Thomas Finley

Here is a tidbit on Thomas' (1714-1772) wife Alethea Kidd Finley Britton

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

"Nicholas Britton of Balto. Co m by 17 Oct 1774, Alethea, widow and relict of Thomas Finley (BALR, AL#L 199)"

Started looking for this after reading an article on William Finley (1751-1815) who married Nancy Treadway (1773-1853).

http://www.tngenweb.org/robertson/family/familyfinleywm.html
William Finley’s history Contributed by Dr. Thomas G. Gilbert
Included in his recollections:
"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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