When John Akers was born on 2 January 1713, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Simon Akers, was 45 and his mother, Mary Jane Furman, was 40. He married Martha Wilson in 1732, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 21 November 1783, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.