Talk:Samuel Finley

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O.K. I can understand most of the changes here. However, I honestly think that specifying his mother's father as Samuel O'Neill is not a waste of space here.

In history O'Neill or the Oi Neil [sp?](I think that O is basically "the grandson of") are kind of a "big deal", and maybe the actual name, the way I had it is actually a rendering in modern form of her name as it would perhaps have been said in her own time ? I think I have it right here. Well, I think Samuel O'Neill is good, and that having his full name is actually better form than not having it, but will not do it unless somebody else also agrees.John5Russell3Finley 18:06, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the above. It appears this page isn't growing very rapidly, but I would like to contribute a bit that I stumbled across. Sometimes these "migrations" sound like the people just decided to "move on" - but there was an interesting bit in The Scotch-Irish Google Book on page 24. If I read it correctly, he was sort of "run out of town" by the constable and escorted from city to city. This is probably one of the many little "breaches" that led the American Colonies to separate from British rule. If nothing else, it provides good insight into how & why this particular Finley wound up moving and eventually wound up in Princeton NJ. So... I'm going to try and put in a little reference to this and at least list the Google Book as a source. Obviously, a more "primary source" would be some court or Presbytery record indicating his "punishment" of "transport". 14:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC) GregCampbellUSA —Preceding unsigned comment added by GregCampbellUSA (talk • contribs)

the DD
Unlike in modern times, in the original scheme of things the way you got your advanced degree was that after some time your alma mater would award it to you for doing the right stuff in your chosen profession. In Dr Finley's day: 1) You went to school and got your first degree. 2) When you had in the outside world done impressive enough things you were awarded your advanced degree (IT WAS SENT TO YOU). A Masters, or a Doctorate was a certification of your accomplishments in the outside world. There is nothing in any way suspect about Dr. Finley's DD. It is not an "Honorary Degree". It is legitimate, and legitimately got. The problem here is a few folks are stuck in the 21st Century.John5Russell3Finley (talk) 14:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)