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Steven Acker (or sometimes '''Steven Ecker''' or '''Steven Echer''') was a Colonial America n, son of a famous Colonial American and uncle of a Patriot of the American Revolutionary War . The surname "Acker" was primarily used in registrars and on headstones. The eldest of three sons of Wolfert Acker (1667-1753) and Maretje Sibouts), and brother to Syboat Acker and Abraham Acker , little is known of this member of the Sleepy Hollow's Acker family. BIRTH He was born sometime after his parents' marriage of December 1692. He may have been born after his father had built "Wolfert's Roost" as was his youngest brother, Abraham Acker. MARRIAGE It is unknown when he was married but it was to a Capelie. Out of respect for his father he named his son, Wolfert Acker , son of Steven. This Wolfert married to Ametie Drow, and presumably the Acker line continues from that point. This son Wolfert Acker, son of Steven, may have had a son Jan Ecker who married Rachel Duythser on Sept 28, 1758 (p171 Church Records of Old Dutch Church), though this young man might have been an unknown third child of Abraham Acker and Margrietje Montrose. OTHER ACKERS It is important to note that Wolfert, (son of Steven Acker, and grandson of Wolfert Acker and Maretje Sibouts) is not the Wolfert mentioned on the tombstone in Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow's Old Dutch Burying Ground of Susannah, Wife of Wolfert, meaning Susannah Requa (1721-1767), first wife of Wolfert Ecker, the American Revolutionary War patriot (1730-1799) (son of Abraham Acker and Margrietje Montrose). Abraham Acker (1703-1773) was the younger brother of Steven Acker. Tracking the Acker family remains confusing due to the repeated use of the name Wolfert, which ends during this generation only to reappear in the mid 19th Century. BURIAL LOCATION It is very likely that he was buried to the left and back of the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow ( Tarrytown, New York ) since that the grave of brother Syboat Acker is located there. Though it stands alone, Syboat Acker gravestone still survives in part due to the Rockefeller Restoration Funds. In a photo taken in the 1960s, the gravestone was surrounded by various smaller ones, presumably the remnants of graves of the early Acker Family. |
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