When William M. Oakley was born on 28 July 1790, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, David Oakley Jr, was 39 and his mother, Eunice Oakley, was 29. He married Mercy "Marcia" Oakley in 1810, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 7 May 1854, in Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Yonkers, Westchester, New York, United States.
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English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of numerous places called Oakley, Oakle, or Oakleigh, in Bedfordshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, or Wiltshire. The placenames derive from Old English āc ‘oak’ + lēah ‘open woodland’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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