Francis Moore of Cambridge

Francis More

• Christening: 2 Sep 1592 Maldon, Essex, England
• Death: 20 Aug 1671 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Burial: Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County,Massachusetts
• parents: Enoch More & his 1st wife Catherine
• Marriages : 1) Catherine (1586 - 1648) - married in England [NOTE: Catherine's maiden name is not known. It was NOT Monforde]] 2) Elizabeth, widow Periman (1599 - 1683)[6]

He was also known as "Elder" Francis Moore.

Grave Inscription:[7]

• FRANCIS MOORE
• AGED 85 YEARS
• DYED THE 20 DAY
• OF AUGUST 1671

Family

Francis Moore was chief heir and executor for his brother Samuel, then came to New England and was sworn a freeman May 22, 1639. He brought his wife Catharine to Cambridge, MA., where he was granted land in 1638. Catharine who may have been his second wife died December 28, 1648, and he married next, the widow Elizabeth Perriman December 6, 1653, perhaps the widow of Thomas Perriman. No children with Elizabeth.

Children of Francis Moore

1. Francis Moore (b abt 1620 England - 1689). Married Abigail Eaton.
2. Thomas Moore b. abt 1623.
3. Samuel Moore (b abt 1630 England - 1688). Married 1) Hannah Plumer 2) Mary Isley
4. Anna (Moore) (Kidder) Underwood (1630 - 1691). Married 1) James Kidder 2) William Underwood.
5. Sarah Moore b 3 Apr 1643 Cambridge.
6. John b 20 Mar 1645 Cambridge. Married Lydia Axtell.

notes

It seems reasonable to think that he was the father of Cousin Thomas Moore, the mariner of Boston, who Edmund years later, on this side of the Atlantic made overseer of his will.[3]

One common and erroneous claim by many amateur genealogists is that Edmund is the son of Francis Moore. This is largely discredited by the genealogy document entitled Sara, First Wife of Edmund Greenleaf, by Dorothy Greenleaf Boynton. Sara (Moore) Greenleaf was sister to Francis Moore of Cambridge, Mass., and Numerous probates and Maldon, Essex, England baptismal, marriage, and death records are cited. The document lists the children of Francis Moore, and no mention of Edmund Senior Moores is given. Of the Moores/Moore's present in Newbury, Mass. (Edmund, Matthew, and Samuel) during those early years, only Samuel Moore(s) is a viable child of Francis Moore. The temptation by family historians to link Edmund to Francis is an attractive proposition due to the proximity of Cambridge to Newbury and Edmund Greenleaf, like Edmund Moores, being a founding member of the township, not to mention the similarity in surnames. However, the aforementioned document fairly thoroughly eliminates Francis Moore as father to our Edmund.

Francis Moore, the son of Enoch Moore (1561 - 1615) and his wife Catherine ____, was baptized 2 September 1592 in All Saints parish, Maldon, Essex.[1]

1639: Cambridge, Massachusetts[2]

ffrancis More on "List of Freemen" dated 22 May 1639.[3]

FRANCIS, Cambridge, freem. 22 May 1639, brot. w. Catharine, wh. d. 28 Dec. 1648, had ch. Francis, Samuel, John, and Ann, first two b. in Eng. but John, certain. b. 20 Mar. 1645, and, perhaps, Ann, were bapt in ch. of C. and Sarah, b. there 3 Apr. 1643 and prob. Thomas, nam. with John, in the will of br. Francis, m. sec. w. 6 Dec. 1653, Elizabeth wid. perhaps of Thomas Periman; He d. 20 Aug. 1671, aged 85, and his wid. d. 5 Nov. 1683, aged 84. Ann m. James Kidder.[4]

References

• Boynton, Dorothy Greenleaf. Sara, First Wife of Edmund Greenleaf. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1968), (at 30).
• Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15), II:666. "MOORE, Francis, Aug. 20, 1671, a. 85 y. (grave record, cemetery at Harvard Square."
• Boynton, Dorothy Greenleaf. Sara, First Wife of Edmund Greenleaf. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1968), (at 35).
• Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 3:227.
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Francis_Moore_%289%29#_ref-S1_0_
• http://www.one-barton-family.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1...
• Find A Grave Marriages: 1. Catherine, in England 2. MOORE, Francis and Elizabeth Periman, Dec. 6, 1653.* (Cambridge) Cambridge deaths: MOORE, Francis, Aug. 20, 1671, a. 85 y. GR1 Children, of Francis and Catherine Moore: Francis, Samuel, John, and Ann, first two b. in Eng. but John, certain. b. 20 Mar. 1645, and, perhaps, Ann, were bapt. in ch. of Cambridge, and Sarah, b. there 3 Apr. 1643 and prob. Thomas. (Savage) From contributor Polly Furbush: Francis and his 1st wife Catherine had another son Edmund b c 1614, came to Boston 1638 on Confidence, settled in Newbury c 1640, m. Ann (Travis?) 1642, 6 children, d. 19 Apr 1699 Newbury. [ NO] From contributor Maurene: In A geneaolgy of the Kidder family comprising the descendants in the male line of Ensign James Kidder, 1626-1676: of Cambridge and Billerica in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, by Stafford, Morgan Hewitt, Published 1941, it says that Anna Moore, daughter of Francis and Katherine Moore, was born in England about 1630 and died in Billerica in 1691. Francis emigrated to America in 1639.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49543444/francis-moore
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/moore/23093/ Francis MOORE, Jr., arrived with father, Age 9, married Abigail EATON in 1650;do not know if they had children. Francis MOORE, freeman, 1639, Cambridge, MA Some say that Francis MOORE married Catherine MONFORD?? in1629 in ENGLAND.If this is true, then any children born to this couple were born between 1630 and her death in 1648.Several of the MOORE's in Cambridge and Boston, etc., were listed as born in the 1620's.So that might mean that more than one son was born to Francis MOORE with his first wife, ___ _____. Also, any MOORE born before ~1610 who was somehow related to Francis MOORE in Cambridge would have had to have been a sibling or cousin. And, with the exception of the MOORE's who arrived in 1620 on the "Mayflower," most other MOORE's seem to have arrived in the 1630's.
• Cambridge marriages: MOORE, Francis and Elizabeth Periman, Dec. 6, 1653.* (His second marriage)
• Cambridge deaths: MOORE, Elizabeth, w. Francis, Nov. 5, 1683, a. 84 y. GR1
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/moore/23093/ “Matthew MOORE, probably another son of Francis MOORE of Cambridge, MA. Matthew probably moved to Woodbridge, NJ, with his brother, Samuel, in 1666.” (But see notes above)