Jack Harry Finley

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According to Stout there was an ancient "Clan Fionnladh" (Fionnlaigh) predating Clan Farquharson from which we are descended. Some say the name Finley is derived from the Gaelic names Fionnlaoch or Finlocha meaning "Fair hero." It first appeared according to the Ancient Genealogies around 200 BC. Stout says it is derived from the Gaelic Finnladh which meand "son of Fergus".

Stout's source for the ancient genealogies was the manuscript "Pedigrees" at the Society of Genealogy, London. According to him the clan Finley was outlawed after Macbeth was killed and as a result took on the name Farquharson for several generations. Eugenius MCFINLAY, a fourth son of Macbeth born around 1200 in Aberdeenshire , also known as Shaw Farquhar(son), was chief Clan Finley. This was the first use Farquharson in the ancient genealogies.

I couldn't find any other use of the name Farquharson before or after this until the 1400's when the descendants of Ferquhard Shaw took the name of Farquharson from Ferquhard. The current Clan Farquharson is descended from this line.

In "Scottish Clans and Regiments", Sir Thomas Inns states: "The old Clan Fionnladh reemerged in the early part of the thirteenth century as one of the original 16 Clans of the "Hail Kin Clan Chattan"

Vol I of FINLEY FINDINGS INTERNATIONAL states: Because of this [Finley being outlawed] the Clan FIONNLAGH took on the name of the Clan FARQUHARSON, so named because of the Farquhar SHAW of Rothiemurchus. WOOD and FRANCE state: "In 1236 in the Braes of Mar at the head of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, there was a certain chief named FEARCHAR, son of FARQUHAR, who was the fourth son of Shaw DUBH of Rothiemurchus, who was head of a powerful clan known in the Highlands as Clan FIONNLAGH, a sept of the great confederation, Clan CHATTAN, which held large possessions which were acquired by marriage with the heiress of Invercauld and from this FEARCHAR.

Clan Farquharson was part of the Clan Chattan confederation which included Clan Shaw, Clan Macintosh, Macpherson, Macbean, Davidson and Clan Farquharson. The genealogies get very complicated at this point.

Shaw "Mor", great-grandson of Angus, 6th Chief of MacKintosh and Eva of Clan Chattan was, by tradition, the leader of Clan Chattan. His son, James, was killed at Harlaw in 1411 but his heir, Alasdair "Ciar" succeded him.

The Clan Farquharson page at tartans.com says: Clan Farquharson, of Celtic origin, derives from Farquhar, fourth son of Alexander "Ciar" Mackintosh of Rothiemurchus, 5th Chief of Clan Shaw. A grant of arms made by Lord Lyon in 1697 stated that John Farquharson of Invercauld was lawfully descended of Shaw son of MacDuff, Thane of Fife whose successors had the name Shaw until Farquhar Shaw, son to Shaw of Rothiemerchus, Chief of the whole name came to be called Farquharson. Thus the Farquharsons branched from Clan Shaw. Farquhar settled in the Braes of Mar and was appointed baillie or chamberlain thereof. It was Donald Farquharson who married Isobel Stewart, heiress of Invercauld and their son Finlay MÛr, 1st of the House of Farquharson of Invercauld, who gave to the Farquharson Chiefs their style MacFionnlaidh (siol Fhionnlaidh or descendents of Finlay).

At Clan MacKintosh it states: "Angus [the 20th chief of MacKintosh], married Anne, daughter of Farquharson of Invercauld, a lady who distinguished herself greatly inthe rebelion of 1745."

History of the Shaw/Seath Clan states: Shaw Macduff, a younger son of Duncan, Thane of Fife (a descendant of Kenneth mac Alpin) assisted King Malcolm IV in putting down a rebellion in Moray and he was made keeper of Inverness castle. Shaw's grandson was granted land in Rothiemurchus (in Strathspey). His son married a daughter of the Macdonald Lord of Islay in 1291.

Patricia Myers wrote: Farquhar Shaw, the fourth son of Alexander III, Shaw of Rothiemurchus, was the ancestor of Clan FARQUHARSON. His son married the heiress of Invercauld and the Clan gained its lands on Deeside. Its most famous chief was Farquhar, Finla Mor who consolidated the Clan and who carried the Royal Standard at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547 fighting for Mary, Queen of Scots."Castles

Braemar Castle, was owned by the Farquharson family in 1731 and Invercauld Castle still is owned and occupied by the Farquharson family.
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• Ancestors of Jack Harry Finley

Generation No. 1

1. Jack Harry Finley, born 18 Sep 1921 in Arkansas; died 08 Mar 1986 in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of 2. Orbrie Dee Finley and 3. Bertha Lee. He married (1) Claudia Inez Mauk 25 Jul 1950 in Georgia. She was born 26 Jun 1932 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of Claud Bosworth Mauk and Nezzie Dickerson.

More About Jack Harry Finley: Burial: 12 Mar 1986, Rose Hills Mortuary, Norwalk, California Residence: 1930, Cleveland, Fulton, Arkansas Social Security Number: 532-28-5281 SSN issued: Washington

Generation No. 2

2. Orbrie Dee Finley, born Abt. 1890 in Arkansas. He was the son of 4. Harvey D Finley and 5. Willie Lou Finley. He married 3. Bertha Lee. 3. Bertha Lee, born 1898. She was the daughter of 6. Willis Earl Lee and 7. Cynthia or Charlotte Combs.

More About Orbrie Dee Finley: Residence: 1930, Cleveland, Fulton, Arkansas

More About Bertha Lee: Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1900, Liberty, Casey, Kentucky
Children of Orbrie Finley and Bertha Lee are: i. Male Finley Finley, born Abt. 1920 in Arkansas. ii. Aubrey Finley, born Abt. 1925 in Arkansas.

Child of Orbrie Finley and Bertha Lee is: 1 i. Jack Harry Finley, born 18 Sep 1921 in Arkansas; died 08 Mar 1986 in Los Angeles, California; married Claudia Inez Mauk 25 Jul 1950 in Georgia.

Generation No. 3

4. Harvey D Finley, born 11 Jan 1880; died 06 Dec 1945. He was the son of 8. Ruffus "Ruffious" Finley and 9. Isabelle Henry. He married 5. Willie Lou Finley. 5. Willie Lou Finley, born 14 Aug 1881 in White Cty, Tennessee, USA; died 20 Feb 1917. She was the daughter of 10. John Wesley Finley and 11. Melissa Ann Clayton.

More About Harvey D Finley: Residence: 1900, Civil District 3, Putnam, Tennessee

More About Willie Lou Finley: Residence: 1920, Civil District 9, White, Tennessee
Child of Harvey Finley and Willie Finley is: 2 i. Orbrie Dee Finley, born Abt. 1890 in Arkansas; married (1) Bertha Lee; married (2) Bertha Lee.

6. Willis Earl Lee, born 11 Nov 1860 in Fentress County Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1951 in Casey County Kentucky. He was the son of 12. Bartholet Lee and 13. Catherine Williams. He married 7. Cynthia or Charlotte Combs 06 Jul 1882 in Casey, Kentucky, USA. 7. Cynthia or Charlotte Combs, born 1865 in Kentucky; died WFT Est. 1887-1957. She was the daughter of 14. Joe Combs and 15. Lucy Huddleston.

More About Willis Earl Lee: Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1870, Lee, Casey, Kentucky

More About Cynthia or Charlotte Combs: Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1920, Liberty, Casey, Kentucky
Children of Willis Earl Lee are: i. Minnie Lee, born 1884.

More About Minnie Lee: Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1920, Liberty, Casey, Kentucky

ii. Bert Lee, born 1886.

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iii. Celeste Lee, born 1888.

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iv. James Lee, born 1890.

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v. Bartholet Lee, born 1894.

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Children of Willis Lee and Cynthia Combs are: 3 i. Bertha Lee, born 1898; married (1) L G Montgomery; married (2) Orbrie Dee Finley; married (3) Orbrie Dee Finley; married (4) Harland Arwyne Fike Abt. 1933 in Arkansas. ii. Minnie Lee, born 1884.

More About Minnie Lee: Record Change: 09 Jun 2006

iii. James Lee, born 1890.

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Generation No. 4

8. Ruffus "Ruffious" Finley, born 19 Jun 1860 in White, Tennessee, USA; died 1929. He was the son of Bluford Finley and Adalade Johnson. He married 9. Isabelle Henry 16 Dec 1879. 9. Isabelle Henry, born 13 Aug 1861 in Putnam, Tennessee, USA; died 1929. She was the daughter of Lidgard Fine Henry and Nancy Thomas.

More About Ruffus "Ruffious" Finley: Residence: 1900, Civil District 3, Putnam, Tennessee

More About Isabelle Henry: Residence: 1900, Civil District 3, Putnam, Tennessee
Child of Ruffus Finley and Isabelle Henry is: 4 i. Harvey D Finley, born 11 Jan 1880; died 06 Dec 1945; married Willie Lou Finley.

10. John Wesley Finley, born 07 Nov 1855 in Tennessee, USA; died 1912. He was the son of James Hamilton Finley and Martha Francis James. He married 11. Melissa Ann Clayton 08 Nov 1889 in Randolph, Arkansas, USA. 11. Melissa Ann Clayton, born 14 Mar 1868 in Lawrence, Tennessee, USA; died 1950. She was the daughter of William Clayton and Lucinda V Mcgee.

More About John Wesley Finley: Residence: 1920, Broad River, Stephens, Georgia
Child of John Finley and Melissa Clayton is: 5 i. Willie Lou Finley, born 14 Aug 1881 in White Cty, Tennessee, USA; died 20 Feb 1917; married Harvey D Finley.

12. Bartholet Lee, born 1825 in Tennessee; died 1873 in Casey County, Kentucky. He was the son of Sir Sir Thomas Leigh Lee and Matilda Oney. He married 13. Catherine Williams 1859 in Fentress, Tennessee, USA. 13. Catherine Williams, born 1838 in Fentress County, Tennessee; died 1900 in Casey County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of William Williams and Elizabeth Lay.

More About Bartholet Lee: Burial: Salem Church Cemetery, Casey County, Rheber Kentucky Census: 1850, Fentress County, Tennessee Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1860, Jamestown, Fentress, Tennessee Unknown-Begin: Also refered to as B. Lee, Tholet Lee, Bartholomew Lee

More About Catherine Williams: Census: 1860, Fentress County, Tennessee Record Change: 09 Jun 2006 Residence: 1870, Lee, Casey, Kentucky

Marriage Notes for Bartholet Lee and Catherine Williams: _MENDDeath of one spouse_MENDDivorce_MENDDeath of one spouse
Children of Bartholet Lee and Catherine Williams are: i. William M. Lee, born 1859 in Fentress County Tennessee; died 17 Dec 1938 in Casey County Kentucky; married (1) Martha Short; born WFT Est. 1850-1871; died WFT Est. 1893-1960; married (2) Martha J. Fair.

More About William M. Lee: Census: 1860, Fentress County, Tennessee Record Change: 09 Jun 2006

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6 ii. Willis Earl Lee, born 11 Nov 1860 in Fentress County Tennessee; died 12 Mar 1951 in Casey County Kentucky; married (2) Cynthia or Charlotte Combs 06 Jul 1882 in Casey, Kentucky, USA. iii. Florence Lee, born 1863 in Fentress County Tennessee; died 1943; married UNKNOWN Wilson.

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iv. Nancy Lee, born 1869 in Kentucky; married David B. Warren.

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v. Nannie Jane Lee, born 06 Apr 1870 in Casey County Kentucky; died 14 Oct 1945 in Casey County Kentucky; married David B. Warren.

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vi. Florence Lee, born 1863 in Fentress County Tennessee; died 1943; married UNKNOWN Wilson.

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vii. Nancy Lee, born 1869 in Kentucky; married David B. Warren.

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14. Joe Combs, born 1822; died 1906. He was the son of Joseph Coombes and Rachel Herron. He married 15. Lucy Huddleston. 15. Lucy Huddleston, born 29 Jan 1820 in Overton, Tennessee, USA; died 12 May 1876 in Kentucky, USA. She was the daughter of Jarriott Morgan Huddleston and Charlotte HILL.
Child of Joe Combs and Lucy Huddleston is: 7 i. Cynthia or Charlotte Combs, born 1865 in Kentucky; died WFT Est. 1887-1957; married Willis Earl Lee 06 Jul 1882 in Casey, Kentucky, USA.