[A60] In 1655 Jenkin Price received a patent for 800 acres on what is known today as Finney's Creek (Whitelaw).

In 1660 Price assigned his patent to John West and in 1666 West assigned it to Andrew Finney (Whitelaw).  The next owner of this land was William Finney, the son of Andrew and his wife Jane.  In 1721 William Finney made an agreement with John Watts that if Watts' daughter Sarah married William's son William Finney, the elder Finney would deed this plantation to the couple and their heirs.  A deed for this land was recorded to William Finney Junior sometime after.  By 1795 this tract was in the hands of another William Finney who was the great-great-grandson of the first Andrew Finney.  NOTE:  See Whitelaw pp. 825-827.

Source:

Whitelaw, Ralph T.  Virginia's Eastern Shore A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties. Volume Two.  Gloucester MA: Peter Smith.