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 19c. Cambridgeshire FYNN families

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Other Fynn families in Cambridge.

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I have come across the following names in my research.  I don't know yet where they fit in  if at all:

Benjamin FYNN: Born c.1784. He married Elizabeth Coe (See also Other Fynns) on 25.07.1805 at St Botolphs. A fellow family historian who has an interest in the COE family suspects that Elizabeth Coe is a brother of William Coe, born in Cherry Hinton 1788. He can’t find the father, Richard Coe. As an aside: most records show Benjamin marrying Elizabeth Coe in St Botolphs on 25th July 1805 with the name spelt FINN. I have examined the parish record to find that it actually says: "FINN (born and baptised FYNN) Benjamin (X) and Elizabeth Coe botp. Witness: Thos. Lupson (No second witness)." The ‘X’ after Benjamin indicates that he ‘made his mark’ as opposed to signing his name. So it is not surprising that the surname was mis-spelt.

As an aside I have found a record of Banns being read the previous year in the same parish for the marriage of Benjamin Fynn and a Rose Cain (botp). If it’s the same Benjamin why didn’t they get married? Did she die, did they fall out or as Sandra suggests, was it a false alarm?

Benjamin and Elizabeth had at least two children:

1. Elizabeth Fynn I don't kow anything other than she dies in 1807 and was buried in St Botolphs.
2. Marianne Fynn Bn: 1808 In St Botolphs A Mary Ann Fynn was married to a William Nunn on 22nd January 1834 at St Andrew Less ("Otherwise Barnwell"). This could be the same person.

Up until recently I always thought that this Benjamin was the Benjamin who died in 1808 aged 24 and is buried at St Botolphs. But as can be seen in the Extracts of 1841 Census and in the Extracts of 1851 Census, a William Fynn born in c.1815 had his mother in law, Elizabeth Fynn, née Coe, a widow, living with him. Was there another Benjamin we have not found or…?

If you have MS Excel click on Benjamin Tree to download his family tree which is now combined with William's. Use the browser 'Back' arrow to return to this page.

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Robert FYNN: Born c.1809 and so could conceivably be a son of Benjamin even if Benjamin did die in 1808. Robert married Eliza (Bn: c.1809) They had four children that I have found so far:

1. Maryann Fynn Bn. 1837
2. James Fynn Bn: c.1839
3. Eliza Fynn Bn.c.1844
4. John Fynn Bn.c.1846 On the 1901 Census, I found a John Finn (Bn. 1846) who was born in Cambridge but was by then living in Hammersmith.  He was an Engine Smith.  I can find no John Finn in Cambridge at the right time; but Robert Fynn had a sone John in 1846.  I can't find a John Fynn born in Cambridge on the 1901 Census and so I guess that he chnaged the spelling or had it got changed for him...

I note a gap in the family 1839 – 1844. I have found three Fynn births in St Andrew Less where Robert and Eliza lived, of which two might be theirs: Robert Fynn in 1842 and Fynn (a male) in 1843.

In the 1841 census Robert and Eliza are living at 18 New Street, St Andrew Less with Mary Ann (3) and James (2). He was a Police Sergeant in what was a fairly new Cambridgeshire Constabulary. (See Extracts of 1841 Census.)

By the 1851 census Robert and Eliza are living in The County Gaol, Castle Street, Chesterton with Mary Ann (13), James (12), Eliza (6), and John (5). Robert has become a ‘Turnkey’ in the interim. (See Extracts of 1851 Census.)

The family does not appear on the 1881 census in Cambridge as FYNN.

If you have MS Excel click on RobertTree to download his family tree. Use the browser 'Back' arrow to return.

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William FYNN Born c.1815 and married Martha Sheering (Bn: c.1815) on 14th November 1836. They had five children that I have found so far:

1. William Fynn Bn. 1837 His baptism record is as FINN born in East Road, St Andrew Less.
2. James Fynn Bn: c.1839
3. Samuel Fynn Bn.c.1845
4. Lucy Fynn Bn.c.1848
5. Robert Fynn Bn: c.1851 I have also found a Joseph Fynn born in St Andrew Less at the same time and with a consecutive reference to Robert. I suggest that he was a twin to Robert. I have found that Joseph died in 1850 aged "0".

As above with Robert and Eliza Mary Ann Fynn born 1841, Robert Fynn in 1842 and Fynn (a male) in 1843 could be children of William and Martha.

In the 1841 census (see Extracts of 1841 Census) William and Martha are living at 122 East Road, St Andrew Less, with William and James. Also at the address is an Elizabeth Fynn aged 60. See the comments in the extracts to suggest that William is a son of Benjamin

By the 1851 census, (see  Extracts of 1851 Census) William and Martha and family were still in St Andrew Less; having moved a few doors down the road to 140 East Road. Elizabeth Fynn was then aged 72. Also living with then is Elizabeth’s sister Sarah who is "very simple".

If you have MS Excel click on WilliamTree to download his family tree which is now combined with Benjamin's.

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