Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Finley, Esq. and Jane Jack




Husband Andrew Finley, Esq. 1 2 3 4 5

           Born: 1750 - Virginia 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1829 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John Finley (1713-1757) 3 5 6 7
         Mother: Martha Berkley (      -      ) 3 6


       Marriage: 



Wife Jane Jack 3 4 5 8

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Father: John Jack (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Eleanor [Unk] (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M Capt. John Finley 2 3 9

           Born: 6 May 1782 or 1790 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1813 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Polly Stokely (      -      ) 2
           Marr: South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA


2 F Martha Finley 9

           Born: 31 Jan 1784 4
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



3 F Eleanor Finley 9

           Born: 8 May 1786 10
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 F Jane "Jennie" Finley 3 9

           Born: 20 Oct 1788 10
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           Died: 
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5 M James B. Finley 9

           Born: 8 Apr 1791 10
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           Died: 
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6 F Mary "Polly" Finley 1 3 5 9 11 12

           Born: 5 Aug 1793 - near Port Royal, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 9 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Dec 1868 or 1888 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 10 12
         Buried:  - Sewickley Church Cemetery, near West Newton, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Walter Bell (1783-1868) 1 8 9 11 12 13
           Marr: 1815 9 12


7 M Andrew Finley 3 9

           Born: 29 Jul 1797 10
     Christened: 
           Died:  - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 



8 F Nancy Finley 1 3 12

           Born: 31 Oct 1799 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: William Bell (1782-1839) 1 9 12 13



General Notes: Husband - Andrew Finley, Esq.


He was a First Lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment Continental Army, enlisted soldiers of the Revolution, who received appreciation pay for their services (see page 162, Vol. 4, Pennsylvania Archives. 5th Series), commanded by Colonel Aeneas Mackay, and, after his death, by Colonel Daniel Broadhead.

He was born in Virginia from which he migrated in an early day to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he settled in South Huntingdon township. He owned a farm of four hundred acres and was a prominent man in the early history of that township. He was a presbyterian and a democrat and served as justice of the peace for many years.

He was the great-great-grandfather of J. V. Thompson.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 581.

3 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 34.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 246.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 96.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 324.

7 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 245.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 21.

9 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 234.

10 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 247.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 970.

12 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 27.

13 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 45.


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