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The
tree above involves some speculation, the Newton/Wigan 1700s page contains the earliest confirmed records with the marriage of John Ackers to Jane Unsworth in 1731 in Newton.
There are a number of christenings that could be that of John, the
most likely is that above in 1704. Newton is only a mile or 2 from
Warrington and there are 3 Ackers families in Newton in the 1730s, the heads of
those families map onto the sons of Joseph Ackers as shown above. Joseph Ackers and his twin Edward are listed as living in the Poulton / Fearnhead area of Warrington at the time of all the births of their children ( Warrington Parish records ). Joseph married Elizabeth Gee in Poulton on 23 Aug 1701. There appears
to be only one Ackers family in the Warrington area in the 1600s with the 10
children listed above, some of them must of died as infants hence the repeat
names. The last 2 Joseph and Edward are twins, Edward also has a son John born
in 1710 who could be the correct John but Joseph appears more likely. There are quite a few Ackers place names in Warrington, Ackers Pit, Ackers Road and Ackers Lane are all around an area that was first recorded in a survey in 1465 called "Le Akkirs" and belonging to Peter Legh. So I dont think the place names are named after Ackers family members, if anything it would be the other way around. The
birth of Thomas in 1634 is more speculative, most of the Ackers seem to
originate in the Prescot area and then spread east to towns such as Warrington
and Wigan in the 1600/1700s. I'm sure the family does come from that
source but there is probably a few other possible Thomas Ackers around in the
same era ! There is document written in 1881 by J Paul Rylands that is stored in Warrington library and Chester records office that talks about the granting of a coat of arms in 1576 to Captain George Acres, son of Robert Acres of Accres Hall. He served in Ireland and in Flanders under the Earl of Essex. He died in 1588 and his detailed will is also in the document that then looks into the geneology of the Acres/Ackers name. It mentions a Henry Ackers in the Liverpool and Runcorn area in 1529. A John Acar involved in a riot in Mellinge ! And then an Ackers pedigree linking back to families in other parts of the country. There is also a detailed will of a Peter Ackers, a Tailor from West Derby.