William Finlayson (churchman)

He found employment with the South Australian Company, keeping sheep at Brown Hill Creek with Samuel Sleep.

[5] He was a member of Robert Cock's 1837 exploration party that climbed Mount Barker and reached Lake Alexandrina.

[2] Adelaide's first Strict Baptist church meeting was held in July or September 1838 at his cottage in Rundle Street (later the site of Charles Birks' shop[6]) with David McLaren acting as pastor.

[4] In October 1895, he donated around 2 acres of land at Mitcham for the benefit of the destitute elderly, on which the 'Andrews Homes' were built, using money left by Mrs E.W.

They had nine children: Eldest son Robert Kettle Finlayson (27 April 1839 – 27 March 1917) was born in North Adelaide and spent his younger days on their farm in Mitcham.

(Attendance at the Zion chapel later fell away and was used by Plymouth Brethren[8] then the Salvation Army, where it served as a soup kitchen during the Great Depression[22]).

They had eight children, including: He married again in 1884, to the widow Elizabeth "Edith" Bowen, née Burford (c. 1832 – 28 January 1900), eldest daughter of W. H.

John Harvey Finlayson (3 February 1843 – 30 March 1915), editor and part-owner of the South Australian Register, was born at "Helenholm".