Dear Noreen, This isn't my line that I know of so far, but may be important to you Hearth Taxes County Place Register Year Surname, Forename Amount Taxed Norfolk Docking District Docking 1664 Tho ACRES sen iij I obtained it from the url below http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/search.php3 Regard Susan Holmes Searching Akers - Norfolk Shepheard - Norfolk Latimers - Staffordshire Rose - Lincolnshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "B & N Bryant" <thbryant@mlode.com> To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2000 4:50 Subject: Akers from Norfolk UK > This exchange of messages reminded me of the book "Bess of Hardwick," by > David N. Durant. It is a portrait, based on facts from much research, of an > Elizabethan Dynasty and very interesting. Bess, who became a friend of > Queen Elizabeth I, built many mansions in different parts of England. > Thomas ACCRES was her favorite master mason, also a favorite of her fourth > husband, the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (George Talbot). Thomas ACCRES died in > 1607 on a farm he had on Bess's lands in Derbyshire. > > I am wondering if anyone has found Thomas to be an ancestor and willing to > share with others? I am nowhere near that far back in my 30 plus years of > research for ancestry of Henry AKERS, b 1801 KY. > > I copied the info from the book where Thomas is mentioned as well as a > little outline of Bess Hardwick and would be happy to share it. > > Noreen > (Noreen Pearson Bryant) > > > > > ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Noreen::: I would like to have what you copied from the book about Thomas Acres (Aker) and Bess Hardwick. Send to armenta@brightok.net Thank you. Armenta.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kuddly aka Susan Holmes" <kuddly@one.net.au> To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: November 11, 2000 12:49 AM Subject: Re: Akers from Norfolk UK > Dear Noreen, > This isn't my line that I know of so far, but may be important to you > Hearth Taxes > County Place Register Year Surname, Forename > Amount Taxed > Norfolk Docking District Docking 1664 Tho ACRES sen > iij > I obtained it from the url below > http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/search.php3 > Regard > Susan Holmes > Searching > Akers - Norfolk > Shepheard - Norfolk > Latimers - Staffordshire > Rose - Lincolnshire > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B & N Bryant" <thbryant@mlode.com> > To: <AKERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, 11 November 2000 4:50 > Subject: Akers from Norfolk UK > > > > This exchange of messages reminded me of the book "Bess of Hardwick," by > > David N. Durant. It is a portrait, based on facts from much research, of > an > > Elizabethan Dynasty and very interesting. Bess, who became a friend of > > Queen Elizabeth I, built many mansions in different parts of England. > > Thomas ACCRES was her favorite master mason, also a favorite of her fourth > > husband, the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (George Talbot). Thomas ACCRES died > in > > 1607 on a farm he had on Bess's lands in Derbyshire. > > > > I am wondering if anyone has found Thomas to be an ancestor and willing to > > share with others? I am nowhere near that far back in my 30 plus years of > > research for ancestry of Henry AKERS, b 1801 KY. > > > > I copied the info from the book where Thomas is mentioned as well as a > > little outline of Bess Hardwick and would be happy to share it. > > > > Noreen > > (Noreen Pearson Bryant) > > > > > > > > > > ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > ==== AKERS Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >