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Anthony and Margaret Yerkes |
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Anthony Yerkes and his wife, Margaret, married in Europe and immigrated to America. They first settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania. In 1709 they purchased a tract of 300 acres in the Manor of Moorland and moved there near Pennypack Creek. Herman Yerkes was born about 1689 and Adolphus Yerkes was born about 1690. Margaret died before September 9, 1709 when Anthony married Sarah Eaton Watts. Anthony died before 1744.  Burgess Court
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