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Note: The history of the First Baptist Church of Kennedy, Town of Poland, Chautauqua Co., NY, state as follows. "On the 29th of June, 1837, a council met at the house of S. Akerley; the articles and covenent being satisfactory, the church was organized. The names of those who are supposed to have united at the time are Samuel Akerley, Isaac Gifford, Asa and John Miller, Nancy and Amanda Akerley, Elizabeth and Sally Miller, Ezekial Randall, John C. Cady, Ephraim Sawyer, Roxa L. Gifford, Sally Porter, Sylvia Holbrook and Laura Ann Foote --15 members." We know from the Napoli Cemetery records that Nancy Akerley is the wife of Samuel Akerley, therefore, we can reasonably suppose that Amanda Akerley is their daughter. The 1840 census of the Town of Poland shows Samuel Akerley with a daughter born between 1821 and 1825, therefore the daughter would be between 12 and 16 years old.
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