David Akerly

2) David Akerly b. c1797 NB, d. before 1846, m. Ann Peck b. 9 Nov 1801 at Hopewell, NB, d. 21 Jun 1878, d/o Thomas Peck and Anna Brewster: settled at Alma, Albert County and had six children:

http://www.jedh.com/src/genealogy/hpkr2/f2899.htm From the Ackerley Family History:

The Akerley's are originally from the northern part of England where most of them can be found in Manchester County. For those who aren't that familiar with England, Manchester is the western part of England which borders scotland. It contains suc h shipping ports as Liverpool. ( Remember The Beatles?)

Akerleys can be found in New York as early as 1663 where most of them situated in the Westchester county of New York which now contains the Bronx and Long Island.When the American Revolution struck the Akerleys as a whole found themselves fightin g on the side of the British cause. Several Akerleys distinguished themselves as true "tories" , Including Isaac and Obediah Akerley who rode with both the infamous Delancey's Brigade and the Loyal Westchester Volunteers.

Compensation claims are where we first pick up the story of David Akerley. Where Isaac and Obediah are claiming for losses suffered during war action (Obediah Claimed to have lost five horses, three killed underneath him and one burned by the rebe ls at New York), David Akerley is listed as a youth and as such could only lay claim to a bridle and saddle. Passenger lists show many Akerleys coming to New Brunswick in 1783, among them are Obediah, Oliver, Isaac (Sr & Jr), Moses, Benjamin an d David. David came in on the ship "Nicholas and James" to Nova Scotia where he soon settled in Harvey,which was part of Westmorland county in Nova Scotia.(New Brunswick wouldn't become a seperate province until 1784.) Whether David was the so n of one of these other Akerleys can't be ascertained at this time . We know he came from the same region at approximately the same time, but that is not much of a similarity as the Loyalists had all holed up in New York at the end of the war an d the treaty stated that under General Howe, all Loyalists were to leave from New York by a certain date.

If there is any relation to David it is probably Oliver who also settled in Westmorland county before moving on to Gagetown. Regardless of relatives,It is in Harvey that we find David married to an Amy and buying marshland in the vicinity of Water side in 1793.(The earliest land records available in the land records office in Moncton).He had eight children with Amy including two boys named Asael and David Jr.Asael was killed at the age of 21 by a falling tree, leaving only David Jr to carr y on the Akerley name. David Jr also remained in Waterside and had 4 girls and two boys, Asael and Winthrop. Asael worked as a house joiner in Hillsborough, but as was common then fell sick at a young age and died, leaving a young wife and infant daughter.

From an online source, listing some of the Loyalist Akerleys (many spellings) as well as other, related Loyalist Family ancestors, the following listings of land grantees in 1785: