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The Yerks Family.

The first of that name (it was then written Jurkse) appearing here were Herman Yerks and Maritie Storm his wife. She was from Gowanus, E. L, and united with the old Dutch Church in 1714, which was the year of their marriage. Johannis Yerks and Rachel his wife, had a child baptised there in 1724, and Jacobus Yerks and Elizabeth his wife had Johannis baptised there in 1725.

Herman Yerks made a will May 7, 1769 by which he gave his son William, "all of my improvements where 1 now live on the Manor of Philipsburgh," also to the children of his son John, deceased, daughters, Engcltie Jewel, Altie Martling, Mary Dean wife of Thomas Dean (mother of Sergt. John Dean,) Jeuue Helliker, Margaret Van Wart, Catharine Ganetson, and Elizabeth wife of Thomas Champenois.

The names of Solomon and Isaac Yerks appear among the soldiers of the French war 1759-61, from this Manor. In the census cl Mt. Pleasant for 1801, the following appear : John Yerks son of John, William Yerks son of William, William Yerks son of John, and John son of William. Doubtless most of these were Revolutionary" soldiers.

John Yerks, Jr., makes the following statement in his endorsement of the application of Mary Dean, widow of Sergt. John Dean, for a pension, date of April 24, 1837:

"John Yerks, of the town of Mt. Pleasant, County of Westchester, being duly sworn saith that he was 77 years of age on the nth day of November last. That he lived with his father at the beginning of the Revolutionary war, about one mile north of the house of Joseph