Martha Thompson

1845 - 1940  (94 years)

• Name	Martha Thompson  [1]
  Birth	29 Oct 1845	Greenport, NY
  Gender	Female
  Birth	29 Oct 1845	Greenport, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Birth	29 Oct 1846	Greenport, Southold, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Death	24 Feb 1940	Patchogue, Long Island, NY
  Name	Martha A Thompson
  Death	24 Feb 1940	Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Burial	Patchogue (Cedar Grove Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I1475	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	James W Thompson,   b. 1806, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Mother	Phoebe Sherry,   b. 1815, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 1850 (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Est 1834	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Family ID	F8841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martin Alanzo Ackerly, ^,   b. Aug 1844, NY d. 1923, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1864	Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Children	1. Lulu May Ackerly,   b. 22 Jan 1868, Patchogue, Long Island, NY d. 16 Apr 1950, Glen Cove, NY (Age 82 years)   2. Ernest Ackerly,   b. Abt 1875, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Charles Ackerly, <,   b. Jun 1871, New York, United States d. Yes, date unknown   4. Jessy Ackerly, <,   b. Abt 1873, NY d. 17 Dec 1919, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York, United States (Age 46 years)   5. Charles O. Ackerly,   b. Feb 1870, NY d. 2 Aug 1952 (Age 82 years)   6. Martin Edgar Ackerly, Jr,   b. 25 Sep 1875, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 9 Aug 1944, Bur. Cedar Grove Cem. Patchogue, N.Y. (Age 68 years)   7. Robert Bishop Ackerly, <,   b. Mar 1884   d. 3 May 1965, Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (Age 81 years)   8. Howard Thompson Ackerly,   b. 3 Sep 1880, New York, United States d. Apr 1969, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Davidson at Rootsweb comments: Family tradition said that Martha Thompson was an orphan from Greenport. When I couldn't find her listed in Greenport census records, a friend tried Patchogue, where she appears to have been living. Martha Thompson may be the daughter of Phebe and James Thompson. They are listed as living in Patchogue in the 1850 census with a 4 yr. old daughter named "Martha". Other children include Mary S. 15, Alice 11, Phebe 9, Euphemia 6, and a brother James 2. In the 1860 census there is no Phebe or James listed (suggesting they died, leaving Martha an orphan as was told in family tradition). A 14 yr. old Martha is listed as living with the Ruland family in Islip as a "servant" and a Jane Thompson is listed as a 16 yr. old "domestic" with the Moses Swezey family. The siblings don't exactly match up with names handed down through family tradition. Aunt Tinny (Madalyn Boddy Warnke) told me that Martha's siblings were "Will, Addie, Alice, and Janie." While both agree with the name "Alice", a birth document for a James Thompson lists a "James William" as the son of Phoebe and James. Perhaps he was known as "Will" among the family. Also, a 6 yr. old Euphemia may have chosen the more common "Jane". That just leaves a mystery about "Mary S." and "Phebe". Could one of them be Addie?

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1207140&id =I85244724. [S363] Larry Boddy , Email (Jan 2003).