Manor of Moreland contained 100 acres.413

Anthony Yerkes, the eldest son of Herman Yerkes by his wife, Elizabeth Watts, was born in the Manor of Moreland, Montgomery (formerly Philadelphia) County, Pennsylvania on 28 Nov 1712 and died there 9 Mar 1791.

He was a farmer and resided in the Manor of Moreland on a tract of land which he purchased from his father. This tract contained one hundred acres and lay on the east side of the road leading from Philadelphia to Southampton, Bucks County, and near the “old mill.” He also owned a tract of over eight acres, which he purchased from his brother, Elias, and which was located on the west side of this road, opposite the first named tract. He was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church, Bucks County, and in 1772 was one of the committee for the building of a new meeting house.

No record of the marriage of Anthony Yerkes has been found. The Christian name of his wife was Jane and she died 12 May 1783 in the seventy-third year of her age. The names of their children shown below are from his will, dated 22 Feb 1790 and proved on 26 Apr 1791.413

Will:

Yerkes, Anthony. Moreland
February 27, 1790. April 26, 1791; 1.248
To son Obadiah, maintenance. To daughter Elizabeth Fulton of Virginia, sons Anthony and David, 20 s. each. To son Joseph, 20 pds. To daughter Sarah Grant, 100 pds. To son David, 1 cow. To son Jacob, farm which testator purchased from father Herman Yerkes, 100 acres and land purchased from brother Elias, 89 3/4 acres.
Execs: Sons Joseph and Jacob Yerkes. Wit: James Fulton, Saml. Ayres, Philip Wynkoop395