Biography: Peter Ackerman :Alexandria, Grafton Co, New Hampshire ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Vera Burnham vburnham@worldpath.net September 25, 2000 *********************************************************************** From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Alexandria Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 Peter Ackerman, a native of Rye, N. H., was a pensioner of the Revolutionary war, and was wounded and crippled for life at the battle of Ticonderoga. He married twice, first Rachel Lock, and second, Harriet Marden, and reared six children. His son John married Abigail Gray, of Farmington, N. H. Four of his nine children are living, one of whom, Shem G., married Joanna W., daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Rollins) Clark, of Dorchester, and has five children, viz.: William C. , John L., Fred H., Abbie G. and George W. The last mentioned lives at home with his father, on a farm at the foot of Cardigan mountain, on road 6.