Daughter of *John YERXA & Joanna Sarah MERRITHEW
Born 1809 Douglas Parish, York County, New Brunswick, Canada

Suggested edit:
As per Drouin records Jacob Dow & Frances Yerxa married 26 July 1836 at the Woodstock Baptist Church.
Contributor: John R. Dow (48611573) •

30-Dec-1835 married Jacob DOW
(Jacob Dow was born 06-Jan-1804; he was the son of Jesse Dow & Mary Teed & brother of Samuel Dow who married Mahala Yerxa; Jacob died 01-Jul-1872 and is buried in the Dow Cemetery that is now in the Lower Meductic Cemetery).

Children:
Samson (son) b. 1837 d. Abt 1917
Sarah (daughter) b. 1839
Rhoda (daughter) b. 1841 d. 1888
Allen (son) b. 1844 d. Aug 1935
Nelson (son) b. 1845 d. 1846 of measles
Zebulon (son) b. 1847
Wellington (son) b. 1848 - d. 01-Aug-1911

Fanny died 1884

*Proven Loyalist The following info is from the www.uelac.org site:
John (Johanni(e)s) YERXA (Jurckse, Jurcks(x)en, Jurckse, Yerkes, Djurckse, Dirckse(n), Yourx)
Baptized 08-Oct-1751 in Dutch Reform Church known as "The Old Sleepy Hollow Church", Westchester Co., New York - born - Cortland Manor; died 11-Jun-1828 on farm Lot #6, Douglas Parish, York Co, NB in her 77th year. One of the first settler in Province of New Brunswick, left 14 children, 86 grandchildren & 55 great-grandchildren. Burial said to be on son James Yerxa's farm, Lot #4 near Keswick, York Co next to Keswick Cemetery. Stones were destroyed at some time in the past and in 1997 new ones were erected in this location by the Yerxa Family Association. Married c. 1774 Catherine Giraud/Gerow born c 1752/53 died 1825.

NOTE the following is gleaned from a 1998 posting:

FOSTER - John FOSTER married Sarah ? who had a daughter Susan Elizabeth
Foster born 1814 died Dec. 27, 1847 married Nov.22, 1832 Charles Hartley(s/o George Adkin and Abigail (Estey) Hartley) born 1805 Dumfries, NB died April 10, 1879 Southampton, NB (ESTEY -her 2g grandmother was hung by neck
for witchcraft [to be confirmed])

AKERLEY - Susannah Gaunce AKERLEY (no info on her) married William Henry Clark (s/o William and Rachel (Springer) Clark) born 1825 died April 30, 1888
Possible that Susannah's parents were Valentine P. & Armina (Lawson) Akerley??

(?) CLARK - Sarah ___________ born Oct. 6, 1772 Edentown, SC died Aug 22, 1805 married Aug 19, 1790 John Clark (s/o Alexander and Mary (Hoff) Clerk) born April 4, 1768 East New Jersey

NORTON - Ruth NORTON married before 1770 to Enoch Dow [son of David & Mary (Brown) Dow] born Nov.24, 1744 Meuthen, Mass died Sept. 23, 1813

TIDD - Mary TIDD [TEED]
born March 25, 1782
died March 27, 1869 Canterbury, NB
married March 4, 1802 Woodstock, NB
to Jesse Dow [s/o Enoch & Ruth (Norton)Dow]
born c1772 died March 22, 1867 (parents could be Sylvanus and Elizabeth (?) Tidd)

MERRITHEW - Joanna Sarah MERRITHEW born 1786 died 1865 married John Yerxa (his real name was Johannes Jurckse) [son of Johannes & Catherine (Gerow) Jurckse] born 1777 Tarrytown, NY died Aug 28, 1849