Eckerson, Adam Dietz

Birth

Adam Dietz Eckerson was born 19 May 1769 perhaps in Schoharie or what is now Knox, N.Y., to Johannes Eckerson & Engeltie Vrooman. His father, Johannes, was a member of the pre-colonial militia of N.Y., under Capt. William McGinnes (see http://french-indian.morrisonspensions.org/nyprov-1.pdf).

Marriage and Children

He married Elizabeth Fetterly, a daughter of Philip Fetterly and Anna Margaretha Schumacher/Schumann. Adam & Elizabeth's children were as follows:

• Ann Eckerson
• David Eckerson
• Tunis Eckerson
• John A. Eckerson
• Margaret Eckerson
• Philip Eckerson
• Cornelia Eckerson
• Peter Eckerson
• Maria Eckerson
• George Eckerson
• Elizabeth Eckerson

Death

Adam Dietz Eckerson died after 1848.

Sources

1. bernehistory.org.

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