John Ake (1764 - 1850)

Born 22 Jan 1764 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Pamela (Harrison) Ake — married 7 Jan 1783 in Monacacy Lutheran Church, Frederick, Maryland

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1850 at age 86 in Union City, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

John Ake was an early settler in Pennsylvania.

John Eck/Ake was born on January 22, 1764. He had two sons and one daughter with Pamelia Harrison between 1780 and 1797.

Baptism recorded at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John Eck, of James [Jacob] and Anna Eck, born January 22, 1764, baptized February 1, 1764, sponsors Marius {Mark} and Anna Hunecker, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. (Anna Hunecker/Hornecker is the sister of Jacob Egg/Eck).

As per Monocacy and Frederick Lutheran Church records 1743-18119: Marriage - 7 Jan 1783, Johannes Eck and Mealry Harrison, Witnesses Jacob and Catherine Eck. Middletown Lutheran Church also has this marriage recorded; this is likely the same church called by a different name.

John died on April 5, 1850, having lived a long life of 86 years, and was buried buried at the Ake Cemetery in the village of Weyant, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.

Find A Grave: Memorial #80502211 Pamela Ake

Find A Grave: Memorial #80502147 husband ~John Ake 1764-1850 FAG says birth in 1760

Find A Grave: Memorial #44215096 daughter~Elizabeth Ake Trout (1783-1854) 1 spouse and 10 children

Find A Grave: Memorial #78655266 son12:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC)~John Ake (1793-1866) 1 spouse and 6 children

Find A Grave: Memorial #80502168 son12:47, 27 January 2022 (UTC)~Joseph B Ake (1797-1849) 1 spouse and 5 children

Research Note

Most of the information provided on this profile entered by a professional researcher using official local records from municipality and church records.

Sources

• Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia Vol. 1, p. 276: published by the Society, 1889
• Ernst Schindler Family Tree-Egypte1 subscription required https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8355770/person/6077523813/facts
• Will of Jacob Egg/Eck, Carroll, Maryland
• Will of John Ake, Bedford, Pennsylvania
• Frederick Sheely Weiser, Records of Marriages and Burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick,County, Maryland and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the City of Frederick, Maryland 1741-1811, p. 33; The National Genealogical Society, Washington, D. C., 1972
• Lewis Jordan, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Volume IX, pp. 186, 205; Historical Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1911
• Mortality Census schedule
• U. S. Decennial Census, Pennsylvania 1790, 1810
• State Library of Pennsylvania
• Helen E. Arkey, Eck Families Primarily Listing Descendants of Jacob Egg/Eck and Anna Maria Margaret Kilcher pp. 69-70; Data Contributors: D. M. and Lois Clarke, Mary Germaine (O’Neill) O’Neil
• "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-L41G?cc=1999196&wc=9PMD-DPD%3A268498201%2C269965901 : 3 July 2014), Bedford > Wills 1849-1882 vol 4-5 > image 35 of 661; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.