Elias
Yerkes
Born in Moreland Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Elias Yerkes
and Rebecca (Foster) Yerkes
Brother of
George Yerkes, Elizabeth (Yerkes) Marple, Susanna Yerkes, Isaac Yerkes, Mary Yerkes, Rebecca Yerkes, Arthur Yerkes, Sarah (Yerkes) Michener and David S. Yerkes
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Yerkes) Lukens and Lydia (Yerkes) Lukens
Died
at age 87
in Moreland Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jun 2020
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Biography
Elias was a son of Elias Yerkes and Rebecca Foster. He passed away in 1844.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKT-M1J : accessed 29 June 2020), Elias Yerkes, Manor of Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 345, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 568,149.
- "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPT-4M7 : 12 August 2017), Elias Yerkes, Moreland, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing 284, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 154; FHL microfilm 20,628.
- Leach, Josiah Granville, Chronicle of the Yerkes Family with Notes on the Leech and Rutter Families, Private Circulation, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MDCCCIV, pages 24a and 46
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