Assessment of Moreland for 1776
Silas Yerkes - 100 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows, grist-mill, 9 children and 1 idiot
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Served in the Revolutionary War as a Private and Public Service from Pennsylvania - in DAR Patriot Index.

Will:
March 21, 1795. October 23, 1795. 1.472
To son Elias, 10 pds. and wearing apparel. To daughtera Deborah, wife of Samuel Ayres, 6 pds. To daughter Esther, wife of Charles Ayres, 6 pds. To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Howell, 6 pds. To son Silas, farm in Moreland, 90 acres, subject to the payment of 60 pds. to daughters[sic] Hannah Yerkes; 1/2 legacies above also. To son Daniel, farm, 76 3/4 acres, subject to payment of other half of legacies above. To son benjamin, 2 acres, 26 perches. To daughter, Hannah, 60 pds., pewter, &c. To son Silas, feather-bed. Rem. of household goods to 4 daughters: Deborah, Esther, Elizabeth and Hannah. Execs: Sons Silas and Daniel. Wit: George Yerkes, James Dungas, John Watts.395