I need to get out my records on Findleys... I too have some of those Findley deeds. The reason is my Lucinda Shanor Findley Eshenbaugh first married a Findley around 1851, but by 1853/54 is married to William Eshenbaugh. In one of the Eshenbaugh deeds, it said she was Lucinda Eshenbaugh, formerly Lucinda Findley. I kept an open mind, thank goodness , thinking there could have been a previous marriage before she married William Eshenbaugh. But I had to assume her maiden name was Findley, so did a lot of Findley work before, finally locating records that show she was really a Shanor....... I do not know which Findley she was married to...... so if anyone finds a Lucinda Findley between 1851 and 1854, please let me know. I'm not sure if I have any info on any Thompsons, but will check those Findley notes. And they did marry Thompsons.....The Findleys were a big family covering other counties..... Judy In a message dated 5/4/2002 10:55:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, GrannyGlee@aol.com writes: > Nancy, > We have both had such a time with our Thompson lines, haven't we? > Here's another puzzle I have run across in Butler County deeds. I wondered > if > you had ever come across these Thompsons. > It concerned the estate of Robert Findley who died intestate without issue. > > The estate passed to his widow, Margaret Findley. > The heirs were Jacob C. Thompson, and his wife, Christianna, of Linville, > Wayne County, Iowa, and Athalinda Thompson, mother and legal heir of Daniel > > T. Thompson, deceased, and of Carnie Marion Thompson, both of Douglas > County, > Kansas, get together and appoint Reverend R. Y. Thompson of Kingsville, > Johnson Co., Missouri as their lawful attorney concerning the land and real > > estate of the Findley's in Clay Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. > Apparently the heir Daniel T. (shown as David T. on second page) died > "among > strangers" without issue or dependents. The heirs were asking that sickness > > and burial debts be paid for him from their shares. > > Then their is another document concerning the heirs of Elizabeth Thompson, > sister of Robert Findley, that brings up letters of July and September > 1884. > In this, Reverend R. Y. Thompson is transferring property in Clay Township > > to Simon P. Painter for thirty dollars. > > The names make me curious. Do they fit in either of our Thompson lines? > Glee > >