John Finlay

1. Attorney in Western Jamaica from at least 1817 to 1823. Tentatively identified as the John Finlay, brother of Alexander Finlay and David Finlay (both q.v.).

2. John Finlay, baptised at Baldernock, Stirlingshire, Scotland, 11/05/1786, son of James Finlay and his wife Helen Wedderburn. The will of his father James Finlay late of Bogside in Stirlingshire was proved in 1821 and lists his sons as Alexander of Glencorse, David and John (both in Jamaica) and his son-in-law as James Connell, merchant in Glasgow).

3. John Finlay, planter, was buried in St James 21/11/1825.

1. See Sarah Harrison (ed.), The Stirlings of Ardoch and the Grahams of Airth - new edition (2017), https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.8444 pp. 335, 374 for the letters of Thomas Graham Stirling including correspondence with John's brother David Finlay.

2. GROS OPR Births 471 10 261 Baldernock; will of James Finlay, PROB 11/1650/316.

3. Familysearch.org, unindexed Jamaican Parish Registers, St James, Baptisms, marriages, burials 1810-1841, Vol. 2 p. 405.

We are grateful to Sarah Harrison for her assistance with compiling this entry.