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181. Pvt Benajah
ACKLEY Jr307 was
living 1790 through 1820 in Maine.308,309,310,311 He was born about 1755.73,122,312 Northern Light Newspaper, Eastport
Maine Obituary; dated 16 May 1830, refers to age of
death 75 yrs.
birth date calculated on age of 75 at death
Gene Pool Individual Records has birth as 18 October 1755 Lebanon, Widham Co,
CT
He Enlisted in the military on 23 Jun 1777 in Capt. Joseph Sevey's co313 He was dicharged from the military
on 16 Jul 1777313 He died
on 12 May 1829 in Whiting, Washington , Maine.122,314 Gene
Pool Records has year as 1829
He was buried in May 1829 in Whiting, Washington , Maine. His Obituary
appeared in the Northern Light in 1830 in Eastport, Washington , Maine
In Whiting, on the 16th inst. Mr. Benajah Ackley, Aged 75 years. He was one
of the first settlers in that town,-he was a very kind father, a good neighbor,
and an industrious and honest man. He died in full belief of a blessed immortality
beyond the grave. He has left many descendants of the first, second and third
generations, to mourn over their loss. He appeared in the census 1790, 1800,
1810 & 1820 in Maine. He served in the military Revolutionary War
in Massachusetts.122,313 Maine was a part of MA until 1820
IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
ACKLEY BENAIAH- Private, Capt. Joseph Sevey's co., Col. Foster's (Lincoln Co.)
regt.; discharged July 16, 1777: service, 23 days, at Machias, when ship “Ambuscade”
lay in the harbor. Benajah Ackley Jr Migrated to Machias Maine In 1764 From
Ct. via Nova Scotia
Canada with his Mother and Stepfather
Benajah Jr participated in what is widely recognized as the first military action
of the Revolutionary War. He along with other farmers and fishermen from the
Machias, Washington Co. Me. area , assualted by dory and rowboat the British
Frigate H.M.S. Margurite on the Machias River and succeeded in capturing it.
Maine was a part of Massachusetts untill 1820
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of
the Revolution., p.29
Ackley Jr., Benajah.Private, Capt. Joseph Sevey's co., Col. Foster's (Lincoln
Co.) regt.;
discharged July 16, 1777; service, 23 days, at Machias, when ship "Ambuscadeö
lay in the harbor.
Pvt Benajah ACKLEY Jr and Anna HOLMES were married on 12 Nov 1775 in Machias,
Washington , Maine.5,6,73,122 U.S./Internat'l Marriage Records, 1340-1980 has year
as ca 1775 Anna HOLMES (daughter of Samuel HOLMES
and Charity BRYANT) was born about 1759 in Scarborough, Cumberland Maine.80 She died about 1795 in Whiting,
Washington , Maine. death date is undocumented. Pvt Benajah ACKLEY
Jr and Anna HOLMES had the following children:
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