Last name: Ackerman This long-established surname is of Anglo-
Saxon origin, and is a status name for a bond tenant who was
employed as a ploughman for a manor. The derivation is from the
Olde English pre 7th Century "aecermann", a compound of "aecer",
field, ploughed land, cognate with the Old Norse "akr", and
"mann", man. On many medieval manors there were separate
tenements held by "acremen" in return for ploughing service, and
a quotation from "Lay le Freine" reads, "The foules up, and song
on bough, And acremen yeld to the plough". Early examples of the
surname include: Robert le Akerman (Essex, 1233); Roger le
Acreman (Oxfordshire, 1273); and Hugh Akerman (Cambridgeshire,
1273). The "Historical English Dictionary", dated 1389, tells us
that "both prestis and knightis mosten bicome acremen and
heerdis". In the modern idiom the surname has four spelling
variations: Ackerman(n), Akerman and Acreman. On August 15th
1568, Anna Ackerman and John Habet were married at St. Dionis
Backchurch, London. A notable na