Cornelius Ackerman (1748 - 1846)

Born 1748 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey

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Died 21 Dec 1846 at about age 98 in Victoria, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Cornelius was born about 1768.

Came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist and first settled at Fredericton in York County, then Avondale Wilmot Parish, Carleton County: m. Frances Lawrence d/o Col. Richard Lawrence

Sources

• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s Name: Cornelius Ackerman Event: Living Year: 1783 Place: Fredericton County: York Province: New Brunswick Source: Esther Clark Wright, The Loyalists of New Brunswick, Lancelot Press, Hantsport, NS, 1981. Volume/Page: 255 Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured. Source Information Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s 1 citation provides evidence for Name
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Cornelius Ackerman Gender: Male Birth Year: 1748 Spouse Name: Elizabeth Blauvelt Spouse Birth Year: 1750 Source Citation Source number: 4095.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Submitter Code: VVH 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth
• Provincial Archives of N.B., microfilm reel F1094, Anglican Church Records, Woodstock, N.B.: 24 Feb 1793, Calep, born 4 Jan 1776, son of Mathew & Mary Philips.
• Provincial Archives of N.B., Anglican Church Records, Woodstock, N.B.: 10 Mar 1811, baptized, Mary Ann, born 23 Jul 1809; Francis Jane, born 17 Jul 1807; and Matthew Lee, born 30 Jan 1811, children of Caleb and Mrs. Phillips. Also, 3 Mar 1813, baptized, Charlotte, born 20 Apr 1812, daughter of Caleb and Mrs. Phillips.
• Provincial Archives of N.B., microfilm reel F88, Carleton County, N.B., marriage records, Book A, p. 284: Caleb B. Phillips of the Parish of Wakefield and Mary Laskey, widow, of Brighton were married 16 Mar 1848 by me, Joseph F. Bent, Wesleyan Minister, in presence of William Richardson & Reuben Robinson.
• Provincial Archives of N.B., 1851 Census, Parish of Wakefield, Carleton Co., N.B.: CalebPhillips, 73, born in New Jersey, farmer, blind, entered colony in Sept. 1783; Mary Ann, 40, wife, born in N.B.; Caroline, 29, dau; Richard, 23, son; Esther, 21, dau; Robert, 3, son; Jerusha Catherine Lasky, 12, stepchild; Mary Laskey, 7, stepchild.
• Dept. of Natural Resources, Fredericton, N.B., Land Grant Map #101: River front Lots 1 and 2, 425 acres, Lower Wakefield, Carleton County, N.B., granted to Caleb Phillips.
• Provincial Archives of N.B., Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Vol. 14, 1852-1854, #3085: Carleton Sentinel, Woodstock, N.B., 14 Jan 1854 - d. 11th inst., Wakefield, Caleb Phillips, age 76, many years inhabitant, left family.
• Claron H. Shaw, in his "Book of Records" said Mrs. Caleb Phillips died 8 Sept. 1846, and that Caleb Phillips died Dec. 11, 1853.
• Grave Stone, Victoria Corner Cemetery, Carleton Co., N.B.: Caleb B. Phillips, died 11 Dec 1853, ae 76 yrs. Provincial Archives of N.B., Anglican Church Records, Woodstock, N.B.: 23 Mar 1804, buried, the wife of Caleb Phillips, in the 17th (or 19th) year of her age, died with the fever.
• Provincial Archives of N.B., Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Vol. 11, #1108 (Saint John, N.B.: Daniel F. Johnson): N.B. Courier, Saint John, N.B., 19 Sep 1846 - d., Wakefield, 8th inst., Elsy Ann, wife of Caleb Phillips, age 58.
• I have no record of where I obtained Hardenbrook as Mrs. Mary Laskey's maiden name
• Loyalist Pension
• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannb/NB_LoyalistPensions.html

• Find A Grave
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235495852/cornelius-ackerman

• MC80/145

Louise Hill’s Fredericton, New Brunswick, British North America , page 56: see also MC1396 George Hayward genealogical collection, MS1B The Hayward collection , A014, 2 pages.