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This annotated list should include everyone named Day in the 1790 United States census as well as every additional person named Day born or living in Maryland between 1700 and 1790, and not deceased by 1790.

Anne Arundel County

{Day- | John Day] image 193 1790 census Ann Arundel
Elizabith Day

Anne Arundel, Maryland 2

Thomas Day-7549 (Possible father of William Day-7550) Anne Arundel, Maryland 8

Baltimore County

Enumerated by Jacob Graybill Assistant to the Marshall
(This appears to be the right James Day, but then there are so many James' to choose from)
James Day (aka: James Maxwell Day B:24 Mar 1753 in Joppa, Harford)

Baltimore Town, Baltimore, Maryland 3

Isaac Day Patapsco Lower Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland 2

Mark Day Patapsco Lower Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland 9

Robert Day Patapsco Lower Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland 3 5

Not in Census

Benjamin Edward Day-19073 (1759-1836)
Louisa Day-12920 Chance (1762-1825)
Sarah Day-15332 b. 1768
Charlotte Day-18049, born 1770
Nicholas Day-18050 born 1773
Elizabeth Day-187297 Bowman (1776-1850)
Elizabeth Maxwell Day-18047 born 1776
Edward Day-18051 born 1776
James Maxwell Day-18048 born 1779 (born 1779 he was only 11 years old)
Day-5265 moved to KY
Day-6109 moved to Indiana

Calvert County

No Days in Census

Not in Census

Robert Day-14590

Charles County

Benjamin Day Charles, Maryland 6

Henrietta Day Charles, Maryland 3

Vinney (Mulatto) Day Charles, Maryland 4

William (Mulatto) Day Charles, Maryland 1

Frederick County

No Days in Census

Not in Census

Ezekiel Day-6650 b. 1767

Harford County

Edwd Day-11544 (1759-1842) Harford, Maryland 2 6
Also, a Edward Day 1742 -after 1747
Elijah Day Harford, Maryland 4
John Day Harford, Maryland 1 11

John Day Harford, Maryland 10 17

Joshua Day (abt. 1770 - 1816) Harford, Maryland 6

Maryann Day Harford, Maryland 10 15

Not in Census

James Maxwell Day-15873 (1753-1805)
Samuel Day
Gouldsmith Day (1782-1840)

Kent County

John Day (b: 4 Mar 1754 in Shrewsbury Parish, Kent)
Kent, Maryland 8 16

Elisabeth Dee Kent, Maryland 5

Montgomery County

James Day-3939 (1862-1842) Montgomery, Maryland 4

Not in Census

Mary Day-1806 Tucker b. 1760 moved to KY
Aquila Day-4253 (1785-1870)

Prince George's County

Ann Day Prince Georges, Maryland 3 Possibly Ann Day-15205 b. 1755

Luke Day Prince Georges, Maryland 5

Not in Census

Ballard Day-7905 (1761-1815) to SC
Edward Day-8440 moved to SC
Elizabeth Day-15995 Perfect (1762-1837)
Matthew Day-15454 moved to TN
Truman Day-2913 (1764-1855) moved to KY
Sarah Day-14724, bgorn 1785

Washington County

John Day Washington, Maryland 2

Thomas C Deye Back River Upper Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland 40 45

Thomas C. Deye Ford Back River Upper Hundred, Baltimore, Maryland 8

County Unknown

Theodocia Day, b. 1761, moved to Georgia. (Pennsylvania Days)
William Day-7550 (1770-1850)
George Day-18196 b. 1777
Lydia Day-4250 Shipley (1780-1860)
Jacob Day-19225 (1781-1862)

"Richard Day-4317 (1782-1859)

Margaret Day-19003 (1784-1851)
William Henry Day-4979, b. 1787
Martha Day-7983 Bruer b. 1787
Christopher Day-1141 (1788-1881)
Christiana Day-7379, b. 1789

Notes

The census for Cecil County no Days were found.
The images for Kent County ave 2 pages, names are torn out image 565/566

Contents

Sources


  1. Image #5 is the "Introduction" image 7 is a list of Counties and which Volume each roll of film is found.

Image 12 starts the actual book..."History of Baltimore County"-

Image 14 is an exact LIST of Counties and pages they are on.

Image #16 Baltimore Town Certification by Jacob Graybill, Asst to the Marshall"

Image 17 is the list of Families, to image 41 for the TALLY
Image 42/43 "Inhabitants of the two Delaware Hundreds in Baltimore County" Feb 15 1791
Image 50 page 65 "Part of Harford County 1 of 2 complete" a description of the area:

from little falls of Gunpowder..." thru image 79

Image 81 "Patafsco Lower Hundred................. by Phillip Hall" then into the Family names.

Image 137 is the end of the Harford County.

Image 138 page 233 is "Montgomery County" to image 155

Image 156 the Tally and Certification of Wm. Robertson 25th April 1791"

Image 157 pages 269 "Prince George's County" names start on this page thru to image 191

Image 191 page 332 "Ann Arundel by Mc Gibbons March 20 1791"

Image 192 is the start of the Families but the left page is totally missing all names and the right page has the names but the column numbers are torn off.

Image 193 is the start of the Families but the left page is totally missing all names and the right page has the names but the column numbers are torn off.

Image 193 page 332 right page starts with "John Day 1/ _ / 2 _ 1" the rest is torn off.

Pages 332-419 Anne Arundel

Image 459 is the END of and Tally box for Worcester County, --

Image 462 STARTS- Frederick County, Md./ 522 ENDS Harford County, 579 images

image 525 a description of the area: "from little falls of Gunpowder..." 7612 inhabits

Image 526 is only 1 side of 2 pages.. Harford County

image 538 is Bush, Harford County /

Image 546 STARTS Cecil County & a LIST of TOWNS image 561 is the COUNT box / image 562 STARTS Kent County/ thru 569 571 is not legible at all. 575 is the TALLY Sheet. and states: "Part of St. Mary's County Md. for other part of St. Mary's County See Vol. 1 pages 612 to 672"


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Biography

The following biography is based on the primary sources discovered to date which refer to John Finley, Gentleman, of South River, Augusta County, Virginia, husband of Mary Caldwell, and the most recent published research interpreting those records.

South River, Augusta County, Virginia

1710 Birth and Parents

Carmen Finley refers to him as "John Finley of South River." In contrast to "John Finley of Middle River", who is described in documents as a "cooper", John Finley of South River is a "gentleman". [1] Finley found no evidence of any relationship between John Finley of Middle River and John Finley of South River. [2]

For Carmen Finley, the names of the parents of John Finley of South River have not yet been established but they likely came from Pennsylvania, where there are extensive records of Finleys in early Lancaster and later Franklin County that are probably related. [3]

Wilson stated that John Finley came to Virginia from Pennsylvania with his two brothers, William and Robert, just a few years after the movement of Scotch-Irish to this area was started by John Lewis. [4]

1710 Birth Year Estimation

While we do not have a date of birth for him, we do know that he had five children born between 1740 and 1749 and an elder son born before 1740. From this one would assume that he was a fairly young man when he settled in Beverley Manor, born probably not later than 1710.

1738 Arrival at South River, Beverley Manor

The John Finley of South River settled there in the late 1730's. [1] The earliest records that could be found for him were in Beverley Manor, Augusta County, Virginia, in 1738. [5]

Tinkling Spring and First Wife Thomson

Carmen Finley identifies the first wife of John Finley of South River as "a daughter of the Reverend John Thomson, her given name unknown. Her father took an active role in establishing Tinkling Spring Meeting House, a Presbyterian congregation for the Scotch-Irish settlement in and around Beverley Manor. [6]

John Finley was an elder of Tinkling S;prings, the first church built in the area. In the first action recorded, John Finley was appointed one of five commissioners charged with purchasing property on which to build their meeting house and collecting money to pay a minister. His brother, William, was one of the signers of this act, dated "August ye 14th 1741."

The Christian Societies in the back part of Virginia on September 5, 1739, united in presenting a supplication to the Presbytery of Donegal for the ministerial services of Rev. John Thomson, Chestnut Level pastor, as an "Itinerant Preacher to Virginia." [6]However, the Donegal Presbytery refused Thomson's petition to release him from Chestnut Level, where he was stationed at that time, and the Reverend John Craig was assigned in his place.(26) [7]

A site to build the first log structure was selected about five miles southwest of where the Finleys were living: A cool spring of water--issuing from beneath a rock, gathering into a pool from which man lives, overflowing into a stream by which the plains are made alive--is a delightful work of nature. The earliest pioneers in the Valley of Virginia found a bold spring, whose emerging waters made a musical sound upon the cavernous rocks, and they called it the tinkling spring. The church, located near this spring and named for it, is like "a spring of water willing up to eternal life" for multitudes who have passed this way.(27)[8]

The first sanctuary was twenty-four by fifty feet, with a simple interior. "The floor was the ground over which the sanctuary was constructed. The pewswere backless hand-made benches, probably small logs split with the smooth-hewn surface up and supported by wooden legs driven into auger holes. [and it was] without heating facilities."(28) [9]

The Tinkling Spring Commissioners posted their first notice for payment on the log building on 12 November 1744, calling for twelve shillings per family. The congregation was divided into three quarters, with John Finley heading one quarter. This was an administrative device for organizing and collecting money from the parishioners. John's brothers, William and Robert, were both listed as members of his quarter at this time.(29) [10]

1740 Sells Land

On 23 July 1740 John Finley sold land to John McCollough. Carmen Finley could not find a record of the land's purchase. She suggests that John had the survey made but sold the land before he obtained complete title. [11]

1741 Finley Baptisms at Tinkling Spring Meeting House

Baptismal records of the Tinkling Spring Meeting House now only exist for the years between 1740 and 1749. Tinkling Spring was a Presbyterian congregation, so baptisms would have occurred generally within the year after birth.

Wilson identifies the following Finley children baptized at Tinkling Springs during this period, and notes that they belong to two different John Finley families. Those children asterisked are in the family of John Finley of Middle River and the remainder, bolded, are assumed to be in the family of John Finley of South River. [12]

  • Elizabeth, 18 January 1741
  • Willilam, 30 Jauary 1743
  • George* 30 January 1743
  • Robert* 21 April 1745
  • Margaret* December 1746
  • James 8 March 1747
  • George 4 January 1748 (baptized by Rev. John Thomson)
  • James, 26 March 1749.

1746 Bought George Robinson Property

On 13 May 1746 Finley bought an 892 acre property from George Robinson. On 22 May 1750 the property was divided; a 298 acre parcel was deeded by John Finley, Gent, to William Finley, Gent and a 297 parcel deeded to John Finley, Gent to Robert Finley, Gent, leaving John with the remaining 297 acre parcel. [11]

Presumably the three brothers were living close together. Four years after the purchase of the Robinson property, formal deeds were drawn up in which John split his property into equal thirds and sold two of them to his brothers, William and Robert. [13]

John Finley Operated a Mill

An early road order showed that the Finleys operated a mill, "A Road be cleared from Finley's Mill to the Tinkling spring and thence to McCords Mill That John Finley and Archibald Stewart, John Christy and Robert Cunningham oversee the Same."[14]

1748 Tinkling Spring Matters

In 1748 John was made an elder of Tinkling Spring, a position he held until about 1764.(34) [15]

Through all this John Finley, as a representative of Tinkling Spring, continued actively in the cause of the church, attending special meetings of the presbytery at Rockfish Meeting House beyond the Blue Ridge in 1759 and in Prince Edward County in 1760. [16]

At the next meeting of the Presbytery, held at Tinkling Spring on 1 April 1761, the Reverend Richard Sankey of Buffalo, in Prince Edward County, son-in-law of Reverend John Thomson, was "continued" as moderator of the group. [17]

Tinkling Spring continued to be a favored meeting place and the Reverend John Craig also often served as the moderator. However, problems mounted after the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. Craig's original mission included serving the Stone House just north of Beverly Manor, as well as Tinkling Spring, with the understanding that he would become a full time pastor for whichever could first afford his services. At the spring meeting held 5 May 1763 at Tinkling Spring, the Stone Meeting House asked for a separation from Tinkling Spring, with a decision deferred until the next meeting.

At the fall meeting of the presbytery in Cumberland County, 3 October 1764, the first item of business, following "Suplications for Supplies," was that Mr Craig is dismissed from the Tinkling Spring, and sustains the pastoral relation as to the Congregation of Stone meeting House only.

The elder representing Tinkling Spring at this meeting was John Finley. He put in a request for a supply assignment at Tinkling Spring but none was made except, ". . .ministers in Augusta County, are left to their own discretion, in supplying." . . . Mr. Craig preached his farewell sermon at Tinkling Spring in November 1764.(38) [18]

Wilson, in discussing post war problems of the French and Indian War, summarized the situation succinctly: Tinkling Spring people, with Rev. John Craig as their pastor, pioneered in the practice of religious freedom in the Colony of Virginia . . . Her men, though reluctant in aggression, were invaluable in defense against Indian cruelty. They were among the stalwart leaders that turned the tide in the frontier phase of the French-British struggle out of which grew the short-lived English rule over America. Tinkling Spring's first quarter of a century of service left her a changed and weakened meeting house group. Alexander Breckenridge, James Patton, John Preston, Archibald Stuart and John Lewis were dead by this time; John Finley, an active elder, disappears from the record, probably transferring his efforts to Brown's Meeting House; and families now removed entirely, or in part, were the Breckenridges, Lewises, Prestons, Campbells, Bells, Thompsons and others. [19]

One can imagine the feelings of dismay which probably overcame John after devoting a good twenty-five years of his life to the building of Tinkling Spring. He sold his remaining interest in the Robinson property, 297 acres, to his brother William in March 1765.(40) [20]

1750 Second Marriage to Mary Caldwell

John's second wife was Mary Caldwell, whose cousin Martha Caldwell was the mother of John Caldwell Calhoun, who became Vice President of the United States. [21]

1765 Prince Edward County, Virginia

Carmen Finley notes that John Finley of South River removed about 1765 to Prince Edward County, where he remained until about 1772/1772. [1]

Prince Edward County was another Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlement adjacent to that developed by John Caldwell. The Reverend John Thomson contributed to the Buffalo settlement in Prince Edward County for a while in the late 1740s. John Finley was related by marriage to both the Thomsons and the Caldwells, and while neither were living at the time, his first wife's brother-in-law, Reverend Richard Sankey, was still actively engaged in church work there. In fact, John's daughter, Elisabeth, had been living with the Sankeys before John made the move and until her marriage in January of 1764.(41) [22]

John purchased 400 acres on Vaughan's Creek on 15 June 1765 from Jacob and Honour Garrett,(42)[23] and John's son William bought 430 acres on Vaughan's Creek from John Caldwell on 19 August 1765.(43) [24]

Montgomery County, Virginia

1773 Move to Sally Run, Reed Creek in Montgomery (now Wythe) County

In 1773 John Finley purchased property on Sally Run in Montgomery (now Wythe) County, Virginia . [1]

It is unknown what prompted this move, but again he was moving into territory where other family and friends had located. There were two James Finleys already living there and it is strongly suspected that the elder James was a younger brother of John.

Reverend Thomson's oldest daughter, Sarah, was living there with her second husband, William Sayers, who was also active in the affairs of the local Presbyterian Church at Reed Creek. George Breckenridge, son of Alexander, who had also been one of the original commissioners of Tinkling Spring, was nearby. John settled on a 327 acre parcel on Sally Run, waters of Reed Creek, which he bought from John McFarland in November 1773. [25]

1779 Agreement for Life Care and Death

Six years later, John and "Meary", his wife, drew up articles of agreement giving their property to sons, David and Samuel, in exchange for life care. John died sometime prior to 19 August 1782, when the court ordered a deposition be taken of Mary to testify the document they drew up in 1773 was done according to his wishes. [26]

John Filnley died at the Sally Run property prior to 1782. [1]

Children

Children of John and (Thomson) Finley include, so far as they are known

  1. John Finley, born about 1738/39, most likely in Augusta County, Virginia. [3] Married Ann Miller. John Caldwell Finley
  2. Elizabeth Finley, baptized by Rev. John Craig 18 January 1740/41, Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. [3] m. Cargill. Had been living with the Sankeys until her marriage in January 1764. [22]
  3. William Finley, baptized by Rev. John Craig 30 January 1743, Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. [3] See Finley-1341, Finley-2021, Finley3456, Finley-1277. On 19 August 1765 William, son of John, bought 430 acres on Vaughan's Creek from John Caldwell. [24]
  4. James Finley, baptizedby Rev. John Craig 8 March 1747, Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Virginia.(46) [27]
  5. George Finley, baptized by Rev. John Thomson 4 January 1748, Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. [3]
  6. James Finley, baptized by Rev. John Craig 26 March 1749, Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. A second James Finley said to have been born to this John Finley, cannot be definitely identified as the son of Thomson or of Mary Caldwell (and it is assumed Wilson was correct in his grouping of the children into separate John Finley families). [3]

Children of John Finley and Second Wife Mary Caldwell

  1. David Caldwell Finley, b. 1754. David b. 1 June 1754 m. Elizabeth Mounts and had daughter Jane Ann Finley. Family Bible of Elizabeth Mounts Finley, with added notes by her daughter Jane Ann Finley Smith, and certified by family genealogy Albert Finley France and quoted in Dr Carmen Finley's history of Sonoma California Finleys (pp 38-39 indicates): David Finley, born 1 June 1754,(47) [28]probably in Augusta County, Virginia.
  2. Samuel Finley, b. 1749 named heir with brother David. Samuel Finley, named heir with his brother David to his parent's plantation in Montgomery County in 1779, which they jointly sold in 1792. At that time both David and Samuel were "of Mercer County, Kentucky."(48) [29] Evidence of his presence in Lincoln County continues at least through 1822, when the Rev. Samuel Finley served as President pro tem of Centre College in Danville.(55) [30] It is tempting to believe this Samuel Finley is David's brother, and perhaps he is. The one disquieting fact is that in the 1810 census of Lincoln County he is placed in the twenty-six to forty-five age group, too young to have inherited property in 1779.(56) [31]Perhaps the above records include more that one Samuel Finley.
  3. Thomas Finley, b. 1757 b. 11 Feb 1157. Thomas Finley, born 11 February 1757, probably in Augusta County, Virginia. [32]

Research Notes

Disambiguation

These profiles are often confused:

  • John Finley-223, born 1688 son of Robert & Margaret Lauder; married Mary Barclay, died 1760 York Co, PA.
  • John Finley-102 of South River, Augusta County, Virginia. Estimated birth 1710. Gentleman, Elder, Tingling Springs Meeting House. Married Unknown Thomson and Mary Caldwell. Children by both.
  • John Finley-212 born County Armagh, Ireland 1713, son of Michael and Ann. Immigrated to Pennsylvania. Married Martha Warwick in Pennsylvania and killed by Indians in Pennsylvania 1757
  • John Finley-1486 of Middle River, Augusta County. Married Thankful Doak and died 1791 in Augusta County, Virginia
  • John Finley-3216, born County Armagh, Ireland, 1722 to Archibald Finley. Married Elizabeth Harris. Died 1769. "Old Indian Trader.
  • Major John Finley-3228 born 1726 County Antrim, s/o John Finley & Mary Ann Barclay
  • John Finley-4107 John Finley Jr, born say 1735 James River to John Finley Sr and Thankful Doak. Daniel Boone Guide.

Earlier Research Compilations

These historic secondary sources are similar to each other in major themes, but differ in some details.

Clifford Bransford (1928)

Clifford Bransford, writing in 1928, credits the earlier research of John Borland Finley, Ph. D. of Pennsylvania for research in Scotland, and credits Albert Finley France of Annapolis, Maryland with assistance "in untangling the Finleys." [33]

  • Grandparent: Alexander. James Finley with his brothers John, Samuel and Andrew were sons of Alexander Finley, b. 1669 in Balchristie, Scotland, and removed to the north of Ireland in 1679. The 4 brothers came to East Nottingham Township, Chester Co, Pennsylvania (now in Maryland) in 1720. James, born 1687, had 8 sons including John, Robert and William. [34]
  • Parents: James and Elizabeth. John Finley, Robert Finley and William Finley, were sons of James and Elizabeth Finley of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia in 1736-1737 and received a grant of 3143 acres of "Beverly Manor lying in South River." [35]
  • 1702 Born Dublin. John Finley Sr was born in Ireland in 1702. [36]
  • 1723 Marriage. In 1723 in Pennsylvania Thankful Doak married John Finley, Sr, second son of James and Elizabeth Finley. Bransford states that Thankful Doak was the sister of three brothers, Robert, Samuel and David Doak, who had come from the north of Ireland and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1720. [37]
  • 1737: Move to Virginia. Bransford adds that John Finley, Robert Finley, and William Finley, sons of James and Elizabeth Finley of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia in 1736-1737, received a grant of 3143 acres of "Beverly Manor lying in South River." [35]
  • John Sr and Jr. There were two persons named John Finley in Augusta County. Bransford identifies them as father and son, senior and junior. Bransford states that John Finley, Jr., eldest son of John and Thankful (Doak) Finley, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1724, and moved with his father John Finley, Sr, to what was later Augusta County, Virginia, in 1737. [38]
  • 1738 Freedom of Worship Petition. The Synod of Philadelphia supported a petitin of John Finley Sr and John Caldwell for freedom of worship of "such persons as shall remove to Western Virginia [39]
  • 1740 Land. On December 1, 1740 Governor Blair patented to John Finley Sr 183 acres of land in Augusta County. [37]and he took up his residence on the tract.
  • 1740 Tinkling Springs. John Finley, Sr was an elder of Tinkling Springs in 1740. [35]
  • 1747 Tinkling Springs Commissioner. 19 November 1747, William Thompson and wife deed to John Finley Sr and other commissioners and trustees 170 acres called Tinkling Spring in Beverly Manor. [37] It was on this lands that the noted Tinkling Spring church was built and John Finley, Sr, was active as an elder in the organization for many years. In 1749 John Finley, Sr, onveyed the 183 acres of land patented to him by Gov. Blair, to Alexander Gardner, and in the deed the land is describeed as being on "Finleys Branch of Cathey's River", and took up 297 acres on South River in "Beverly Manor": adjoining th land of Wm. Finley, presumably his brother, to whom he sold the tract for 150 pouds on the 18th of March, 1765. (In the deed both John and William Finley are described as "gentlemen"). This was part of the original "tract of 892 acres on Shannandsore surveyed for John Finley, Jr." [40]
  • 1749 Finley's Branch. In 1749 John Finley sold 183 acres on "Finley's Branch of Cathey's River (Middle River) and took up 297 acres on South River adjoining land of William Finley. Both John and Wiliam described as "gentlemen.". [40]
  • The time and place of John Finley Sr's death is not known. He was living on South River as late as 1771. [40]
  • John Finley Jr, eldest son, born Cumberland County Pennsylvania and moved with father to Augusta County. [40]
  • John Finley Jr was married by the Rev. John Craig on ?April 22 1741 to Mary Thankful Caldwell, daughter of David and Mary Caldwell of Prince Edward County, Virginia. [41]
  • 13 May 1748 bought 892 acres Beverly Manor. [42]
  • John Finley Sr and Jr. added to tithables Aug 18, 1762 [43]
  • John Finley Jr wrote the 1791 will. Bransford makes John Finley Jr the author of the 1791 will: "John Finley, Jr, died in 1791; his will dated April 17th, was proved in Augusta County, VA Sept 20, 1791. By his wife, Mary Thankful Caldwell, he had eight children, five sons and three daughters, as follows: [44] Bransford then enumerates the children named in the 1791 will.
  • John Finley Jr's wife Mary "Thankful" was the wife Thankful in the will. Bransford consistently refers to Mary, the wife of John Finley "Jr" as "Mary Thankful." This permits him to make her the wife named "Thankful" in the 1791 will, but in no primary document does she have both a first and middle name, which were rarely used in the colonial period,
  • Children of John Finley, Sr. The children of John and Thankful (Doak) Finley were not those named in the 1791 will but instead were: [40]
  1. John Finley, Jr., born in Pennsylvania in 1724; died in Augusta County, Va in 1791, of whom later;l
  2. Herbert Finley, born 1725
  3. James Finley, born 1728
  4. Margaret Finley, born 1730
  5. Samuel Finley, born 1732
  6. Andrew Finley, born 1736
  7. Alexander Finley, born 1738
  8. Thankful Finley, born 1739
  9. Elizabeth Finley, born 1741
  10. William Finley, born 1743
  11. Georege Finley born about 1745

Bransford identifies his parents as James and Elizabeth Finley of Cccc City, Pennsylvvania. France and Stout identify his father as John Finley, Sr.

1736 The Burden Grant

Early in the Spring of 1736, Benjamin Burden, an agent for Lord Fairfax, who held, under a patent from King James II, of England, all that part of Virginia known as the Northern Neck, came over, and after remaining a short time in Williamsburg, accepted an invitation to visit John Lewis, then living west of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, where he had settled in 1732. Returning shortly after to Williamsburg, Burden presented a fine buffalo calf he had captured to governor Gooch, which so much gratified that functionary, that he forthwith directed a warrant to be made out, authorizing Burden, the agent, to locate 500,000 acres of land on Shenandoah, or jame River, west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The grant required that Burden shoud settle one hunded families upon said land within ten years, [45] For this purpose Burden brought over from England, Scotland, Ireland and from Pennsylvnia in 1737, upwards of one hundred families. He did not receive his grant from the Virginia Council until 1739, however. [46]

The first settlers of this grant to Burden were Ephraim McDowell and James GreenLee. And in their wake followed that sturdy Scotch-Irish race form Pennsylvania, represented by the families of Finley, Caldwell, Matthews, Crawford, Stuart, Lyle, Tilford, Paxton, Moore, Doak, Brown, Wilson, Caruthers, Patterson, Ramsey, Grigsby and others. [36]

1736 Land Grant in Beverly Manor

John Finley, Robert Finley and William Finley, sons of James and Elizabeth Finley of Cumberland County, Pa, who moved to Virginia in 1736-1737, received a grant of 311432 acres of land out of the "Beverly Manor" tract, lying on South river in Augusta County. [47]

Of Robert Finley little is known. He doubtless never married. He served in Captain David Sruart's company of Augustga County militia in 1757, and was dead prior to October 17654, as John Finley acknowledges receipt from his father, James Finley, of certain notes and bonds "as his full part of his uncle, Robert Finley"s estate." [48]

Albert Finley France (1939)

In a typewritten narrative dated 1939, Albert Finley France of Annapolis, Maryland adds the following:

  • John Finley Sr. baptism in Dublin John Finley was the older son of James and Elizabeth (Patterson) Finley; and was baptized at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Ireland, December 18, 1706. [49]
  • 1720 Finley family from Ireland James, Samuel, John, with wives and children immigrated on the ship "Eagle Wings," landing at New Castle, Delaware on May 22, 1720.
  • 1724 Marriage of John and Thankful. France shows John Finley Sr was married by the Rev George Gillespie of Rock Presbyterian Church, Chester Co PA, 1724 Mar 10 to Thankful Doak. Thankful Doak, along with Samuel, David, John, and Robert, "were children of James and Elizabeth Doak who immigrated from the north of Ireland in 1710 and settled in East Nottingham Township, Chester, County, Pennsylvania." [49] [50]
  • Born at sea. "Thankful Doak was born on the ship coming over. There was a severe storm at sea in which many of the passengers and crew died and they were so glad to land safely they named her thankful." [50]
  • John Finley Sr. 1773 death. John Finley, Sr, died at South River, Augusta County, Virginia January 6, 1773, and was buried in the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian church graveyard. [51]
  • Children of Thankful and John Sr France repeats the list of children born in the 1720's which Bransford attribues to "John Finley, Sr."
  1. John Finley, Jr. born Nottingham Township, County of Chester...married April 21, 1741 Mary Caldwell. [52] John Finley, Jr, oldest son of John and Thankful (Doak) Finley, born Nottingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Dec 28, 1724, died Augusta County, Virginia between April 17, 1791, date of will and September 20 1791, Proved. [53]
  2. Robert Finley, born Pennsylvania March 10, 1726, died Staunton, Virginia 1796. Married June 5, 1750 Martha Henderson.[52]
  3. Margaret Finley, born June 18 1728, no record.[52]
  4. Andrew Finley, born October 6, 1730, no record. [52]
  5. Thomas Finley, born Nov. 18, 1734, No record. [52]
  6. Rose Finley, born April 1736. Married June 1756 John Henderson.[52]
  7. Samuel Finley, born Virginia March 10, 1739, died in Virginia 1797, married March 16, 1761 Elizabeth Fulton.[52]
  8. Elizabeth Finley, baptised by Rev. John Craig June 17 1741.[52]
  9. William Finley, baptised by Rev. John Jan 30, 1743.[52]
  10. James Finley baptised by Rev. John Craig May 8, 1745, died Whitley County Kentucky 1830, married 1759 Keziah Martin.[52]
  11. George Finley baptised by Rev. John Thompson Jan 4, 1748, died Logan County, Kentucky 1812 married Jean Lyle.[52]

Albert Finley France quotes the following from the fly leaf of an old Bible belonging to Jane (Finley) Smith: Your grandfather was David Finley, born Jan 10, 1748 who married Elizabeth Mounts. His father was John Finley and he married Mary Caldwell, daughter of Thomas Caldwell and a cousin to Martha Caldwell who was the Mother of the famous Statesman, John C. Calhoun. [54]

Herold F. Stout (1942, 1956)

Stout states that the “purpose of this book is to collect in one place the scattered data on the Finley Clan,…”. He thanks “Major Albert Finley France for his valuable assistance and research which is really the frame-work of this book.” [55] Stout's works, written in 1942 and expanded in 1956, provide an outline similar to Bransford and France but with some variance in details:

  • John Finley's Parental Family James Finley (1688-1753) born December 1688 at Incharvie, Fife, Scotland. Moved to County Armagh, Ireland. 1/10/1706 married Elizabeth Patterson (1690-1755). Children born St. Peters, Dublin. 1720 Landed at Newcastle, Del. 1733 was in Green Twp, Chester Co Pa. 1740 On Franklin Co tax roll with 100 acres. Died 10 February 1753 in Cumberland Co. Orphans Court Book A, Chester Co, Names all issue but Joseph. [56]
  • Children in the parental family:
  1. John 1706-1773 3-02-1 [56]
  2. Joseph, b 1708-[56]
  3. Samuel, 1708-1772 3-02-3[56]
  4. Robert, b. 1710-1763 m. Sarah. Held 1550 acres in Beverly Manor Augustga Co, VA[56]
  5. William 1712-1789 3-02-5[56]
  6. Thomas 1714[56]
  7. Alexander Andrew, 1717-1806[56]
  8. James 1720-1790, m. Agnes. 1746 Was in Augusta Co Virginia.[56]
  • 1706 John Finley's Birth. John Finley was born 18 December 1706 in Dublin, Ireland. [57] The earlier version shows John Finley born 1706 [58]
  • 1724 Marriage to Thankful. Thankful and John Finley (born 18 December 1706 in Dublin) were married April 10, 1724 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. [57] In the previous edition, the marriage took place in 1723. [58] Thankful Doak, daughter of James and Elizabeth Doak, in 1720 came to Chester County, Pennsylvania with her brothers Rev. Samuel, Robert, and David. [57]
  • 1740 Arrival Augusta Co, VA Thankful and John came to Augusta County, Virginia, in 1740. [57]
  • 1747 Land., In 1745 John Finley bought large tract in Beverly Manor. [57]
  • Elder, Tinkling Springs. John Finley was an Elder of the Tinkling Springs Presbyterian Meeting House. [57]
  • Children of John Sr and Thankful, according to Stout:[57]
  1. John: 1724-1791 4-02-11 [57] Stout shows the son of John Finley and his wife Thankful to be John Finley (1724-1791) who married Mary Caldwell (1726-1769) of August County, Virginia, and that this John was born in Augusta County, Virginia, Married 22 August 1741, Was a surveyor, and in 1776 was the Commissary with the Washington County MIlitia. [59]
  2. Robert 1726-1798, 4-02-12 [57] Some researchers claim that Robert Finley (abt.1726-1798) was an additional child of this John Finley. Other researchers dispute this, and claim that that Robert Finley who married Martha Henderson was probably born about 1710, and was the brother of John Finley who married Miss Thomson and Mary Caldwell.
  3. Margaret, 1728 [57]
  4. Andrew, 1730 [57]
  5. Thomas, 1734 [57]
  6. Rose, d. 1766 [57]
  7. Thankful, 1737 [57]
  8. Samuel, 1739 [57]
  9. Elizabeth, baptized 1741 [57]
  10. William Joseph, 1743-1802 [57]
  11. James, 1745-1830 [57]
  12. George, 1747-1831 [57]
  • John Finley Jr's Marriage John Finley, Jr. (1724-1791) married 4/21/1724 Mary Thankful Caldwell (1728-1787), daughter of David and Mary Caldwell. [60]. Stout shows this John married to Mary Caldwell on 22 August 1741, but a source for such an exact date has not been found. [59] If this proves to be true, then several childsren currently shown as the children of Rev. john Thomson's daughter will be instead the children of Mary Caldwell.
  • Children of John Jr and Mary Thankful Caldwell Finley's children as presented by Stout [60]:
  1. John Caldwell (1742-1818)
  2. George (1743-1809)
  3. Jean, b. 1744
  4. Robert Osborne, b 1745
  5. Margaret (1746-1802)
  6. David (1748-1803)
  7. Samuel, b. 1749
  8. Thomas Caldwell, (1750--1821)
  9. Mary Thankful, baptized 1751 married McKarter

Four Apparent Errors of Earlier Research

In 1928 Clifton Bransford credited A. F. France of Annapolis for his "invaluable assistance in straightening out the Finley genealogy." [61] Regrettably, Bransford, followed by France and Stout, made significant errors demonstrated by Carmen Finley in her research.

Error #1. The John Finley who lived in South River Augusta County, was the son of the John Finley who lived near Middle River, Augusta County.
Error #2. Bransford, followed by France and Stout, appears to assign Finley facts associated with Middle and South Rivers according to the premise that "John Sr" is a generation older than "John Jr", rather than according to location. This results in various facts being assigned to the wrong person.
Error #3 The 1791 will was the will of John Finley of South River, and his wife Mary Caldwell was actually Mary Thankful Caldwell, addressed as Thankful in the 1791 will.
Error #4 As a result of Errors 1 and 2, the children named in the 1791 will were the children of the South River John Finley and his wife Mary "Thankful", rather than children of the Middle River John Finley and his wife, Thankful.

Error #1: Father and Son

There were two or more persons named John Finley in Augusta County, Virginia during this period. The first error is that Bransford, France and Stout refer to the John Finley, husband of Thankful, who lived near Middle River as John Finley, Sr; they believed the John Finley, who lived near South River and was husband first of an unnamed daughter of Rev. John Thomson, and secondly of Mary Caldwell, was the son of John Finley of Middle River, and named him "John Finley, Jr."

Carmen Finley found no records that would establish the two John Finleys as father and son. John Finley of South River, who became a commissioner of the Tinkling Springs Church, was termed "Gentleman" in documents, a high social status reflecting a degree of wealth that would typically be hereditary in colonial Virginia; John Finley of Middle River was not termed "gentleman" but rather identified as a "cooper." [62]

Carmen Finley observes, "like many other readers I first used Albert Finley France and Herald F. Stout as basic references in the study of my family. It was in the mid-1980s I first recognized that at least some of their information did not agree with basic information I was finding about my third great grandfather, David Finley (Stout's 5-02-114)--and my information was coming from Bible and cemetery records. [62] This experience led me to be skeptical of other information presented by Stout, especially as I worked my way back to Augusta County to the John Finley who married Mary Caldwell. I began to question the relationship between this John Finley who lived on South River and the John Finley who married Thankful Doak and lived on Middle River. Scouring every Finley document in Augusta County from the late 1730s through 1800 led me to the inescapable conclusion that the John Finley who married Mary Caldwell was not the son of John and Thankful, as claimed by Stout. These two Johns were independent, contemporary persons living but fifteen miles apart and not related, at least not proven in that generation. It would not surprise me to learn by going back another generation they were cousins, although the proof of that has not yet been established. [62]

France, followed by Stout, shows the 1791 will to have been written by John Jr, son of John of Middle River, John Sr having died in 1782. [63] The result of this conflation may be seen in a Daughters of the American Revolution entry which appears to conflate the two John Finleys:

DAR record for John Finley (Patriot Ancestor #A041282)[64] has the following information:
  • born in Chester Co., PA on 28 Dec 1724
  • patriotic service (furnished supplies) in Augusta Co., Virginia
  • married (2) Thankful X.
  • died before 20 September 1791, Augusta Co., Virginia
Notes:
  • David Finley who marr Elizabeth Mounts is not the son of this Patriot.
  • Patriot's son George Finley married Jane X and is not George, #A040796.
  • Need proof Patriot married Mary Caldwell. (Conflicts with wives.)

Error #2: Middle River and South River

Events in Middle River and South River were assigned to John Finley "Sr" or "Jr" without reference to place; instead, earlier events tended to be assigned to John Sr, while later events were more likely to be assigned, without regard to place, to "John Jr", his assumed son.

This results in the Bransford/France/Stout narratives showing both John Finleys moving back and forth between Middle and South River, although the locations were likely a day's walk apart.

Error #3: Mary Caldwell Finley as the "Thankful" of the 1791 Will

The third error is that Mary Caldwell Finley, wife of John Finley of South River, is given the middle name of Thankful, and becomes the wife named in the 1791 will. Middle names were extremely rare during the colonial period, however. Neither Bransford, France or Stout provide documentation of Mary Caldwell Finley having a middle name of Thankful; she is addressed as Mary in all documents pertaining to her, and the name "Mary Thankful" appears only in the narratives of Bransford, France and Stout.

Error #4: Misidentified Children

Stemming from the first two errors, Bransford, France and Stout when providing added detail for the children of both John Finleys and their wives assign the children listed in the 1791 will to the wrong John Finley. Thankful and her husband were assigned children they didn't have, and Mary and her husband were given the children named in the 1791 will children rather than their own.

Bransford, having assigned the children of the 1791 will to "John Finley, Jr", provided other children for "John Finley, Sr." He did not provide a source for these children:

In Carmen Finley's presentation, the children named in the 1791 will are the children of Thankful Doak and her husband, John Finley of Middle River, referred to by Bransford, France and Stout as John Finley, Sr.

The presentation of Tinkling Springs church records for the 1740's, however, which still exist, display other children for John Finley of South River, which is one of the challenges facing the Bransford-France-Stout narrative.

John Finley's Miltia and Public Service

Bransford, followed by France and Stout, identify a number of references to John Finley's militia and public service in Augusta County. Regrettably, the sources themselves do not provide sufficient information to identify which John Finley is the subject.

  • 1742. Bransford shows John Finley Sr is listed as a member of Captain John Smith's company of Augusta County Militia. [37]
  • 1745. Bransford shows John Finley as a member of the First Justice Court assembled at Staunton, Virginia on December 9, 1745; John Finley is a member. [37]
  • 1748. Stout shows John Jr in Dr. Walker's expedition in Cumberland Co [60]
  • 1756. Bransford shows John Finley Sr served in Captain William Preston's company of Augusta County militia under Major Andrew Lewis, in the Sandy Creek expedition against Shawnees on the Ohio in 1756 [65]
  • 1757. Bransford and Stout show John Finley Jr a member of Captain Thomas Armstrong's company of Augusta County Militia. (Bransford, p. 9, citing Chalkley, Vol II, p. 442 </ref>[60]
  • 1757. Bransford and Stout show both John Finleys served with in the French and Indian war. <ref? Bransford, p. 9, citing Hennings's Statutes of Virginia, Vol VII, p. 179 </ref> Under Major Lewis in Sandy Creek expedition and French and Indians wars. [57] [60]
  • 1758 & 1769, Bransford, France and Stout show John Finley Jr as County Surveyor. [66] </ref>[60]
  • Sept 1776 Bransford and Stout show John Finley - commissary of the Washington County militia, gave a voucher for corn for William Lyle's brigade on the Cherokee Expedition. [67] </ref>[60]
  • Bransford states that the feebook of Augusta County lists John Finley, Jr on Middle River in 1765 and again in 1774, and John Finley Sr on South River in 1771. (Vol II, p. 402.

The first court of law was established in late 1745 and John Finley [Finla in the records] was among those who took the oath of office on 30 October that year. The Augusta County Court was located at "Beverley's Mill Place," now Staunton, contrary to advice of local citizens who were ordered to view the land offered by William Beverley. Prior to that time, Augusta County citizens were served through the Orange County Court--and John Finley had been a justice there as well.(30) [68]

John Finley, born 28 December 1724 in East Nottingham Township, Chester Couty, Pennsylvania, died 1791[60]

Additional Research Questions

Did John Finley marry Mary Caldwell in 1741?

Stout shows this John married to Mary Caldwell on 22 August 1741, but a source for such an exact date has not been found. [59] If this proves to be true, then several childsren currently shown as the children of Rev. john Thomson's dsaughter will be instead the children of Mary Caldwell.

Did John Finley die in 1773?

John Finley-d. 1782 married Miss Thomson and second Mary Caldwell. This John died by Aug 1782 in Montgomery Co., now Wythe Co., Va. This is really the John Finley Stout refers to as having died in 1773. Carmen found no evidence of any John Finley dying in 1773. John Finley and Mary Caldwell bought land in Augusta Co. in 1773, and a document was later drawn up leaving this land to sons David and Samuel for life care, which is probably where Stout got the 1773 death date.


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  2. ↑ Finley (2003) 5
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Carmen Finley (1995)
  4. ↑ . Howard McKnight Wilson, The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, A study of the Church and Her People 1732-1952 (Verona, Va.: McClure Press, 1974), p. 6-10.Cited by Finley (1995).
  5. ↑ . Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County ( Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.:1966), 2:375, 2:41. Cited by Finley (1995)
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  13. ↑ . Augusta Co., Va., Deed Books 2:708-710, 2:711-714. Cited by Finley (1995)..
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  15. ↑ . Wilson (1954), Tinkling Spring, p. 431.
  16. ↑ . Wilson (1954), Tinkling Spring, p. 158.
  17. ↑ . Wilson (1954), Tinkling Spring, p. 159.
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  31. ↑ . 1810 U.S. census, population schedule, Lincoln Co., Ky., p. 116. Cited by Finley (1995)
  32. ↑ . Bible record in possession of James D. Finley, Modesto, California.. Cited by Finley (1995)
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  34. ↑ Bransford (1928), 2
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Bransford (1928), 6
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Bransford, (1928)
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  51. ↑ France (1939) 51
  52. ↑ 52.00 52.01 52.02 52.03 52.04 52.05 52.06 52.07 52.08 52.09 52.10 France (1939), 52-53. Issue Family Record, citing Register Rock Presbyterian Church, Maxwell's Genealogy Baptism, Virginia, and Chalkley's Augusta County Records.
  53. ↑ France (1939) 53
  54. ↑ France (1930), p. 2 of section on Finleys in Virginia, cited by Carmen Finley (2003) . p. 171.
  55. ↑ Stout, p. 13
  56. ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 56.8 Stout, (1956) Vol I, p. 22
  57. ↑ 57.00 57.01 57.02 57.03 57.04 57.05 57.06 57.07 57.08 57.09 57.10 57.11 57.12 57.13 57.14 57.15 57.16 57.17 57.18 57.19 Stout (1956), p. 37. John Finley (1706-1773) is #3-02-1.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Stout (1940) 20
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 Stout, Condensed Genealogy, 33. This John's code is 9-1-1.
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.5 60.6 60.7 Stout (1956), p. 61. John Finley (1724-1791) is #4-02-11
  61. ↑ Bransford (1928), p 12
  62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 Finley (1995)
  63. ↑ Finley (2003), p. 11"
  64. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 5 Nov 2021), "Record of John Finley, Sr.", Ancestor # A041282.
  65. ↑ Bransford, p. 8, citing Henning's Statutes of Virginia, Vol VII, p. 179
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Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works

See also:

  • Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds, Page 280
  • Title:The Finleys of Virginia General Note: "A history of the Finley Family beginning with the Finley clan in Scotland, 1631. An account of the early American colonists of Virginia, down to and including the present generation."
  • Findley DNA Project: Patriarchs - WorldFamilies.net [1]
  • American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A, Volume 12, edited by Thomas Patrick Hughes, Frank Munsell, Page 178




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