An American Family History

Josiah Yerkes and Mary Walton married about 1747. They lived on the farm that his father, Herman Yerkes, gave him in Moreland on Pennypack Creek. The farm was above the mills that his brother, Silas Yerkes owned. On July 22, 1747 Josiah and Mary mortgaged 84 acres of his land to Joseph Spangenburg.

Their children were born in Moreland. Joshua Yerkes was born about 1749. Josiah Yerkes was born about 1751. Rebecca Yerkes Wood was born about 1753. Sarah Yerkes Bower was born in 1755.

In 1755 Josiah conveyed some of his land to his brother Stephen Yerkes.

Margery Yerkes Saurman was born on October 28, 1757. Mary Yerkes was born in 1760. Nathaniel Yerkes was born August 9, 1763.

In April, 1765, Josiah and Mary mortgaged their land to George Sharswood.

In the Assessment of Moreland for 1776 from Bean's 1884 History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania he had 6 acres, 2 horses and 2 cows.

In 1790 the Josiah Yerkes family was in the Manor of Moreland, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Josiah died in September, 1793 in Moreland.

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.