Finley References in Abstracts of Probate Records,
Cumberland Co., PA, 1750-1825

LDS film #50344

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Robert Thompson, Air.(?)
24 Sept. 1762 5 April 1764
Children, William, Robert, Elizabeth, minors. 24(?) & Guardian of Children,
William Smith.
Land in Colony of Virginia.
Witnesses,
Saml Findley Robert Thompson
Robt. Smith.
(page 58 of abstracts; recorded A:120)

James Johnston, Antrim
23 July 1764 26 April 1765
Wife, Elizabeth. Son James. Son Thomas, minor. Land adjoining Henry Gordon &
Robert McCullough. Sons John & Robert, minors. Land known as Stuart's Draft.
Land joining William Stover. Dautrs Mary Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston and
Martha
Johnston, when eighteen years of age. Exrs wife Elizabeth Johnston & Son James
Johnston.
Witnesses.
William Findley James Johnston
James Moorhead her
William Beatty Elizabeth x Johnston
mark

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(page 63 of abstracts; recorded A:130/133)

William Smith, Peters
7 Sept. 1774 8 April 1775
Wife, Mary. Minor children, William, Robert & Mary. Son-in-law Saml
Findley and
his wife, dau: Jane. Dau: Rebeka. Bro: Robert Smith. Land at Widow Black's
Land. Land on Licking Creek, occupied by John Burd, that tenanted by Morris
Michalmas. Tract in the forks of York: and Moningehela, adjoining Morris
Beatty.
Lands on Crooked Creek, in partnership with Dr Alison and Saml Findley. Land on
Patterson's Run. Extrs. Bro: Abraham Smith, son-in-law James Johnston and Dugal
Campbell. Guardians over minor children, Jonathan Smith, James McDowell and
Matthew Nelson.
Witnesses,
James Johnston
Ed. Moore Wm. Smith
William Roberts
A certified copy of the will gives son-in-law John Johnston. Witness D. Moore

(page 142 of abstracts; recorded B:188/192)
[Note: This Samuel Finley is Stout's Samuel Findlay (4-54-32)]

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William Sharp, Letterkenny, yeoman
17 May 1781 22 June 1781
Wife, Mary. Dau: Susannah, wife of Michael Kerr. Dau: Jean, wife of John
Reed.
Dau: Martha , wife of James Mitchell. Sons, William, John, David, and George,
minors. Land adjoining Samuel Culbertson's. Land adjoining John Finley.
Extrs.
wife Mary & James McConnell of Letterkenny.
Witnesses.
John Gray, William Sharp.
John Finley, James Finley.
(page 231 of abstracts; recorded D:46/8)

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John Finley, Letterkenny, Yeoman
9 Aug. 1783 21 Oct. 1783
Wife Mary. Dau: Elizabeth Armstrong. Son James. Dautrs: Martha Jack, Hanna
McConochee, and Mary Rippey. Sons Joseph and John Finley. Land in Letterkenny
township bounded by Land of Samuel Culbertson, James Stewart, James Finley and
Heirs of William Sharp. G. sons John Jack and John Mc Conochee. Ex. Son James
Finley.
Witnesses,
Mattw Henderson, John Finley
John Gray, Samuel Finley.
(page 272 of abstracts; recorded D:178/9)
[Note: This John Finley is Stout's #3-04-4, son of John Finley and Alice
Mitchell]

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John Hodge, West-Pennsborough, Yeoman
13 Nov. 1789 20 Dec. 1789
Wife Agness. Son William. G. son John, son of William. Exrs. Samuel Finley and
Samuel Mathers. his
Witnesses, John Rippeth(?) Rippey John Hodge x
John Barns mark
(page 345 of abstracts; recorded E:148)

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John Caldwell, Newton
March 1793 20 Aug. 1793
Wife Ann. Sons, John & Samuel. Son Joseph. Land adjoining Leonard Thrush,
Andrew Ganets and Thomas Niel's houses. Land adjoining William Mc Cracan's
Exrs. Wife, son Joseph Caldwell, William McCracan and Samuel Findley.
Witnesses, John Russell. John Caldwell
Solomon Clyd.
(page 404 of abstracts; recorded E:304)

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