When Experience Ackley was born on 8 October 1745, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, Benjamin Ackley, was 39 and her mother, Experience Crippen, was 44. She married Asahel Brainerd on 30 March 1763, in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 17 January 1815, in Litchfield, Nichols, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 69.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: habitational name from Aycliffe, Durham, recorded as Aykley in 1555. Alternatively, it may be from any of various places called in Old English as āc lēah ‘oak clearing’. Compare Oakley , which has the same origin. Compare also Akeley and Akley .
English (Northumberland and Durham): in some cases, a variant of Arkley, which is of uncertain origin.
Americanized form of Swiss German Egli .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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