Finch, James C

Abt 1806 - 1887  (81 years)

• Name	Finch, James C
  Birth	Abt 1806
  	He presumably was born in Upper Canada. Trafalgar Township?
  Gender	Male
  Military	28 Dec 1828	Gore District, Upper Canada, British North America
  	2nd Regiment of Gore Militia (Trafalgar, Nelson, Flamborough)
  Possessions	17 Nov 1832	Trafalgar Township, Upper Canada, British North America
  	Address: Lot 25 Concession 2
  Possessions	7 Dec 1851	Seneca Township, Haldimand, Canada, British North America
  	Part Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road
  	James C Finch sold for ten pounds Part Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road to the municipal council of Haldimand County for a public road.
  Census	1861	Seneca Township, Haldimand, Canada, British North America
  	Address:
  	The 1851 census records for Seneca Township have been lost.
  Possessions	1 Mar 1861	Glanford Township, Wentworth, Canada, British North America
  	a 1/4 acre parcel
  	Address: Concession 4 Lot 5
  Census	1871	Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1881	Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
  Death	29 Aug 1887
  	The date of death is inscribed on his grave marker.
  Burial	North Glanford, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: North Glanford Cemetery
  Person ID	I113	Robert Finch Family Tree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2025

  
  

  Family	Wright, Sarah,   b. Abt 1811   d. 12 Aug 1884, Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Finch, David,   b. 17 Aug 1833, Upper Canada, British North America d. 30 Apr 1904, Brantford, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)   2. Finch, Marilla,   b. Abt 1838, Seneca Township, Haldimand, Upper Canada, British North America d. 28 Feb 1898, Tilbury East Township, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age 60 years)   3. Finch, Elijah Wright,   b. Abt 1840, Seneca Township, Haldimand County, Upper Canada, British North America d. 23 May 1898, Glanford Township, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 58 years)   4. Finch, Nile Perry,   b. 4 Jun 1847, Canada West, British North America d. 17 Mar 1918, Brantford, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  James C Finch was born about 1806 presumably in Upper Canada. His middle name may be Charles (or Curtis?). Was he born in Trafalgar Township? He appears in the militia rolls for the 2nd Regiment of Gore (Trafalgar, Nelson, Flamborough) and petitioned the Clergy Corporation to lease land in Trafalgar Township in 1832. Sometime in the 1830s he relocated to Seneca Township in Haldimand County. Seneca is listed as the birthplace for his children on various records. The family lived on a farm on Lot 1 in the 2nd Range East of the Plank Road (modern day Highway 6). He appears in the 1861 census in Seneca. In 1861, he purchased a small parcel of land in the village of Mount Hope (Glanford Township) and was a pedlar. He died in 1887 and is buried with his wife Sarah at the North Glanford Cemetery.