New Brunswick Families

AKERLEY, Oliver[1]

Male Abt 1765 - 1843  (78 years)

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  • Name AKERLEY, Oliver   [2
    Birth Abt 1765  Westchester County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Apr 1843  Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I007197  Kyle and Related Families
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2011 

    Father AKERLEY, Obediah 
    Mother Catherine,   b. 1733   d. 18 Dec 1825, Grimross, Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F01431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WARD, Lucy,   b. 16 Jan 1767, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1814 (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1787  Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. AKERLEY, John Garrison,   b. 1803   d. 28 Jan 1890, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. AKERLEY, Lucretia "Lucy",   b. Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. AKERLEY, Oliver Peters   d. Bef 1843
     4. AKERLEY, Abigale,   b. Abt 1788   d. 5 Mar 1860 (Age 72 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    +5. AKERLEY, Catherine,   b. 6 Feb 1788, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. AKERLEY, Susanna Dixon,   b. 9 Nov 1790, Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1889, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years)
    +7. AKERLEY, Amia A. "Amy",   b. 16 Aug 1792   d. 7 Apr 1900 (Age 107 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    +8. AKERLEY, Easter Maria,   b. 18 May 1795, Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1884 (Age 88 years)
    +9. AKERLEY, Salomie,   b. Abt 1796  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     10. AKERLEY, Mary,   b. Abt 1797   d. 22 Feb 1854, Hampstead, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     11. AKERLEY, Ann Sands,   c. 14 May 1806
    +12. AKERLEY, Ward,   b. Abt 1806   d. 27 Dec 1872, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +13. AKERLEY, Valentine Peters,   b. 1807   d. 18 Nov 1844 (Age 37 years)
    +14. AKERLEY, Margaret Peters,   b. Abt 1808, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1857, Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    Family ID F01430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0269] FIRST FAMILIES AT THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
      AKERLEY: Oliver Akerley b. c1765 in NY, d. Apr 1843 in Wickham Parish, Queens County, s/o Mr. Akerley and Catherine - : came from Courtland Manor, Westchester County, NY to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist: m. 31 Oct 1787 at Sackville, Westmorland County, Lucy Ward born 16 Jan 1767 in Sackville, d. 18 Apr 1844, d/o Nehemiah Ward and Susanna Salisbury: family settled at Sackville, NB:

      Children are listed in an estimated order:
      1) Ann Sands Akerley bp. 14 May 1806, married 10 Aug 1820 at Gagetown,Thomas Rathburn b. c1798 at Gagetown:
      2) John Garrison Akerley:
      3) Lucretia/Lucy Akerley b. - , m. 1 May 1820 Joseph Ward of Wellington Parish, Kent County:
      4) Catherine Akerley b. 6 Feb 1788 at Sackville, NB, married 14 May 1806 in Wickham Parish, John Knox: had nine children:
      5) Susannah Dixon Akerley b. 9 Nov 1790, d. 26 Jun 1889, m. 13 Aug 1812 at Gagetown, Isaac Gaunce born 1786, d. 5 Jul 1867, s/o Jeremiah and Mary Gaunce:
      had nine children:
      6) Amia A./Amy Akerley born 17 Aug 1792 at Sackville, NB, died after 1898, married 12 Nov 1811 in Queens County, Thomas Blizzard of Wickham, NB, b. Aug 1793, d. c1866 in Saint John: settled at MacDonalds Point in Wickham Parish, Queens County, then moved to Saint John: had sixteen children:
      7) Abigail Akerley b. 1794, died 5 Mar 1860, m. 3 Sep 1811 in Waterborough Parish, John Cameron of Waterborough, NB, born c1790, d. 17 Dec 1865, s/o William Cameron and Elizabeth Appleby: settled at/near Upper Hampstead: had six children:
      8) Esther Maria Akerley born 18 May 1795 at Gagetown, d. 1 Feb 1884, m. 20 Oct 1814 in Wickham Parish, William Mead of Wickham, Queens County: settled in Sheffield Parish, Sunbury County and had twelve children:
      9) Mary Mercy Akerley b. c1798, died 22 Feb 1854 unmarried in Hampstead Parish, Queens County:
      10) Salome Akerley b. 1800, d. 10 Oct 1882, married 23 May 1816 in Queens County, Samuel Cole b. 1794 at Coles Island, Johnston Parish, d. before 1881, s/o David and Elizabeth Cole: had fifteen children:
      11) Obediah Akerley b. c1800, buried 25 Apr 1806:
      12) Ward Akerley born c1804, bp. 14 May 1806, m. (1st) Mary - : m. (2nd) c1831 Mary McCauley b. c1813, d. 4 Apr 1894 at Cambridge, MA: settled in Saint John: had seven children:
      13) Valentine Peters Akerley bp. 10 May 1807 at Gagetown, d. 18 Nov 1844, m. Armina Lawson b. 24 May 1812 at Hampstead, d. 18 Nov 1844: settled in Wickham Parish and had two children:
      14) Margaret Peters Akerley bp. 6 Nov 1808 at Gagetown, d. 7 Feb 1857 at Saint John, m. 11 Oct 1827 at Saint John, Ebenezer Lawson b. 16 Mar 1806 s/o William Lawson and Olive Briggs: had seven children.

      Source: MC80/2354 Saint John Branch, NBGS? Arrivals 99: our first families in New Brunswick, pgs. 3-4: see also MC2657 NBGS Generations Issue #29,
      September 1986: From the Sackville (N.B.) Town Book, page 55: see also MC3047 Donald P. Wright fonds, file MS3H Letters; see Item #27b, 1 page: see also MC1/Akerley #3, 97 pages: the order of the children differs: see also MC80/2902 Sharon Dubeau?s New Brunswick Loyalists: a bicentennial tribute, 1 paragraph.

    2. [S0032] Robert N. Ward, Web site of Robert N. Ward.

    3. [S0033] Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury.