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Samuel Finley 1708–1772 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1708

Birth Location: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Death Date: 4 Mar 1772

Death Location: Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony

Father: Reverend (Presbyterian)

Mother: Elizabeth Patterson

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Samuel Finley was born in 1708 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, the child of Reverend James Samuel Finley Presbyterian And Elizabeth Patterson. Samuel Finley passed away in 1772 in Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony.

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Biography

  • Samuel Finley was born in 1708 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, the child of Reverend James Samuel Finley Presbyterian And Elizabeth Patterson.
  • Samuel Finley passed away in 1772 in Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony.

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Samuel Finley's Ancestors

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Samuel Finley
1708–1772
Birth Place: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Parents
Reverend James Samuel Finley (Presbyterian)
1687–1753
Dublin, Ireland
Elizabeth Patterson
1670–1755
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander Finlay
1667–1736
Newburn Parish, Inchervie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Catherine (Margaret) Jennings
1668–1742
Inchervie, Fifeshire, Scotland
Robert Patterson
1666–1730
Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
Margaret Fullerton^
1668–1754
Tyrone, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Clarence Patterson
1649–1731
Mary Moore
1648–1722
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Samuel Finley's Timeline

2 Records

1708
1708
Birth of Samuel Finley in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
1772
4 Mar 1772
Age 64
Death of Samuel Finley in Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony
Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708
    Event Place: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1772
    Event Place: Augusta Settlement (now Rockingham), Virginia Colony
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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