William
Akers
Sr
Born in Concord, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Akers
and Sarah (Hart) Akers
Brother of
Ralph Akers Sr. and Abiah Akers
Husband of
Elizabeth (Martye) Akers
— married
1752 in Chester, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
William Akers Jr., Mary (Akers) Bryan, Simon Akers, Catherine (Akers) Chapman, John Henry Akers, Virginia Ruth (Akers) Webber, Sarah (Akers) Steele and Elizabeth Akers
Died
at age 79
in Campbell County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Burial
FindAGrave.com memorial #22026700 in First Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery , Appomattox County, Virginia, USA
Sources
Research Notes
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 20th, 2015), "Record of William Acker", Ancestor # A203133.
- Shearer, James William. 1915. The Shearer-Akers family, combined with "The Bryan line" through the seventh generation; arranged to be continuable indefinitely, both as a genealogy and a picture gallery in each of the three lines, by blank pages inserted in the last four generations and index on which new names and pictures may be inserted at their proper places. [Somerville, N.J.]: [Press of the Somerset messenger].
- Family records
- Edmund West, comp Family Data Collection - Individual Records
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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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~0.78%
Muriel (Lewis) Benedetti
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A858163 [compare]
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~0.78%
Roland St.John :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #MK38292
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~0.39%
Elizabeth (Hubbard) Townsend :
23andMe, GEDmatch UX2150663 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DW8869516 [compare], FTDNA kit #B96951
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch QE4330525 [compare]
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~0.39%
Jan Clifton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M262157 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ryan Bates :
23andMe, GEDmatch XM7605825 [compare], yourDNAportal RYAf6e26efa
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZY5613704 [compare], Ancestry member RyTheITGuy
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~0.39%
Ruth (Andrews) Vreeland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vreelandwest
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~0.39%
James Monday :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A445836 [compare], Ancestry member Schwanmanjim
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~0.39%
Nathan Schmidt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A804022 [compare], Ancestry member NathanDSchmidt
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~0.39%
Robert Lake :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robertlake1
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Robin Lee
Don Nicholson
Robin Lee
Catherine (Willhite) V
Catherine (Willhite) V
Robin Lee
Akers-1698 and Akers-537 appear to represent the same person because: sources added and data updated. Hopefully this will be sufficient for you to approve the merge
posted
by Robin Lee
Don Nicholson
Akers-1698 and Akers-537 are not ready to be merged because: Large birth and death date mismatch.
posted
by Don Nicholson
Robin Lee
Akers-1698 and Akers-537 appear to represent the same person because: dates are estimates, same wife
posted
by Robin Lee
Catherine (Willhite) V
Akers-1081 and Akers-537 do not represent the same person because: Maryland vs Virginia
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by Catherine (Willhite) V
Catherine (Willhite) V
Akers-1081 and Akers-537 appear to represent the same person because: same person
posted
by Catherine (Willhite) V
Rejected matches › William Akers (1726-1765)
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