New Brunswick Families

AKERLEY, James[1]

Male 1767 - Abt 1855  (87 years)

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  • Name AKERLEY, James  
    Birth 4 May 1767  Southhold, Suffolk County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1855  Wickham, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I007313  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 THORNTON, Susannah,   b. 1774   d. Abt 1860 (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. AKERLEY, Marvin G,   b. 1790   d. 19 Apr 1865, Millstream, Kings County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. AKERLEY, William,   b. Abt 1792   d. 1876 (Age 84 years)
     3. AKERLEY, James,   b. 18 May 1794  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     4. AKERLEY, Daniel,   b. Apr 1796  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    +5. AKERLEY, Israel,   b. 21 May 1798, Gagetown, Queens County, New Brunswick, CANADA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. AKERLEY, Titus,   b. 17 May 1800  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     7. AKERLEY, Charles,   b. 10 Apr 1802  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     8. AKERLEY, Joanne,   b. 5 May 1804  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     9. AKERLEY, Susannah Elizabeth,   b. 21 Apr 1806  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     10. AKERLEY, Miriam,   b. 11 Aug 1808  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     11. AKERLEY, Mercy,   b. 29 Sep 1810  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     12. AKERLEY, Richard Clarke,   b. 11 Apr 1812  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     13. AKERLEY, Obediah,   b. 25 Dec 1814  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     14. AKERLEY, Oliver,   b. 15 Jan 1817  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    Family ID F01512  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2012 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0269] FIRST FAMILIES AT THE PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES OF NEW BRUNSWICK.
      AKERLEY: James Akerley b. 4 May 1767 at Southold, Suffolk County, NY, d. c1855: came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist: first settled at Gagetown, Queens County, then moved to McDonald Corner, Cambridge Parish, Queens County: married c1792, Susannah Thornton born 1774, died c1860:


      Children born at Gagetown, NB:
      1) Marvin G. Akerley b. 1790, died 19 Apr 1865 at Millstream, NB, m. 2 Nov 1813 Phoebe Ann Lester born 1795 at Hampstead, Queens County, d/o John and Lois Lester: had seven children:
      2) William Akerley born c1792, d. 1876, married 13 Nov 1817 at Gagetown, Charlotte/Elizabeth Mott b. 9 Feb 1800 at McDonald Corner, died 1865, d/o Adam Mott and Sarah Belyea: settled at Big Cove, Wickham Parish: they had eight children:
      3) James Akerley born 16 May 1794, d. c1855 at Narrows, Cambridge Parish, m. 28 Mar 1818 at Gagetown, Elizabeth Corey Dingee b. c1791 in Gagetown, d. after 1871, d/o Solomon Dingee and Hannah Corey of NY and Gagetown, NB: first settled at Gagetown, then in Wickham Parish, Queens County: they had six children:
      4) Daniel Akerley born 2 Apr 1796, married 11 Apr 1824 at Gagetown, Sarah Elgee b. c1804 at Gagetown, d/o Alexander Algee and Ann Robinson: settled at Narrows, NB and had two children:
      5) Israel Akerley born 21 May 1798, m. 18 Feb 1829 at Gagetown, NB, Mary Ann Mullin b. 1812, d. before 1881: settled at Gagetown: had eleven children:
      6) William/Titus Akerley born 17 May 1800, m. 7 Jul 1823 at Sussex, Kings County, Susanna Pitfield: they settled in Saint John and had one child:
      7) Charles Akerley born 10 May 1802, died 27 Jun 1887 in Wickham Parish, m. 1 Jan 1827 at Gagetown, Jane Mott born 26 Sep 1806 in Wickham Parish, died 20 Apr 1900 in Saint John, d/o Adam Mott and Sarah Belyea: settled in Wickham Parish and had ten children:
      8) Joanne Akerley b. 5 Apr 1804, died 25 Oct 1890 at Crafts Cove, Wickham Parish:
      9) Susanna Elizabeth Akerley born 21 Apr 1806, d. 25 Nov 1897, m. 16 Jan 1839 at Gagetown, Joseph Belyea Mott, b. c1806 s/o Adam Mott and Sarah Belyea: first settled at Lower Gagetown then at Crafts Cove, Wickham Parish and had four children:
      10) Miriam Akerley b. 11 May 1808, m. Michael Furlong b. 1799 in Ireland: had ten children:
      11) Mercy Akerley b. 29 Sep 1810, m. 15 Jul 1839 at Saint John, William H. Williams: first settled at Lower Gagetown, then in Saint John: three children:
      12) Richard Clarke Akerley born 18 Aug 1812, m. 1 Sep 1847 at Gagetown, Jemima Matilda Clark b. 1830, d. 13 Aug 1889 in Saint John: first settled at Lower Gagetown, then at Big Cove, Wickham Parish: they had five children:
      13) Alexander/Obediah Akerley born 25 Dec 1814, d. 27 Aug 1891 at Saint John, m. (1st) Mary - : had three children: married (2nd) 14 May 1846 at Gagetown, Cornelia/Nealy Jane Clark born c1827: settled at Big Cove in Wickham Parish and had five children:
      14) Oliver Akerley born 15 Jan 1817: he settled at Lower Gagetown, NB.


      Sources: MC1/Akerley #2, 8 pages: see also MC80/1285 Loyalist lineages of Canada 1783-1983, pages 8-9: see also MC80/1397 Daniel F. Johnson?s New Brunswick lineages, pages 153-154 in which surname is spelled Ackerley: see MC3047 Donald P. Wright fonds, file MS3H Letters; see Item #27b, 1 page: see also MC1/Akerley #3, 97 pages.