Samuel F. Finney
(1779-1856)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth

2. Jane S. Wilson

Samuel F. Finney 1 2

  • Born: 29 Aug 1779, , , PA 2
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth
  • Marriage (2): Jane S. Wilson
  • Died: 25 Mar 1856, Sadsbury Township, Lancaster, PA, USA at age 76 2
  • Buried: Parkesburg: Upper Octorara Church Cemetery, Chester, PA, USA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LD9L-M1V.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Owner of a public house (tavern) in Dec 1827 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. 3

2. Census in 1830 in Salisbury Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 Name: Samuel Finney
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Salisbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9.

3. Samuel Finney is listed next to son-in-law Benjamin Beecher census in 1840 in Sadsbury Twp., Chester, PA. 5 Name: Samuel Tinney
[Samuel Finney]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10.

4. Census in 1850 in Sadsbury Township, Lancaster, PA, USA. 6 The 1850 census recorded Samuel Finney, farmer, 71, living with wife Jane, 50; Sylvester Finney, 19; James Finney, 16; William Finney, 14; son Francis Finney, 11; Henry Finney, 9. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Newspaper: Lancaster Intelligencer: Notice of Orphan's Court hearing for Samuel Finney, Sadsbury township. By Jane S. Finney, acting Administratrix., 8 Dec 1857, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 7


Samuel married Elizabeth. (Elizabeth was born about 1790 in , Lancaster, PA and died from 1830 to 1840 in , Lancaster, PA.)


Samuel next married Jane S. Wilson. (Jane S. Wilson was born about 1800, died on 28 Jun 1871 in Sadsbury Twp., Chester, PA 8 and was buried in Parkesburg: Upper Octorara Church Cemetery, Chester, PA, USA 8.)

Sources

1 (Chicago, Brant & Fuller, 1887. Available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=GETWAAAAMAAJ Google Books.), Page 684. Biography of William V. Beecher.

2 , https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53193825.

3 (Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA), 11 Dec 1827, page 4.

4 , 1830 US Census; Census Place: Salisbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Page: 255; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 153; Family History Film: 0020627.

5 , Year: 1840; Census Place: Sadsbury, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: 453; Page: 122; Image: 259; Family History Library Film: 0020542.

6 , https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HG-LLY Samuel Finney Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, PA.

7 (Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA), 8 Dec 1857, page 3.

8 , https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53193823.


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