Capt. John Finley and Polly Stokely
Husband Capt. John Finley 1 2 3
Born: 6 May 1782 or 1790 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4 Christened: Died: 1813 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 Buried:
Father: Andrew Finley, Esq. (1750-1829) 1 2 4 5 6 Mother: Jane Jack ( - ) 2 4 6 7
Marriage: - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Wife Polly Stokely 1
AKA: Mary Stokeley,2 Polly Stokley 4 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Nehemiah Stokely ( - ) 2 8 Mother:
Children
1 M Nehemiah Finley 1 2
Born: 6 Jan 1821 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Josephine Kerr ( - ) 8
2 M Stokeley Finley 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Finley
He always followed farming. He commanded a militia company for many years and served as justice of the peace for several terms. He was a democrat and a presbyterian and died on the family homestead farm.
He and his wife had nine children, of whom seven were dead before 1890.
1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 581.
2 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 34.
3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 234.
4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 246.
5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 650.
6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 96.
7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 21.
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Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 582.
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