Nancy Branson dies 1909
New Jersey Courier 21 Jan 1909
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John Akins of Dover Forge
John Akins was paid for 3 months of work with a driving team at Dover Forge on 28 Jul 1827, according to the ledger on file at the Monmouth County Historical Society. So far I have been unsuccessful in finding any other information about this individual. Certainly individuals by that name appear in census and other records, but it's a common enough name, so without more specific identifying information, it's difficult to know if one of those is the same man as this one.
Acher / Aker family of Dover Forge and Bamber
Moses Acre appears frequently in the ledger book of the Dover Forge during 1826-1828. For example, he was paid for work at the forge on 18 Nov 1826. On 23 Jun 1827, his name is spelled ‘Acher’, when he was paid for ‘carting’ by the Forge. There was also a Stephen Acher who was paid on 30 Jun 1827 for carting bar iron from the forge to Toms River, but it’s not clear if he actually lived in Toms River or at the Forge. In 1850, just a few entries prior to known Bamber resident Reuben Rockwell was the family of John Acher. He was 27 in 1850 and working in the charcoal industry. He lived with a man named Crammer Acher, aged 18, and another named Harmon Giberson, aged 40. Both Crammer and Harmon worked as laborers. A potential issue, however, is that Rockwell apparently owned a home in Toms River as well as Bamber, so we can’t know which residence was recorded in the census. Acher working as a coaler, however, would seem to indicate he was more proxi
