John Moore

From “Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass.” by Ethel Stanwood Bolton, B.A., of Shirley, Mass.

John Moore was born before his father settled in Sudbury (MA).

On the "11th first mo 1653" he became a proprietor of Lancaster (MA), but the next year he returned to Sudbury, and married (1st) Anne, daughter of John and Sarah Smith of that town. She died at child-birth, in Lancaster, on 3/10/1670-1. He married (2nd) Judith.

comment: "All published accounts mix this John Moore with an older John Moore of Lancaster, who had wife Judith, and ded there, apparently s.p. by Nov 26 1703, having deeded, by gift in 1700, his real estate to Benjamin Ballamy, in return for life care, etc. [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p153]"

John Moore was a prominent and wealthy man, who held various town offices, and in 1689 was representative from Lancaster to the General Court.

Children (all with Anne Smith):

Marie, b. 12/4/1655 in Lancaster (MA); d. 9/26/1705

Elizabeth, b. 12/27/1657

Lydia, b. 4/6/1660

John, b. 4/7/1662

Joseph, b. 10/20/1664

Anne, b. 7/.17/1666

Jonathan, b. 5/16/1669

Maria, b. 3/10/1670-1

sources

• *American Society of Genealogists. The Genealogist. (New York: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy), 6:134. Baptisms, Henham, co. Essex, England
  • John, son of John More and Ellesabeth his wife 11 Nov 1628
  • Suzand, daughter of John More 17 July 1630 Burials Suzand, daughter of John Moore 18 July 1630

links

• http://www.henhamhistory.org/HenhamHistoryTheMooreFamily.html
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moore-3196
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Moore-14203
• http://babcockancestry.com/SS2-o/p1922.htm
• http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=5410:131&ref2=54...
• http://gw.geneanet.org/weterb1?lang=en;p=john;n=moore;oc=1
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/o/l/s/Joan-E-Olsson/GENE... (search for "2000.")
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ewc21/WC01/WC01_108.HTM
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/a/y/W-earl-Taylor-IN/W...
• http://rturnblo.tripod.com/d0000/f0000019.html#I7732
• http://www.ancestors-genealogy.com/vross/1649.html

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GEDCOM Note

Category: English Immigrants to Massachusetts Bay Colony Category: Lancaster, Massachusetts

Biography

In "The English Origin of John1 Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts," JohnPlummer proposed that this John Moore is possibly the "John, son of John More and Ellesabeth," baptised at Henham, co. Essex, on 11 Nov. 1628 (see Anderson, Robert Charles, "The English Origins of Philemon Whale," The Genealogist vol. 6 (1985):134). He died at Lancaster, Mass., before 23 September 1702 (estate inventory).<ref>Dawes-Gates 1:447; Holman, Stevens-Miller Genealogy, vol. 2, pages 152-153.</ref> Married (1) Sudbury, Mass., 16 Nov 1654 Ann2 Smith (John1) (Sudbury VRp. 238), married (2) Lancaster 20 Aug. 1683 Mary (---) Whitcomb (NEHGR 17:70; Lancaster VR p 15), widow of John Whitcomb;<ref>Holman, Stevens-Miller Genealogy, vol. 2, pages152-53</ref> called eldest son in father's will.<ref>John Plummer, "The English Origin of John1 Mooreof Sudbury, Massachusetts," in The American Genealogist, 66(1991):75-77</ref> Holman stated that "All published accounts mix this John Moore with an older John Moore of Lancaster, who had wife Judith, and died there, apparently sine prole, by 26 November 1703, having deeded, by gift, in 1700, his real estate to Benjamin Ballamy, in return for life care, etc." She stated that "Middlesex Deeds distinguish the two Johns of Lancaster, viz: 3: 878, 379; 4: 115,116,117,118, 469, 473; 5:184; 6: 200; 10:131, 465, 506; 12: 334, 335, 438, 719; 13: 30.)<ref>Holman, Stevens-Miller Genealogy. vol. 2, page 153.</ref>

He emigrated to New England as part of his father's family.
According to Henry Nourse, this man's father John Moore signed the Lancaster (Massachusetts) covenant in 1653, becoming a town proprietor, and this man signed the Lancaster covenant following year.<ref name=Nourse297>Nourse, page 289.</ref> Holman suggested, however, that the "John Moore" who subscribed to the covenant in Lancaster on 11 March1653 and received a grant of 40 acres in Lancaster was probably the son (this man). The senior John Moore continued to reside in Sudbury and received a grant of land there in 1655.<ref>Holman, Stevens-MillerGenealogy. vol. 2, page 147.</ref> On 16 November 1654 John Moore married Ann Smith in Sudbury, Massachusetts.<ref name="MVR">Lancaster (Vol 1, Pg 20) Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database accessed November 6, 2014: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).</ref> Children of this marriage, all born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, were:<ref name=Nourse297>Nourse, page 289.</ref># Mary, born 4. 9. 1655 (4 November 1655)<ref name=NEHGR16>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 353</ref># Elizabeth, born 27. 9. 1657 (27 November 1657)<ref name=NEHGR16>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 353</ref># Lidea, born 6. 2. 1660 (6 April 1660).<ref name=NEHGR16-2>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 354</ref># John, born 7. 2. 1662 (7 April 1662).<ref name=NEHGR16-2>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 354</ref># Joseph, born 20. 8. 1664 (20 October 1664).<ref name=NEHGR16-2>NewEngland Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 354</ref># Ann, born 17. 5. 1666 (17 July 1666).<ref>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 355</ref># Jonathan, born 19 May 1669.<ref>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 357</ref># Maria, born 10th day 1 m. 1670 (10 March 1670/1)<ref>New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 16 (1862), page 358.</ref>Ann (Smith) Moore died on 10 March 1670/1, in childbirth.<ref name=Nourse297>Nourse, page 289.</ref> In April 1669 John Smith, father of Ann (Smith) Moore, transferred allof his estate to John Moore, conditioned on John and Ann Moore caringfor him in his old age.<ref>Nourse, page 287.</ref> John Moore married for a second time on August 20, 1683, in Lancaster,Massachusetts, to Mary Whitcomb.<ref>See WikiTree page :Space:Who were Mary Whitcomb and John Moor m. 1683|Who were Mary Whitcomb and John Moor m. 1683.</ref> There were no children from this marriage. Ensign John Moore died at Lancaster in September 1702.<ref>Nourse, 326.</ref> Additional information (some subsequently proven otherwise):<ref name=Bolton>Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 57(1903), page 301</ref> : On the "11th first mo 1653" he became a proprietor of Lancaster (MA), but the next year he returned to Sudbury, and married (1st) Anne, daughter of John and Sarah Smith of that town. She died at child-birth, in Lancaster, on 3/10/1670/1. He married (2nd) Judith. (Disproven. That was a separate, older John Moore of Lancaster who married Judith. THIS John Moore m2 Mary (

Probate ==="Ensign John Moore, at Lancaster: inventory dated 23 Sep 1702."<ref name=Lancaster />

"John Moore, Sen., at Lancaster; nuncupative will proved 26 Nov 1703."<ref name=Lancaster>Nourse, Henry S. (editor) Birth, Marriage and Death Register. Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. Lancaster: 1890.</ref>
His son John Moore was appointed on 7 Oct 1702 as administrator of estate of "his ffather Ensigne Jno Moore late of Lancaster ... yeoman ...Decd Intestate." The inventory dated 23 Sep 1702 was valued at £352.An accounting 18 Nov 1703 named mother Mary More and brother JonathanMore. Also vouchers were signed by mark by the widow Mary Moore on 12Jan 1702/3 and 18 Nov 1703. The widow, Mary, was deceased by 25 April1713, when a final division of property was requested. The estate was divided into six equal parts, eldest son John to have a double portion. Other were Jonathan Moore, Elizabeth Moore alias Gibbs, Lydia Moore alias Winch, and Anne Moore (youngest daughter). In an earlier division 25 Apr 1705, named were widow Mary, sons John and Jonathan, daughters - Ann Hildrick, Elizabeth Gibbs, Lydia Witherby.<ref>Holman, Stevens-Miller Genealogy. vol. 2, pages 152-153. Also Torrey, C.A., “Notes and Corrections to Stevens-Miller Genealogy (1948),” typescript (n.p., 1949) vol. 2: pp 152, 153 and footnote.</ref>

Sources

<references />* Holman, Mary Lovering. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevensand his wife Frances Helen Miller. vol. 2. Concord, N.H. : Privately printed at the Rumford Press, 1952.* Nourse, Henry S. The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850. 1890.

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