Joseph
Yerkes
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Yerkes
and Mary (Wright) Yerkes
Brother of
John Yerkes, Mary Ann Yerkes, Hannah Yerkes, Sarah (Yerkes) Ashton, Rebecca Yerkes and Catherine Ann (Yerkes) Rich
Husband of
Mary Ann Neff
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Ashton (Yerkes) Dobbins
Died
at age 84
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Sep 2014
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Biography
"Children of Robert and Mary (Wright) Yerkes:
- 298. John Yerkes, born 7 July 1799; died 27 January, 1886; married Diana Krewson.
- 299. Mary Ann Yerkes, born 12 November, 1803; married Benjamin Margerum.
- 300. Hannah Yerkes, born 6 June, 1806; died, unmarried, 30 January, 1878.
- 301. Sarah Yerkes, born 1 February, 1809; died 13 January, 1836; married John Ashton. They had issue: Mary Elizabeth Ashton, who married, and had a number of children.
- 302. Joseph Yerkes, born 17 October, 1811; died 28 January, 1896; married Mary Ann Neff.
- 303. Rebecca Yerkes, born 2 September, 1815; married Alfred Robinson.
- 304. Catharine Ann Yerkes, born 25 November, 1819; died 27 January, 1888; married Charles W. Rich."[1]
Sources
- ↑ Chronicle of the Yerkes Family With Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families, Josiah Granville Leach, ((Philadelphia PA, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904)), p.51-52
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Kelly (Holland) O'Leary 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A725949 [compare], Ancestry member koleary99
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~0.78%
Thomas Devitt :
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