Jonathan Yerxa

Son of Abraham Yerxa and Barbara Green
Born 1806/7 at Keswick Ridge, York County NB
Married Rebecca Boone 19 May 1824 with witnesses William Yerxa and Pilor Sisson
Farming in Douglas Parish, York County NB, in 1851
The 1861 census, Agriculture Schedule, listed Jonathan as a farmer with: 200 acres of land, with 50 acres improved; 2 male and 1 female farm hands; value of the farm $2000 and farm implements $150; 1 horse, 6 milch cows, 2 working oxen, 2 other cattle, 24 sheep, 3 swine; pork slaughtered 600 pounds.
Shoemaker in Douglas Parish, York County NB in 1871
He was Church of England in religion
Died 20 June 1880
Buried in the Keswick Cemetery
Rebecca Boone was born about 1808
Daughter of
Died 26 May 1875
Buried in the Keswick Cemetery