John Findley I

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Our Findley (also spelled Findlay and Finlay) ancestors were dependents of (and considered part of) the Farquharson Clan (whose Gaelic name was MacFhearchair), which occupied the Aberdeenshire region on the eastern coast of Scotland. (Click either of the illustrations for an enlargement.)

A prominent member of the clan was Finlay Mor, who carried the royal standard at the 1547 Battle of Battle of Pinkie, where he was killed. The clan was on the side of the royalist pretender against the Cromwell Roundhead forces in the 1651 Battle of Worcester and they were part of the Jacobite forces in both the 1715 and 1745 uprisings.

John Findley, according to his great-granddaughter Catherine ("Kate") Findley, was a farmer and owned Burney Mills, between Montrose and Brechin in Scotland's County Kincardine (near the North Sea coast).

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Birth of John Findley I
Born: No information on birthdate
Birthplace: Scotland
Parents
No information available
Siblings
No information available
Spouse and children
Wife: Margaret Ellis (our ancestor)
No information on Margaret's parents, our ancestors
No information on wedding date or place
(The order of these children is not known)
Son: John Findley II (our ancestor)
Son: Robert Findley
fought in the Battle of Waterloo, "came home and wasted his property"
Son: UNKNOWN
Son: UNKNOWN
Son: UNKNOWN
Son: UNKNOWN
Daughter: UNKNOWN
Daughter: UNKNOWN
Other information
Occupation: Farmer at Burney Mills between Montrose and Brechin in County Kincardine
Religion: No information on religion
Death of John Findley I
Died: No information available
Deathplace: Scotland
Burial place: No information available
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Sources on John Findley I:

  • Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970. An alternate spelling of Findley was Finlay.
  • Catherine "Kate" Findley, reporting to her niece Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970.
  • Helen Roache (1867-1953, daughter of James A. Roache and Isabella Findley Roache?), in correspondence with Catherine "Kate" Findley (after Kate's trip to Scotland), which she shared with Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, about John's being a farmer and owning Burney Mills between Montrose and Brechin and about John's son Robert being in the Battle of Waterloo and then wasting his property.
  • Minerva Ramsdell Russell, b. 1905, and her sister Virginia Ramsdell O'Donnell, b. 1907, nieces of Mary Caroline Findley Edmands, 1887-1970, validated some of the Findley roots in the summer of 1968. From Mary's diary entry of 3 September 1968: "A bundle came from Scotland with a blanket in it from Minerva. It was the Farquharson plaid and Findley is connected somehow."
  • For the Findley sept or dependent connection to the Farquharson clan, see Clan Map of Scotland, a J&B Map published 1984 by John Bartholomew and Son Ltd., Duncan Street, Edinburgh EH9 1TA.

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