Ancestors of Ethan Akin II courtesy of Robert Larry Akin
Generation No. 1
1. Ethan Akin II1,2, born August 01, 1820 in Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co.
Bef 1838)2; died October 12, 1898 in 15 W. 90th St., N.Y.City, NY2. He was the son of 2. Ethen Akin, Sr. and
3. Mercy Brownell Slocum. He married (1) Susan B. St. John2 October 12, 1841 in Fish House, Fulton
County, NY2. She was born August 24, 1822 in Fish House, Fulton County, NY2, and died February 24, 1908 in
Mt. Etna, Iowa2. She was the daughter of Thaddeus St. John and Lydia Shottenkirk.
Notes for Ethan Akin II:
Ethan II spent his early years living in Johnstown with his mother, Mercy Akin. He attended Johnstown Academy
with John Wells and boarded with the Wells family for at least one year. According to the Akin Saga, he
practiced law with his father-in-law, Thaddeus St. John. While living in Johnstown, as late as 1850, he and his
wife, Susan, were members of St. John's Episcopal Church. {Baptism of Wickliffe shows Ethan and Mercy as
Sponsors}
From "MAIN STREET IN JOHNSTOWN SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO" by R. L. Jeffers. (see
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyfulton/Communities/johns75yrs.html). His Source: THE MORNING HERALD,
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. Therefore, this article describes Johnstown in the year of about 1828:
"... returning to the south-east corner of Sacandaga and William streets was found the hat store of Thomas
Cunning. He also kept furnishing goods. Next east of Cunning's was a vacant lot. Next to the vacant lot was found
Prentice's grocery. Later Prentice removed to Albany. Next east from Prentice's grocery was located the bakery
and grocery of Joseph Leach. He died in Johnstown about 50 years ago. Next east from Leach's bakery was found
the liquor and dry-goods store of John Holland. He was sheriff of old Montgomery county from August 28, 1817
until February 12, 1821. His predecessor was John Eisenlord and his successor was Seth Wetmore. The Hollands
were quite an aristocratic family. Their old residence and garden occupied the corner where now stands the
dwellings of the late Charles M. Smith, Charles M. Knox and the late D. H. VanHusen. John Holland died many
years ago and his remains are buried, in the old Green street cemetery at Johnstown where a very large marble
slab points to their last resting place. Next east from Holland's dry-goods store was Edward Snyder's harness
shop. Mr. Snyder died about sixty years ago at Johnstown. Next east was John Punch McArthur's dry-goods store.
He was a Scotchman and his wife was a Holland. His successor was Ethan Akin whose wife was a St. John. Later
Mr. Akin purchased the Fort Johnson mansion, between Fonda and Amsterdam, which was erected by Sir.
William Johnson. After a prolonged litigation Mr. Akin compelled the New York Central railroad company to
maintain a station at that place, which has since been called Akin. Ethan Akin died several years ago. Next on the
corner was located the general store of Joseph Farmer."
Ethan was trustee of Johnstown Academy in 1856 - 1857.
In 1858, he traveled out to Iowa on horseback to invest in land. He purchased about 4000 acres, a parcel of
around 800 acres for each of his five children. One tract was for Helena St. John Akin, but I do not know where.
A second was for Paul C. Akin near Grundy Center, Grundy Co., IA. The third was for Ethan Akin III and is the
Akin Family Farm near Carroll, Iowa. A fourth was for Theron Akin - some in Hardin County and some in Ida
County. The fifth was for Louis E. Akin near Corning, Iowa.
He then moved to New York City where he continued his law practice. His law practice is documented in
Wilson's Business Directory of New York City for 1859 and 1860. It is documented in Trow's New York City
Directory for 1861, 1862 and 1863. The entry for 1862 mentions both his New York City law office at 15 Nassau
Street and a law office at Fort Johnson.
In 1859, Ethan purchased Old Fort Johnson for his home. The history of ownership of the Fort after Sir William
Johnson's son, John was forced to flee to Canada before the Revolutionary War was documented by Max Reid in
his "The Story of Old Fort Johnson" published in 1906 as follows:
"The first tenant of Fort Johnson, after Sir John fled to Canada and Lady Johnson was held as hostage at Albany
was Albert Vedder, the founder of the city of Amsterdam, 1779. In 1800 the property belonged to Jacob C. and
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John C. Cuyler. The successive purchasers were as follows: Jeremiah Schuyler, February 22, 1817; John J. Van
Schaick, January 8, 1820; George Maxwell, December 14, 1824; and George Smith, January 26, 1826. George
Smith died intestate and the property was divided into nine parcels and all sold between 1836 and 1844. Fort
Johnson mansion and lands were purchased by Dr. Oliver Davidson who afterward sold the same premises to
Almarin Young, from whom they were purchased by Ethan Akin. While living at Fort Johnson, Dr. Davidson's
daughter wrote the well-known poem entitled "The Sale of Old Bachelors."
Between 1859 and 1905 the property belonged to and was the home of the family of Ethan Akin, who died in
1897. In 1905 this property was sold, in order to settle the estate. In order to save the old building from being put
to improper use the Historical Society above mentioned obtained an option on the property for sixty days by
making a cash payment of five hundred dollars. Before the sixty days had elapsed, Major-General J. Watts de
Peyster, of "Rose Hill," Tivoli, N.Y., became interested in the preservation of the old mansion for family reasons,
and offered to purchase Fort Johnson (price $5900) and deed it to the society, provided the said society would
assume to care for and maintain the same and to install a suitable bronze tablet in the interior. The society having
agreed to these provisions, the General proceeded to carry out his part of the contract and the transfer of the
property was made on November 9, 1905." [End of quote.]
The Gazetteer and Business Directory of Montgomery County, N.Y. 1869-70 published by Hamilton Child &
Co., Syracuse, NY 1869 lists Ethan as "lawyer and farmer" in Amsterdam in that year. Kirwins Amsterdam City
Directory for 1887 - 1888 and again in 1888-1889 however, no occupation was recorded. The settlement near the
old fort was named "Akin" in honor of Ethan by a bill passed by Congress that was introduced by Rep. John
Starin in 1873. Ethan owned 185 acres of land there. In 1912, Theron Akin, Ethan's son, who was a member of
the US House of Representatives at the time, made an impassioned speech on the floor of the House trying to
defeat the renaming of the village, but he was unsuccessful, and the village was renamed to its present name, Fort
Johnson, NY.
The Akin saga says that Ethan died at Johnson Hall, or Old Fort Johnson. He maintained a home at Fort Johnson
when he died, but he also had a residence at No. 15, West 90th St., NYC which he used as his address in two
letters he wrote to Ethan, his son, in 1898 the year he died. The Akin Family Bible says that he died at this NYC
address - not Old Fort Johnson. This address in NYC is just a few houses west of Central Park in Manhattan.
When his will was written just before he died, Helena Akin Mix was also residing at 15 West 90th Street.
More About Ethan Akin II:
Burial: Akin Plot, Tribes Hill Cemetery, Tribes Hill, Montgomery Co., NY3
More About Susan B. St. John:
Burial: Akin Plot, Tribes Hill Cemetery, Tribes Hill, Montgomery Co., NY3
Generation No. 2
2. Ethen Akin, Sr.4, born January 27, 1779 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY4,5; died October 02, 1825
in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY6. He was the son of 4. Edward Akin and 5. Elizabeth Russell. He married 3.
Mercy Brownell Slocum 1800 in By Israel Crew, Elder7,8.
3. Mercy Brownell Slocum9, born March 09, 1783 in Portsmouth, Newport County, R.I.9; died December
16, 1866 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY10,11,12. She was the daughter of 6. Hon. Matthew Slocum, Sr. and 7.
Elizabeth Cundall.
Notes for Ethen Akin, Sr.:
Ethen consistently spelled his name as Ethen rather than the more modern spelling of Ethan. For example, his
tombstone in Port Byron is inscribed with Ethen. Also, numerous deeds have this spelling.
Ethen got a license to operate a tavern in Traviton, NY in 1811.
Ethen purchased a share in the school house near David Demoseth's house in Broadalbin, NY on November 4th,
1812 (could be 1811) according to handwritten receipt signed by Trustees ???? Boufon, Steuben Penn and
Jonathan Thinnicutt.
Ethen acquires Abraham's and James' portion of the "Hall Farms" [Johnson Hall after Edward's death].
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Ethen rents Abraham's farm in 1819 at which Ethan lives, but location not known.
A reciept exists dated August 7, 1822 showing Ethen was in Johnstown on that date. The first document that
could show that Ethen had moved from Johnstown to Port Byron is a receipt dated November 7, 1822 for a suit of
clothes purchased in Bucksville (Port Byron). Ethen was operating a saw mill and a distillery in "Bucksville" in
1823.
As late as July 25, 1825, Ethen bought a ticket in Albany for the Sloop, Dewitt Clinton. The last document signed
by Ethen in existence was a note to "bearer" for $10 dated August 23, 1825. He received medicine and medical
services from Mr. E. D. Tuttle, W. C. Druing, and N. Van Vechten. Tuttle's bill specified medical services
between September 2nd and October 2nd, 1825 when he died. Evidently, he fell sick around September 2nd and
died relatively suddenly a month later.
When Ethen Akin the 1st died at age 50 in 1825, he was involved with a large flouring mill, tannery, distillery,
two sawmills, and a large farm. He lived in Port Byron, NY which is on the Erie Canal about 25 miles west of
Syracuse. This from a letter from his son, Ethen Akin the 2nd, written to N. W. Wells, in 1891.
An old document in the Richard Akin Collection shows that a John L. Buttler dug Ethen's grave for which he
charged the estate $1.50.
More About Ethen Akin, Sr.:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY13
Notes for Mercy Brownell Slocum:
Mercy Brownell Slocum was named after her grandmother, Mercy Brownell Cundall whose grave is still in
Newport, RI. Her Grandfather, Joseph Cundall, Jr. was deputy in Portsmouth, RI from 1772-84. She moved with
her family to Easton, Washington Co., NY when she was eleven years of age. (See "They Were Here Too", p.
317.) Joseph Cundall was supposedly the Captain of a ship running from Newport to England. (See Letter from
Ethan Akin II to N.W. Wells)
From the time that Ethan died in 1825, Mercy had to manage and ultimately dispose of a considerable amount of
property and businesses. In addition, she was the center of the activities of her large family as they tried to
become independent.
From letters and receipts that we have, we can tell that Mercy moved to Johnstown from Port Byron about April
1934. Hannah Akin Freeman wrote a letter to Mercy dated 13 Mar 1834 addressed to Port Byron, NY. Hiram
Eldridge wrote a letter to Mercy dated May 7, 1834 addressed to Johnstown in which he discusses the disposal of
her Port Byron property, and she rented in Johnstown from a David Edwards on May 30, 1834. She paid taxes in
Port Byron (Mentz) as late as Jan 26, 1832.
In the 1850 census, she is living with her son and daughter-in-law, Ethan and Susan St. John Akin in Johnstown.
She went on to live until 1883 when she would have been 83 years old. Sources say she died in Lockport, NY
which is upstate near Niagra Falls. A petition for "letters of administration of her estate" were filed on February
13, 1867. She was buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY next to her husband.
More About Mercy Brownell Slocum:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY14
Children of Ethen Akin and Mercy Slocum are:
i. Edward Akin15,16, born February 02, 1801; died August 25, 1822 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY17
More About Edward Akin:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY17
ii. Elizabeth Akin18,19, born January 10, 1803; died in Childhood.
iii. Armida Akin20,21, born February 08, 1805; died November 21, 1832 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY in
28th yr.22; married Dr. Hiram D. Eldridge Bef. January 24, 182723; born August 01, 1801; died March
28, 1879 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY in his 78th yr.24,25.
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Notes for Armida Akin:
We know that H. D. Eldridge wrote to Armida's mother, Mercy, many letters in which he addressed
Mercy as "Mother". These letters imply that he was raising his two children, Romeyn and Mercy by
himself. We have a letter from one of Armida's sisters in which it is written that Armida paid to educate
Eldridge. We also have a notebook kept, presumably, by Mercy, in which she notes a bill to "Armida
Eldridge". Finally, we have the following entry in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery records at the Cayuga
County GenWeb site, http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm. Note that the broken
stone at the bottom shows someone related to H. D. Eldridge that died in 1832 at age 27. Working the
arithmetic, the person would have been born about 1805. We know that Armida was born in 1805.
Given all of this evidence, I conclude that Armida was the first wife of H. D. Eldridge and was the
mother of Romeyn and Mercy Eldridge.
ELDRIDGECatherine TREMPER d Mar 18, 1841 ae 8mo 5da
Caroline CRANE/Diane d Sept 2, 1843 ae 10mo 13da
Children of H. D. & Eliza ELDRIDGE
_____ broken stone d Nov 21, 1832 ae 27 yrs
The Cayuga Republican Newspaper dated 5 Dec. 1832 states that Mrs Armida Aikin Eldredge wife of
Doctor H. D. Eldredge died at Port Byron of consumption on 21st ult. in 28th yr.
The obituary of Hiram D. Eldridge, M.D. states that Hiram's first wife was "Mida Aiken, a sister of Mrs.
E. P. Ross, of this city..."
More About Armida Akin:
Burial: Abt. November 21, 1832, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron (Mentz), Cayuga Co., NY
Notes for Dr. Hiram D. Eldridge:
The obituary for Hiram D. Eldridge, M. D. was found at the Cayuga County Historians Office in Auburn,
NY. It is partially quoted below:
"... Dr. Eldridge, of Port Byron, died quite suddenly, of pneumonia, at the residence of his son, John H.
Eldridge, with whom he lived during the later years of his life. ... When Hiram was in his teens, his
father removed to what is known as the "Wheeler farm," west of the city on the Clark Street road. Here,
while burning "brush" on some new land, and attempting to control the fire, Hiram's hand was struck by
the branch of a falling tree and so completely crushed as to deprive him of its use for the rest of his life.
... He entered the office of Dr. Clary of Throopsville ... a well known practitioner of the old school in the
early history of the country. After completing his medical studies, Dr. Eldridge removed to Port Byron
about the year 1827 and began his [medical] practice.
After practicing [medicine] at Port Byron some years, Dr. Eldridge removed to Seneca Falls, but
remained there only a year of two when he returned to Port Byron. Subsequently, he removed to
Rochester, and later to Michigan, remaining from one to two years in each place but returning finally to
Port Byron where he permanently settled.
... Dr. Eldridge was twice elected to the office of Coroner of Cayuga County - once about thirty years ago
and again in 1873 his last term expiring dec. 31, 1876. ...
Dr. Eldridge has been indentified with the history and growth of Cayuga County since the
commencement of the century, and perhaps no person was more widely known in the northern half of the
county. ..."
iv. Hannah Akin26,27, born January 25, 1807; married George E. Freeman May 27, 1828 in St. Peters
Church, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY28,29; born Abt. 1805 in Port Hope, Upper Canada30.
v. Adelia A. Akin31,32,33, born June 09, 1810; died Bet. September 04, 1837 - January 01, 1838 in Kent,
Litchfield County, CT34,35; married John L. Stuart October 14, 1833 in St. John's Episcopal Church,
Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)36; born May 16, 1807 in Kent, Litchfield
County, CT37; died June 30, 1870 in Kent, Litchfield County, CT37.
Notes for Adelia A. Akin:
In a series of letters written by J. L. Stuart dated 1836 & 1837, Adelia's health is mentioned. She had
some sort of resperitory problem, perhaps TB. In a letter he wrote to Ethan Akin dated 8/24/1838, he is
alone and I assume that Adelia had died some time just previously.
More About Adelia A. Akin:
Burial: Good Hill Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, CT
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Notes for John L. Stuart:
The 1850 census shows John L. Stuart living in Kent, Litchfield Co., Connecticut as a farmer. He gave
the value of real estate owned as $12,000 which was a very large amount for those days.
More About John L. Stuart:
Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, CT
vi. Caroline Akin38,39,40, born July 11, 1812; died February 27, 1895 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY41; married
Elmore Preston Ross October 26, 1835 in St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY
(Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)42,43,44; born May 18, 1812 in Dutchess Co., NY45; died May 19, 1879 in
Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY.
Notes for Caroline Akin:
According to "The History of Cayuga County" by Elliote Storke in writing about the first Sunday-school
of the First Presbyterian Church of Mentz, "The first pupil and the only one of the first Sabbath was Mrs.
E. P. Ross, of Auburn."
In her will, Caroline leaves her entire estate in trust to her son, Charles N. Ross. Implied in this action is
that he was in poor health or somehow handicapped. Her will dictates that WHEN Charles dies, the trust
is to be split evenly between her daughter, Louisa Ross Matson, and her other son, Elmore Willard Ross.
An Elmore P. Ross is represented at the probate hearing by a "Special Guardian" appointed by the
Surrogate Court because he is too young to represent himself. The will of Elmore Willard Ross,
Caroline's son, shows that Elmore P. Ross is his son and therefore Caroline's grandson. There is no
mention of Elmore P. Ross, Sr., her husband, so it is concluded that she outlived him.
More About Caroline Akin:
Probate: April 09, 1895, Cayuga County, NY46
Notes for Elmore Preston Ross:
In the source: St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838),
Parish Register 1815-1862, the name used was Alymer; however, in the multiple letters he sent to Mercy
Akin, his mother-in-law, and multiple letters from his wife to Mercy Akin, he is always referred either as
simply Ross or as Elmore. In addition, he had a son named Elmore and a grandson named Elmore.
Elmore was afflicted with some sort of ailment during the 1830's which was described as a "pain in his
side." At one point, his wife, Caroline, wrote that the Doctor had recommended that they spend the
winter in the South.
According to "The History of Cayuga County" by Elliote Storke, Elmore P. Ross was the second
President of the Board of Trustees in 1838 for the newly incorporated town of Port Byron.
Elmore and D. B. Smith went together in the mercantile business around August 1835 and called their
business: Smith & Ross. Elmore was also in business with George Freeman in New York City at the
same time and they called this business: Freeman and Ross. This from a letter written by George
Freeman dated: 22 Aug 1835.
Boyd's Auburn, New York Citizen & Businesws Directory for 1859-60, p. 177 shows that Elmore was a
Director for the New York Central Railroad in that year. In this same directory, on page 108 and 182, it
shows that Elmore was in business with two other men, John A. Dodge and Charles W. Pomroy, in the
manufacture of reapers and mowers under that brand name of "Wheeler's Improved Reaper & Mower".
This business was called Ross, Dodge & Pomroy and was located inside the Auburn State Prison. It
shows that 44 convicts were employed in this business at "so much" per head paid to the prison.
vii. Harriet Akin47,48, born August 14, 1814; died Bef. 182649
Notes for Harriet Akin:
There is no mention of Harriet Akin in any of the papers in the Richard Akin Collection dating back to at
least 1826. For example, in a dry goods bill that listed all of the children then living, no mention of
Harriet was made. She may have died young, but we are pretty certain that she was not alive by 1826.
viii. Jane Eliza Akin50,51,52,53, born August 14, 1816; married George Henry August 22, 1837 in St. John's
Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)54; born Aft. 1812 in
Oswego, NY.
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Notes for George Henry:
Reportedly, related to Patrick Henry of Revolutionary Fame. This not proven.
ix. Mary Loisa Akin55,56,57, born May 22, 1818 in Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY (Later Fulton Co.); died
June 18, 1898 in Kent, Litchfield County, CT; married John L. Stuart; born May 16, 1807 in Kent,
Litchfield County, CT58; died June 30, 1870 in Kent, Litchfield County, CT58.
More About Mary Loisa Akin:
Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, CT
Notes for John L. Stuart:
The 1850 census shows John L. Stuart living in Kent, Litchfield Co., Connecticut as a farmer. He gave
the value of real estate owned as $12,000 which was a very large amount for those days.
More About John L. Stuart:
Burial: Congregational Cemetery, Kent, Litchfield County, CT
1 x. Ethan Akin II, born August 01, 1820 in Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef
1838); died October 12, 1898 in 15 W. 90th St., N.Y.City, NY; married Susan B. St. John October 12,
1841 in Fish House, Fulton County, NY.
xi. Edwin William Akin59,60, born May 04, 1822; died March 08, 1825 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY age
2 yrs.60
More About Edwin William Akin:
Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY60
xii. Dewitt C. Akin61,62, born July 04, 1825 in Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY; died June 04, 1907 in
Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY age 81.63; married Helena St. John September 01, 1845 in St. John's
Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)64; born December 25, 1825
in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY65; died May 07, 1895 in 400 S. William St., Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY66.
Notes for Dewitt C. Akin:
Dewitt was the baby of the family and was born on Independence Day in 1825 only a couple of months
before his father, Ethan Akin, Sr. died. When his Mother, Mercy Akin, moved back to Johnstown in
late 1833, Dewitt would have been 8 years old and she enrolled him in school in Johnstown in December
1833. In December 1835, Dewitt was enrolled in Johnstown Academy and tuition receipts exist for his
enrollment there through the term beginning May 1837.
When he was 20 years old, he married Helena St. John in Johnstown. In the 1850 NY Census, Dewitt
appears in Mentz Twp, Cayuga County, NY probably in Port Byron. The 1860 census finds Dewitt in
Eldora township, Hardin Co., Iowa where two of his children, Helena (Lennie), and Dewitt Akin, Jr.,
were born in 1864 and 1868, respectively. Interestingly, there is no record of Dewitt owning any land in
Iowa. Instead, it is believed that he lived on a farm owned by his brother, Ethan Akin, 2 about one mile
south of the western edge of Eldora. This land adjoined land purchased by James McKie St. John (a
cousin by marriage of Ethan's) and it is possible that the two families farmed this land together along
with James' father and Ethan's father-in-law, Thaddeus. We know that Dewitt had moved back to
Johnstown by 1878 because one of his daughters, Caroline [Carrie] was married in Johnston then.
The O. H. Bame & Co. Johnstown Directories for 1883-84, 1885-6 and 1890 show Dewitt as follows:
1883-84: Akin, DeWitt, residing 62 William St.
Akin, DeWitt, Jr., bookkeeper, residing 62 William
Akin, Thaddeus, glove cutter, residing 62 William
1885-6:Akin, DeWitt, residing 81 William St.
Akin, DeWitt, Jr., residing 81 William St., bookkeeper
Akin, Thaddeus, glover, residing 81 William St.
1890: Aikin, DeWitt C., glover, 400 S. William St.
Aiken, T. St. John, glover, 400 S. William St.
His obituary in the Johnstown Daily Republican dated Tuesday, 4 Jun 1907 reads as follows: "Akin,
Dewitt Clinton, age 81, a lifelong Johnstown resident died this afternoon at his home, the corner of S.
William & First Ave. - death was attributed to old age - he was the son of the late Ethan & Mercy Akin
who formerly owned & lived in the Johnson Hall mansion that had been purchased by the late
grandfather, Edward Akin - born in Port Byron, he spent most of his life in Johnstown - he was a
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druggist by profession - he was the brother of the late Ethan Akin - survivors are 2 daughters, Mrs.
Carrie R. Geer, now in Bonn, Germany & Miss Lennie Akin with whom he made his home; 2 sons,
Howard of New York & Dewitt C. of Phoenix, Az."
More About Dewitt C. Akin:
Occupation: 1880, Laborer in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)67
Residence: 1860, Eldora Twp, Hardin Co., Iowa68
More About Helena St. John:
Baptism: September 17, 1854, St. John's Episcopal Church - Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery
Co. Bef 1838)69
Generation No. 3
4. Edward Akin70, born December 13, 1750 in Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, New York70; died March 16,
1813 in Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY71,72. He was the son of James Akin and Patience Howard. He married 5.
Elizabeth Russell March 18, 1773 in Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, New York73.
5. Elizabeth Russell74,75, born December 23, 1752 in Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, New York76; died
November 28, 1828 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)77. She was the daughter of
William Russell and Elizabeth Smith.
Notes for Edward Akin:
Edward was born, according to the Oblong Quaker MM Minutes, on the 13th day of the 10th month in 1750.
Prior to 1752, the British Empire including its American Colonies used the Julian calendar in which March was
the first month and February, the last. Thus, the tenth month was December. Many genealogist have recorded
Edwards month of birth to be October, but this is in error.
Edward married Elizabeth Russel in 1773 when he was 23 years old. Edward was a very large man and
Elizabeth was quite small. At this same time they moved from Quaker Hill to White Creek, Washington County,
NY which is near Bennington, VT. They were read "Out of Meeting" at Quaker Hill because Elizabeth's parents
objected to her going into the great northern wilderness to make her own way with Edward. In White Creek,
Edward established a grist mill and a farm. Edward and Elizabeth lived there for 30 years. (This from "Some
Pioneer Women of Johnstown" by Grant, Seaman and Edick, 1937,)
Soon after they moved to White Creek, the Revolutionary War took place. Their farm was quite near the scene of
the Battle of Bennington.
One night while the Battle of Bennington was in progress, Edward did not come home and early the next
morning, Elizabeth mounted a horse, rode to the British camp and questioned the officer in charge of the little
stone church in Walloomsac, which was being used as a guard house, about her husband. Her persuasiveness and
charm so appealed to him that he finally told her she might go inside and look around. To her great delight she
saw Edward with other prisoners who had been picked up along the road and joyfully took him back home. (This
account is from "Some Pioneer Women of Johnstown" by Grant, Seaman and Edick, 1937. It is reproduced on
display at the restored Johnson Hall in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838).
Ethan Allen was living near Bennington, VT during this time and was easily the most famous person in that area.
He was 13 years older than Edward, but there is an excellent chance that they knew one another. Edward was a
wealthy businessman and Ethan was the biggest politician in the area so it would have been natural for them to
have known each other. As it turns out, they were related by marriage, but very distantly. Edward's Grandmother
was an Allen whose grandfather was the brother of Ethan Allen's Great, Great Grandfather. Whether Edward
Akin and Ethan Allen ever knew each other is just speculation, what is a fact is that Edward named his first son
Ethan in 1775 and there has been an Ethan in our branch of the Akin family ever since until 1997 when Ethan
Akin the 4th died.
The following quote is from a letter to N. W. Wells from Ethan Akin, 2nd in 1891. " As I understand, most of his
family was born there (White Creek, Washington Co., NY). He went to Johnstown soon after 1800 and bought
the Hall Farms - 700 acres of land and the mills, paid about $18,000 cash down. He died in 1813. I have the
inventory of his personal estate before me. Amongst other things inventoried are 4 slaves: A Negro man Jack -
$150, A Negro boy Tom - $150, A Negro man Pete & Woman named Loar - $150. Slavery had been abolished
in New York to take effect gradually, so as to end in 1825. Edward Akin's estate must have been about $75,000 -
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a fortune for that day."
He sold his grist mill and fine brick home to Paul Cornell.
This from "They Were Here Too" by Jane Betsey Welling, Volume II, Published 1965. "Harriet Allen who lived
until her recent death in the ancient Cornell-Allen house in the center of White Creek Village once told me that
this 'Ethan Akin, a man of violent temper almost killed her ancestor, John Allen, the Hatter, when he struck him
such a blow on the head with his gold topped cane that it split John Allen's high silk beaver hat and made a deep
gash in his head from which the blood spurted enough to blind him temporarily'"
Edward Akin was a very large man and commanded a great deal of respect. Years after he had died, a
reenactment of the times when Edward lived at Johnson Hall was staged. They had a hat of Edward's, but could
find no one with a head large enough to wear it. As stated in "Stories of the Stewart, Akin & Wells Families" by
Sarah Akin Wells, 1805 - "The management of a 700 acre farm, several mills and outside duties, demonstrated
that Edward Akin's remarkable business efficiency was commensurate with his powerful physique. ... Great
Grandfather Akin (Edward) was an authority, a sort of Justice of the Peace. The townspeople referred everything
to him."
After two of his sons, Ira and James, located near Auburn in western NY, Edward drove a pair of black horses
from Johnstown to Auburn to advise them on their manufacturing and sheep raising businesses. Edward fell ill
and died in Auburn in March 1813 at the age of 62. His body was brought back to Johnstown by his old friend,
Enos Thompson Throop, future Governor of NY in 1829 - 1833. This from "Some Pioneer Women of
Johnstown".
More About Edward Akin:
Burial: Originally at Argersinger Farm - later moved to Johnstown Cemetery, Section M.78
Notes for Elizabeth Russell:
Source is letter to N. W. Wells fm Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery
County, NY dated 7/1/1891.
Elizabeth is always described as a small, dark complexioned woman. Stories have it that she was an excellent
horse woman. Some sources state that Elizabeth was not a Quaker, but I believe that this is untrue. Her father,
William Russell was one of the strongest supporters of the Quaker Meeting in Quaker Hill. In fact, he was one
responsible party in getting the "second" meeting house constructed. "History and Traditions of Pawling, NY" by
Jennie T. Green, 1951.
Evidently, Elizabeth could not write. There are the images of several receipts in the Larry Akin Library that show
her signing with an "X" mark.
Elizabeth Russell Akin made a will dated 27 Aug 1828 that was probated on 25 Nov 1828; however, the listing of
gravestones for Fulton County states 28 Nov 1828 as her date of death.
More About Elizabeth Russell:
Burial: Originally at Argersinger Farm - later moved to Johnstown Cemetery, Section M.78
Children of Edward Akin and Elizabeth Russell are:
i. Consider Akin79,80, born in White Creek, Washington Co., NY.
Notes for Consider Akin:
Consider died young. The following is from "Stories of the Stewart, Akin, & Wells Families by Sarah
Akin Wells, 1805. "It was here (near Bennington, VT - no doubt, White Creek, Washington Co., NY)
they lost their son, Consider. He fell into a kettle of boiling pumpkin and was scalded to death. His
sister Sarah, ..., never forgot his moans."
ii. Phebe Akin81,82,83, born in White Creek, Washington Co., NY; died Abt. 1871 in Chicago, IL84; married
(1) Alexander Shepherd; died Aft. June 14, 181785; married (2) Abram Pool.
Notes for Phebe Akin:
For a long time before she died, she lived with Phoebe rood, the wife of William Rood.
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Notes for Abram Pool:
Source is letter to N. W. Wells fm Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery
County, NY dated 7/1/1891.
iii. Rhoda Akin86,87, born in White Creek, Washington Co., NY; died Abt. August 21, 187388; married
Abram Snyder.
Notes for Rhoda Akin:
Rhoda lived in Johnstown as did many of her descendants.
iv. Armida Akin89,90,91, born April 1771 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY91; died March 05, 1813 in
Shaftsbury, VT91,92; married Jennings Bowen 179193; born June 01, 1765 in Tiverton, Newport, RI; died
February 22, 1813 in Shaftsbury, VT93,94.
Notes for Armida Akin:
She possibly died from spotted fever.
Notes for Jennings Bowen:
Source is letter to N. W. Wells fm Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery
County, NY dated 7/1/1891.
[Jennings Bowen.FTW]
(AFN: J9HQ-6R) Death recorded Shaftsbury, VT, bk. 1, p. 124
Possibly died from spotted fever[Jennings Ancestors.FTW]
v. Ira Akin95,96,97, born Abt. 1776 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY98; died 1843 in Wyandot County,
Ohio99; married (1) Anna Allen Abt. 1795; born June 22, 1782 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY100;
died January 10, 1823 in Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY age 40y 6m 18d100; married (2) Mercy Wells
December 1823 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY101,102; married (3) Elizabeth Washburn Abt. 1833102; born
April 17, 1804 in Westchester Co., NY102; died February 18, 1877 in Burt Co., Nebraska102.
Notes for Ira Akin:
Ira lived for a long time in Scipio, near Auburn, Cayuga County, NY where he had a large farm. He first
married Anna Allen who died in 1823. His second wife was Mercy Wells who was the widow of John
Wells the brother of Nathan P. Wells who married Sally Akin. Ethan Akin, Sr. wrote in a letter that he
was married to Mercy only a short time.
According to the History of Cayuga County, NY 1789-1889, the following is from the history of Scipio,
NY:
"Ira Akin came from Johnstown, Fulton County, about 1816, and settled one mile south of Scipio Center,
on the farm now owned by Alson Hoskins, where he resided till the death of his wife, when the family
broke up and he went west and died there. His children were Edward, who married a daughter of Nathan
Morgan, and removed to Janesville, Wisconsin; Ira, who married Olive Tone, and settled a little over a
mile north of Scipio Center, where he died, leaving two children, Yale, living in New York City, and
Whelpley, in Auburn; John, who removed to Ohio (sic.); and Deacon Isaac, who married Phebe
Tompkins, and settled about two mile north of Scipio Center, on the farm now owned by Artemas Ward.
He afterwards removed to Scipio Center, where he died April 9th, 1877, and his wife, October 22d,
1878. They leave seven children, viz.: John W., William, Morrell J., all of whom are living in Scipio;
Ann wife of Horace Allen, in Nevada; Mary Jane, wife of Harden Brayton, in Chicago; Caroline, wife of
Philo Sperry, in Michigan; and Harriet, wife of Henry Slocum, in Scipio."
According to Ellen Benedict:
"A petition presented by Ira Akin, Jr., to the Surrogate Court of Cayuga County on 22 February 1830,
gave the ages of John's father and siblings:
Ira Akin, Sr. about 54 yrs. thus, b. ca 1776
Edward Akin 26 yrs. 1804
Ira Akin, Jr. 24 yrs. 1806
Sybil Ann Martin 18 yrs. 1812
On 12 April 1830, Ira Akin, Jr., reported to the Surrogate Court:
"...Ira Akin, Jr., being sworn says, that Ira Akin, the father of the said John Akin deceased, left his place
of residence in Genoa about the first of January last past, that he had no family at that time, and from
circumstances which have come to the knowledge of this deputy he believes, that the said Ira Akin, has
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gone beyond the limits of this State and without any intention of returning to his former place of
residence or to this State."
Research by George Akin of Green Bay, Wisconsin indicates that Ira moved to Sandusky, Ohio where an
Ira Akin appears in the 1840 census. This census lists Ira as the head of the household in Tymachtee
Township. There is some evidence that he operated the first Tavern in Tymachtee Township.
According to Ellen Benedict:
"Elizabeth (Washburn) was Ira Akin's third wife, and he, her third or fourth husband (at least). When
they got together, Elizabeth was in her late 20s or early 30s, and Ira, in his mid to late 50s (old enough to
be her father). Ira has not been located in the 1830 census. In 1834 and 1837, he purchased land from
Joseph and Rebecca Chaffe at the edge of the future Village of Tymochtee, where "Ira Aikens" and
Joseph Chaffe opened the first tavern. In 1839, Ira leased land to the School Directors.
1840 US census, Ohio, Crawford Co., Tymochtee Twp., p. 62:
Ira Akin 1 male 50-60 yrs. 1 female 30-40 yrs.
1 male 15-20 yrs. 1 female 15-20 yrs.
2 males 5 & under 1 female 5-10 yrs.
Judging from the 1840 census, Ira and Elizabeth probably had a daughter born about 1835, unless the
child was Elizabeth's by another husband. Lafayette Akin was born in 1838, and William Henry Akin in
1840. Very likely David Moore and Rosannah Moore lived in this household. On 14 August 1841, Ira
and Elizabeth sold their real estate and later that year (19 December 1841)
On 11 April 1843, Cooper Watson was appointed as Administrator of Ira Akin's estate, but no papers
were filed. By this date, Elizabeth had taken up with John Sheley, a widower whose first wife died in
1841."
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette
Wisconsin, publ. 1901 - Page 74-76:
"Ira AKIN, ... was born in New York, of Scotch-Irish descent. His father owned slaves, and he was his
father's overseer; the slaves were freed by the State when New York blotted that shame from her statutes.
Ira AKIN grew to manhood, married in New York, and reared a family of six children. When his wife
died he broke up his home and journeyed West to Sandusky, Ohio, where he made a new beginning,
married again, and died in middle life."
More About Anna Allen:
Burial: Abt. January 10, 1823, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, Cayuga Co., NY
2 vi. Ethen Akin, Sr., born January 27, 1779 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY; died October 02, 1825 in
Port Byron, Cayuga Co., NY; married Mercy Brownell Slocum 1800 in By Israel Crew, Elder.
vii. James Akin, Sr.103,104, born June 05, 1780 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY105; died May 26, 1855 in
Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY, age 74y, 11m, 21d106; married (1) Lorrey Cozzens Bef. 1806; married (2)
Lovicy Unknown Bef. 1820; born February 10, 1781107; died March 12, 1853 in Scopio, Cayuga County,
NY age 72y 30d107,108.
Notes for James Akin, Sr.:
James lived a long time in Scipio, near Auburn, Cayuga County, NY where he had a large farm.
According to "Scipio Summit - Ensenore" p. 431 of Storkes "History of Cayuga County", James also
built a grist-mill which was situated on Salmon Creek. It contained three run of stones and was operated
by water and steam.
More About James Akin, Sr.:
Burial: Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, NY
More About Lovicy Unknown:
Burial: March 14, 1853, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scopio, NY109
viii. David Allen Akin110,111,112, born October 08, 1782 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY112; died October
10, 1825 in Throopsville Hamlet, NY112; married Mary Ann Throop; born October 08, 1790 in
Johnstown, Montgomery Co., NY (Fulton Co. Aft 1838); died March 02, 1867113,114.
Notes for David Allen Akin:
David was the owner of a Gristmill and other mills when he died. He was the youngest son.
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The executors of his well were George B. Throop and Mary Ann Akin who was half-sister to Enos T.
Throop, Governor of NY 1829-1833.
More About David Allen Akin:
Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Throop, Cayuga Co., NY
Notes for Mary Ann Throop:
Mary Martin was half sister to Enos T. Throop who was Governor of NY about 1830.
The following is taken from a Biography of Enos Throop found in "The History of Cayuga County 1789-
1879, Chapter XXX, History of Auburn":
"ENOS THOMPSON THROOP was the oldest son of George Throop, and was born at
Johnstown,Fulton county, on the 21st day of August, 1784. He derived his name from Enos Thompson,
his maternal grandfather. His father was liberally educated and capable, but was early disabled by an
accident, resulting in his early death, leaving his family, consisting of two sons, Enos T. and George B.,
and two daughters, without inheritance. Mehitable, the eldest sister, married Thaddeus Martin, of
Johnstown. who died early, and their son, Enos T. Throop Martin, found his home with his uncle, Enos
T. Throop. The youngest sister married David Akin, who subsequently settled at Throopsville in this
County."
ix. Patience Akin115,116,117, born Abt. 1783 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY (Age guessed by age of
husband); died Abt. 1871 in Syracuse, NY; married William Irving Dodge January 23, 1812 in
Presbyterian Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)118,119; born Abt. 1780;
died January 1823 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY.
Notes for Patience Akin:
Source is letter to N. W. Wells fm Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery
County, NY dated 7/1/1891.
Notes for William Irving Dodge:
He was a lawyer in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838). His Mother was a sister of
Washington Irving.
x. Amy Akin120,121,122,123, born May 06, 1788 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY124; died December 24,
1858 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)124; married Eleazer Merrill Wells June
15, 1809 in Johnson Hall, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)125,126; born March
30, 1782 in West Hartford, Conn.126,127; died November 26, 1860 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY
(Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)128.
Notes for Amy Akin:
Amy and Eleazer Wells moved into Johnson Hall in 1813 after Amy inherited it.
Notes for Eleazer Merrill Wells:
Eleazer was two years old when his parents moved to Johnstown in 1784.
Eleazer was a large owner of real estate and was one of the leading residents of the Johnstown area for
many years, being engaged in milling and farming. He purchased Johnson Hall from James Akin and his
wife Louisa on 1/12/1829.
The following is from: www.rootsweb.com/~nyfulton/People/johnsWells.html
(VII) Eleazer, son John (2) and Lois (Foote) Wells, was baptized in West Hartford, Connecticut, 1782 by
Rev. Dr. Nathan Perkins, pastor of the church to which his parents belonged, and who baptized all his
brothers and sisters except Nathaniel P., his namesake. He died November 26, 1860, at Johnstown, New
York. He was an infant of two years when his parents removed to Johnstown, where he was educated and
ever after ward lived. He engaged in milling and farming, owning a great deal of real estate in the county,
including the historic farm and residence of Sir William Johnson, known for a century and a half as
"Johnson Hall". He resided at the "Hall", where he was married and his children were born. He was a
prominent, influential man. He married June 15, 1809, Amy Akin, born May 6, 1788, died December 24,
1858. Children:
1. Sally Maria, born April 22, 1810, married Daniel Edward.
2. George W., July 15, 1811; married Helen Yard.
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3. Almira W., March 30, 1813; married Hiram Yauney.
4. Eleazer H., March 27, 1815; died and buried in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, aged twenty-one years,
unmarried.
5. Ann Sarah, born January 2, 1817; married Colonel Rodney Hall Johnson.
6. Elizabeth, December 6, 1818; married Jacob Burton.
7. Louisa, October 27, 1820; married McIntyre Fraser.
8. John E., August 7, 1822; married (first) Sarah Steele; (second) Margaret Burton.
9. Rhoda, December 25, 1823; married Major John Henry Gross.
10. Catherine, March 20, 1825; married Judge John Stewart.
11. Nathan Perkins, December 20, 1826, died 1853, unmarried.
12. David Akin, see forward.
13. Edward Akin, also see forward.
More About Eleazer Merrill Wells:
Baptism: 1782, West Hartford, Conn.128
xi. Sarah Akin129,130,131,132, born May 09, 1788 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY133; died January 25,
1881 in Age 93.133; married Nathan Perkins Wells, Sr. April 22, 1813 in Presbyterian Church,
Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)134,135; born February 14, 1791 in Conn.136; died
November 25, 1843 in Age 52136.
Notes for Sarah Akin:
Sarah (Sally)) was the grandmother of N. W. Wells of Schuyler, Nebraska to whom Ethan the 2nd
corresponded with in 1891. As an older woman, she lived with her son, John Wells and his wife,
Margaret Stewart Wells on William Street in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838).
More About Sarah Akin:
Burial: Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)
Notes for Nathan Perkins Wells, Sr.:
Instrumental in the founding in 1831 of the old Montgomery County Bank in Johnstown predecessor of
the present Peoples Bank. Source: Article on David Wells Estate dated 6/2/1945.
More About Nathan Perkins Wells, Sr.:
Burial: Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838)
xii. Abraham Akin137,138, born Abt. 1790 in White Creek, Washington Co., NY (date guessed fm wife's age);
died October 12, 1846 in Liverpool, Onondaga Co., NY139; married Asenath Matthews in Johnstown,
Fulton Co., NY; born Abt. 1793140,141.
Notes for Abraham Akin:
Source is letter to N. W. Wells fm Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery
County, NY dated 7/1/1891.
Notes for Asenath Matthews:
One finds about the same number of documents spelled Aseneth as Asenath, but in every case that one
finds her actual signature, it is spelled Asenath. For example, a petition to the Surrogate Court of the
County of Onondaga for Letters of Administration shows her actual signature spelled Asenath.
6. Hon. Matthew Slocum, Sr.142, born March 21, 1751/52 in Portsmouth Twnshp, Newport County, RI;
died November 09, 1838 in Easton, Washington Co., NY143,144. He was the son of Giles Slocum IV and Susanna
Brownell. He married 7. Elizabeth Cundall April 11, 1782 in Easton, Washington Co., NY by Rev. Gardner
Thurston145.
7. Elizabeth Cundall146, born September 19, 1761 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI147; died May 25, 1822
in Easton, Washington Co., NY147. She was the daughter of Joseph Cundall, Jr. and Mercy Brownell.
More About Hon. Matthew Slocum, Sr.:
Burial: Harold Bott Place, Easton, Washington Co., NY148
Notes for Elizabeth Cundall:
The Cundell Family was quite prominent in the Newport, RI area.
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Evidently one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. Her Father was
the Captain of a ship running from Newport to England.
More About Elizabeth Cundall:
Burial: Harold Bott Place, Easton, Washington Co., NY148
Children of Matthew Slocum and Elizabeth Cundall are:
3 i. Mercy Brownell Slocum, born March 09, 1783 in Portsmouth, Newport County, R.I.; died December 16,
1866 in Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY; married Ethen Akin, Sr. 1800 in By Israel Crew, Elder.
ii. Susannah Slocum149, born July 27, 1785; died September 03, 1844; married John Robinson; died April
29, 1851.
iii. Elizabeth Slocum149, born Abt. 1787; married Jonathan Hoag.
iv. Royal Slocum149, born Abt. 1788.
v. Matthew Slocum, Jr.150, born 1792; died October 10, 1861; married Elizabeth Taber February 10, 1816
in South Friends Meeting House150; born April 16, 1794; died September 27, 1852.
Endnotes
1. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
2. Akin Family Bible.
3. Gravestones, Tribes Hill Cemetery, Tribes Hill, Montgomery Co., NY, Photo in R. L. Akin Library.
4. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm.
5. Email, Ellen Benedict (GenieEMB) dated 10/19/2000, "Electronic," Ellen cites Mrs. Woodruff and Miss Ross in 1939 who
inspected the gravestones in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. This was documented in "Akin-Slocum Chart: Special Notes to the
Allen Line, etc." by William Miller Collier.
6. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
7. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 317.
8. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, p. 3.
9. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 317.
10. Email, Ellen Benedict (GenieEMB) dated 10/19/2000, "Electronic," Ellen cites Mrs. Woodruff and Miss Ross in 1939
who inspected the gravestones in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. This was documented in "Akin-Slocum Chart: Special Notes to
the Allen Line, etc." by William Miller Collier. The NY Gen. & Biog. Rec., Vol 54, p. 61 errs by stating 1886.
11. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm, Photo in
R. L. Akin Library.
12. Surrogate's Court, County of Fulton, Petition of Ethan Akin for Letters of Admin, Petition dated 13 Feb 1867. Copy in
R. L. Akin Library.
13. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm.
14. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm, Photo in
R. L. Akin Library.
15. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
16. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
17. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm.
18. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
19. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
20. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
21. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
22. Cayuga Republican Newspaper, dated 5 Dec 1832.
23. Mercy Akin Notebook circa 1825 -.
24. Will of Eliza Eldridge, (Probate Records, Cayuga County, NY - pp. 23-28), Hiram was witness at probate of Eliza
Eldridge's Will.
25. Index Cards, Cayuga Historians Office, Under Eldridge.
26. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
27. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
28. St. Peters Church Records, Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY.
29. Gospel Messenger Newspaper, Auburn, NY, May 31, 1828.
30. Gospel Messenger Newspaper, Auburn, NY.
31. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
32. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862.
33. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
34. Francelia C. Johnson, "A Register of Some of the Families that have lived in Kent, Litchfield County, CT 1739-1999,"
Complete manuscript available from the Author at fran.john@juno.com.
35. Mercy Akin Papers, John L. Stuart Letter dated 9/4/1837..
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36. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862, #82,
pg 70.
37. Francelia C. Johnson, "A Register of Some of the Families that have lived in Kent, Litchfield County, CT 1739-1999,"
Complete manuscript available from the Author at fran.john@juno.com.
38. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
39. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862.
40. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
41. William Miller Collier, "Akin-Slocum-Russell-Howland-Howard-Etc. Ancestral Chart of Frances B. Collier."
42. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862, #89,
pg 71.
43. 7000 Hudson-Mohawk Valley (NY) Vital Records, Cites the Daily Albany Argus newspaper dated 10/31/1835.
44. "Daily Albany Argus Newspaper," 10/31/1835.
45. 1855 NY Census - Cayuga Co., 270-319 - 2nd Ward, Auburn.
46. Will of Caroline Akin Ross.
47. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
48. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
49. Mercy Akin Papers, Dry Goods Receipt dated 1826, This receipt lists the daughters of Mercy Akin and Harriet is not
present.
50. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
51. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862.
52. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
53. P. R. Warner, Descendants of Peter Willemse Roome, (David H. Gildersleeve, Printer, New York, June 1883).
54. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862, #94,
pg 71.
55. Louis L. Akin, "Akin Saga - Original," Written in the early 1970's, 4, Louis cites his Uncle Louis for this information.
56. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
57. 1850 U.S. Census - CT, Litchfield Co., Town of Kent, Roll 43, p. 58, Copy in r. L. Akin Library.
58. Francelia C. Johnson, "A Register of Some of the Families that have lived in Kent, Litchfield County, CT 1739-1999,"
Complete manuscript available from the Author at fran.john@juno.com.
59. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
60. Gravestone, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mentz, Cayuga Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nycayuga/cem/cem117.htm.
61. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862.
62. Louis L. Akin, Louis L. Akin List of Ethan Akin, Sr. Children.
63. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library, Cites Broadalbin Herald, June 6, 1907, p. 6.
64. St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838), Parish Register 1815-1862, #116,
pg 72.
65. Susan St. John Family Bible.
66. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library, Cites The Johnstown Daily Republican, Wed., 5/8/1895.
67. 1880 U.S. Census - NY, Fulton Co., Johnstown Twp., T624 Roll, Part 1, Page 108.
68. 1860 U.S. Census - IA, Hardin Co., Eldora Twp, p. 653.
69. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library.
70. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
71. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805, p. 16.
72. Wells Family Bible, (Family Sheets from the Wells Family Bible).
73. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569),
p.74.
74. Daphne M. Brownell, "Ancestors and Descendants of Justus H. Akin of Rensselaer County, New York," January 1971, p.
21.
75. New York Births & Baptisms, Southeast Region, 1660-1916, Oblong Quaker Meeting, 1759-1860.
76. Daphne M. Brownell, "Ancestors and Descendants of Justus H. Akin of Rensselaer County, New York," January 1971, p.
21, Brownell cites George Ely Russell.
77. Gravestone, Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY, Elizabeth Russell Akin, Section M.
78. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805, p. 16.
79. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805, p. 12.
80. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
81. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
82. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
83. Petition to Partition Hall Farms filed June 14, 1817, Phebe signed this document with this spelling.
84. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
85. Petition to Partition Hall Farms filed June 14, 1817, Petition was signed by Alexander.
86. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
87. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
88. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library, Cites Fulton County Republican, 8/21/1873.
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89. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
90. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805.
91. Jennings Bowen.FTW, Date of Import: Dec 15, 2000.
92. Vital Records, Shaftsbury, VT, Book 1, p. 124.
93. Jennings Bowen.FTW, Date of Import: Dec 15, 2000.
94. Jennings Ancestors.FTW, Date of Import: Dec 15, 2000.
95. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
96. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
97. Jim French, Allen Family GEDCOM, Date of Import: Nov 7, 2001.
98. Ellen Benedict, "Akin, Washburn, Newton, Lucas & Allied Familes: Ancestors and Kin of Laura Elizabeth (Aiken)
Stephens (1873-1906)," p. 17, Ellen cites a petition to the Surrogate Court on 22 Feb 1830 by Ira Akin, Jr. that contains his
father's age as 54 yrs.
99. George S. Akin, Jr., "Akin Family History," p. 91, George Akin cites "Ohio Wills and Estates to 1850: An Index", by
Carol Willsey Bell which lists Ira Akin estate info at the Crawford County Seat.
100. Melinda Cornwell, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, NY, (Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project Cemetery Page),
"Electronic."
101. Edited by: Royden Vosburgh, Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838),
Records, (NYC, December 1916).
102. Email, Ellen Benedict dated 10/20/2000., "Electronic."
103. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
104. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
105. Melinda Cornwell, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, NY, (Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project Cemetery Page),
"Electronic."
106. Ray Henry, "The Akin Family of Pittstown and the USA," p. 21.
107. Melinda Cornwell, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, NY, (Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project Cemetery Page),
"Electronic."
108. Cayuga Chief Newspaper, dated Mar 22, 1853.
109. Melinda Cornwell, Gould-Akin Cemetery, Scipio, NY, (Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project Cemetery Page),
"Electronic."
110. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
111. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
112. Pine Hill Cemetery.
113. Lois Akin Schultz, "Some Akin Cousins," Garden Grove, California, 1980, p. 43.
114. Throop Genealogy, (Family Trees; Brockville, North Augusta, Leeds & Genville Counties, Ontario), "Electronic,"
http://monica.oci.ca/t101.html.
115. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
116. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805, Charts.
117. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
118. Edited by: Royden Vosburgh, Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838),
Records, (NYC, December 1916).
119. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library, Cites First Presbyterian Church records.
120. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
121. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805.
122. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
123. Gravestone, Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY.
124. "Wells Line of Johnstown, New York."
125. "Article on David A. Wells Estate dated 6/2/1945.," L.R. dated 6/2/1945.
126. "Wells Line of Johnstown, New York."
127. Gravestone, Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY.
128. "Wells Line of Johnstown, New York."
129. Sarah Akin Wells, "Stories of the Stewart, Akin and Wells Families," 1805, Charts.
130. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
131. Wells Family Bible, (Family Sheets from the Wells Family Bible).
132. Gravestone, Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY.
133. Wells Family Bible, (Family Sheets from the Wells Family Bible).
134. Edited by: Royden Vosburgh, Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, Fulton Co., NY (Montgomery Co. Bef 1838),
Records, (NYC, December 1916).
135. Obituary Cards, Johnstown Public Library, Cites First Presbyterian Church records.
136. Wells Family Bible, (Family Sheets from the Wells Family Bible).
137. Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent - Dutchess County, New York, (Pleasant Valley, New York 12569), p.
74.
138. Ethan Akin 2nd of Akin, Montgomery County, NY Letter to N. W. Wells dated July 1, 1891..
139. Letter to Ethan Akin II from Edward Howard Akin dated 10/27/1846.
140. Will/Grundy Counties (IL) Genealogical Society, 1987, 1860 U.S. Census - IL, Will County, Vol Channahon-Joliet,
Shows Anseneth age 67 in 1860.
141. 1870 U.S. Census - IL, Will County, (Heritage Quest Census Index: 1870 Illinois), Gives age as 77 and she lived in the
3rd Ward, Joliet, Will Co., IL. Cites M593-Roll-291, Page 222.
142. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society).
143. Royal Slocum, Letter to Mercy Akin, (dated 8/2/1838).
144. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 315,
Welling cites the Matthew Jr. Family Bible.
145. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 315.
146. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society).
147. William Miller Collier, "Akin-Slocum-Russell-Howland-Howard-Etc. Ancestral Chart of Frances B. Collier."
148. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 320.
149. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 319.
150. Jane Betsey Welling, They Were Here Too, (Published 1965, The Washington County Historical Society), p. 306.