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- some researchers show her name as Elizabeth Thankful.
(Vol 2 #1871)
She married John Finley on 10 April 1724 in Chester Co, Virginia.
Notes for THANKFUL DOAK:
Born *at sea on the way to America, probably 1704-6. Lived in East Nottingham township, Chester Co., PA. Had brothers Samuel, David, John and Robert. Brothers also migrated to Augusta Co., VA - said to have migrated to VA by 1740. Brother John had daughter, Thankful, baptized 1743, said to have married Maj. Wm. Hall.
* Note: theory of Thankful being born at sea 1704 seems to have been disproven.
1740: Received patent for 183 acres and one for 300 acres in 1741 on a branch of Cathey's River ... also called Middle River (VA Land Office, Patent #19,reel 17, p. 852; Patent #20, reel 18, p. 83).
1742: Only Finley listed in Augusta County Militia in 1742 in Company No. 1, James Patton,
Col. and John Smith, Capt. (William Armstrong Crozier, "Virginia Colonial Militia," Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1954, p. 91).
1745: John Finley assigned to open road from Andrew Hamilton in Calf Pasture through Jennings Gap to John Finlas, 9 December 1745 (Chalkley I:13).
1746-1778: In Middle River area.
(Chalkley I:18, III:255, III:271, II:433, II:436, III:276, II:442, II:440, III:358, III:462, III:470,
II:407, I:177, III:128, II:408, I:200,)
Including: 1767: A deed from John and Thankful Finley to son, George for 176 acres on 7 November 1767 (Chalkley II:462) and payment to Thankful Finley by Samuel Craig on 17 March 1773 (Chalkley III:128).
1783: He appears on tax list in Middle River area, Capt. McKittricks Co., taken
10 April 1783. (LDS film #00292288).
1786-87 He also appears on personal property tax list of 1786 and 1787 with son David. This must be the John Finley who wrote his will 17 August 1791 (WB 7:404), naming son, David, as executor. David subsequently sells the property first patented by this John Finley in 1741 and 1768 (DB 28:268).
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1707 - Aft 1791 (> 84 years)
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