Martha (Henderson) Finley (abt. 1730 - abt. 1798)

Wife of Robert Finley — married 5 Jun 1750 in Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Biography

Martha Henderson was the daughter of William Henderson, of Augusta VA.

There are two deeds in Augusta that mention Robert and Martha Finley:

Page 643.--16th May, 1758. Robert ( ) Finley and Martha ( ) to William Finley, £20, 100 acres on South River Shanandore, part of the land on which Robert now lives, and joining south side, John Ramsey's land; corner between William and Robert Finley; corner Charles Dalhoss; corner William's old survey. Delivered: Robert Finley, son of Wm. Finley, 13th April, 1798.

Page 94.--18th November, 1766. [??] Robert ( ) Finley, gent., and Martha to John Ramsey, £65, 88 acres in Beverley Manor on both side South River of Shanando, William Finley's line. Delivered: William Ramsey, 5th October, 1772.

in 1770 Martha's father's will included a provision for "Shusanna Finley, daughter to daughter Martha".

Research Note

There were various Finley's of similar names in early Augusta County. "We Relate", which generally has excellent research on Augusta, has Martha Henderson married to Robert Finley, who died in 1763 and whose brother James admined his estate.^[1] However, if that Robert died in 1763 he could not have been the Robert who sold land with wife, Martha, in 1766. Also the Robert Finley married to Martha Henderson had at least one daughter, mentioned in William Henderson's will, whereas the Robert who died in 1763 left his brother as "heir at law". Martha's husband also could not be the Robert Finley who was baptized in 1745, as they were married at least by 1758. Therefore, Martha's husband must have been a Robert Finley separate from those other two.

Sources

1. ↑ We Relate Page

• France, Maj. Albert Finley. House of Finley. Typewritten genealogy of Finley family typewritten with copies distributed to various Finley descendants in the 1930s. France refers to Prof. John Finley of the University of Glasgow, and Dublin-Ireland-born Edward C Finley of Los Angeles CA as sources.
• Marriage data and YOD from Herald Stout's Clan Finley ed2 v1; no DOB indicated.
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.

See also: http://finley.library.sonoma.edu/aaa-0239.html : Data collected by Dr Carmen Finley on various contemporaneous Robert Finleys living in Virginia. Individual entries may or may not apply to this Robert Finley.