Benjamin Franklin Oakley (abt. 1738 - abt. 1801)

Born about 1738 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Benoak) Oakley — married 1765 in Colony of Virginia

Husband of Melly Armstrong — married 25 Nov 1790 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died about Jul 1801 at about age 63 in Montgomery, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Benjamin Franklin Oakley born about 1738 in Colony of Virginia.

He married Mary (Benoak) Oakley (1742-1790) in 1765 in Colony of Virginia.

Children of this Union were:

• Elizabeth (Oakley) Parker (abt.1754-1802)
• William Oakley (1766-1813) ^[1]
• Nancy Oakley (1767-) ^[2][1]
• Christopher Oakley (1770-1828) ^[2]
• Thomas Oakley (1773-1813) ^[2][1]
• Edmund Oakley (1774-1850) ^[1]
• Pleasant Oakley (1774-1809) ^[1]
• Frances (Oakley) Becraft (1782-1809) ^[1]
• Janny Oakley (1782-1809)^[2]
• Allen Oakley (1784-)

He was an officer during the French and indian War around 1756/57.

On 19 Oct 1784 Benjamin Okely was surveyed as having 50 acres of land in Lincoln County, Kentucky. ^[3]

He married Melly Armstrong (abt.1750-) on 25 Nov 1790 in Madison, Kentucky, United States. ^[2][1]

In 1800 Benjamin lived in Montgomery County, Kentucky. ^[4]

He passed away 1801 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA. ^[2]

BENJAMIN OAKLEY, Will Book A, Page 71—Those named, wife: daughter, Nancy: daughter, Janny. Written July 3, 1801. Proved August Court, 1801. Witnesses Jacob Williams, John Butler, Christopher Oakley. ^[2]

On 22 Aug ,1880 Benjamin was listed on on the Tax List for Montgomery County, Kentucky. ^[5]

Page 132, Sept. 26, 1801—Benjamin Okley's heirs have recovered of Miller Okley their legacy and relinquish all claim to father's estate. Signed: Wm. Okley, Thos. Okley, Edmund Okley, Nancy Okley, Fanny Okley, Pleasant Oakley. ^[1]

Oakley's of Kentucky

Following was provided by an Oakley descendant, Mrs. Dayton Rouse who died Mar 22 1972 in Oklahoma City, OK. Proof exists that most of the Oakley's of Bath County, KY were the children or grandchildren of Benjamin Oakley. Benjamin Oakley, probably the one who signed the "Oath of Allegiance" 1777, in Henry County, VA, was in Kentucky at least by 1784 when he had land surveyed on Sugar Creek, then in Lincoln county. He then set off to Madison County, KY in 1786 where he was taxed from 1787 to 1798. He was in Montgomery County, KY in 1800 (from which Bath County was formed) and died there in 1801. His 1801 Will named only his two youngest daughters, Nancy and Fannie Oakley, and his loving wife (who was Milley Armstrong, a widow whom he had married in 1790--she was his second wife). Christopher Oakley was a witness to this will. About a month after Benjamin's death an instrument was signed certifying that the heirs of Benjamin had received from Milley their part of their father's estate, signed by : William Oakley, Thomas Oakley, Edward Parker (probably a son-in-law), Edmund Oakley, Nancy (by an X) and Pleasant Oakley, one of the legatees." There are several variations of the spelling, i/e/, Oakley, Okley, Okly, Oakly, etc. The name may have come from O'Kelly. In the Virginia magazine Benjamin is listed as being an officer in 1756/57 during the French and indian War. It may have been a result of this service that he was given a Virginia Grant for military service whereby he had the 50 acres surveyed on Sugar Creek. At the time, Kentucky was still a part of Virginia--this gets confusing at times when census and other records may list place of birth as Virginia--although the area involved in now part of Kentucky.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Court and Other Records, Vol. II
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Free Ancestry Image Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I
3. ↑ Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924
4. ↑ Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890
5. ↑ Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801