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Welcome to my home page for descendants of Daniel Fink! Our Daniel Fink was probably born in Philadelphia. The family tradition connects this family to the documented Daniel and Peter Fink who came over on the ship Patience in 1749. Their brother, Michael immigrated in 1751 on the ship Janet.
This Daniel Fink, at about the age of 16, joined the Northampton Rangers during the Revolutionary War. His uncles had moved to this area earlier, but there is no record of Daniel Fink in the area until 1787 when he appears in Lynn Township, Northampton County. He married Elizabeth Weitzel there and started his family. In about 1805 he, and most of his family, moved with other families of the Lynn and Heidelberg area to Trumbull County, Ohio, mainly in Canfield (today Mahoning County) where Daniel purchased land. His oldest son, Daniel, Jr., stayed in Pennsylvania, possibly apprenticing. He moved to Ohio with his new family between 1816 and 1818.
From Ohio this family branches out into other Northwest Territory states and later to Missouri and as far west as Colorado, Nevada and California. I began my investigations of this family from a letter written in 1926 from my great-great aunt to my great aunt telling her about the family. You can read the transcription at Emma Davey Letter.
Daniel Fink and Elizabeth Weitzel had 7 children:
Daniel, Jr. married Mary Susannah Kantner
Barbara married Matthias Boyer
Jacob married Mary Shafer
Catherine married 1) Samuel Shafer and 2) Michael Sowers
Molly married Nathan Klingaman (no known issue)
Susannah married Michael Felnagle (or Vollnagle)
John married Katherine Sprinkle
The main focus of the data on this site pertains to the descendants of Daniel's son, Daniel Jr., although you can find census data found when possible for the other children.
Daniel Fink, Jr. and Mary Susannah Kantner had 8 children:
Absolom married Mary Ann Chapman (family moved to Michigan and Missouri)
John married 1) Maria Brobst and 2) Mercy Cook (remained in Ohio)
Daniel married Elizabeth Little (remained in Ohio)
Martin married Magdalena "Polly" Weaver (family moved to Indiana, Missouri and various other locations)
George did not marry; moved to California and then settled in Nevada
Anna Marie married Hiram Johnson (moved to Michigan, back to Cleveland, then Illinois)
Henry married Susan Summer (died as young adult, children not found after 1880)
Mary Susannah married Samuel Detrick/Detre (remained in Ohio)
If you think you might be related, check the Fink Census pages, the Surnames list, or start with the Daniel Fink connection and see where is goes. If any of the information you find on these pages is helpful, or if you have further information on any of the lines, or find errors, please feel free to contact me. These pages are a compilation of the work of several people who are credited in my sources for the descendants on their pages. We would all be pleased to hear from any other descendants!