Person:James Finley (3)

From Rootsweb.com database:

Research of Claude B. Finley, Jr., Damian L Dietlein and others - Compiled by Lee Ann Aigner Entries: 11624 Updated: Sun Mar 24 20:31:13 2002 Contact: Lee Ann Aigner

A work in progress. Some information and sources have not been confirmed.

ID: I11306 Name: James FINLEY Given Name: James Surname: Finley Sex: M Birth: 9 SEP 1631 in Inchervie, Fife, Scotland Death: 16 FEB 1681 in Incharvie,Fife,Scotland

Father: John FINLEY b: 8 JUN 1579 in Newburn Parish, Balchristie Fife Mother: Sarah CRAIGIE

Marriage 1 Barbara HENDERSON b: 1637 in Pencaitland,East Lotian,Scotland Married: 4 JAN 1648 in Newburn, Fife, Scotland

Marriage 2 Margaret MACKIE b: ABT 1636 in Scotland Married: 10 SEP 1666 in Aberdour,Fife,Scotland Children

Alexander FINLEY b: 30 JUL 1667 in Incharvie, Fife
Margaret FINLEY b: 1668
James FINLEY b: 1670
John FINLEY b: 1672

(From Finley Findings International. Vol 1. July 1977 - May 1978)

MARRIAGE: James FINLEY m (1st) 1649 Barbara HENDERSON, who d 1665 (WOOD's date; STOUT says 1658), with no issue; m (2nd) 10 Sept 1666, Margaret MACKIE (WOOD says MOCKIE; TORRENCE says MC KAY; FRANCE says MCKIE), daughter of Alexander MACKIE. She d 1672 with a will dated June 1672.

BIRTH: James, was baptized 9 Sept 1631, St. Andrew's Parish, County Fife; d 16 Feb 1681, Incharvie, County Fife.

LAND: On 14 July 1670, he was served as heir to his father.In a Scotch Deed, James FINLEY, partitioner of Incharvie, County Fife, has a grantor's bond dated 22 June 1652 and 10 Aug 1670. Margaret MACKIE, spouse of James FINLEY, partitioner, has a grantor's bond dated 1 Aug 1669 and 18 Jan 1670. STOUT says James FINLEY was granted land in 1652 in Newburn Parish, Balchrystie, County Fife, Scotland, and appears in Newburn Parish records up to 1679.

1. ↑ Finley Findings International,. (Vol 1 July 1987 to May 1988).