Rachel (Hanks) Akers
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Rebecca Rachel (Hanks) Akers (1761 - 1842)

Rebecca Rachel (Rachel) Akers formerly Hanks
Born in Anne Arundel County, Marylandmap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 80 in Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 9 Oct 2012
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Biography

"Rachel Rebecca Hanks Michael Nickol Family Tree(1)(1)

Birth: dd mm 1761 - Anne Arundel, USA

Marriage: date - Virginia, USA

Death: date - Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA

Parents: name surname, name surname

Spouse: name surname

Public Member Photos & Scanned Documents PICTURES

PHOTO: Rachel Hanks Akers Headstone

CATEGORY: Other

DESCRIPTION: Headstone reads: RACHEL%ehl% / wife of / E. AKERS. / DIED / April 1 1842. / AGED / 80 ys. and 3 ms....

ATTACHED TO: Rebecca Rachel Hanks (1761-1842)."

Ancestry.com link

"Rachel Hanks Akers Birth: Dec. 12, 1761 Loudoun County Virginia, USA Death: Apr. 1, 1842 Bedford County Pennsylvania, USA Family links: Parents: William Bedford Hanks (1739 - 1814) Sarah Rolfe Benson Hanks (1741 - 1804) Spouse: Ephraim Akers (1761 - 1817)*."

Rachel was born in 1761.

Rachel Hanks's husband Ephraim Akers was named one of the Executors of her father, William Hanks's will in 1814.[1] This will was probated in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1814.

She passed away in 1842. [2]

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Sources

  1. "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8991-C9M1?cc=1999196&wc=9PM6-7MQ%3A268498201%2C268568201 : 3 July 2014), Bedford > Orphans' Court dockets and guardian appointments 1772-1824 vol 1-3 > image 279 of 482; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  2. First-hand information as remembered by Joyce Hawes, Saturday, February 22, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
  • Source: S-2079725732 Repository: #R-2141738871 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25812263&pid=494
  • Repository: R-2141738871 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

1840 United States Federal Census Census & Voter Lists View Image Name: Rebecca Henks [Rebecca Hanks] Residence: township, Bedford, Pennsylvania."

"Public Member Stories Stories, Memories & Histories Title: The Big Stone House Description: Ephraim Akers built the big stone house and family history recollections from Mrs. Irwin Akers. Attached To: John Andrew Akers (1789-1866)

  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 January 2021), memorial page for Rachel Hanks Akers (12 Dec 1761–1 Apr 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #58878447, citing Akersville Cemetery, Akersville, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Michael S. Caldwell (contributor 47174042) .

Acknowledgements

  • Information through the import of WIKITREE James_Tasker Family Tree.ged on Oct 8, 2012 by Kate Eakman.






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