My questions are from publication - the entire document is located: http://www.tngenweb.org/robertson/family/familyfinleywm.html
Based on this document, I believe that the parents of William are Thomas and Alethea Kidd Finley. This is based upon Dr Thomas G Gilbert's recollections. Dr Gilbert is a direct descendant - father Thomas Edward Gilbert grandfather was William Cummins Gilbert.
Family bible: http://www.tngenweb.org/robertson/bible/biblegilbertwc.html
excerpt from linking Dr Gilbert to Finleys
Nancy Treadway Finley last applied for a Revolutionary War Pension while living at her daughter's home of Priscilla and McCane Delaney in Carroll County, Tennessee in 1853. Living adjacent to her was her grandson, William Cummins Gilbert, who owned the 60 acre adjacent farm. William C. Gilbert was the son of William Gilbert, born 1800, and Elizabeth Finley, born 1801, all of Robertson County, Tennessee. William Gilbert, (1800 - 1837) was the son of Webster Gilbert (1780 - aft 1840) and Susanna Byrd, both of them born in North Carolina. Application: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/54565623 [WILLIAM CUMMINS GILBERT WAS DR GILBERT'S GRANDSON]
excerpt:on William's parents:
"On August 15, 1789, William married Nancy Treadway. She was not quite 16 years old, born August 5, 1773, and was living on the Holston River near the Tennessee and Virginia line. According to the 1790 Census in Baltimore County, no Finley's were listed, so they must have all left by this time, however, the Finley's and Treadway's were enumerated in the Morgan District of Burke County, North Carolina. Buncombe County was formed in 1791, and some members of the Britain and Treadway family including William Finley were located there. Those Britain's present were the half-brothers of William Finley. His father, THOMAS Finley died and his mother married Nicholas Britain in Baltimore County, Maryland"
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I FOUND MARRIAGE OF ALETHEA FINLEY AND NICHOLAS BRITTON in MD records which corroborates this:
Nicholas Britton of Balto. Co m by 17 Oct 1774, Alethea, widow and relict of Thomas Finley (BALR, AL#L 199)
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/stagser/s1500/s1527/html/ssi1527bl.html
https://baltimoregenealogysociety.org/notebook_archive/1977-1985-2.pdf
https://baltimoregenealogysociety.org/notebook_archive/1986-1991.pdf
Thomas' parents were James (1787-1753) and Elizabeth Patterson (1690-1754) Finley
Thomas was born 17 Nov 1714 in Ireland and died 4 Mar 1772 in Cumberland PA.
Married Alethea Kidd 22 Jul 1747 in Maryland:
DAR From Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777, by Robert Barnes (1987):
FINLEY, Thomas, 22 Jul 1747, Althea KIDD 3 BA-160
Agree?
