An American Family History

Ann Coffing Yerkes

The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.

Ann Coffing was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Abraham and Margaret Coffing.

She married John Yerkes on August 20, 1769. John was born on October 6, 1743 in the Manor of Moreland, Montgomery (formerly Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Yerkes and Alice McVaugh.

She was a member of Abington Monthly Meeting at the time of her marriage. Since John was not a Quaker, she was not allowed to remain in the church.

John and Ann's children probably included:

Abraham Yerkes, (1770, married Mary Jones),
Elizabeth Yerkes (1772, married Isaac Jones),
Harman Yerkes (1774, married Elizabeth Weaver),
William Yerkes (1776, married Deborah Streper),
John Yerkes (1778, married Ann Spies and Elizabeth Stump),
Jonathan Yerkes (1780, married Elizabeth Stump),
Sarah Yerkes (1783).

They lived in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

John died in Whitemarsh Township in 1803 or 1806.

Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.

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