Robert Finney fought under the standard of Willim of Orange in Ireland in 1689 as one of th e defenders of Londonderry and in the Battle of Boyne in 1690. In the latter encounter he wa s left on the field for dead, but during the night he regained consciousness, found a horse grazing nearby, and munting it, made his escape. In 1733 he purchased 900 acres in New London, PA, a township in Chester Co. on the Maryland border. He named the estate Thunder Hill . He and his wife are buried in a family burial ground here.
Finney-Phinney Families in America- Howard Finney 1957 Call # 929.273F497 Family History Library
BYU has it CS43.G4X- G5122- Microphiche

• Married: 1690 in Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland

1. John French FINNEY b: 1690 in Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland
2. Robert FINNEY b: 1695
3. William FINNEY b: BET 1700 AND 1710 in North Ireland
4. Ann FINNEY b: ABT 1702 in Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland
5. Lazarus FINNEY b: 1702 in North Ireland
6. Letitia FINNEY b: 1710 in Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland
7. Thomas FINNEY b: 1715 in Ireland