Name |
William Nelson Ackerly |
Suffix |
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Born |
Abt 1838 |
NY [1] |
- (parents inferred from 1850 census record)
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [1] |
Census |
1860 |
Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [2] |
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Occupation |
1860 [2] |
bayman |
Military |
1862 |
the Civil War [3, 4] |
- William N. Ackerly was a private with Company D, 2nd N.Y. Regiment. While the family appeared in the 1850 census for the area that likely was Fire Place hamlet (now Brookhaven hamlet), by 1860 (and likely throughout the Civil War period and thereafter) the family was living in Patchogue, NY.
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Died |
3 Feb 1902 |
Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [5] |
Address: River avenue |
Buried |
Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [6] |
Address: Waverly Avenue Cemetery |
Notes |
- [The 1860 census records his name as Wm. N Ackerly, age 21. It is likely that this is the same person as the Nelson Ackerly found in the 1850 census. Other sources record his name as Nelson W. Ackerly.]
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Person ID |
I1066 |
Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets |
Last Modified |
22 Sep 2014 |
Father |
Lemuel Ackerly, ^, b. 23 Jul 1807, South Hempstead, Hempstead, Nassau, NY , d. 1888, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Clarissa Moger, ^, b. Abt 1809/10, NY , d. 9 Jan 1876, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age ~ 66 years) |
Married |
15 May 1827 |
Rockville Center, Hempstead, Nassau, NY [1, 3, 7] |
- They were married by the Methodist circuit rider, Mordici "Rock" Smith.
|
Family ID |
F340 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Mary E. Whittington, b. 5 Mar 1847, Franklinville, Cattarague, NY , d. 1927, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 79 years) |
Married |
1870 |
Suffolk Co., NY [8] |
Census |
1880 |
{Patchogue}, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [9] |
- In their household were William E. Ackerly (22), Eugene Ackerly (20), Geo. C. Ackerly (11), Lemuel Ackerly (7), Gracie Ackerly (4), and Ada B. Ackerly (1). Willian and Eugene were likely by his first wife. He was a fisherman.
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Census |
1900 |
{Patchogue}, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [10] |
- In their household was Nellie Ackerly (10, daughter). She was recorded as having six children, of whom five were still living. They were recorded as having been married 32 years. He was a gunner of ducks.
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Children |
| 1. Nellie Ackerly, <, b. Apr 1890, NY , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. George C. Ackerly, <, b. Abt 1869, NY , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. Lemanuel Ackerly, <, b. Abt 1873, NY , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Gracie Ackerly, <, b. Abt 1876, NY , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. Ada B. Ackerly, <, b. Abt 1879, NY , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F6634 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |