Wolfert Acker

Acker served the British colonial government as collector of Philipsburg Manor in New Netherlands.

Tenant or not, Wolfert did have the second largest house in the region, second only to Philipse Manor Hall, which still stands.

Jan Ecker, Wolfert's brother, was the first deacon of the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, which was founded by Philipse, and was still living in May 1716.

However, by May 1716, he and his wife Maritie were two of eight members no longer on the roll, although their names continued to appear as baptismal witnesses until 1734.

One person who bought his land was Washington Irving who took an existing structure and made his romantic Sunnyside out of it.