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Andrew Finley (1750 - 1829)

Captain Andrew Finley
Born in Cumberland, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1781 in South Huntington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

  • Andrew was born in 1750. He died in 1829.
  • Andrew served as a First Lieutenant in the 8th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Continental Line in the Revolutionary War.
  • Spouse: Jenetta (Jack) Finley 1753 - 1847. They were married in 1781 in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
  • Children:

1. Captain John Finley 1782 - 1833

  • Married Mary Stokely 1782 - 1871

2. Martha (Finley) Larimer 1784 -

  • Married James Larimer 1779 -

3. Eleanor (Finley) Carnahan 1786 - 1808

  • Married James Carnanhan 1783 - 1867

4. Jenny (Finley) Brothers 1788 - bef. 9/14/1827

  • Married Joshua Brothers -

5. James B. Finley 1791 - 1793

  • Died @ 2 yrs old

6. Mary "Polly" (Finley) Bell 1793 - 1888

  • Married Walter Bell 1783 - 1868
  • Findagrave #52046903 (lists parents as Andrew Finley 1764 - 1845 and Jane (Lyle) 1782 - 1826. Is my info. wrong or Findagrave ????)

7. Andrew Finley II 1797 - 1875

  • Married Mary or Polly Lloyd 1803 - 1836
  • Married Mary Harris 1817 - 1880
  • Findagrave #35021858

8. Nancy (Finley) Bell, Hough 1799 - 1871

  • Married William Bell 1781 - 1839
  • Married Joseph D. Hough 1780 - 1846
  • Findagrave #72897432

9. George Finley - abt. 1818

Sources


  • Collected and Printed by Herald F. Stout, Lieutenant, U.S.Navy. The Clan Finley: A Condensed Genealogy of the Finley Family at Home and Abroad. The Eagle Press, Dover, Ohio. 1940. Page 137.
  • Torrence and Allied Families. By Robert McIlvaine Torrence, 1873 - .
  • Pages 216 - 217 lists Andrew Finley. "Born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 8/10/1750 & died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 7/5/1829. In the Revolutionary War, he served as Ensign, in 1776. First Lieutenant, 10/4/1777. Captain in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1778. His wife was Jane Jack, daughter of John and Eleanor (Stevenson) Jack of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania." Lists their children:
  • "Captain John Finley, born 5/6/1782 & died in 1813. Married Mary Stokely, daughter of Nehemiah Stokely
  • Martha Finley, born 1/31/1784
  • Eleanor Finley, born 5/8/1786
  • Jenny Finley, born 10/20/1788
  • James Finley, born 4/8/1791
  • Mary Finley, born 8/5/1793 & died 12/26/1888. Married in 1815 Walter Bell of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, who died 8/12/1868, son of William and Rosanna (Bell) Bell. Issue, 14
  • Andrew Finley, born 7/29/1797
  • Nancy Finley, born 10/31/1799" https://archive.org/details/torrencealliedfa00torr/page/n523/mode/2up?view=theater




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Finley-1204 and Finley-238 appear to represent the same person because: same name and dates
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