This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Akin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kg.2ADI/1519.1 Message Board Post: Steve: I have a considerable amount of Akin data. I am the one who supplied Jon Egge with the skeleton for descendants of Thomas and Phoebe (Ashbrook) Tucker that he has listed on the website, though much of my information was based on the work of Renner, Knotts and Reynolds. I do have some additional resources, though, that were handed down through my grandmother. The best is the book of hair from more than 130 family members that was first put together in the late 1850s (original entries made no later than 1862, though there were samples added after that year). I see from a message you posted that you know of the Reeder/Chenoweth connection. The Akin family and the Alsbury family have 3 separate marriage I know of. Because of that, I have "poked" into the Akin family fairly extensively. In fact, I have samples of hair from Augustus Akin and his children, as well as Joel Akin and his children. As for your John M. Akin born Aug 24, 1855 - I DO not believe he was a child of Augustus Akin, at least not by his Alsbury wife -all of their first nine children are entered in order in the hairbook. Their 5th child was born 17 November 1854 -it is hard to believe there was another in August of 55 who was skipped when the 6th entry is for a child born in 1856. I suppose it is possible he was married before he married Alsbury, and had children old enough to be a father by 1855, but I do not have anything to indicate that. Joel Akin, son of Isham and Elvey, had a son named John M who was born 13 Jan 1856. I have the first part (transcribed) of a letter written by Joel Akin to his his father in 1849, telling of his brother's death. I would love to connect with you and compare questions and answers about this family. I have at least one (I think maybe 2) Akin marriages into the Ingram family; I also have a list of the children of John Akin and his wife, Frankie that gives birthdates for all -it was evidently copied from the family bible by a son who went to Oregon. His descendant still has it -don't know if you have it or not. Contact me -- jenlane57@yahoomail.com