Yerks Family Tree

William YERKS

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Harmen YERKS 1767 Susannah SIE 28 Jan 1769

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Maria (YERKS) 1803 John Wesley YERKS
William Townsend YERKS
Armenia YERKS
Ezra YERKS

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 22 Jan 1801 Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, United States
Child Baptism 22 Feb 1801 Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1840 New Castle, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1850 Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1860 Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1870 Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 05 May 1876 Westchester County, Westchester County, New York, United States
Death 17 Sep 1876 Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, United States

Notes
It is VERY possible that Williams's wife is Maria Yerks, daughter of John Yerks and Sarah Silkman.
Took over his father's lease, farming 240 acres along the Saw Mill River in Mount Pleasant.
Is buried at the old Almshouse Cemetery which is under the Saw Mill Parkway in Eastview.

Sources

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1840 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Year: 1840; Census Place: New Castle, Westchester, New York; Roll: 353; Page: 198; Family History Library Film: 0017210 Don't know Don't know Don't know
1850 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Year: 1850; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York; Roll: M432_614; Page: 320; Image: 643. Don't know Don't know Don't know
1860 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Year: 1860; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York; Roll: M653_881; Page: 0; Image: 307. Don't know Don't know Don't know
1870 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Year: 1870; Census Place: Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York; Roll: M593_1118; Page: 362; Image: 124. Don't know Don't know Don't know
New York, Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1830-1920, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; New York State Archives; Albany, New York; Census of Inmates in Almshouses and Poorhouses, 1875-1921; Series: A1978; Reel: A1978:214; Record Number: 425 Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1660-1926, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Tarrytown 3, Book 52A Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records from Selected States, 1660-1926, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; The Archives of the Reformed Church in America; New Brunswick, New Jersey; First Tarrytown Church, Church Records, 1697-1817 Don't know Don't know Don't know

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1876 05 05 - William Yerks Almshouse Record

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1840 09 24 - John VT Yerks and Several Families Sell Land to John Jamison (1.25 + 15 acres in Mount Pleasant)