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vhar
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Simon FINCH
« on: Wednesday 11 July 07 18:10 UTC (UK) »
Please can anyone help me with my brickwall. I am trying to find where my ancestor Simon Finch was born, the first record I have is of 2 son baptisms in Kersey in 1717 so I assume Simon was born around 1690ish. The frustrating thing is on his burial record in 1728 it states Simon finch of Creighton. I have checked Creeting, Cretingham, Gorton and Kirton as there is no such place as Creighton in suffolk, in fact the only place by this name is near Uttoxeter and I have checked there. If anyone has any parish records for a place beginning with C or K can they check to see if there are any Finches. Family names are Simon Samuel Edward Joseph James John. I am not familiar with the Suffolk accent so if anyone has any suggestions as to the place they think the Vicar meant when he wrote Creighton I would be very pleased to hear them. The only thing I can think is that however the place Hadleigh was pronounced then (1728) then my place must sound something like the end ie the eigh part. thanks
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sandiep
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Re: Suffol parish look up please
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 11 July 07 20:52 UTC (UK) »
Hi Vhar

have a look at this site www.cosford-database.co.uk/  and enter finch in the search  there a a lot of finches  some from Kersey..........might help

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Pender, Raphael,Lambert,Digby,Stent,
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Re: Suffolk parish look up please
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 11 July 07 23:35 UTC (UK) »
Have you considered that Creighton might have been the name of a property in the village.

There was an Augustinian Priory (remains are at Priory Farm), many of the old buildings still in the village would have been there in your ancestors time.

If you try to find out more about the name Creighton it will take you back to the Scottish Crighton.

Do you have a scan of this entry that we could take a look at for you ?  Wink

Regards, SM ...
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SUFFOLK - Pendle, Stygall, Pipe, Fruer, Bridges, Fisk, Bellamy, Sparham
DERBY - Bridges and Frost (originally from Framlingham/Parham Suffolk)
NOTTINGHAM - Lambert and Selby
BERKSHIRE/then Hammersmith/Barnes LND - Fulker
LONDON/MDX - Murray, Clancy, Broker, Hoskins, Marsden, Wilson, Sale

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Re: Suffol parish look up please
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 12 July 07 07:00 UTC (UK) »
Hi thanks, no I dont have a scan as I am working from the fiche at the moment, still waiting on the photocopy. The burial entry states "Simon Finch of Creighton".

Val
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Re: Suffol parish look up please
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 12 July 07 07:29 UTC (UK) »
If this is how its spelt, its possible it could refer to somewhere outside of Suffolk.

A possibility is just the place he was living when he died and not where he was originally from.


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With a Suffolk accent, Creeting would be prounounced "Creet'n"
Cretingham - "Cretinum"
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