Joni -- Several decades earlier, there was a "Jacob am Acker" in the mostly German-speaking colony of Orangeburgh, South Carolina. He apparently immigrated with the first group of Swiss Protestants in about 1735. He occasionally appears in the records as Jacob Acker, although most of his family eventually took the Anglicized name Amacker, by which they are still known today across several southern states. It has occurred to me that my Thomas Akers of Louisiana (born c1770) may have been a descendant of Jacob am Acker. (Thomas is one of those ancestors who appears to have been beamed down by the little green men.) -- Mark James <tmark@geocities.com> --- "Joni L. Pontius" <jpontius@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > I know that an Akers passed through Seneca County early; maybe > this is he? Dr. W. G. Egle, state librarian of Pennsylvania in > 1898, published "Egle's notes and queries". On a list of > Pennsylvania-German settlers who arrived in Fayette township, > Seneca County, New York between 1800 and 1810 appears the name of > Jacob Acker. Family members' names do not appear, only the head of > the family. I have looked in Seneca County deeds, and no Akerses > appear. ~Joni __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
I have a Lewis Acker too who came, stayed and departed!! If your little green men come up with any info, will be pleased to hear from you. Regrds, Merran Ainslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark James" <tmarkjames@yahoo.com> To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 21 July 2001 1:29 Subject: Re: Jacob Acker,Seneca Co., NY > Joni -- > > Several decades earlier, there was a "Jacob am Acker" in the mostly > German-speaking colony of Orangeburgh, South Carolina. He apparently > immigrated with the first group of Swiss Protestants in about 1735. > He occasionally appears in the records as Jacob Acker, although most > of his family eventually took the Anglicized name Amacker, by which > they are still known today across several southern states. > > It has occurred to me that my Thomas Akers of Louisiana (born c1770) > may have been a descendant of Jacob am Acker. (Thomas is one of > those ancestors who appears to have been beamed down by the little > green men.) > > -- Mark James <tmark@geocities.com> > > > --- "Joni L. Pontius" <jpontius@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > > I know that an Akers passed through Seneca County early; maybe > > this is he? Dr. W. G. Egle, state librarian of Pennsylvania in > > 1898, published "Egle's notes and queries". On a list of > > Pennsylvania-German settlers who arrived in Fayette township, > > Seneca County, New York between 1800 and 1810 appears the name of > > Jacob Acker. Family members' names do not appear, only the head of > > the family. I have looked in Seneca County deeds, and no Akerses > > appear. ~Joni > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >