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William Finley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Death: September 15, 1789 (77)
Wythe County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of James Finley and Elizabeth Finley
Husband of Mary Finley
Father of Lt. Robert Finley; John Finley; William Finley and William Finley
Brother of Joseph Finley; John Finley, I; Samuel Finley; Rose Henderson; Robert Finley and 1 other
Half brother of John Patterson Findley

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About William Finley

We have conflicting information about William Finley.

Minor: Birthdate. Ancestry.com says 6 Mar 1712; Roots Web says 6 May 1712; and FamilySearch says Jun 1712. Mar vs May could be a transcription error. Jun could be a baptism date.

Major: the "Glasgow Family History" says

"Wm. Finley, Sr. of Augusta Co. Va., md. Martha Steele, dau. of Samuel Steele, in 1758. Augusta Co. included nearly all of West Va., Ky., Ohio, Ind. Ill. and part of western Pa. The Finley's first settled at Oxford, Pa., then Wm. and son Robt. went to Staunton, Va. to Tinkling Springs congregation...." Glasgow Family History, p 31

However, all the other sources I have say that William married Mary Wallace in 1734 and that William's son Robert married Martha Steele in 1767. The birth dates support the latter.

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William Finley's Timeline

1712
March 6, 1712
Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
1730
1730
Province of Virginia
1740
1740
1743
June 20, 1743
Tinkling Springs, Augusta County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1745
June 23, 1745
Augusta County, Province of Virginia
1789
September 15, 1789
Age 77
Wythe County, Virginia, United States