| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation2. Rev Uriah ACKLEY was born on 5 Jun 1780 in Gloucester , New Jersey.1,12,17 He was living between 1830 and 1840 in Salem , New Jersey.18,19 He was living in 1850 in Pittsgrove, Salem , New Jersey.20 On 27 Sep 1850 he was Farmer at Pittsgrove, Salem , New Jersey.20 He died on 7 Aug 1851 in Pittsgrove, Salem , New Jersey.8,17,21,22 Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey has death as 5 Aug 1854 He had his estate probated in 1854 in Salem , New Jersey.21,23 He was buried in Olivet Methodist Cemetery, Olivet, Salem, New Jersey.17 He appeared in the census 1830, 1840 & 1850 in New Jersey. Biography of8 (II) Uriah, eldest child of John and Hannah Ackley, of Gloucester county, was born there June 5, 1780, died August 5, 1854. He was an itinerary Methodist minister of Salem county, New Jersey. He married Sarah Coombs, born April 25, 1791, died August 4, 1879. Children: 1. Samuel, born February 5, 1810, died February 28, 1890. 2. William, referred to below. 3. Joseph, July 23, 1813, died October 18, 1892. 4. Rachel, March 17, 1815, died October 22, 1880. 5. Hannah, November 11, 1816, died October 6, 1893. 6. Ann, May 11, 1818, deceased. 7. Mary, September 23, 1819. 8. John, March 24, 1822, deceased. 9. Jesse C., October 20, 1823, deceased. 10. Sarah Ann, May 2, 1826, died February 15, 1896. 11. Coombs, June 17, 1828. 12. Ruth, September 5, 1829, deceased. 13. Jane, June 11, 1832, died March 14, 1876. 14. George, July 15, 1835. Rev
Uriah ACKLEY and Sarah COOMBS were married about 1809 in Salem, Cumberland ,
New Jersey.1,17,20 Sarah
COOMBS (daughter of Joseph COOMBS and Ruth MEED) was born on 25 Apr 1791
in New Jersey.17,20,24 also listed
as born 25 Aug 1791 She appeared in the census in 1850 in New Jersey.
She died on 4 Aug 1879.17,24 She appeared in the following News Article from the
Forty Second Vol., No. 2 Hunterdon Democrat on 2 Sep 1879 in Hunterdon , New
Jersey An Unusual Event In Salem county an event occurred recently
which probably has no parallel. Mrs. Sarah Achley, widow of the late Uriah Ackley,
over eighty-eight years old, was buried, and around her grave stood thirteen
of her own children, some of them seventy years of age. She has borne fourteen
children and left a living family of 113 children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She was one of the old-time Methodists, having experienced religion when she
was twelve years of age and been a member of the M.E. Church for seventy-five
years. She was in all respects a noble, devoted and faithful Christian woman,
and as "Mother Ashley" was widely known throughout South Jersey. Her
husband died twenty-five years ago, aged seventy-four years.
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