Lieut Joseph Moore

Liet. Joseph Moor (E) Born 1720 Jul 21 Simsbury, CT Died 1776 Nov 3 Father Benjamin Moor 1693-1745 Mother Eunice Phelps 1688-1732

Married Mary Stevens Born 1720 Died 1811

CHILDREN 1. Joseph Moore

     Born 1739 Sep 3 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1742 Oct Simsbury, CT

     Age 3

2. Eli Moore

     Born 1741 Dec 25 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1759 Oct Simsbury, CT

    Age 17 yrs

3. Joseph Moore

     Born 1744 May 9 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1827 Aug 5 Becket, MA

     Married

     Zibea Gillett

     Born 1745/6 Feb 25 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1818 Apr 14 Beckett, MA

     8 Children all born Southwick, MA

     Revolutionary Soldier (Regiment Colonel William Prescott)

4. Benjamin Moore

     Born 1746 Nov 12 Simsbury, CT

     DIed 1777 Sep 15 Simsbury, CT

     Burial Baptist Cemetery Granby,  CT FAG*63700181

5. Mary Moore

     Born 1749 May 8 

     Died 

     Burial Granby Cemetery, Granby, CT FAG*82937796

     Married

     Martin Reed

     Born 1743

     Died 1815 Nov 26

6. Roger Moore

     Born 1751 Sep 25 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1836 Nov 7 Granby, CT

     Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick, MA FAG 30238625

     Married 1768 Dec 4 Granby, CT

     Rosetta Hayes

     Revolutionary Soldier

     Roger lived his life in the house he was born in.  His father built the house in 1751 and the 

     home  was purchased by the Southwick Historical Society.  

     The house sits upon an area of land called the state line "jog" has been four towns, three 

     counties, two states and two colonies. 

7. Reuben Moore

     Born 1755 Jan 16 Simsbury, CT

     DIed 1829 Southwick, MA

     Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick MA FAG 31755214

     Married

     Lydia Town 

     Born 1776

     DIed 1853 Oct 2 Southwick, MA

    Reuben held many town offices in Granby, CT

8. Eunice Moore

     Born 1757 May 23 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1777 Sep 15 Simsbury, CT

     Burial Baptist Cemetery FAG*63700227

9. Eli Moore

     Born 1759 Jun 6 Simsbury, CT

     Died 1821 Jun 12 Southwick, MA

     Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick, MA FAG 30234452

     Married

     Eunice Wilcox

     Born 1760

10. Infant Boy Moore

       Born 1762 Jan 25 Simsbury, CT

       Died 1762 Feb 10 Simsbury, CT

10. Samuel Moore Sr

       Born 1764 May 24 Simsbury, CT

       Died 1816 Nov 3 Mantua, OH

       Burial East Lawn Cemetery, Manua, OH FAG 54104340

       Married 

       Eunice Gillett

       Born 1769 Nov 15

       Died 1850 Oct 10 Mantua, OH

       7 children

Lt. Joseph Moor(e) was a lieutenant fo a train band in Simsbury in 1775. He served in the revolution in Capt. Jonathan Buttolph's company. Eighteeth Regiment Connecticut Militia under Col. Jonathan Pettibone. The regiment marched to the defense of New York in Aug. 1776 whwew Lt. Moore was taken prisoner and died Nov 3 1776. He had been in prison 7 weeks. He was town clerk, deputy to the general court on the committee of correspondence in 1776. He married Mary Stevens, who died Aug 21, 1811 (92 yrs) daughter of Thomas Stevens and Miriam Buel.

Sources

Born: July 21, 1720 Parents: Benjamin & Eunice (Owen) Moor Wife: Mary Stevens (Moor or Moore?) Lieut Joseph Moor(e), buried in the Baptist Cemetery in North Granby, Connecticut, died November 3, 1776. He died as a prisoner of war in the former Hampden Hall Tavern (which was used as an officer's prison) at the southwest corner of Warren Street and Broadway in New York City.

Lee David Hamberg, Director of Property Southwick History Museum (aka Southwick Historical Society, which owns the Lt. Joseph Moore House

Joseph Moor in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 Name: Joseph Moor Birth Date: abt 1720 Age at Death: 56 Death Date: 1776 Death Place: Connecticut Burial Place: Connecticut Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Spouse: Mary FHL Film Number: 3335

Liet Joseph Moor

in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 Name: Liet Joseph Moor Age: 56 Birth Date: abt 1720 Death Date: 1776 Burial Place: Granby, Connecticut, USA Spouse: Mary Cemetery: Baptist Cemetery Note: age 56

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