Person:Thomas Ackers (1)

Fredric Z. Saunders (address 1234 Waterside Cove #21, Midvale, UT 84047-4293, email fzsaund@ix.netcom.com) created a web page on 20 May 1999 at http://home.netcom.com/~fzsaund/acres.html titled "Genealogy of Acres Family of Rhode Island."

On this page, he described his search for records of the Acres/Ackers fmaily in Lancashire in England. He defined the family of Thomas Ackers and Margery Houghton in Prescot Partish in Lancashire. The baptismal records for a Thomas Acres/Ackers included:

Prescot Parish in Lancashire consisted of the townships of Bold, Cronton, Cuerdley, Ditton, Eccleston, Great Sankey, Parr, Penketh, Prescot, Rainford, Rainhill, Sutton, Whiston, Widnes, and Windle.

In Prescot Parish, there were a number of Thomas ACCRES baptized in the time range to be the Thomas that married in 1632. These were:

4 Dec. 1583 son of James Accres of Prescot 23 July 1594 son of William Accres of Rainhill 30 Sep. 1602 son of John Accres of Whiston 8 Mar. 1602/3 son of William Accres of Whiston 4 Nov. 1612 son of William Ackers of Whiston 23 Sep. 1614 son of John Ackers of Whiston 2 June 1616 son of John Ackers of Whiston 20 Mar. 1616/7 son of William Ackers of Whiston

The only burials for Thomas ACCRES were:

21 July 1590 son of Richard Accres of Sutton 6 Nov. 1614 son of John Accres of Whiston 11 May 1620 son of Henry Ackars of Rainhill 22 Feb. 1625/6 son of Thomas Ackers of Rainhill

There was only one Thomas ACCRES marriage from 1620-1650, and it would appear that all children baptized and buried as the children of Thomas pertain to the Thomas ACCRES-Margery HOUGHTON marriage.

Only the fathers and not the mothers names are given in the baptismal and burial registers. It is impossible from the church records alone to tell how many John and William Accres there were at Whiston, or which may be the father of Thomas.

There were six possible Margery HOUGHTONs baptized in the time range to be the one who married Thomas ACCRES in 1632:

2 May 1605 Margori daughter of Otewell Houghton of Whiston 19 Jan. 1611/2 Margaret daughter of Richard Houghton of Sutton 16 June 1612 Margaret daughter of John Houghton of Prescot 6 May 1615 Margt daughter of John Houghton of Parr 3 July 1616 Margrett daughter of John Hougland (sic) of Prescot 27 Sep. 1618 Margeria daughter of Radul Hawton of Par

There were burials for two of these six:

22 Dec. 1614 Margt daughter of John Houghton of Prescot 10 Feb. 1618/9 Margery daughter of Radulphi Houghton of Par

John Houghton of Prescot wrote his will 20 May 1624 and named wife Cicely, and children Edward, James, John, Henry, An, Jane, Kathrin, and Margery. (Married 21 Sep. 1596 Cicely Webster. He was buried 17 June 1624, she was buried 22 Nov. 1644. Children: 1. Edward b. ca. 1598-1604 2. James b. ca. 1598-1604 3. An b. ca. 1598-1604 4. Jane b. ca. 1598-1604 5. John bap. 21 Apr. 1606 6. Henry bap. 13 May 1608 7. Katherine bap. 23 June 1610 8. Margaret bap. 16 June 1612; bur. 22 Dec. 1614 9. Mary bap. 12 Oct. 1614; bur. 13 Feb. 1614/5 10.Margret bap. 3 July 1616

Only one Margery Houghton appears in the marriage records. With four possibilities from the bapitsmal register, one in Sutton, one in Par, one in Whiston, and one in Prescot it is unknown which is the Margery that married Thomas Accres. Because Thomas Acres was in both Whiston and Prescot at the births of children those would seem the most likely.

Based on the above information, the family of Thomas Ackers/Accars and Margey Houighton are defined as:

Thomas ACCARS bur. 24 Apr. 1647 Prescot, Prescot Parish, Lancs., Eng; m. 11 Dec. 1632 Prescot Parish, Lancashire, Eng. Margery HOUGHTON bur. 5 Mar. 1650/1 Whiston, Prescot Parish, Lancs., Eng. children: 1. Margaret ACKERS bap. 15 Sep. 1633 of Whiston in Prescot Parish, Lancs.; m. John RATHBONE 2. John ACKKERS bap. 20 Feb. 1635 (1636)of Prescot in Prescot Parish, Lancs.; m. Margery; d. 1699 RI 3. Ann ACCARS b. ca. 1638; bur. 19 Apr. 1638 of Whiston, Prescot Parish, Lancs. 4. James ACCARS bap. 3 Apr. 1639 of Prescot in Prescot Parish, Lancs.; bur. 2 Apr. 1643 of Prescot, Prescot Parish, Lancs. 5. Ellin ACCARS bap. 20 Feb. 1641/2 of Prescot in Prescot Parish, Lancs.