Brief Life History of William
When William Finley was born about 1756, in Virginia, United States, his father, Archibald Finley, was 19 and his mother, Sarah A. Barnhill, was 19. He married Rosanna Vise on 13 November 1788, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 17 October 1808, in Harrison District, Charles City County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 53.
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- William Finley, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Finley - Published information: birth:
Spouse and Children
1756–1808 Male
1767–1807 Female
Children (5)
1779–1858 Male
1782–1849 Male
1783–1825 Female
1790–1845 Female
1795– Male
Parents and Siblings
1738–1797 Male
1738–1804 Female
Siblings (19)
1756–1808 Male
1761–1763 Female
1763–1774 Female
1765– Female
1765– Male
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World Events (7)
1758 · Mount Vernon
Age 2
1776
Age 20
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 24
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: from the Gaelic personal name Fionnlagh (Old Irish Findlaech), from fionn ‘white, fair’ (see Finn ) + laoch ‘hero’, reinforced by an Old Norse name based on finn ‘Finn’ + leikr ‘fight’ or ‘hero’. The name is common in Ireland as well as Scotland.
English: habitational name from one or more lost, unidentified or altered placenames so named, such as Philleyholme, Dorset (recorded as Finelegh in 1280) derived from Old English fīna ‘wood-pecker’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Also a variant of Findlow, from Finlow Hill in Over Alderley, Cheshire (from Old English fīn ‘heap’ + hlāw ‘mound, hill’ meaning ‘heaped mound’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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