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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
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Anthony Yerkes was born in 1663 in Germany or Holland. He was a farmer. He married Margaret about 1687. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Anthony and Margaret Yerkes. Margaret was born about 1687 in Holland. She died before November 17, 1705. On September 11, 1702, he served as a juryman before the Court of Record in Germantown, Pennsylvania. On December 28, 1703 he became one of the three burgesses of Germantown. He married his son's mother-in-law, Sarah Eaton Watts, the widow of the Reverend John Watts in Philadelphia on September 9, 1709. After that he settled in the Manor of Moreland. In 1710 he became a member of the Low Dutch Reformed Church in Whitemarsh Township. His residence, mentioned in a deed dated June 11, 1719, was Dublin Township where his wife's relatives lived. He may have retired there. In 1729 he was naturalized. The assembly declared him entitled to the rights and privileges of subjects of the king. He died before 1744 in Moreland, Pennsylvania.
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