Born in Frederick, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of William Akers
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Phoebe (Skinner) Acree
— married
about 1775 in North Carolina
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Otter Creek, Wayne County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2015
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Biography
William (Akers) Acree is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000343.
William (Akers) Acree served with Guilford County Regiment, North Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.
William was born in 1752. He is the son of William Akers. He passed away in 1833.
Progenitor of the "Maryland Acrees" was born in Frederick Co., Maryland, and moved as a youth with his newly-widowed mother and Quaker relatives to Guilford Co., North Carolina, in the mid-1760s. Forty years later, after raising his own family there, he took them and their families to Wayne Co., Kentucky. His father was William Akers (1726-1765) of Frederick Co.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1810," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-F2G : accessed 10 May 2015), Wm Akree, Not Stated, Wayne, Kentucky; citing p. 351, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.
- DAR Ancestor #A000343 [1]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Preston Leggitt
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
D (Taylor) Russell :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Dee Boggess :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member deeboggess
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~0.78%
Catherine (Willhite) V :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T178449 [compare], FTDNA kit #387423
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