The Akerman Family, was originally a French Hugeuenot family. The Akermans, David and his family, had moved to Holland from Berlicum, in the District of Bois-Le-Duc, in North Brabant, which was in the southwestern part of the Netherlandss. The spelling of the name, Bois-Le-Duc, indicates that it
was a French speaking district.
The Akerman family was in the earliest group of the Dutch settlers who arrived in the New World.
The first immigrant to America of the Akerman family was David Akerman, who after sailing fron Amsterdam, Holland, The Netherlands, in the Netherlandss, disembarked on 8 April, 1662, from the vessel "D'VOS" in New Amsterdam with six children.
"D'VOS" was a Dutch name, which when translated means "The Fox."