23 July 2007

THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES FINLEY and ELIZABETH WARRENDER.

     
 


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Andrew Finlay. Married  Janet Hay. They lived in Cupar Angus, Forfarshire where their children were all baptized.
A. James Finley. Born Cupar Angus, Forfarshire 15 September 1530. Died 26 March 1597. In a Royal Charter given at Edinburgh on 29 April 1574, the king confirmed to James Finley, partitioner of Cupar Angus, now partitioner of Balchryrstie, County Fife, a moiety of land in Newborn Parish of St. Andrew, County Fife; the charter said he was "of Cupar Angus" (i.e. was born there), but is now of Balchrystie, Fife. Married in Balchrystie, Fife, between 1575-76 Elizabeth Warrender. Born 1555.
1. Andrew Finley. Born 15 April 1576, St. Andrews Balchrystie, Fife, Scotland. Died Newton Rires, Fife 1654. Married, 1610, Christina Forbes (born 1589).
a. Arthur Finley. Born Balchrystie 1611. Married Margaret Bruce (died 1693).
i. Christine Finley.
ii. Robert Finlay. Died 1722.
2. John Finley. Born St Andrews, Newburn Parish, Balchrystie, Fife 8 June 1579.  Died 6 October 1670 [8]. Married first Eleanor Forbes (dvu). Married second in Balchrystie, Fife 3 October 1630 Sarah Craigie (born c.1581; died Balchrystie, Fife, Scotland 06 April 1669) daughter of Hugh Craigie and Christina, née Smith (Smyth). Sarah Silber advises that Sarah was descended from the Kings of England.
a. James Finley. Born Incharvie, Fife, Scotland 09 September 1631. Died Incharvie 16 February 1680/81  In 1632 he was granted land at Balchrystie. He appears in Newburn Parish records until 1679. Married first Barbara Henderson (born 1637). Married second, 10 September 1666, Margaret Mackie (born Scotland 1636; died 1672). Their descendants include:
i. Alexander Finley. Born Incarvie, Fife 30 July 1667. Died Dublin, Ireland 23 January 1735/36. He removed to Ireland in 1674. In 1690 he served in King William's War. Wool and linen merchant in Dublin. Married in Co. Derry, Ireland, 10 January 1686/87, Margaret Jennings (born Ireland 1668, died Dublin 1742), dau of William Jennings and Mary, née Morduck.
aa. James Finley. Born Ireland 4 December 1688. Died Green twp, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania 10 February 1753. Married, 10 January 1706, Elizabeth Patterson (born 16 March 1690; died Franklin Co, PA 1753-55).
I. John Finley. Born Dublin 1706. Died Augusta Co, VA 1773. Married Elizabeth Thankful Doak, dau of Samuel Doak. [13]
AA. John Finley. Born 28 December 1724 [1]. Died c.1791. Married in Virginia Mary Caldwell. [13]
(1) John Caldwell Finley. Born c.1742. Died c.1818. Married Ann Miller (born c.1745; died c.1805). [13]
(a) Robert Miller Finley. Born c.1782. Born c.1869. Married Nancy Bryant (born c.1784; died c.1854). [13]
(i) David Miller Finley. Born c.1816. Died c.1863. Married Elizabeth McIwaine (born c.1816; died c.1861). [13]
(aa) David Edward Finley Sr. Born 28 Feb 1861. Died 26 January 1917. Married Elizabeth Lewis Gist. [13]
(A) David Edward Finley Jr. Born 13 September 1890. Married ______ Eustis. [13]
(B) Francis Gist Finley. Born c.1892. Married Joseph D Brown. [13]
(C Mary Elizabeth Finley. Born c.1894. Married Walter B Moore Jr. [13]
(D) William Gist Finley. Born c.1895. Married Carey Jeter. [13]
(E) Robert McIwaine Finley. Born c.1897. Married ______ Rutt. [13]
(F) States Rights Gist Finley. Born c.1898. Married ______ Snyder. [13]
(G) (female) Finley. Married Robert Lee Collins. [13]
(H) ______ Finley. Married ______ Hisks. [13]
(2) Margaret Finley. Born 2 November 1746. Born c.1802. Married John Shields. [13]
(a) James Shields. Born 9 March 1772. Died 7 September 1839. Married Elizabeth Higginbotham (born 11 July 1778). [13]
(i) Egbert Oswald Shields. Born c.1818. Died c.1883. Married Sarah Ellen Brent. [13]
(ii) Margaret Finley Shields. Born 27 March 1801. Died 2 April 1831. Married Willis Rucker Plunkett. [13]
(aa) Eliza Frances Plunkett. Born 14 June 1819. Died 7 August 1908. Married Alexander Brown Higginbotham. [13]
(A) Cyrus Aaron Higginbotham. Born 25 August 1852. Died 15 April 1896. Married Althea Jane Higginbotham. [13]
(3) George Finley. Born 4 January 1747/48. Died before 19 December 1817. Married Mary ("Polly") Gaines. [13]
(a) Obadiah Finley. [13]
(4) David Finley. Born Augusta Co., Virginia 1 June 1754. Married Elizabeth Mounts. [13]
(5) Samuel Finley. [13]
(6) Thomas Finley. [13]
BB. Robert Finley. Born 10 May 1726. [1]
CC. Margaret Finley. Born 18 June 1728. Died young. [1]
DD. Andrew Finley. Born 6 October 1730. [1]
EE. Rose Finley. Born 12 April 1736. [1]
FF. Thomas Finley. Born Chester Co., PA 18 November 1737. Died Montgomery Co., VA 5 June 1816. Married 1756 Mary Heaven (born 1734, died VA 1828). [1]
(1) John Finley. Born Bucks Co., PA 10 May 1760. Died Greenfield, Greene Co., IL 11 February 1839. Married 1784 Mary Beavers (born VA 30 December 1761, died Greenfield 24 February 1851). [1]
(a) Elizabeth Finley. Born 1786. [1]
(b) Mary Finley. Born 6 February 1788. [1]
(c) Thomas Heaven Finley. Born 15 March 1790. [1]
(d) James Finley. Born 1793. [1]
(e) Howard Finley. Born c.1795. [1]
(f) Moses Malcum Finley. Born 23 March 1799. [1]
(g) Prudence Finley. Born 15 March 1800. [1]
(h) Morning Donniho Finley. Born 2 June 1802. Left on the doorstep and adopted. [1]
(i) William A Finley. Born Roane Co., TN 1804. Married in Greenfield, Greene Co., IL 16 February 1827 Elizabeth Osborn (born Richland, Ohio 5 June 1805, died Hopewell, Wise Co., Texas 27 May 1887). [1]
(i) Mary Ann Finley. Born December 1828. [1]
(ii) Mouring Finley. Born March 1830. [1]
(iii) Nancy Jane Finley. Born 1832. [1]
(iv) John O Finley. Born 1833. [1]
(v) Francis M Finley. Born 1835. [1]
(vi) Emeiline F Finley. Born June 1837. [1]
(vii) Thomas J Finley. Born Madison County, Illinois 1841. Died Hopewell, Wise County, Texas. Married 1864 Eliza ("Lizza") Jennings (born MS (per 1880 Census, some say AL) 1841). [1]
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Elizabeth Finley. Born 1866

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Elzada (Alzada) Finley. Born Decatur, Wise County, Texas 14 February 1868. Married 22 February 1885 David James Beaty.

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(A) Pleasant Jefferson Beaty. Born 26 October 1885.

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(B) (William) Emmett Beaty. Born 5 December 1887.

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(C) Nancy E Beaty. Born 15 December 1889.

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(D) (James) Reggare Beaty. Born 2 January 1892.

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(E) (Joseph) Grady Beaty. Born 6 March 1894.

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(F) George Lee Beaty. Born 3 September 1896.

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(G) Anna Mae Beaty. Born 8 May 1898.

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(H) Minnie Beaty. Born 15 November 1900.

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(I) Raymond Beaty.

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(J) Lula Beaty. Born 2 May 1906.

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(K) Laura Bell Beaty. Born 22 February 1909.

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(L) Jacob ("Jake") Edward Beaty. Born 24 January 1911.

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John Edmond Finley. Born 10 April 1870

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Charles Orlando Finley. Born 8 October 1873

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Thomas M Finley. Born 1874

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Ginettie Finley. Born 1877

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Mary Ewiling Finley. Born May 1880

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(viii) William A Finley. Born 1843. [1]
(ix) Susan Texas Finley. Born 5 March 1844. Married George Aircheart Buchannan. [1]
(x) Louisa J Finley. Born 1845. [1]
(xi) Judith C Finley. Born 1847. [1]
(j) Rebecca Finley. Born 11 April 1808. [1]
(2) Howard Finley. Born 1758. [1]
(3) Thomas Finley. Born 1762. [1]
(4) Elizabeth Finley. Born 1764. [1]
(5) Margaret ("Peggy") Finley. Born 1766. [1]
(6) Sarah ("Sally") Finley. Born 1768. [1]
GG. Samuel Finley. Born March 1738/9. [1]
HH. Elizabeth Finley. Born 18 January 1740/41.

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II. William Joseph Finley. Born 30 January 1742/43. [1]
(1) William Finley. Married Nancy Barron. [13]
(a) William H Finley. Married Mary L Wallace. [13]
(i) Robert Wallace Finley. Born after 1850. [13]
JJ. Thankful Finley. Born 30 June 1740/41. [1]
KK. Jean Finley. Born 16 February 1743/44. [1]
LL. Captain James Finley. Born 8 May 1745. [1]
MM. Margaret Finley. Born December 1746. [1]
NN. George Finley. Born 4 January 1747/48 [1]. Died 22 August 1810. Married Jean Jane (died after 5 July 1805). [13]
(1) Rachel Finley. Married James Glenn. [13]
(2) Elizabeth Finley. Married Peter Hay. [13]
(3) Mary Finley. Married Hugh Orr. [13]
OO. David Finley. Born 10 January 1748/49.

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II. Joseph Finley. Born Dublin 1708. Died Kent Co, DE.
III. Samuel Finley. Born Dublin 1708. Died Augusta Co, VA before November 1763.
IV. Robert Finley. Born Dublin 1710. Died Cumberland Co, PA before November 1772.
V. William Finley. Born Dublin 6 March 1712. Died Augusta Co., VA 1789. Married, 1734, Mary Wallace (born Dublin c.1712; died Augusta Co, VA before 1783).
AA. John Finley. Born Augusta Co., Virginia 15 December 1737. Died Augusta Co., VA before 25 October 1802. Married Esther Reid (born  1782;  died before 1802).
(1) James F. Finley. Born Staunton, Augusta Co., Virginia 15 June 1783. Died Lincoln Co, MO 1866. Married Mary ("Patsy") Ramsey (born 26 November 1786; died 1851).
(a) Andrew Ramsey Finley. Born Shelbyville, KY 1818. Died Santa Ana, CA 1896. Married Caroline Gibson (born Lincoln Co., MO 1830; died Santa Ana, CA 1901).
(i) Margaret Ramsey Finley. 18 October 1851. Died July 1853.
(ii) Agnes Elder Finley. Born Lincoln, MO 2 February 1854. Died Antelope, CA 8 July 1873.
(iii) Joseph Finley. Born Lincoln, MO 14 July 1855. Died 14 July 1855.
(iv) Martha Emma Finley. Born 7 June 1856. Died 1947. Married Thomas McBride (born 1839; died 1892).
(aa) Arthur Thomas McBride Sr. Born Antelope, CA 1881. Died Antelope, CA 1962. Married in Roseville, CA, 1904, Elva May King (born San Larenzo, CA 1883; died Roseville, CA 1966).
(A) Arthur Thomas McBride, Jr. Born Antelope, CA 1915. Married Jean Sikes.
[A] Donald McBride. Born Sacramento, CA 22 November 1944.
(bb) Agnes Finley McBride. Born Antelope, CA 1882. Died Santa Ana, CA 1973. Married Edgerton Benjamin Sprague (born Windsor, VT 1880; died Santa Ana 1975).
(cc) John Leslie McBride. Born Antelope, CA 1886. Died Santa Ana, CA 1962. Married Ella Irene Maxwell (born Wetmore, KA 1886).
(dd) Bernice Ramsey McBride. Born Antelope, CA 1890. Died Santa Ana 1976.
(v) Sarah Hadassah Finley. Born MO 19 January 1858. Died Santa Ana, CA 20 February 1923.
(vi) James Andrew Finley. Born MO 30 December 1859. Died 2 February 1909. Married Gertrude Connell.
(vii) George Ralston Finley. Born 17 September 1861. Died 25 February 1864.
(viii) Solomon Henderson Finley. Born Lincoln, MO 10 October 1863. Died 4 December 1944. Married Ida Hedges.
(aa) Gailene Finley. Born Santa Ana 1896. Married Donald Mynard Swarthout.
(bb) Malcolm Hedges Finley. Born Santa Ana 1900.
(cc) Knox Henderson Finley. Born Santa Ana 1904.
(dd) Wendell William Finley.Born Santa Ana 1906. Married Florence Smith.
(ee) Rhodes Anderson Finley. Born Santa Ana 1913.
(ix) Albert Gibson Finley. Born Lincoln, MO 24 July 1865. Died Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA 7 December 1939. Married Helen Viola Rose.
(aa) William Harold Finley. Born Santa Ana 1900. Married Rheta Reed.
(A) _____ Finley (might be son through James or Albert). Married Patricia J ("Dinah") ____ (born 1 December 1930).
(bb) James Arthur Finley. Born Santa Ana 1903. Married Ramona Wallace.
(cc) Albert Leland Finley. Born Santa Ana 1904. Married Elizabeth Utt.
(dd) Margaret Janet Finley. Born Santa Ana 1915.
(x) Samuel Steele Finley. Born MO 14 June 1868. Died 21 April 1941. Married Pearl Perminah Woods.
(aa) Harold Woods Finley. Born Santa Ana 1900. Married Dorothy Rotsaert.
(bb) Caroline Finley. Born Santa Ana 1902. Married Harold William Lindsey.
(cc) Ruth Finley. Born Santa Ana 1905. Married Clifford Mouton Marston.
(xi) Infant Finley. Born Salinas, Monterey Co., CA 17 December 1870. Died 17 December 1870.
(xii) Lula Bell Finley. Born 5 April 1873.
VI. Thomas Finley. Born Dublin November 1714.
VII. Andrew Finley. Born Dublin 18 April 1717. Died York Co. PA 1806.
VIII. Samuel Finley. Born Dublin 17 January 1717/18. Died Cumberland Co., PA 1804.
IX. George Finley. Born Dublin 28 November 1719.
X. James Finley. Born Chester Co., PA 10 July 1720. Died 1790. Married Agnes Reid.
AA. James Finley. Married Mary Henderson. [2]
(1) Rhoda Finley. Married Samuel Henderson. [2]
(a) Nancy Emily Henderson. Married Jesse Justin Bridgewater. [2]
(i) Mary Ellen Bridgewater. Married Oscar Emmitt Fish. [2]
(aa) Fred Fish. Married Viola Mae Fisher. [2]
(A) Geneva Fish. Married John Lousch. [2]
[A] Terry Lousch. [2]
[a] Meredith Templeton. Born 25 November 1970. [2]
bb. Samuel Finley. Born Dublin 10 October 1689. Died West Nottingham, Cecil Co, MD c.1751. Married, 20 May 1709, Jean Whyte (born about 1689).
I. John Finley. Born Dublin 6 May 1710.
II. David Finley. Born Dublin 10 February 1711/12.
III. James Finley. Born 22 October 1714. Married, 1729, Sarah Jane Harrison.
AA. James Finley. Born 16 November 1737. Married, about 1759, Sarah Jane Barkley.
(1) Robert W Finley. Born about 1760. Married, about 1790, Mary Craig (born 17 April 1767).
(a) John Alexander Finley. Born 25 November 1802. Judge. Married, January 1828, Rebecca Gaffney (born 6 October 1807).
(i) Andrew Jackson Finley.
(aa) William Jefferson Finley.
(A) Claude LeRoy Finley.
[A] Phyllis Finley.
(ii) Willis Oscar Finley. Born 15 September 1849. Married, 20 September 1877, Mary Elizabeth Cozad.
(aa) Frank Preston Finley. Born 25 August 1889. Married, 9 October 1923, Bessie Irene Headley.
(A) Ivan Francis Finley. Born 14 December 1925. Married, 4 January 1945, Thelma Kinslow. They have three children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
IV. William Finley. Born 1716.
V. Samuel Finley. Born Cecil Co., MD 22 March 1717/18.
VI Richard Finley. Born Cecil Co., MD 1720.
VII. Margaret Finley. Born Cecil Co., MD 1722.
VIII. Robert Finley. Born Cecil Co., MD 1724.
cc. John Finley. Born Dublin, Ireland 23 August 1691. Died Shrewsbury Township, York Co., Pennsylvania 1764. John emigrated to America, landing in Newcastle, Delaware on 22 May 1720 and settling in Pennsylvania. He married in St Andrew's Church, Dublin, 9 February 1710/11, Elizabeth Marie McNeale (born 1690).
I. Alexander Finley. Born Ireland 1711. Died Cumberland twp, Washington Co., PA.
II. Elizabeth Marie Finley. Born 4 April 1713.
III. James Finley. Born Ireland 8 April 1715.
IV. Margaret Finley. Born Ireland 26 May 1717.
V. George Finley. Born Ireland 18 January 1717/18.
VI. John Finley. Born Ireland 16 January 1719/20. Died Letterkenny Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania before 21 February 1764. He married in Cumberland Co., about 1740, Alice Mitchell (died Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania).
AA. Sarah Finley. Born Pennsylvania betw. 1755-1760. Died Washington Twp., near Eaton, Preble County, Ohio between 25 August - 16 September 1834. Married in Pennsylvania, about 1775, Nathan Sellers (born Pennsylvania 1753; died Washington Twp., near Eaton, Preble County, Ohio 23 July 1824), son of Nathaniel Sellers.
A great great great great great grandson of Sarah Finley is:
[a] Father Scott Archer. Born 8 June 1962. A Roman Catholic priest living in Central Illinois who has a small parish and mission in the Diocese of Peoria.
VII. Samuel Finley. Born Chester Co., PA 1720.
dd. Andrew Finley. Born Fife 6 April 1692.
ee. Catherine Finley. Born 12 March 1693/94 1692. Died Ireland 1695.
ff. Alexander Finley. Born Co Armagh 10 February 1694/95 1696. Died Dublin 1773/74. Married 8 August 1715 Jean Patterson [9].
gg. William Finley. Born Fife c.1694. Died Ardstaw, Tyrone, Ireland 1772.
hh. Margaret Finley. Born Ireland 30 May 1696 1697.
ii. Margaret Finley. Born 1668. Married Charles Kidd.
iii. James Finley. Born Newburn Parish, Fife 1670. Died Inchorvie, Fife 1738.
aa. Margaret Finley. Born Paisley 1694.
bb. Ann Finley. Born Paisley 1695.
cc. John Finley. Born Paisley 1696.
dd.