By his will, made Dec. 20, 1821, gave to his wife Jemima, to his son James, and grandson Abraham son of James; to his son Wm. D. Acker and to his daughters Catharine, Maria, Margaret and Lettie. He was evidently a man of consequence and substance, as a receipt of internal revenue date of 1815, giving him the right of use for a " two wheeled carriage called a chair, owned by him and the harness therefor," testifies.

James Acker, the eldest sou of Abraham 3d, inherited the one-ha!: (north part) of his father's estate, and lived about two or three hundred yards north of the old homestead, in a house erected for him by his father about 1S15. He was prominent in town affairs holding the office of Supervisor from 1838 to 1S44. At the Town Meeting in the Spring of the latter year he was again a candidate on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated by his brother-in-law, the late Benson Ferris, Ksq. . who was an ardent Whig. James Acker married Elizabeth Mann, a daughter of Michael Mann, Sr. He continued to live on that place until his death in 1870. He left several children.

Maria, the sister of James and daughter of Abraham Acker, 3d, married the late Benson Ferris, Sr., and was a woman much esteemed

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in this community. Her son, Benson Ferris, Esq., is President of the Westchester County Savings Bank of this place.

The oldest memorial stone of the Acker family recognizable in t lie old Dutch Churchyard, bears the following inscription. It is still well preserved, and it would seem might be good for at least another century :