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An American Family History

Sarah Yerkes Hufty
The Manor of Moreland was composed of a tract of ten thousand acres, and was created, in 1682, by a grant from William Penn to Dr. Nicholas More. Most of the Manor was in Philadelphia County, but is now Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Sarah Yerkes Hufty was born on July 15, 1716 in the Manor of Moreland which is now Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Herman Yerkes and Elizabeth Watts.

She married Jacob Hufty (Huffy) of Abington. He was the son of Benjamin Hufty (Hufte) and Ida Hermon.

Sarah and Jacob's children were Elizabeth Hufty, Mary Hufty, John Hufty, and Jacob Hufty.

Jacob died in late 1750 or in January, 1750/51.

In 1751 when her father died, she received 30 pounds according to the provisions of his will.

 
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
Children of
Herman Yerkes
and Elizabeth Watts:
  • Anthony Yerkes
  • John Yerkes
  • Sarah Yerkes Hufty
  • Josiah Yerkes
  • Herman Yerkes
  • Silas Yerkes
  • Elizabeth Yerkes Howell
  • Stephen Yerkes
  • Elias Yerkes
  • Titus Yerkes
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    Chronicle of the Yerkes Family: With Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families by Josiah Granville Leach

    Sarah Yerkes (Herman2, Anthony1), eldest daughter and third child of Herman Yerkes by his wife Elizabeth Watts, was born in the Manor of Moreland, Montgomery (formerly Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania, 15 July, 1716, married Jacob Hufty, of Abington.

    He died in the latter part of 1750, or in January, 1750-51, as on the 30th of that month letters of administration on his estate were granted at Philadelphia unto his widow, Sarah Hufty, "during the minority of the minor children," her brother, Anthony Yerkes, being one of the sureties on the bond filed.

    She was living 30 April, 1752, when she joined with some of her brothers and a sister in conveying to their brother, Josiah Yerkes, land of which their father had died possessed, and she is styled in the conveyance "of Moreland, widow." On the back of the administration bond the names of the children appear as follows: 33. Elizabeth Hufty. 34. Mary Hufty. 35. John Hufty. 36. Jacob Hufty'.

    		  

     

         

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