Major Benjamin Ackley, Jr.

1739 - 1796  (56 years)

• Name	Benjamin Ackley
  Prefix	Major
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	28 Oct 1739	East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LZ9M-V8G
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ9M-V8G
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	9674073
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9674073
  Died	28 Mar 1796	Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont
  Buried	Aft 28 Mar 1796	Congregational Cemetery, Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont
  Person ID	I22641	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2023

  
  

  Family	Hannah Higgins,   b. East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut ,   d. Bef 1783
  Married	15 Jan 1756	Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  Children	1. Hannah Ackley,   b. Nov 1756, Middle Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut ,   d. 24 Jan 1808  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2023
  Family ID	F10758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Oct 1739 - East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Married - 15 Jan 1756 - Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Died - 28 Mar 1796 - Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont Buried - Aft 28 Mar 1796 - Congregational Cemetery, Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Major Benjamin Ackley, Jr. was born in 1739 and baptized on 28 October 1739 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He became a member of the East Haddam Church on 1 November 1765. He married Hannah Higgins on 15 January 1756 and together they had seven children: Hannah b. 1756, Ruth b. 1758, Ichabod b. 1761, Chloe b. 1763, Chloe b. 1765, Rosina b. 1767, and Zilpah b. 1769. After Hannah's death, Benjamin married Elizabeth Buell Carter, widow of Eleazer Carter of Kent, Lichfield County, Vermont in 1783 and together they had three sons: Eleazer, Orange, and John Anson. Major Ackley took Elizabeth and her children from her previous marriage to lieutenant Eleazer Carter, and some of his other children from his first marriage to Hannah Higgins to Castleton, Vermont where Elizabeth's brother Ephraim Buell had recently settled. He died on 28 March 1796 and is buried in the Old Church Yard in Castleton, Vermont. Gravesite Details Aged 52 years