Second Generation

2. Pvt Daniel ACKLEY⁴ was born on 30 Apr 1747 in Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester , New Jersey.^1,3,4,5 DAR Patriot indes - centennial edition has birth date as ca 1760 He was living between 1792 and 1795 in Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester , New Jersey.^6,7,8,9,10 His Tax Records^6,7,9,10 He was living in 1802 in Weymouth, Gloucester , New Jersey.¹¹ His Tax Records¹¹ He was living between 1806 and 1810 in Pittston, Luzerne , Pennsylvania.^4,12 He appeared in the census in 1810 in Pennsylvania. He died about 1816/17 in Luzerne , Pennsylvania.^1,3,4,5 Audry Moran puts death at about 1798
Adolphus W Ackley states Daniel died while logging on the Susquehanna River in ca 1816 or 17 He served in the military Revolutionary War in Continental Army New Jersey.^5,13 Daniel Ackley was born 30 April 1747, possibly in Little Egg Harbor, Gloucester County, NJ. Actually Little Egg Harbor was in Burlington County at the time.
There is a definite possibility that Daniel was born elsewhere in NJ or even in Long Island.
Daniel married Sarah Jane (Price) Parker, a widow with a two year
old son,John Parker Jr., in 1790. Sarah was the daughter of James and
Elizabeth Price, probably; She has been reported as having been born in Camden, NJ, Atlantic City, NJ and in Luzerne County, PA. If she was born in Luzerne County a couple of things would become clearer. First, it would help explain why she and Daniel moved there and second, her granddaughter has reported her
telling about the Wyoming Massacre which occurred there in 1778. She was born 4
September 1762 and would have been 16 at the time.
Most Americans were farmers in those early days; in fact over 50% of Americans were farmers until the early 1920's. Daniel could have very well
been what we would call a lumberjack today. There is no record of
him owning land, either in PA or NJ. Some records show he was employed by a
lumber company rafting logs on the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County
when he drowned in late 1816 or early 1817.
Daniel and Sarah had six children born to them in NJ. They moved to
Pittston Township, Luzerne County, PA in 1806 when the children ranged in
age from 2 to 14 with John Parker Jr. being 20. The oldest, Samuel, married there in 1814; the second oldest, Mary, married there in 1814.
John Parker Jr may have married there since his wife, Phoebe Jordan had Luzerne
County connections.
John Parker Jr. and Phoebe had ten children, the third one being
born in 1812 so they must have married at least as early as 1810.
Sometime before 1817 John and Phoebe moved to Washington County, PA. Daniel and
Sarah's fourth child and second oldest son, Jehu, moved to Lindley's Mill, Washington County, PA, either with John Parker or shortly thereafter
Late in 1817 Sarah with her four children (Daniel Jr. had been
born to them in 1808) moved to Washington County, PA to be with her son, John
Parker Jr.

Pvt Daniel ACKLEY and Sarah Jane PRICE were married about 1790.^{1,4,5,14,15,16,17,18,19} LDS lists her as Sarah Jane Price Sarah Jane PRICE⁴ (daughter of Living and Living) was living 1817 & 1850 in Rich Hill, Greene , Pennsylvania.^4,20 She was born on 4 Sep 1762 in Atlantic City, Atlantic , New Jersey.^1,4,20 another source has birt year as 1754 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Pennsylvania. She died on 18 Sep 1851 in Pennsylvania.^1,3,4 one source has death as Jun 1851
age at death 89 She appeared in the following News Article from the Charleroi Mail on 30 Jun 1941 in Charleroi, Washington , Pennsylvania PIONEER GREENE COUNTY MOTHER'S STATUE IN ACT

WAYNESBURG- The monument erected in 1940 to Sarah Jane Price Ackley, pioneer Greene County mother, will perpetually in the care of the State of Pennsylvania in the General Assembly sees fit to pass a bill introduced in the House by Representatives L Kenneth Harkins, Allegheny Democrat, and Perry E Wright, of Greene County.
The Wright-Harkins bill authorizes the Pennsylvania Historical Commission to accept the monument by gift.
The monument, located near the Ackley homestead, marks the site of Mrs Ackley's first home and the site of the historic Ackley Covered Bridge. It is said to be one of only 12 historical monuments in the United States erected to individual women.
It was erected by descendants of Mrs Ackley, a twice-married pioneer heroine both of whose husbands were soldiers in the American Revolution. It is of native stone, a large boulder in its natural state taken from the hillside about two miles taken from the Ackley homestead. It weighs nine tons and stands about seven feet tall. A bronze plate embedded in the rock bears the history of the remarkable memory is honored.
Mrs Ackley was the great-great-grandmother of Mrs Lucille Ackley Carroll, who now lives on the Ackley homestead, at the point from which descendants of Mrs Sara Jane Price Ackley made history. Other great-great grandchildren include two brothers of Mrs Carroll, Donald C Ackley, of Hollidays Cove, and Alexander E Ackley, of Homestead.
Mrs Ackley's first husband was John Parker, and her second was Daniel Ackley, both of whom fought in the Revolution. A great-grandson of her first marriage is Judge John Knox, of New York City, one of the best known of all Greene County's sons. Sarah's great granddaughter, Sarah Jane Teagarden, MD, wrote the
following:

SARAH JANE PRICE
A brave pioneer, a wise mother and helpmeet indeed. She endured
The privations and hardships incident to the times and place. The
story of the Massacre of Wyoming, as told to her grandchildren, made the written history a thrilling picture to read and reread with deepest interest.
Again left a widow, now with seven children, she sold her possessions and started with her family to find a home in the almost unbroken wilds of Western Penna, in what is now Richhill Township of Greene County, Penna.
She was a charter member of the First Methodist Church established in that region and in the summer, when the horses were working all week, walked to
the Valley Meeting house, 4 miles distant, to all the preaching services conducted by the circuit rider. Her children grew to manhood and womanhood, and made worthy citizens, esteemed and respected throughout all that country.
The splendid courage and strict honesty, the 'helping hand' and
wise counsel of this woman made an impression on the whole community which is
still felt, though many years have passed since that Sunday in September 1851, when hundreds of people came miles to follow her body to its last resting place.
Just one week previous, she walked halt a mile to take dinner with her favorite
granddaughter, and when complimented on the fact that she never had been ill, and bid fair to live a century, she said 'Oh, I know better than to expect that, look at the veins in my hands. My work is done. The Journey is over, and I am ready to rest." On the following Friday she fell asleep. The daily and hourly heroism with which this rare, refined gentlewoman faced the dangers and
hardships of frontier life, cannot be told, but a precious heirloom to
her descendants, is the memory of her noble life.

END

Sarah Jane died 18 September 1851 at the age of 89. She is buried
in the Ackley Cemetery

On August 5 1940 350 members of the Ackley family and friends
gathered at the Ackley homestead for a reunion and dedication of a memorial
marker in honor of the pioneer mother of the clan, Sarah Jane (Price) Parker Ackley.
A picnic dinner and a clan meeting were held at noon, followed by
a program on the Ackley lawn. Following the program they went to the
approach of the old Ackley Bridge where a large native sandstone monument bearing a bronze tablet with the name of the pioneer mother and data concerning her life was unveiled."
The above is an excerpt from an article in the Waynesburg
newspaper. The Ackley homestead mentioned is the old Joshua home. It is located in an area called Burdetteon Greene County maps; in fact it is Burdette. It is located on the Enlow Fork of Wheeling Creek (Now named Ackley Creek). The new bridge at that point is only a few feet from where the Ackley Covered Bridge had been.
The monument is positioned at the edge of Rte. 62020 (Ackley Road)1 near the
bridge and between Rte. 62020 and the old approach to the Ackley Bridge. The Ackley homestead was sold recently and finally, after 168 years, it has passed from Ackley ownership.
The monument is large, the stone being about three feet square at
the bottom and tapering slightly to about 24 inches square at the top. It is
about 7 feet tall. The bronze plaque is 18 X 24 inches in size. The stone was quarried and shaped by Leota Clutter's grandfather. Lucille Ackley Evans Carroll was instmmental in erection of the monument. The inscription on the plaque follows:

IN MEMORY OF
SARAH JANE PRICE ACKLEY
WIDOW OF
THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
JOHN PARKER AND LATER DANIEL ACKLEY.

In 1818 she made the long journey with her family of several
children and her household goods from Wilkesbarre ~ this site, crossing mountains and fording rivers over almost impassable roads and through unbroken forests. Near this site the original Ackley home was built and the original Ackley settlement was made. She lived here until her death in 1851. Here she reared her family; many of the descendants remain in this region even to
this day; others have spread throughout wider areas. Wherever they may be they all turn to this place as a shrine dedicated to a heroic woman. History knows no finer characters than these pioneer mothers.
Her descendants gathered here in 1940 to dedicate this Tablet to
her sacred memory.

A GREAT PIONEER MOTHER
James Parker, Sarah's grandson said the Ackleys arrived in 1817.

Sarah Jane with her four children by Daniel lived with her son,
John Parker Jr., from her arrival in 1817 until about 1824 or 1827, depending on which record you use. In a court record of 1883 George Teagarden places the move in 1824.
The home was located about half way between Burdette and Enon, approximately 2
mites from Burdette.
I have analyzed the court records of 1883 (see Addendum 1) to
determine just what happened when but it isn't completely clear. I'll try to
reconstruct some of the events in sequence up to the death of Sarah Jane in 1851.
In about 1822 SamuelTeagarden moved off his farm and Joshua moved
into the house that Samuel vacated. Joshua was 18 years old at the time.
There is some evidence that Sarah Jane had been making payments on the
property. In 1824 after their lease on William Teagarden's land expired Sarah Jane purchased hewn logs from Mr. STOPES and built a two-story "double" log cabin on the land. Joshua was still living in Samuel Teagarden's old house. Sarah Jane made a final payment on Samuel Teagarden's house of a wagon, team of horses and $300.00 dollars.
Joshua's house was built in 1848 and Daniel's house was built
near the original log cabin, about 75-100 feet from Joshua's place. Ownership of
Daniel's house passed to a Walker; the last occupant was Edward Kerr. The house
burned down about 1921.
Joshua's house was empty for several years until his granddaughter, Elizabeth "Eliza" Lucille (Ackley) Evans/Carroll returned to the area and restored it. She raised the foundation about four feet to create a basement and modified the rear somewhat.
Pictures taken before the restoration indicate that a large portion of rear of the house was removed. When Lucille died in 1987 she willed the estate to her nephew, James Ellsworth Ackley. James died in 1991 and left the estate to two cousins who sold it a short time later.
As may be seen from the above the "core" Ackley family of NJ lived primarily in the Washington/Greene County area of PA. Of Daniel and Sarah Jane's children,
Samuel and Mary remained in Luzerne County, Jehu moved to Ohio in 1836 and the remaining two, Joshua and Daniel, remained in Greene County.
Daniel and Sarah Jane had six children:

JOSHUA ACKLEY
DANIEL ACKLEYJR
JEHU ACKLEY
ELIZABETH ACKLEY
MARY ACKLEY
SAMUEL ACKLEY
NAOMI ACKLEY

Pvt Daniel ACKLEY and Sarah Jane PRICE had the following children:

+7	i.	Samuel ACKLEY.
+8	ii.	Mary ACKLEY.
9	iii.	Elizabeth ACKLEY was born on 16 Jun 1796 in Great Egg Harbor, Gloucester , New Jersey.4 never married She died on 7 Dec 1834 in Greene , Pennsylvania.4 She was buried in Ackley Cemetery, Greene , Pennsylvania.4
+10	iv.	Jehu ACKLEY.
11	v.	Naomi ACKLEY4 was born on 31 Dec 1801 in New Jersey.4,20,21 She was living between 1850 and 1880 in Rich Hill, Greene , Pennsylvania.20,21,22 living with mother 1850 living with brother Daniel in 1860 & 1880 She died on 2 Jan 1885 in Greene , Pennsylvania.4 She appeared in the census 1850, 1860 & 1880 in Pennsylvania. 1880 lists as Ona never married
+12	vi.	Joshua ACKLEY.
+13	vii.	Daniel ACKLEY Jr.