arms at head of slab: (Argent), a cheveron (sable) between 3 griffons (sable).
'St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Monuments within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 52-79. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98362 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
4. WILLIAM FINCH, 1672.
Wall-monument of marble with Ionic columns at the sides supporting an entablature and curved broken pediment with a cartouche of arms. In the middle is an inscription on black marble within an oval wreath of bay leaves. Below a projecting moulded shelf is a second inscribed panel between a pair of moulded corbels each with a cherub's head upon it. Below this again on an apron is a shield of arms and swags.
Arms:
(i) (Argent) a cheveron (sable) between three griffins passant (sable).
(ii) (i) impaling (argent) a cross engrailed (sable) between four pellets each charged with a pheon (argent).
The inscription is as follows:
Siste Gradum
Peripatetice, & paulisper contemplare,
Ornatissimi Microcosmi heu! breves reliquias
Nunc in pulverem redacti olim
Guilielmi Finch, Armigeri antiquâ & data
in Agro Cantij Familia oriundi
Naturæ & Gratiœ dotibus egregie nobilitati Ad Oris Corporisq.
Venustatem accessit maior Animœ pulchritudo optimis virtutibus insignitæ Quas in Christianæ Religionis testimonium et decus luculenter
usque exernit
Eximia in Deum. O. M. Pietate erga Sacros Pastores. summa-
Reverentia, Fidelitate in Principem, Justitia in Proximum Conjugali
Paternacq Indulgentia Singulari in Familiares affectu integerrima pro
pensa in Omnes Benevolentia; Linguâ castus et candidus manu supra
fidem Liberalis; Nemini turpiter obloqui, aut obtrectare solitus omnibus
benefacere, inprimis Egenis absqb, prœcinente buccina, Eleemosynis pariter ac
Thesauris plenus, quos probe accumulatos in Terra plurimos prudens Mercator
in Cœlo recondidit, Vitam tandem commutandis aliquandiu mercibus pros
pere transactam 42 Ætatis annum emensus Jun 27. 1672
Meliori quæstu cum Morte comutavit.
Relictis & bonœ spei Parvulis cum dilectissima et
Amantissima Uxore quæ in perpetuam tam chari Capuis Me
moriam Monumentum hoc, constantissimi Amoris Pignus, extruendum curavit, Ipsa interim mœrore cum Illo consepulta
Abi iam attonitus Viator, & mirare
tam probum in tam pravo seculo Virum,
aut vivere potuisse, aut debuisse
MORI.
Esther Finch Foemina castissima, Viro morigera, et curæ domesticæ dulce levamen Liberorvm (quos septem reliquit) Mater provida, Sincera pietate, alacri erga tenuiores benignitate, libera litate in omnes, morvm denique sanctitate conspicva. Viri (dvm in vivis esset) decus simul et solamen; defvncti, Vidua svpra qvamdici potest moestissima. Vixit Annos 41. Menses 5. demp tis Diebus 11. Obiit Maii Die 4. ANNO SALVTIS 1673.
Mary Garret
Mary Garret was the second wife of George Finch. They married at Stifford Church in Essex in 1726, his first wife having died the previous year leaving two young daughters.
Her father Dan Garret was godfather of his granddaughter Ann Finch born in 1728.
Mary "became a widow at same time as her sister [Anne] Mrs Letheuillier, then they lived together and kept their Chariot and Pair, very snug and comfortable - 2 servants and coachman and footmen."
source - letter from Anne Davies Bracknell 1864
Her father Dan Garret was godfather of his granddaughter Ann Finch born in 1728.
Mary "became a widow at same time as her sister [Anne] Mrs Letheuillier, then they lived together and kept their Chariot and Pair, very snug and comfortable - 2 servants and coachman and footmen."
source - letter from Anne Davies Bracknell 1864
Her granddaughter Dorothy Schoen lived with them after her parents died in 1788.
Mary died in the 1790s.
Mary died in the 1790s.
Constance Hornby
Constance Hornby was the daughter of Nathaniel Hornby a goldsmith and banker and Citizen of London.
She was born around 1665 and died in 1728 at Rainham in Essex.
(source transcribed notes J Hamilton);
Sep of 19, 1744 Mrs Twood told me Will Crouch his father & Mrs Horneby Mrs Constance Finch's mother was brother & sister - Constance Finch was Geo Finch's mother, Geo Finch was father to Dorothy Finch so Dorothy Finch is 2nd Cousin to Will Crouch, he has no relation but one Ann Crouch living she lives near Coulchester in Essex & hath chilldren living.
Constance married George Finch at St Margaret's Church in Lee, Kent in 1690. They had five sons and a daughter. In 1702 George acquired Valentines in Essex and also property at Rainham a year before he died in 1710. Valentines was sold in 1724 and Constance was buried at Rainham when she died in 1728. The Rainham properties were sold in 1729.
The eldest son, William, died without issue at Bath in 1735 and the second son, George died without any surviving male heir so his estates went back to the male line.
She was born around 1665 and died in 1728 at Rainham in Essex.
(source transcribed notes J Hamilton);
Sep of 19, 1744 Mrs Twood told me Will Crouch his father & Mrs Horneby Mrs Constance Finch's mother was brother & sister - Constance Finch was Geo Finch's mother, Geo Finch was father to Dorothy Finch so Dorothy Finch is 2nd Cousin to Will Crouch, he has no relation but one Ann Crouch living she lives near Coulchester in Essex & hath chilldren living.
Constance married George Finch at St Margaret's Church in Lee, Kent in 1690. They had five sons and a daughter. In 1702 George acquired Valentines in Essex and also property at Rainham a year before he died in 1710. Valentines was sold in 1724 and Constance was buried at Rainham when she died in 1728. The Rainham properties were sold in 1729.
The eldest son, William, died without issue at Bath in 1735 and the second son, George died without any surviving male heir so his estates went back to the male line.
George Finch
George Finch was the fourth son of William (1630-1672) and Esther Finch (1631-1673).
He was baptised in November 1662. In 1690 he married Constance Hornby at St Margaret's Church at Lee in Kent.
Their older children, William 1691, George 1692 and Ann 1693 were baptised at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London. The younger ones, James 1694 at St Peter-Le-Poer and Thomas 1696 and Heneage 1697 at St Helen's Bishopsgate.
George acquired Valentines in Essex in 1702. He died in 1710 when he was 47 years old after a long and painful illness.His wife Constance died in 1728 and was buried at Rainham parish church here George had acquired land in 1709. His son William sold Valentines in 1724 and the Rainham properties in 1729.
St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Floor slabs within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 80-91. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98363 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
75. GEORGE FINCH, 1710.
Here lyeth Interrd the Body
of George Finch of Valentine
in Essex Esqr: who Dyed the 5
of October 1710 aged 48 who
was Son to William Finch of
this Parish Esqr: & Married to
Constance the Daughter of
Nathanil Horneby Citizen
of London by whome he had five
Sons & one Daughter where of
James & Henry Dyed young & ly
Buried near this Place the Rest
Survived him.
Achievement of arms above. Arms: (Argent), a cheveron (sable) between three griffons (sable). Crest: A griffon.
He was baptised in November 1662. In 1690 he married Constance Hornby at St Margaret's Church at Lee in Kent.
Their older children, William 1691, George 1692 and Ann 1693 were baptised at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London. The younger ones, James 1694 at St Peter-Le-Poer and Thomas 1696 and Heneage 1697 at St Helen's Bishopsgate.
George acquired Valentines in Essex in 1702. He died in 1710 when he was 47 years old after a long and painful illness.His wife Constance died in 1728 and was buried at Rainham parish church here George had acquired land in 1709. His son William sold Valentines in 1724 and the Rainham properties in 1729.
St. Helen's Bishopsgate: Floor slabs within the church', Survey of London: volume 9: The parish of St Helen, Bishopsgate, part I (1924), pp. 80-91. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=98363 Date accessed: 31 August 2009.
75. GEORGE FINCH, 1710.
Here lyeth Interrd the Body
of George Finch of Valentinein Essex Esqr: who Dyed the 5
of October 1710 aged 48 who
was Son to William Finch of
this Parish Esqr: & Married to
Constance the Daughter of
Nathanil Horneby Citizen
of London by whome he had five
Sons & one Daughter where of
James & Henry Dyed young & ly
Buried near this Place the Rest
Survived him.
Achievement of arms above. Arms: (Argent), a cheveron (sable) between three griffons (sable). Crest: A griffon.
Dorothy Finch
Dorothy Finch was born at Covent Garden in London in 1729. Her father was George Finch 1692-1740. He married his second wife, Mary Garret in 1726 at Stifford in Essex.
Dorothy married John Henry Schoen at Mortlake, just south of the Thames in Surrey, in 1752.
They had seven sons and one daughter Dorothy, although only three of the sons survived.
Dorothy and her husband both died in 1788 when her daughter was only 13.
Dorothy married John Henry Schoen at Mortlake, just south of the Thames in Surrey, in 1752.
They had seven sons and one daughter Dorothy, although only three of the sons survived.
Dorothy and her husband both died in 1788 when her daughter was only 13.
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