Elizabeth Yard

Elizabeth was born in 1715 in Hopewell, Mercer, NJ.¹   Elizabeth's father was William Yard and her mother was Mary Tindall.  Her paternal grandparents were Joseph Yard and Mary Salisbury. She had five brothers and a sister, named Joseph, William, John, Benjamin, Jethro and Mary.  She was the third youngest of the seven children.  She died at the age of 48 in 1763.¹