David Akin (1689 - 1779)

Born 19 Sep 1689 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Allen) Akin — married 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1779 at age 89 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York

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Biography

David was a Friend (Quaker)

David was born in 1689. He passed away in 1779. Genealogy of the Akin Family, of Dartmouth. — John Akin, of Scotland, emigrated to America about 1680, and settled at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass. He died June 13, 1744, aged eighty-three years. He was twice married, first to Hannah Briggs, and (second) to Miss Sherman. He had fifteen children, namely: (1) David, born September 19, 1689, married Sarah Allen, and they settled on Quaker Hill. (2) Thomas, born March 20, 1702, married Abigail Allen, of Dartmouth, in 1727. (3) James, born August 1, 1706, married, November 14, 1728, Anne Fish; his second wife was Ruth Sandford. (4) Benjamin married Eunice Taber, September 13, 1739; second wife, Lydia Almy; third wife, widow Barker, from whom he separated separated in about one year; he died in 1800, aged eighty-seven years. (5) Ebenezer, who was a militia captain, died November 16, 1770. (6) Timothy, born June 6, 1695, died a bachelor. (7) Elihu, born August 6, 1720, married Ruth Penny, in 1744; for his second wife he married Miss Wilcox, when he was seventy years old. (8) Joseph was lost at sea. (9) Deborah, born December 30, 1692. (10) Mary, born January 23, 1697, married a Mr. Aldin, and died aged over ninety years, (ii) Hannah, born March 12, 1699. (12) Judith, born January 1, 1691, married John Getchel, April 10, 1727; she died aged ninety-three years. (13) Elizabeth, born May 20, 1704. (14) Susanna, born September 27, 1718, married Hicks, of Fall River. (15) Abigail.

David Akin, eldest son of John Akin, came to Quaker Hill and there settled. He and his wife Sarah (Allen) reared a family of ten children, as follows: (1) John Akin married Margaret Hicks, of Portsmouth, R. I., January 29, 1742, she died October 8, 1803, and he passed away April 7, 1779. (2) Mary Akin married Abraham Thomas, at Dartmouth, July 24, 1740. (3) Elisha Akin married Elizabeth Tripp, July 5, 1734. (4) Josiah Akin married Judith Hurdleston, of Dartmouth, in 1746. (5) Abigail Akin married Murry Lester. (6) Sarah Akin died young. (7) Hannah Akin married James Birdsall. (8) James Akin married Patience Howard. (9) David Akin (II) married Deborah Gray. (10) Jonathan Akin (born July 26, 1737) married Lillius Ferris, daughter of Benjamin (I) and Phebe (Beecher) Ferris. They had eight children, whose names and dates of birth and their matrimonial partners are here given: Elizabeth, April 3, 1758, married Peleg Howland, son of Nathaniel Howland. (2) Isaac, August 27, 1759, married Anna Wing (daughter of Jersham Wing and Rebecca, his wife), moved to Canada, and their two children were—Martha, who married Daniel Merritt, and Jonathan Akin (II), who married Harriet Taber. (3) Martha, March 1, 1761, married William Taber, son of Thomas Taber. (4) Benjamin, October 26, 1762, married Martha Palmer, daughter of John and Hope Palmer; moved to Greenbush; Benjamin Akin was drowned in the Hudson river. (5) Abigail, March 9, 1764, married Mathew Pendergast, and had two children —William and Lillius. (6) Sybil, November 26, 1767, married William Field. (7) William, June 13, 1769, married Matilda Cary, daughter of the eldest Dr. Ebenezer Cary (lived in Greenbush). (8) Peter is more fully referred to below. Peter Akin, of Pawling, Dutchess county, was the youngest child of Jonathan and Lillius (Ferris) Akin, grandson of David and Sarah (Allen) Akin, of Quaker Hill, and great-grandson of John Akin, of Scotland, who came to America about 1680, and settled at Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass. He was born January 8, 1771, and married Abigail Ferris, only child of Mathew and Sarah (Kelly) Ferris. They became the parents of the following children: (1) Sarah Akin married Jesse Skidmore, and had four children, viz.: Peter A., who married Ruth Moore; Andrew J., who married Fannie Wing; and Elizabeth and Abigail (both deceased). (2) Mathew F. Akin. (3) Phebe Akin, born September 1, 1803, married Moses W. Leach, died February 21, 1858, aged fifty-four years [record of children, etc., given in Leach genealogy]. (4) Lillius Akin married Daniel P. Haviland, and had nine children, as follows: Elizabeth F. married Thomas Wetherald; William T. married Elizabeth D. Hoag; Abigail A. married Philip H. Haviland; Isaac H. died August 15, 1858, aged eighteen years; Jonathan A. married Angeline Hungerford; Daniel J. was drowned; Lydia W. married Merritt Haviland; Lillie A. married Samuel R. Neave; and Joseph H. married Ella Patchen. (5) William P. Akin, born July 23, 1810, died August 16, 1882, aged seventy-two years and twenty-three days; he married Lydia Moore, October 23, 1833, and to their union came the following children: Ruth M. Akin married Franklin Haight (deceased); Abigail F. Akin married Charles Wild; Jonathan Akin married Anna Tweedy (both now deceased); Lydia Akin married Cyrus Hiliker (deceased); Anna M. Akin married Daniel Edward Wanzer (both now deceased). (6) Isaac Akin (2) died February 17, 1863, aged forty-nine years. (7) John Akin died March 28, 1829. (8) Peer Akin died in October, 1805. (9) Infant son, died 1797. (10) Infant daughter died 1799. The father, Peter Akin, died December 2, 1860, aged eighty-nine years, ten months and twenty-five days. The mother, Abigail, passed away July 16, 1844, aged seventy years.^[1]

Children

Children of David & Sarah Akin:

• Josiah Akin b. 13 of 6m, 1719
• Abigail Akin b. 9 of 7m, 1721
• Hannah Akin b. 20 of 4m, 1726
• Johnathan Akin (m. to Lillias Ferriss) b. 2 of 7m, 1737;m. 27 of 7m, 1757

Children mentioned in Will (six sons and three daughters)^[2]

• Jonathan
• Josias (aka Josiah)
• David
• Elisha
• John
• James
• Abigail Lestor
• Hannah Birdsel
• Mary Thomas

Death

David Akin 3 Will -- never probated:

"I, DAVID AKIN, of Paulings Precinct in Dutchess County and Province of New York being at this time weak in body but of sound mind and memory but considering the mortality of man do make this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following viz:

Imprimis. It is my Will that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid out of my moneys due to me by bond by my Executor hereafter mentioned and named.

Item I give unto my beloved wife, [[Allen-10169|Sarah Akin], one good feather bed and furniture. Also it is my Will that my son, Jonathan Akin , shall (for what he has already had of my Estate) provide for my beloved Wife all manner of sufficient necessaries for house room, furniture, washing provision, firewood attendance and all other accommodations that may be needful for her to live comfortable and decent during her life, all which I give her in Lieu of her Dowry.

Item I give to my Son, Jonathan Akin, all my Stock of Living Creatures of any sort or kind I am possest of, with all my working tools used for the Farm, to him and his Heirs, forever.

Item I give to my two Sons, Josias ( Josiah) Akin and Jonathan Akin, all my Wearing Apparrel to be Equally Divided Between them.

Item I give unto five of my Sons namely, John , Elisha , Josias, James, and Jonathan Akin to Each of them Five Pounds Money of New York or to their Heirs within one year after my Decease by my Executor herein after named.

Item I give to my Son, David Akin , Two Pounds Money of New York or to his heirs within one year after my decease by my Executor herein after named.

Item I give to my Two Daughters, namely Mary Thomas and Abigail Lestor ( Lester) to Each of them Forty Pounds Money of New York within one year after my Decease or to their Heirs by my Executor herein after named.

Item I give to my Daughter, Hannah Birdsel ( Birdsall) Thirty- Five Pounds money of New York within one year after my Decease or to her Heirs by my Executor herein after named.

Item I give to my Three Daughters namely, Mary Thomas, Abigail Lestor and Hannah Birdsel, all my Household Goods after my wife's part is taken out (Except my Silver Watch which I give to my son John Akin) to be Equally Divided Between my Three Daughters or to their Heirs.

Item My Will and Desire is that after all the Legacies are paid out by my Executor that what Remains of my Estate be Equally Divided Between all my Children, both Sons and Daughters Equally.

Lastly I do hereby Appoint, Make, and Impower My Son, James Akin , Executor of this my Last Will and Testament, Utterly Disallowing and Revoking all other Will or Wills by me before made or caused to be made Ratifying, and confirming this, and no other, to be my Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set My Hand and Affixed my Seal this Fifth Day of February in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of our Most Gracious King George Ye Third and in the Year of Christian account One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Four.

(Signed) David Akin [in a very wavering hand]

Signed, Sealed, Published,

Pronounced, and Declared to be my Last Will and Testament in Presence of

Consider Morgan

Benjamin Ferris, Jun.

Elisha Allen"

Note: As you read through this Will you will note that the spelling of some of the names are incorrect; a few are shown in parentheses with the correct spelling. A few of the words are not spelled correctly, but they are here exactly as found in the Will.

Burial

Quaker Cemetery

Pawling, Duchess County, New York, USA^[3]

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".
• Mary Birdsall was the grand-daughter of James Birdsall and Hannah (Akin), and James was the son of Nathan, the first settler on Quaker Hill, N.Y. The old home of James, in Havilland Hollow is still in a fair state of preservation.
• Hannah Akin was the daughter of David who in 1711 m. Sarah Allen, daughter of Ebenezer and Abigail Allen, and grand-daughter of Ralph, son of George.
• David Akin moved to Quaker Hill in 1741 and d. 1779. He is mentioned as a private in Field's Reg't, Heck's Co., Dutchess Co. in New York, in the Revolution, but if it be a fact, he must have been a very old man. He was the son of John and Mary (Briggs) Akin of Portsmouth. John was a Capt. in King Phillip's War. b. 1663, d. June 13, 1746. His will was filed in Taunton, Mass. ^[4]

Research Notes

For future research - these databases are mentioned but the actual sources are not given.

• US Find A Grave Index 1700s-Current
• Massachusetts US Town and Vital Records 1620-1988
• Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1700-1850
• North America Family Histories 1500-2000

Sources

1. ↑ Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York (1897) Author: J.H. Beers & Co. Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
2. ↑ [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting], Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 17 - 20
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 30 December 2020), memorial page for David Akin (19 Sep 1689–7 Apr 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #17892943, citing Quaker Cemetery, Pawling, Dutchess County, New York, USA .
4. ↑ Source: Book Title: The Frost Genealogy : Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York : showing connections never before published with the Winthrop, Underhill, Feke Bowne and Wickes families, 1912.