William Finley (1712 - 1789)

Born 6 Mar 1712 in St Peters, Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Wallace) Finley — married 1734 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1789 at age 77 in Augusta, Virginia, United States

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Biography

1712 Birth and Parents

William was born in 1712. He was the son of James Finley and Elizabeth Patterson. He passed away in 1789. ^[1]

William Finley. ^[2]

Born 6 Mar 1712. St Peters, Dublin, Ireland. ^[3]

1724 Emigration

At age 12 "...emigrated (sic) to America on the good ship EAGLE WING and landed at New Castle, Delaware May 22, 1720."^[4]

Beverly Manor, Augusta County, Virginia

William Finley received 500 acres of the "Beverly Manor" tract. He served in the Augusta County militia in Captain Preston's company under Major Andrew Lewis, in the Sandy Creek expedition, 1756-57, against the Shawnees on the Ohio River, also in the French and Indian Wars. He married Mary Wallace, daughter of Rev. Caleb Wallace. She died prior to 1781, and he died in 1789. In his will, dated July 28, 1781, he left his old cutlas and gun to his son William. His descendants live in Ohio. ^[5]

1744 Tinkling Springs Church

Both William and Robert appeared on the list of John Finley's Quarter in 1744. ^[6]

William Finley appearede as early as 14 August 1741, a subscrfiber to Tinkling Spring, who along with others appointed John Finley and others Commissioner of the meeting house. ^[6]

1750 Division of George Robinson Property

Carmen Finley's research places the property of John Finley of South River next to the property of George Robinson in Augusta County, Virginia. John Finley subsequently bought the property of George Robinson. In 1750 the George Robinson property was divided equally between John Finley, William Finley, and Robert Finley. A 298 acre parcel was transferred from "John Finley, Gent., to William Finley, Gent. ^[7]

The next division of the Robinson property came on 16 May 1758 when Robert and Martha Finley deeded 100 acres of their original parel t4o William Finley. Then on 17 March 1765 John Finley, Gent., deeded his remaining 297 acres to William Finley, Gent. ^[7]

1780 Ensign

• "Was an Ensign Aug. 15, 1780 - Captain March 21, 1789"^[8]

• William Finley held the rank of Captain in Augusta County’s militia in 1746 ^[9]

• William Finley was one of several men assigned to “clear and keep in repair a road from James Givin's Mill to the road over Wood's New Gap at foot of mountain” in 1752 ^[10]

• Fact: Christening (6 May 1712) Saint Peters Church, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Fact: Alt. Death (15 September 1789) , Augusta, Virginia, United States

Research Notes

Carmen Finley cites Albert Finley France: According to France, John and William Finley, sons of James and Elizabeth (Patterson) Finley, moved from chester Co., Pa., to Augusta Co., Va., in 1737. ^[11] Admiral Herald F. Stout, who used and expanded the work done by France, claims that John was born in 1706 and Wiliam in 1712 ^[12]. ^[13] Stout further states that John married Thankful Doak in 1724 and William married Mary Wallace in 1734. ^[12]. John and Thankful's first two children, according to Stout ^[12] were John, born 1724, and Robert, born 1725. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Sunday, December 29, 2013.
2. ↑ Source: #S1309854392
3. ↑ Source: #S1309854392
4. ↑ Stout, Herald F., The Clan Finley Second Edition, Volume One, 1954 The Eagle Press, Dover, Ohio (entry for his father James Finley)
5. ↑ Bransford, p. 6
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Carmen Finley (2003), 101
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Carmen Finley (2003), 100
8. ↑ Stout, Herald F., The Clan Finley, Second Edition, volume One, 1954 The Eagle Press, Dover, Ohio
9. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman and Mary Smith Lockwood • “Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800” (Augusta County) : Commonwealth Printing Company; Rosslyn, Virginia 1912 p 16 https://archive.org/details/chroniclesscotc00lockgoog/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater
10. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman and Mary Smith Lockwood • “Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800” (Augusta County) : Commonwealth Printing Company; Rosslyn, Virginia 1912 p 55 https://archive.org/details/chroniclesscotc00lockgoog/page/55/mode/1up?view=theater
11. ↑ p. 1 of section on Finlays in Virginia, cited by Carmen Finley.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} The Clan Finley, 2nd ed., 2 Vols. iln 1 (Dover, Ohio, 1956) p. 37 cited by Carmen Finley
13. ↑ Ackerly, Mary Dunham and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker • “Our Kin: Genealogies of Some of the Early Families of Bedford County Virginia”: J P Bell Company Inc, Lynchburg 1930 p 502 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/410561/?offset=1#page=540&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works

• Bransford, Clifton W, Owensboro, Kentucky.. Finleys of virginia Typed Manuscript. Federal Writers Project, Work Project Administration for State of Florida. University of Florida Digital Colletions. 26 pages. Accessed 3 July 2020 jhd
• Finley, Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D. (1989) The George Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia (published in The American Genealogist, Vol. 64, No. 4, October 1989, pp. 216-225), available online courtesy of USGenWeb (accessed 6 November 2021).
• Finley, Carmen J., Ph. D. (1995) The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia Reprinted from "Finley Findings International," vol. 9, no. 2, September/October, 1995, published by Timothy Kessler, Wynne, Arkansas. Accessed 4 July 2022 jhd
• Finley, Carmen J., Ph. D. (2003) The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record. Virginia Genealogist 46 (2003). (Requires paid subscription) American Ancestors.org,
• France, Albert Finley. The Clan Finley Annapolis, Maryland, 1942. John Finley (1688-1760), Robert Finely (1681-1741), and Michael Finley (1683-1750), sons of Robert and Margaret Lauder Finley of the Parish of Mulloughbrec, County Armagh, Ireland, immigrated to America in 1732-1734 with their families and settled in Chester Pennsylvania. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
• Stout, Herald F. (1940) The Clan Finley: a Condensed Genealogy of the Finley Family At Home And Abroad (Dover: The Eagle press, 1940). Online at HathiTrust, "Ancestry Abroad" 4-1-1"]
• Stout, Herald F. (1956) The Clan Finley, Second Edition. Revised and Corrected, 1956. Volume I. Dover OH: The Eagle Press, 1956. Accessed 4 July 2022 jhd. Alternatively Stout, Herald Franklin. The Clan Finley Revised Version, 2 volumes, Volume I. Dover, Ohio: The Eagle Press, 1956. Accessed 6 July 2022 jhd

• Finley, Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D. The George Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia (published in The American Genealogist, Vol. 64, No. 4, October 1989, pp. 216-225), available online courtesy of USGenWeb (accessed 6 November 2021).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 March 2021, 16:33), entry for William Finley (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZLX-S7N ); contributed by various users.

• Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt • “Virginia’s Colonial Soldiers” : Genealogical Publishing Company Inc, Baltimore 1988 p 3 • 14 Apr 1746, Augusta County, William Finley, Capt. of foot

• McAllister, J T • Virginia Militia in the Revolution : ‘Virginia Magazine of History & Biography‘ Vol 7 #1 Jul 1899 p 26 Published by Virginia Historical Society https://www.jstor.org/stable/4242220?seq=3#metadata_info_tab_contents