Isaac he gives " my Dutch Bible, to him and his heirs forever." He also mentions eldest son Wolfert, and " dafter" Ally Requaw, wife of fulm Requaw, and grandsons John Dutcherand Abraham l\eker. He also had daughters Rea and Maritie. This Wolfert Acker is probably the Wolfert who married Susanna Requa, the sister of John, Daniel, James and Glode Requa, and removed to Newburg, Orange Co., prior to 1772, at which date he was a borrower of a sum of money of Johannis Dutch er, his brother Isaac being security, as an old document still inexistence testifies. During the Revolution he was a very active

Patriot, and held a commission in the American army. Abraham, Sr., also had Sibout, bapt. 1774, who was probably Capt. Sibout Acker of the Revolution.

Abraham Acker, Jr., was christened Sept. 19, 1730. He married Catriua Van Tassel, May 1, 1765, the sister of the noted Major Jacob Van Tassel, and a daughter of Johannis and Catrina Van Tassel , bom 1733; she died April 11, 1806, aged 73 years. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was for a time incarcerated in the old Sugar House Prison.

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

Abraham Acker, Jr's will, dated Dee. 20, 1800, gives to his via Catharine, to his son Abraham, 3d, the farm, and to his daughters Catherine and Margaret. His daughter Margaret married Benjamin Brouxr, and Catharine married John Woolsey. He died July 9, 1811, and Ids wife Catharine died April 11, 1S06.

Abraham Acker, third, appears to have principally inherited his father's estate. This Abraham married Jemima Dutcher, daughter of'Capt. William Dutcher, and resided at the old homestead, on lower Broadway. • He was a man of property and importance in the communits and his residence, known far and wide as the Acker Inn, was quite famous as the stopping place of the noted men of the day, including among its frequent guests Gen.