Silas Yerkes and Hannah Durgan

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Husband Silas Yerkes ¹

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Wife Hannah Durgan ¹

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Children

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1 F Deborah Yerkes ²

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           Born: 3 Sep 1753 - Warminster, Bucks Co, PA
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           Died: 11 Feb 1826 - Abington, Montgomery Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Abington Presbyterian Cemetery, Abington, Montgomery Co, PA

         Spouse: Samuel Ayres (1749-1804) 2 3

         Spouse: William Ayres (      -      )

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2 F Esther Yerkes ²

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           Born: 13 Feb 1755 - Warwick, Bucks Co, PA 4
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           Died: 1809 4
         Buried:  - Abington Cemetery, Abington, Montgomery Co, PA

         Spouse: Charles Ayres (1750-1806) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Silas Yerkes

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He and his wife were of Welsh descent, and Baptists in religion, whose ancestors arrived at an early period from Holland, whither they had fled from their fatherland on account of religious persecution. They settled in that part of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, long called "North Wales."

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 50.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 48.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 387.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 51.