John Moore

From "Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass." by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, M.A., of Shirley, Mass.

John Moore was born in Lancaster (MA), Apr. 7, 1662. He married 1st, Aug. 23, 1683, Mary, daughter of Job and Mary Whitcomb, of Lancaster [this is an error - his father married Mary Whitcomb, widow of John Whitcomb, Jr.]; and married 2nd, in Concord (MA), Jan. 1, 1697-8, Hasadiah, daughter of Jonas and Lydia Fairbank of Lancasster.

He was a large land owner in Lancaster, but during the later years of his life he deeded this land to his sons, and moved to Bolton, where he died in 1740.

In 1732, he deeded 50 acres of the south part of his farm to his eldest son, John, in "Consideration of What Labour he hath Done on a piece of Land which I have Given to my Son Joshua Moor". This labor was building a house and barn. He also gave him 80 acres at Wadaquadock Hill (Wocester Co. Deeds, Vol. 8, p. 143).

The same year, he deeded land to his "Second son ffairbank Moor" (Worcester Co. Deeds, Vol. 7, p. 366). This was divided between the widow Hasadiah and the 2 daughters Hasadiah, wife of Andrew McIlwain, and Lydia, wife of Samuel Gibbs (Worcester Co. Probate, 41411).

Children (perhaps all by 2nd wife):

John

Fairbank

Joshua

Hasadiah, m. Andrew McIlwain

Lydia, m. Apr. 6, 1732, Samuel Gibbs

Martha, who is given as a daughter of John Moore on the authority of Mansfield's History of the Kathan Family; m. Capt. John Kathan of Dummerston, VT, about 1727; d. in Dummerston, Sept. 22, 1766, aged about 62 years.

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Is this the right John Moor(e)? [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-LV7]

• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
• Name John Moor
• Event Type Marriage
• Event Date 23 Aug 1683
• Event Place Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Gender Male
• Spouse's Name Mary Whitcomb
• Spouse's Gender Female

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

John Moore III was born on 7 Apr 1662 in Lancaster,Worcester,Ma. He died on 27 Jul 1740 in Bolton,Worcester,Ma. He married Hasadiah Fairbanks on 1 Jan 1697/1698 in Concord,Middlesex,Ma.

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John Moore (3), son of John and Anne (Smith) Moore was b. 7 Apr 1662 in Lancaster.<ref name=NEHGR57>Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. “Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass.” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 57:300 </ref> Allegedly: Married twice first to 23 Aug 1683 Mary d/o Job and Mary Whitcomb of Lancaster;<ref name=NEHGR57 />Note: Whitcomb-80|Mary Whitcomb daughter of Job and Mary was born in 1671 and would have only been 12 at the time of this marriage. See also: :Space:Who were Mary Whitcomb and John Moor m. 1683 He married 1 Jan 1697/8 in Concord, Hasadiah Fairbank of Lancaster.<ref name=NEHGR57 /> Children:<ref name=NEHGR57 />

1. John
2. Fairbank
3. Joshua
4. Hasadiah m. Andrew McIlwain
5. Lydia m. Samuel Gibbs
6. Martha m. Capt John Kathan

He died 1740 in Bolton.<ref name=NEHGR57 />

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Torrey's New England marriages list the marriage to Hasadiah but does not call her 2nd wife, leaving a doubt about 1st marriage to Mary Whitcomb<ref>Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985.</ref>

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