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Robert Finley (abt. 1772 - 1817)

Rev. Robert Finley
Born about in Princeton, New Jerseymap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 16 May 1798 [location unknown]
Died at about age 45 in Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Robert Finley was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1772 to James Finley and his wife Ann Angrest. His father, James Finley, was born 1737 in Glasgow, Scotland, where he was trained as a yarn merchant and where he became acquainted with Rev John Witherspoon, then a pastor in the town of Paisley about six miles from Glasgow. His father immigrated from Scotland to New Jersey in 1769. His paternal grandparents were James Finley from Paisley, and Ann McDonald Finley.

Marriage

He married Ester Flynt Caldwell on 16 May 1798. They had 9 children.

Notable

Robert Finley and Samuel John Mills, both clergymen, helped organize the American Colonization Society at Washington, D.C. in 1816 and 1817, which was intended to establish a colony in West Africa as a destination for free American blacks. [1]

Death

In 1817, Finley fell ill while traveling to assume his new position as president of the University of Georgia. He died three months after arriving. He was buried in Jackson Street Cemetery on the school's north campus in Athens, Georgia.

Sources

  1. Family History Or Pedigree:"Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889"
    Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. II
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61360 #13829 (accessed 6 February 2022)
    Name: Robert Finley; Birth Date: 1772; Birth Place: Princeton, New Jersey; Death Date: 3 Oct 1817; Death Place: Athens, Georgia; Occupation: Clergyman.




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