Display Patriot - P-158188 - William FINCH

William FINCH

SAR Patriot #: P-158188

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: 1759 Greenwich / Fairfield / CT
Death: 06 Apr 1849 / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1776, he served as a Private in the company of Captain Abraham Mead, commanded by Colonel Samuel Webb, for eight months
  2. 1777-1783 he served in multiple short tours, part of that time under Captains Joseph Knapp and Ebenezer Knapp

Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension file S3359
  2. Hamilton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Vol.11, Columbia Township. Edited by Mary H. Remler. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998
  3. Nelson, S.B. and J.M. Runk, comp. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio: S.B. Nelson & Co, 1894
  4. Reuter, Robert Francis, and Joan Irene HughesFirst Families of Hamilton County, Ohio-Official Roster. Vol.1, Members accepted 1988 through August 1992. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hamilton County Genealogical Society-OGS, 1992

Spouse: Rachel Banks
Children: Henry;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1982-10-11 KS Unassigned Myron Bushs Stevens Sr (120964) Henry   
1983-11-04 OH Unassigned Sheridan Elwood Yelliott (122924) Henry   
2005-03-08 AL 21571 David Richard Finch (164183) Henry   
2006-03-29 AL 25104 Oliver Jeremiah David Finch (166776) Henry   
Burial:
Armstrong Chapel Cemetery (C-0377736)
Location:
Indian Hill / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1634510
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.160350 / -84.346920
Find A Grave Memorial #:
15981233
Marker Type:
SAR granite;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
06 May 2023

Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Compatriot Douglas Pettit, OHSSAR
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael J. Blum

William Fitch was born in 1759 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

In 1776 he was a Private in Webb’s Connecticut Regiment, Captain Mead’s company in New York City. He was in the battle of White Plains on 28 October 1776, after which he was in the classified militia.

After the war, he “followed the sea” for 17 years and moved to Ohio in 1819. In 1832 he was living in Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.

The Patriot died on 6 April 1849 and was buried at Armstrong (Pioneer) Chapel, 5090 Drake Road, Indian Hill.

 

Sources:

  1. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.
  2. United States, Census Office. A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, with their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as returned by the Marshals of the several Judicial Districts, under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, DC: Blair and Rives, 1841. Reprinted with an index prepared by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. , 1989.
  3. Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.

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Additional Information:
  • No NSDAR GRS record found Jan 2025
  • NSSAR RC 164183 and 166776 list the wife's name as Rachel Banks Taylor, but it is not verified


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