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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Yarnall, Philip. The name of 

 Philip Yarnall, a native of England, oc- 

 curs as a member of Darby Monthly 

 Meeting of Friends as early as 1684. 

 While he remained unmarried, he pro- 

 bably resided with his brother Francis, 

 on rented land, in Springfield town- 

 ship. In 1694, he married Dorothy 

 Baker, a daughter of Joseph Baker, of 

 Edgmont, when, it is supposed, he went 

 to Edgmont, to reside on land he pur- 

 chased soon after his arrival here. His 

 children were, John, Philip, Job, Sarah, 

 Benjamin, Thomas, Nathan, Samuel, 

 Rebecca and Mary. He died in 1734, 

 and his wife in 1743. 



Yarnall, Francis, probably immi- 

 grated with his brother Philip in 1684, 

 and at first settled in Springfield town- 

 ship on rented land. He was for a 

 time a member of Darby Monthly 

 Meeting of Friends, but subsequently 

 belonged to that of Chester. In 1686 

 he married Hannah Baker, a daughter 

 as is believed of Joseph Baker, of Edg- 

 mont. In 1708 he resided in Chester 

 borough. He was a man of consider- 

 able influence in the community, and 

 in 1711 represented Chester County in 

 the Provincial Assembly. His children 

 were, Sarah, John, Peter, Moses, Fran- 

 cis, Joseph, Amos and Mordecai. 



Yeaksly, John, with his wife, son 

 John and four daughters, migrated from 



Middlewith, County of , England, 



in 1700, and settled in Thornbury 

 township. His son John intermarried 

 with Sarah Conway, and his daughter 

 Elizabeth with Moses Key, who ap- 

 pears to have immigrated with the fa- 

 mily. They were all in membership 

 with Friends. John died in 1708. 



Yeates, Jasper, came from York- 

 shire, England, and settled within the 

 limits of Delaware State. He married 

 Catharine, daughter of James Sande- 

 landes. and afterwards resided for a 

 long time in Chester, and while re- 

 siding there sometimes represented 

 New Castle County in the Assembly. 

 After the separation of the lower coun- 

 ties, he was a representative and 

 speaker of their Assembly ; was a jus- 

 tice of the Provincial Court in 1709-10, 

 and at the time of his death, which 

 happened about the year 1720. he was 

 a member of Council. Though brought 

 up to the law, he appeared fond of 

 speculation and traffic. He was resid- 

 ing in Chester 1 697, when he purchased 

 the mills and property at the month 

 of Naaman's Creek, and about that 

 time purchased lands in Chester, built 

 extensive granaries on the creek, and 

 established a large bakery. He was 

 not, however, fortunate in his specula- 

 tions. He was the grandfather of Jus- 

 tice Yeates of the Supreme Court of 

 Pennsylvania. 



YzzARD Michael, was a taxable in 

 the district of Upland as early as 1677, 

 and served the office of under sheriff 

 for Upland County for some time pre- 

 vious to 1679, as successor to Jurian 

 Hartsvelder, when he resided in Up- 

 land. His residence subsequently was 

 on the west side of Chester creek, in 

 the upj)er pnrt of Chester township. 

 He served as a juror at the first court 

 under Penn's government. He was a 

 carpenter by trade, and* removed to 

 Philadelphia prior to 1686. It is not 

 known that he was a Quaker. 



