James Moon - Joan Burgess

James was a Friend (Quaker)

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James Moon is said to have been born 23 August 1639 Ashwick, Somerset, England the son of William Moon and Catherine Kynge,[1] although there is currently no documentation that the James Moon who comes to Pennsylvania is this person.[2]

A marriage record for James and Joan has not been located nor could the marriage have occurred in the County of Avon as is commonly seen as it only existed 1974-1996. Most undocumented references to their marriage do place it and them in Bristol prior to coming to the colony.[3] However, this James Moon does not appear in the Bristol Men's Meeting Minutes of 1667-1686[4] nor has he been found in other Somerset or Gloucestershire Quaker sources.

James left England with his wife and six children -- Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger -- in the mid 1680's and immigrated to Pennsylvania Colony. They are said to have sailed aboard the Welcome (or the Friendship or Bristol Merchant) with William Penn, but there is no evidence for this. They have not been found as yet on any accepted list of William Penn's company or ship's passenger list; nor do they appear in the List of Purchasers [of property from William Penn] 22 3rd 1682.[5] It is known that the Moon family lived adjacent the Samuel Burges family which arrived in 1685.[6] It is postulated that Joan was a sister of Samuel but, again, the year the Moon family arrived is uncertain.

Notes

On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. they reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard.

Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn. the original homesite is said to be a freight yard near Morrisville, Pennsylvania now.

James Moon was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks County, his name frequently appearing on the early records of the courts of that county after 1685, as a member of Grand and Petit Juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court, up to the time of his decease on September 1713.

Joan Burgess Moon, wife of James, received a legacy from her parents or other relatives in England in 1695 and obtained a certificate from the Bucks County Court on December 11, 1695 to enable her to receive it, the court entry of which is as follows: "A Certificate of Joan, the wife of James Moone, being alive signed in Court she being then there present."

She survived a quarter of century, dying December, 1739 in her ninetieth year, at the home of her son, Roger.

Notes

Some accounts give September as the month of James death, but this is based on the date found in a long list of dates of deaths written a hundred years later in the minutes of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and there it says “about September, indicating uncertainty. The probate, on the other hand, is dated January 9, 1713, so the death was before that date.

Origins

According to an article in the December 16, 2007, issue of the Journal of Berkeley County, West Virginia, it was Jacob Moon, son of the early Quaker settler Simon Moon, who in 1775 named the village of Arden for a village in England that his family had fled to avoid religious persecution Arden was a rural region in Warwickshire. His immigrant great-grandfather James Moon Sr is said to have been married in Bristol, so this tradition implies that James (and his brother John) came to Bristol from the Arden region around Warwickshire.

Background

The Family Moon

Legend gives us the origin of the name of Moon and tells us it was first bestowed as an honor. Here is the story:

"The Norsemen were great travelers and some of them went to France and settled in what is now Normandy and became a part of the Normans. They had a brotherhood called the "Order of the Crescent" the men of which were tall, with fair complexion and blue eyes, and with character above reproach. When William the conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066 the Order of the Crescent went with him. One of the native strongholds proved to be very stuborn and the duke was unale to take it. He called for volunteers and the Order of the Crescent came forward. They successfully stormed the castle and William ordered that each member of the brotherhood be called "Moon", in honor of the event."

The members of the Moon colony in England prospered through the years, leading honorable lives, giving of their time to the religious life of the community. During the Reformation and latter during the times of rebellion against the Church of England the Moons were staunch Protestants and Puritans. Among the many who suffered persecutions for their religious beliefs we find a number of Moons. They were followers of George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, members of which were called Quakers as a term on derision.

Family

James Moon Jr. - Mary Wilsford

James came to America from England with his parents in 1682. He married Mary Wilsford on February 7, 1697 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. They had three children: John, Simon and Thomas.

He married 2nd, 3 September 1714 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Agnes Priestly. They had one son John.

Simon Moon - Lowry Humphrey

Although Simon and Lowry were Quakers they were married in the Christ Church in Philadelphia, on September 27, 1721.

Early in the eighteenth century a large number of Friends went from Pennsylvania to Frederick Counties in Northern Virginia. They can be found in the records of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick Co., Virginia.

They had eight children: Anna, Richard, James, Hannah, Margaret, Jacob, Rachel and Mary.

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Bristol, England

ID: I116

• Name: James Moon Sr.
• Surname: Moon
• Given Name: James
• Suffix: Sr .
• Sex: M
• Bir th: 23 Aug 1639 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
• Christening: Aswick, Somerset, England
• Death: Jul 1713 in , Bucks, Pennsylvania
• Burial: Fallsington Cemetery, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Note:

James Moon and Joan Burgess were married near Bristol, England, and with a family of children were among the early emigrants to settle Pennsylvania. By deed dated 10 mo., 13, 1688, he purchased of James Hill, 125 acres of land in Falls township, one and a half miles west from Morrisville, and largely covered in 1905 by the classification yard of the Trenton branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. On 12 mo., 11, 1706, he conveyed the same by deed in fee to his son Roger. James Moon's will mentioned six children: Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. Among the earmarks of cattle recorded at the clerk's office in a book preserved in the library of the Bucks County Historical Society are those of James Moon. He was a member of Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends, and was buried in the old graveyard at Fallsington.

A paper written about the Moon immigrants by Joseph Moon and read at a reunion in Ohio in 1894 states that "On September 1, 1682 a band of one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the 'Welcome' with William Penn ... They reached New Castle, on the Delaware River, October 27, 1682, one third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard." He writes that among the passengers were James Moon, Sr., born in 1640, his wife Joan (Burgess) Moon, born in 1647, and their six children-Sarah, James, Jr., Jonas, Mary, Jasper and Roger. Information in The Pennsylvania Traveler reveals that James Moon, Sr., had married Joan Burgess near Bristol, England in 1665. Being among the Quaker families who were persecuted for their faith, they had sought and received passageway to America on the "Welcome" with William Penn.

Along with other Quaker families, the Moon family first settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. According to The Pennsylvania Traveler; "On October 13, 1688 James Moon, Sr, purchased 125 aces of land in Falls Township in Bucks County, one and one-half miles from the present town of Morrisville." Here James planted a large orchard and cleared pasture land. According to records in Bucks County, he was also among those who raised cattle. James and Joan Moon became members of the Falls Monthly Meeting of Friends, near Fallsington. Here they remained loyal members the remaining years of their lives. Even when "Joan was past eighty years of age, she attended all services and frequently preferred to walk to the meeting house."

James Moon, Jr, the oldest son of James, Sr, and Joan (Burgess) Moon, was "granted a certificate to marry Mary Wilsford on February 7, 1697." Soon after their marriage they moved to Chester County, where their son Simon was born cir. 1700. Mary (Wilsford) Moon died when Simon was quite young; and James, Jr, married Agnes Priestly in 1714. The Moon family continued to live in Chester County, where in 1721 Simon married Lowry Humphrey in Christ Church in Philadelphia, according to the Records of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810. To them were born eight children-James III, Jacob, Richard, Margaret, Hannah, Anna, Mary and Rachel.

James Moon, Sr, died in July 1713. He was buried in the old cemetery at Fallsington. In his will, dated January 20, 1711 and proved January 9,1713, he left to his wife "the dwelling house and one-third of the orchard"; to Sarah, the right "to live in the home till her marriage"; to Mary, "one shilling"; and to Sarah Curles and Elizabeth Moon, granddaughters, each "a cow and a calf when of age." The balance of the estate was to go to his youngest son Roger: His oldest sons, James, Jr, and Jonas, were not named in the will as recipients of any part of James, Sr.'s, estate. Undoubtedly James, Sr., left provisions for only those who were members of his household at the time of his death.

According to the History of Bucks County, after James Moon, Sr.'s, death, Joan Moon's English relatives also provided for her welfare. They sent "money to her to purchase a farm. The farm she purchased was located near the River Delaware, two miles north of Yardlesville." Here she resided with her son Roger until her death in October 1739, twenty-six years after the death of her husband. She was buried beside her husband James Moon, Sr, in the cemetery in Fallsington.

James Moone, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England at about the same date that John Moone, first appears in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware in Bucks county. He had married at Bristol, England about 1663, Joan Burgess, and was accompanied to America by several children, of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township in 1695, his son, James Moone, Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years.

There is little doubt that John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James of Bucks, they were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddal of Bucks County, which was probated in Philadelphia May 5, 1704.

James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of the courts of that county after 1685, as a member of Grand and Petit Juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court, up to the time of his decease in September 1713.

The children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moone were Sarah, Jasper, James, Roger, Jonas, and Mary. James, Roger and Jonas Moon remained in Bucks county, and have left descendants.

Baptism records at Church of St. James, Aswick, somerset, England

James Moon and his family sailed on the "Welcome" from Deal, England on 1 Sep 1682 with William Penn and about 100 others. They reached NewCstle on the delaware River on 27 Oct 1682. On third of the passengers died of smallpox. James was a prisner in England beause of his Quaker beliefs. His release was conditional on his immediate deprture for Pennsylvania. He received a grand of 500 acres of land through his friend William Penn. Change Date: 1 Dec 2007 at 17:16:58

Father: Edward Moon b: ABT 1600 in Preston, Lancashire, England Mother: Catherine Anne Kynge b: 1616 in , , England

Marriage 1 Joan Burgess b: 1647 in , , England Married: 1665 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Children

1. Mary Moon b: 1667 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
2. James Moon Jr. b: EST 1669 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
3. Jonas Moon b: 14 Sep 1671 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
4. Sarah Moon b: 1673 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
5. Jasper Moon b: 1675 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
6. Roger Moon b: 1679 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

raturne1added this on 21 Aug 2010

gdivlsoriginally submitted this to Scott/Ives Family on 18 May 2009

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - JAMES MOONE

Excerpted from Jourdan's "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania", 1911, p. 1285.Milton Moon, Silver Spring, MD, shared this sketch with me.

JAMES MOONE, the first American ancestor of the subject of this sketch, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England, at about the same date that John Moone, first above mentioned, appears in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware, in Bucks County. He had married at Bristol, England, about 1663, Joan Burgess, and was accompanied to America by several children of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township, in 1695, his son, James Moone Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years. John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James Moone, of Bucks county. They were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddall of Bucks county, which was probated in Philadelphia, May 5, 1704. James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of that county after 1685 as a member of grand and petit juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court up to the time of his decease, in September, 1713. Joan (Burgess) Moon, wife of James Moone, received a legacy from her parents or other relatives in England, in 1695, and obtained a certificate from the Bucks County Court on December 11, 1695, to enable her to receive it, the court entry of which is as follows: "A certificate of Joan, the wife of James Moone being alive Signed in Court shee being then there present." She survived her husband over a quarter of a century, dying December, 1739, in her ninetieth year, at the home of her son, Roger, the old home plantation in Falls township, the title of which had been transferred from James Jr. to his father and by the latter to Roger in 1706. Children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moon: Sarah, Jasper, James, Roger, Jonas and Mary. Jasper located in New Jersey and died in Burlington county, letters of administration being granted to his widow Susannah, April 29, 1726; the records of that county show that he was a resident there as early as 1704. James, Roger and Jonas remained in Bucks county, and have left descendants. James was deputy sheriff of the county in 1714.This article mentions Jasper as the eldest of James and Joan's children, which has since been disproven.

Jayne_Small added this on 2 Jul 2012

• Reference: Gerald Layne Moon
• Reference: Ancestry

James Moon and Joan Burgess

On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. They reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard.

Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn. the original homesite is said to be a freight yard near Morrisville, Pennsylvania now.

James Moon was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks County, his name frequently appearing on the early records of the courts of that county after 1685, as a member of Grand and Petit Juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court, up to the time of his decease on September 1713.

Joan Burgess Moon, wife of James, received a legacy from her parents or other relatives in England in 1695 and obtained a certificate from the Bucks County Court on December 11, 1695 to enable her to receive it, the court entry of which is as follows: "A Certificate of Joan, the wife of James Moone, being alive signed in Court she being then there present."

She survived a quarter of century, dying December, 1739 in her ninetieth year, at the home of her son, Roger.

• Source: Joan Case
• Reference: Find-A-Grave

Birth: Aug. 23, 1639 Bristol, England Death: Jul., 1713

Fallsington Bucks County Pennsylvania

From a biographical sketch by Joan Case at Joan Case

On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. They reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard.

Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn. the original homesite is said to be a freight yard near Morrisville, Pennsylvania now.

From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, by William Richard Cutter (New York: Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915), p. 2158-59:

James Moone, the American ancestor of this line, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England, about the same time that John Moone, first above mentioned, appeared in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware, in Bucks County. He married at Bristol, England, about 1663, Joan Burgess, and brought to America several children of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township in 1695, his son, James Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years. There is little doubt but that John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James Moone, of Bucks county, as they were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddall, of Bucks county, which was probated in Philadelphia, May 5, 1704.

James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of that county after 1685 as a member of grand and petit juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court up to the time of his decease, in September, 1714.

Children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moon were: Sarah, Jasper, James; Roger, Jonas, Mary.

Family links: Spouse: Joan Jane Burgess Moon (1649 - 1739)

Children:

1. James Moon (1668 - 1755)*

Calculated relationship*

Inscription: (unmarked)

Note: There are no inscriptions on the Quaker gravestones of this period, and it is not known which stone was his.

Burial: Fallsington Friends Cemetery Fallsington Bucks County Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Darrell Brown Record added: Aug 12, 2014 Find A Grave Memorial# 134233507

Will Extract:

1.4. JAMES MOON of County of Bucks. Dated January 20, 1710/11. Proved January 9, 1713.

Wife. --- Eldest son James 1 shilling. Sons Jonas and Jasper each 1 shilling. Daus. Mary and Sarah. granddaus. Sarah Curtis and Elizabeth Moon. Son Roger, exr. Wit: Richard Hill and Nathaniel Tyler.

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JAMES MOON was born Aug 23, 1639 in Bristol, England, and died Jul 1713 in Fallsington, Pennsylvania. He married JOAN JANE BURGESS 1663 in Bristol, England, daughter of SAMUEL BURGESS and ELEANOR. She was born 1649 in Wales, Bristol, England, and died Oct 02, 1739 in Fallsington, Pennsylvania.

Children of JAMES MOON and JOAN BURGESS are:

1. MARY MOON was born 1667.
2. JAMES MOON was born 1668 in Bristol, England, and died Apr 06, 1755 in Fallsington, Pennsylvania. He married (1) MARY WILSFORD Feb 07, 1696/97 in Fallsington, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN WILSFORD and MARY. She was born Jun 06, 1671 in Westmoreland, Virginia, and died 1713 in Fallsington, Pennsylvania. He married (2) AGNES PRIESTLEY Sep 03, 1714 in Boardman, Pennsylvania, daughter of JOHN PRIESTLEY and AGNES. She was born 1668 in Bucks, Pennsylvania, and died Oct 1717 in Bucks, Pennsylvania. James came to the American colonies from England with his parents around 1682.
3. SARAH MOON was born 1670 in Bristol, England

• Reference: Genealogy

James Moon was born August 23, 1639 in Bristol, Sumerset, England, and died July 1713 in Bucks Co, PA. He married Joan Burgess 1665 in Bristol, England, daughter of Samuel Burgess and Eleanor. She was born 1649 in Bristol, England, and died October 02, 1739 in Bucks Co, PA.

More About James Moon: Burial: Fallington Cem, Bucks Co, PA

More About Joan Burgess: Burial: Fallington Cem, Bucks Co, PA

Children of James Moon and Joan Burgess are:

1. Mary2 Moon, born 1667 in Bristol, England; died April 06, 1726 in Bucks Co, PA.
2. James Moon, Jr., born 1668 in Bristol, Avon, England; died April 06, 1755 in Bucks Co, PA.
3. Jonas Moon, born October 24, 1671 in Bristol, Sumerset, England; died October 04, 1732 in Bucks Co, PA.
4. Sarah Moon, born 1673 in Bristol, England; died April 06, 1725 in Bucks Co, PA.
5. Jasper Moon, born 1675 in Bristol, Avon, England; died July 29, 1728 in Burlington Co, NJ.
6. Roger Moon, born 1679 in Bristol, England; died February 16, 1759 in Bucks Co, PA.

James Moon, Jr. (James1) was born 1668 in Bristol, Avon, England, and died April 06, 1755 in Bucks Co, PA. He married (1) Agnes Priestley September 03, 1714 in Bucks Co, PA. She was born 1688 in Bucks Co, PA, and died October 1717 in Bucks Co, PA. He married (2) Mary Wilsford April 07, 1697 in Bucks Co, PA. She was born June 06, 1671 in Westmoreland, VA, and died abt. 1713 in Bucks Co, PA.

Child of James Moon and Agnes Priestley is:

1. John3 Moon, born August 04, 1717 in Lunenburg Co, VA; died 1795 in Randolph Co, NC.

Children of James Moon and Mary Wilsford are:

1. James3 Moon, born abt. 1697; died Unknown.
2. Jacob Moon, born abt. 1698; died Unknown.
3. John Moon, born June 12, 1698 in Bucks Co, PA; died 1717 in Bucks Co, PA. He married Mary Farmer Unknown; born abt. 1700; died Unknown.
4. Simon Moon, born April 04, 1700 in Bucks Co, PA; died February 07, 1748/49 in Arden, VA/WV.
5. Thomas Moon, born August 04, 1701 in Bucks Co, PA; died abt. 1725.
6. Sarah Moon, born January 17, 1708/09; died Unknown.

Jonas2 Moon (James1) was born October 24, 1671 in Bristol, Sumerset, England, and died October 04, 1732 in Bucks Co, PA. He married Alice Chissum 1708 in Bucks Co, PA. She was born abt. 1674 in Bucks Co, PA, and died Unknown.

Child of Jonas Moon and Alice Chissum is:

1. Sarah3 Moon, born March 17, 1709/10 in Bucks Co, PA; died November 12, 1758. She married Daniel West Unknown; born abt. 1707; died Unknown.

Jasper2 Moon (James1) was born 1675 in Bristol, Avon, England, and died July 29, 1728 in Burlington Co, NJ. He married Susannah // abt. 1696. She was born abt. 1673 in England, and died Unknown in Bucks Co, PA.

Children of Jasper Moon and Susannah // are:

1. John3 Moon, born April 12, 1698 in Bucks Co, PA; died abt. 1799 in Bucks Co, PA.
2. Joseph Moon, born abt. 1700; died Unknown.
3. Thomas Moon, born June 04, 1701 in Bucks Co, PA; died abt. 1725.
4. John Moon, born 1715; died Unknown.
5. Mary Moon, born Unknown; died February 14, 1816.
6. Roger Moon, born Unknown; died Unknown.

Roger2 Moon (James1) was born 1679 in Bristol, England, and died February 16, 1759 in Bucks Co, PA. He married (1) Ann Nutt August 23, 1708 in Bucks Co, PA, daughter of Jonathan Nutt and Mary Lovett. She was born abt. 1690 in Gloucester, England, and died September 15, 1732 in Bucks Co, PA. He married (2) Elizabeth Price February 16, 1733/34 in Bucks Co, PA. She was born Unknown in Wales, and died Unknown.

Children of Roger Moon and Ann Nutt are:

1. James3 Moon, born December 01, 1713 in Bucks Co, PA; died July 09, 1796 in Bucks Co, PA.
2. John Moon, born May 27, 1717 in Bucks Co, PA; died September 24, 1732 in Bucks Co, PA.
3. Elizabeth Moon, born October 16, 1719 in Bucks Co, PA; died December 08, 1796 in Bucks Co, PA.
4. Roger Moon, Jr., born April 20, 1722 in Bucks Co, PA; died December 04, 1749 in Bucks Co, PA.
5. Isaac Moon, born November 06, 1724 in Bucks Co, PA; died June 23, 1748 in Bucks Co, PA.
6. William Moon, born March 06, 1726/27 in Bucks Co, PA; died October 04, 1795 in Bucks Co, PA.
7. Ann Moon, born April 07, 1730 in Bucks Co, PA; died May 28, 1764 in Bucks Co, PA. She married Jonathan Pursell Unknown; born Unknown; died Unknown.

Children of Roger Moon and Elizabeth Price are:

1. John3 Moon, born February 28, 1734/35 in Bucks Co, PA; died June 06, 1788 in Bucks Co, PA.
2. Mary Moon, born March 08, 1735/36 in Bucks Co, PA; died November 20, 1815 in Bucks Co, PA. She married John Linton August 20, 1772 in Bucks Co, PA; born abt. 1732; died Unknown.
3. Sarah Moon, born October 29, 1737 in Bucks Co, PA; died Unknown. She married Daniel Burgess November 17, 1779 in Bucks Co, PA; born abt. 1735; died Unknown.
4. Timothy Moon, born October 15, 1739 in Bucks Co, PA; died September 05, 1813. He married Martha Richie Unknown; born abt. 1742; died Unknown.
5. Reece Moon, born November 13, 1741 in Bucks Co, PA; died April 1754 in Bucks Co, PA.
6. Samuel Moon, born July 01, 1744 in Bucks Co, PA; died July 05, 1813 in Bucks Co, PA.
7. Hannah Moon, born June 12, 1746 in Bucks Co, PA; died April 1784 in Bucks Co, PA. She married Marion Mahlon Hartley May 12, 1772 in Bucks Co, PA; born 1749; died Unknown.
8. Jasper Moon, born January 09, 1747/48 in Bucks Co, PA; died Unknown in Bucks Co, PA.

Parents:

William Edward Moon, Catherine Anne Kynge

James birth and death information is available at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134233507/james-moon From James' profile at the above-mentioned URL about his life: "From a biographical sketch by Joan Case>at http://joancase.tripod.com/moon.htm "On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. They reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard. "Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn. "From Tri-Centennial History Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Falls Township, Bucks County 1692–1992, by Samuel M. Snipes and Jeffrey L. Marshall, p. 42. "James Moon bought the eastern half of James Hill’s tract in 1688, and built this frame-log house. [see photo] It was in the [present-day] railroad yard near the Lower Morrisville Road tunnel. It was torn down by the railroad in 1891. "From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, by William Richard Cutter (New York: Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915), p. 2158-59: "James Moone, the American ancestor of this line, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England, about the same time that John Moone, first above mentioned, appeared in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware, in Bucks County. He married at Bristol, England, about 1663, Joan Burgess, and brought to America several children of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township in 1695, his son, James Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years. There is little doubt but that John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James Moone, of Bucks county, as they were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddall, of Bucks county, which was probated in Philadelphia, May 5, 1704. "James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of that county after 1685 as a member of grand and petit juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court up to the time of his decease, in September, 1714. "Children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moon were: Sarah, Jasper, James; Roger, Jonas, Mary. "Last Will and Testament of James Moon, dated January 20, 1711; proved January 9, 1713 "In the name of God Amen. James Moon of the County of Bux and Province of Pennsylvania being in good health of body and perfect mind and memory may be then forgiven to Almighty God. I do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to [say] first and principally I commend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God hoping through his mercy to have forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting rest and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all such temporal estates as it hath please God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth. "First I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged. "Item. I give unto my dear wife my dwelling house and half my orchard, one third part of my stock of sheep with their increase and benefit, with two cows ??? yearly during her life or widowhood. Likewise thirty ? of wheat meal and the same to be delivered to her orders yearly, with one of my best beds and all my house goods. All of the above things she shall quietly enjoy so long as she liveth or remaineth widow and then return to my executors. "Item. I give to my daughter, Sarah, one cow and one bed and quietly to live in my house during her life or till thee altereth her condition by marriage. "Item. I give to my eldest son, James, one English shilling. "Item. I give to my son, Jonas, one shilling. "Item. I give to my son, Jasper, one shilling. "Item. I give to my daughter, Mary, one shilling. "Item. I give to my grandchild, Sarah Curtis, one cow and calf to be delivered to her when at age. "Item. I give to my granddaughter, Elisabeth Moon, one cow and calf to be delivered to her when at age. "All the rest and residue of my personal estate goods and chattels whatsoever, I do give and bequeath unto my son Roger Moon, full and sole executor of this, my last will and testament. "And I do hereby revoke disannul and make void all former wills and testaments by me, heretofore made in witness whereof. I the said James Moon, to this my last will and testament, do set my hand seal. Dated this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ten eleven. Signed in the presence of [signed] Rich Hill, Nathanial Tyler "James (his mark) Moon "Additional notes "According to an article in the December 16, 2007, issue of the Journal of Berkeley County, West Virginia, “It was Jacob Moon, son of the early Quaker settler Simon Moon, who in 1775 named the village of Arden for a village in England that his family had fled to avoid religious persecution.” Arden was a rural region in Warwickshire. His immigrant great-grandfather James Moon Sr is said to have been married in Bristol, so this tradition implies that James (and his brother John) came to Bristol from the Arden region around Warwickshire. "According to Reagan Moon (FAG #47084015), James and his family came to American in 1682 on the "Bristol Merchant," arriving one month after William Penn arrived. Bristol was the main English port of embarkation for people coming to the American colonies, and since James Moon and family lived in Bristol, it makes sense that they would have left from there rather than with the ships coming from Deal on the southeast coast of England. "The frontispiece of Joan Moon’s Bible has the date “5th of 12th mo 1696” and the following note: James and Joan Moon came from England bringing their children except one son as he came before them. At the time of James Moon's death (1713) he leaves by his wife the following heirs: Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary, Roger & 2 tiny granddaughters.” An old map indicates that in 1705 the Moon house was probably situated on the upper portion of land that once belonged to James Hill. "Some accounts give September as the month of James’ death, but this is based on the date found in a long list of dates of deaths written a hundred years later in the minutes of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and there it says “about” September, indicating uncertainty. The probate, on the other hand, is dated January 9, 1713, so the death was before that date."

The first generation of Moon’s to inhabit the new territory of Pennsylvania was James Moon, born August 23, 1639 in Bristol England and his wife Joan Burgess born about 1649 in Bristol, Somerset England.

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From a biographical sketch by Joan Case
at http://joancase.tripod.com/moon.htm

On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. They reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard.

Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn.

From The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, eds. Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, 2nd edition, 1905, as reprinted in two parts in 1992, as A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Part 1, p. 232:

James Moon and Joan Burges were married near Bristol, England, and with a family of children were among the early emigrants to settle in Pennsylvania. By deed dated 10 mo. 13, 1688, he purchased of James Hill 125 acres of land in Falls township, one and a half miles west from Morrisville, and largely covered in 1905 by the classification yard of the Trenton branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. On 12 mo. 11, 1706. he conveyed the same by deed in fee to his son Roger. James Moon's will mentions six children: Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger.

From Tri-Centennial History Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the Incorporation of Falls Township, Bucks County 1692–1992, by Samuel M. Snipes and Jeffrey L. Marshall, p. 42.
James Moon bought the eastern half of James Hill’s tract in 1688, and built this frame-log house. [see photo] It was in the [present-day] railroad yard near the Lower Morrisville Road tunnel. It was torn down by the railroad in 1891.

From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, by William Richard Cutter (New York: Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915), p. 2158-59:

James Moone, the American ancestor of this line, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England, about the same time that John Moone, first above mentioned, appeared in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware, in Bucks County. He married at Bristol, England, about 1663, Joan Burgess, and brought to America several children of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township in 1695, his son, James Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years. There is little doubt but that John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James Moone, of Bucks county, as they were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddall, of Bucks county, which was probated in Philadelphia, May 5, 1704.

James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of that county after 1685 as a member of grand and petit juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court up to the time of his decease, in September, 1714.

Children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moon were: Sarah, Jasper, James; Roger, Jonas, Mary.

Last Will and Testament of James Moon, dated January 20, 1711; proved January 9, 1713

In the name of God Amen. James Moon of the County of Bux and Province of Pennsylvania being in good health of body and perfect mind and memory may be then forgiven to Almighty God. I do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to [say] first and principally I commend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God hoping through his mercy to have forgiveness of all my sins and to inherit everlasting rest and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my executors hereafter named and as touching the disposition of all such temporal estates as it hath please God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth.
First I will that my debts and funeral charges shall be paid and discharged.
Item. I give unto my dear wife my dwelling house and half my orchard, one third part of my stock of sheep with their increase and benefit, with two cows ??? yearly during her life or widowhood. Likewise thirty ? of wheat meal and the same to be delivered to her orders yearly, with one of my best beds and all my house goods. All of the above things she shall quietly enjoy so long as she liveth or remaineth widow and then return to my executors.

Item. I give to my daughter, Sarah, one cow and one bed and quietly to live in my house during her life or till thee altereth her condition by marriage.
Item. I give to my eldest son, James, one English shilling.
Item. I give to my son, Jonas, one shilling.
Item. I give to my son, Jasper, one shilling.
Item. I give to my daughter, Mary, one shilling.
Item. I give to my grandchild, Sarah Curtis, one cow and calf to be delivered to her when at age.
Item. I give to my granddaughter, Elisabeth Moon, one cow and calf to be delivered to her when at age.
All the rest and residue of my personal estate goods and chattels whatsoever, I do give and bequeath unto my son Roger Moon, full and sole executor of this, my last will and testament.
And I do hereby revoke disannul and make void all former wills and testaments by me, heretofore made in witness whereof. I the said James Moon, to this my last will and testament, do set my hand seal. Dated this twentieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ten eleven. Signed in the presence of [signed] Rich Hill, Nathanial Tyler
James (his mark) Moon

Additional notes

According to an article in the December 16, 2007, issue of the Journal of Berkeley County, West Virginia, “It was Jacob Moon, son of the early Quaker settler Simon Moon, who in 1775 named the village of Arden for a village in England that his family had fled to avoid religious persecution.” Arden was a rural region in Warwickshire. His immigrant great-grandfather James Moon Sr is said to have been married in Bristol, so this tradition implies that James (and his brother John) came to Bristol from the Arden region around Warwickshire.

According to Reagan Moon (FAG #47084015), James and his family came to American in 1682 on the "Bristol Merchant," arriving one month after William Penn arrived. Bristol was the main English port of embarkation for people coming to the American colonies, and since James Moon and family lived in Bristol, it makes sense that they would have left from there rather than with the ships coming from Deal on the southeast coast of England.

The frontispiece of Joan Moon’s Bible has the date “5th of 12th mo 1696” and the following note:
“James and Joan Moon came from England bringing their children except one son as he came before them. At the time of James Moon's death (1713) he leaves by his wife the following heirs: Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary, Roger & 2 tiny granddaughters.”

An old map indicates that in 1705 the Moon house was probably situated on the upper portion of land that once belonged to James Hill.

Some accounts give September as the month of James’ death, but this is based on the date found in a long list of dates of deaths written a hundred years later in the minutes of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, and there it says “about” September, indicating uncertainty. The probate, on the other hand, is dated January 9, 1713, so the death was before that date.

More information on the Fallsington Meeting of Friends can be found here.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 21 2023, 19:21:55 UTC