52. Samuel8 Finney Captain (John9, John10, John11, William12, John13 Fienes, Richard14 Finies, Roger15 Fynes, William16 Fines, William17 Fienes, John18) was born in Wilmslow?, Cheshire 1642. Samuel died in 1712 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 69 years of age and was buried 7 Aug. 1712 at Christ Church.
He married twice. He married Mary Evans in Barbados, West Indies, 1664. He married Elizabeth Braine in Philadelphia?, Pennsylvania, AFT 1701. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Braine. Elizabeth died December 21, 1733.
Samuel became the father of Rodish Finney in Barbados?. He was christened in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, March 3, 1643. At 29 years of age Samuel became the father of John Finney in Barbados?, 1671. Samuel became the father of Samuel Finney in England?, ABT 1673. He moved 1681 in Cheshire from Barbados. At 40 years of age Samuel became the father of Charles Finney in Wilmslow?, Cheshire, 1682. Samuel became the father of Joseph Finney in England (Barbados?), ABT 1684. He purchased land 1684 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. He emigrated, 1699. Point of origin: Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. He purchased land August 4, 1699 in England. In 1703, William Penn appointed Samuel, already a member of his council, an high ranking office in th plantations, answering to a Lord of Parliament in England. Samuel had a grant of lands, about "twenty miles from the Capital [Philadelphia], and gave the place his own Name, Finney, as appears by the Maps of that time, and took up his residence there till his Death in 1711, making his favourite son Charles his principal Heir." Captain Samuel Finney came to Philadelphia from England in 1700 or 1701 with his family and is said to have been a member of William Penn's party. This was his second trip to the colonies. He was a successful merchant, first in London with a Mr. Harwood, a West India Merchant, and then later in Barbados, where in partnership with his cousin Higginbotham, they bought several plantations, where sugar, cotton, and other produce were grown. It was in Barbados that he was given the rank of captain in the local militia. Click here for a 428 kb image from a 1685 Van Keulen map of Barbados , showing locations of the Finney (and nearby Evans, and "Higinbotham") plantations.
He also served also as a provincial councilor and a judge for the Pennsylvania province. In 1705, he was granted, in appreciation of his services to the Province, a vacant lot "in the 3d St. between Sassfras and Vine Sts." for a stable "for accomodating his horses when he comes to town". (Ref. 2, and Penn. Archives, Ser. 2, Vol 19, 469. --Click the hyperlink above or this text to see a diagram of Samuel's Philadelphia "Stable address" relative to others of his day--)Samuel Finney Captain and Mary Evans had the following children:
53 i. Rodish7 Finney was born in Barbados?.
54 ii. Mary
Finney. She was christened in Barbados?, May 11, 1679. When Samuel Finney left
England for the last time, Mary “was left at home [at Fulshaw, Cheshire] to
keep her great Aunt Latham company, but died before the return of her Parents,
and was buried in the Chancel of Wilmslow Church.
55 iii. Elizabeth
Finney. Elizabeth died ABT 1737. She married twice. She married
Joseph Pidgeon. She married Thomas Tresse in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, May 15, 1715. Thomas was the son of Hugh Tresse.
56 iv. Jeffrey
Finney. (it is possible that references to ‘Jeffrey’ have been confused
over time with references to his (would-be brother) John, and so perhaps
Jeffrey never actually existed).
57 v. John
Finney was born in Barbados? 1671. John died ABT 1727 or1728 “of Jaundice.” He married Jane Latham. John was Samuel’s eldest son, and “was
appointed High Sheriff of the City and County of Philadelphia” by William Penn. “In 1704, Mr. Pen[n] appointed him Captain
of a Company, raised for the Defence of the City, which had been lately
insulted by some French Privateers, that had made great depredations upon the
Coast; this was the first Military Establishment in that Province, having never
had the least Quarrel with the native Indians…”. “…Mr. Pen[n] accompanied by…Captain [John] Finney, (for so he was
called), had a Friendly talk with one of the Neighboring Indian Nations, in a
principal Wigwam, or House, belonging to the Chief of their Tribe, where Mr.
Pen[n] and his Friends were sumptuously treated with broiled Bears’ Flesh, and
such other Elegant Rarities. In 1705,
the Captain [John Finney] was again appointed High Sheriff, by the Lieutenant
Governor, Collonel Evans, his mother’s near Relation.” “In 1707, the Captain
[John Finney] finding his presence necessary in England to regulate his Fulshaw
affairs, which were falling into disorder by the bad management of his Agent,
in the Autumn left his Family at Philadelphia, whilst he made that voyage, and after
setting the Demesne of Fulshaw and Hall… and compleating his other business, he
returned in the following Spring, to Philadelphia. In 1709 he had the Commission of Captain of the Philadelphia
Company given to him by Charles Cookin, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor. In the Autumn of the following year, the
Captain [John Finney]… empowered Robert Ashton to… sell his Lands in
Pensilvania, left that Province with all his Family; his wife was brought to
bed of their Son, Daniel, whilst they were at Sea, and both did very well.” John and his family returned to Fulshaw and
never again returned to Philadelphia. In
1715, John was called upon once again to muster troops at Knutsford to quell
rebellions against the government, because “there were many Officers whom it
was not advisable to Trust, there was a necessity of displacing them, and
appointing others on whom the Government could rely.”
58 vi. Samuel
Finney was born in England? ABT 1673. Samuel died July 16, 1750 at 77 years of
age. He was christened in Barbados?, May 11, 1679. He may have returned to Barbados at about the time when his
father and some of his siblings emigrated to Philadelphia in America c. 1700,
or he may have gone to Barbados some time later from Philadelphia.
+ 42 vii.
Charles Finney was born 1682. He was likely
the youngest child of his parents. His father Samuel, at his death, made “his
favourite son Charles his principal Heir.”
59 viii. Joseph
Finney was born in England (Barbados?) ABT 1684. Joseph died ABT 1733.
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