Mary Moon

James Moon (son of James Moon & Joan Burgess) married first to Mary Wilsford on February 2, 1697. The marriage was recorded in the minutes of the Falls MM, but no information on the parentage of Mary is given. The record states that James Jr. was granted a certificate to marry Mary Wilsford, and this would normally mean that, as a Quaker, she was not a member of the same meeting.

Three children were born to this marriage; namely John Moon, April 12, 1698, Simon Moon, April 11, 1700, and Thomas Moon, June 4, 1701. These births were not recorded in the Falls MM records, which may indicate that the children were not born there.

Mary (Wilsford) Moon died prior to 1712 as indicated by the remarriage of James Jr. in 1714.

Of the children we have the following information:

• John, the oldest, does not appear again in any record available to me.
• Simon, who married Lauretha Humphrey, later moved to VA and was the forebearer of a large family of Moons who pioneered into North Carolina and later to states west and south.
• Thomas was in Philadelphia in 1726 at the time his children were christened.

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Excerpts from Early History of the Wilsford/Wilford/Willifords, by Randy Lusk, based on Williford and Allied Families, by William Bailey Williford (published privately: Atlanta, 1961):

Margaret Sandys, only child of Sir Edwin and Landy Margaret Sandys, married her cousin Sir Thomas Wilford. Sir Thomas was a stockholder in the Virginia Company of London and in the Bermuda Company of London. He was a Member of the first Parliament of Charles I's reign, … [and] lost his life and fortune while supporting Charles against Parliament at the beginning of England's Civil War. The Wilford/Williford/Wilsford family was established in Colonial Virginia by the second son of Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret Wilford, who was known as Captain Thomas Wil(s)ford. His grandfather Sir Edwin Sandys and his uncle George Sandys had both served as treasurer of the Virginia Company; his cousin-in-law Sir Frances Wyatt had served as the Colony's second governor and later would be returned to office, while his distant cousin Edward Digges was to become governor at a later date.

One of the earliest grants to Thomas Wilford was made on 10 November 1651 when Governor Berkeley granted him 250 acres on Perries Creek in recognition of his persuading five persons to settle in the Colony and in payment for expenses which had been incurred in defraying their transportation.

On 13 April 1652 Captain Wilford was one of a group of Englishmen who affixed their signatures to a document affirming that, 'Wee whose names are published doo promise and engage ourselves to be true and faithfull to the Common wealth of England as it is now established without King or house of Lords.' [He moved to Virginia in 1653. Then quoting from Williford and Allied Families] "In 1676 Thomas Wilford was one of three prominent landowners who joined Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., in leading a rebellion against heavy taxes and Governor Berkeley's failure to suppress Indian massacres. At the peak of their success, however, Bacon died suddenly. The Governor promptly sent out raiding parties adn captured Major Chisholm, Thomas Hansford, and Captain Wilford. The latter two were taken before Berkeley's court on shipboard in the Eastern Shore area, where they were summarily condemned and later hanged. The property of all three was ordered confiscated.”

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Thomas had son in England named John, born near Nether Broughton, Leicestershire, England in 1643. He married Alice Towle in Leicester around 1665, and their daughter Mary was born in Leicestershire, probably at Nether Broughton, on June 6, 1671. They moved to America, reportedly to Westmoreland, Virginia, but after the death of Thomas Wilsford they moved to Pennsylvania, where they belonged to a Quaker community. Her mother Alice died March 31, 1688, in Crosswicks Creek, Chesterfield, Pennsylvania, and her father John died Sep 28, 1695, in Burlington, New Jersey.

The Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse was built there in 1690. In 1697 Mary was married to James “Jasper” Moon, Jr., in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, evidently in the Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse, which had been built there in 1690. One of their sons built a house that still stands in what is now the Fallsington Historic District.

Mary reportedly died in Fallsington and was buried in the burial ground associated with Fallsington Friends Meeting. At that time Quakers did not inscribe their gravestones, which were often just fieldstones, so it is not known which grave is hers. Although it is said she died in 1737, some doubt is cast on this by the fact that her husband James remarried in 1714. Note: There are no inscriptions on the Quaker gravestones of this period, and it is not known which stone was hers.

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via son Simon Moon by SmartCopy: Jan 7 2015, 1:22:32 UTC

Mary Wilsford Moon findagrave.com entry:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=134220249

Fallsington Historic District (including the Moon Williamson Log House) at Wikipedia.org:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallsington_Historic_District

Moon Williamson Log House page at historicfallsington.org:
http://www.historicfallsington.org/html/explore/moon_williamson.htm

Moon Williamson Log House at waymarking.com:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM71PR_Moon_Williamson_Log_House...

Find the Moon Williamson Log House on a map program:
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Mary and James were married on 2 February 1697.

Margaret Sandys, only child of Sir Edwin and Landy Margaret Sandys, married her cousin Sir Thomas Wilford. Sir Thomas was a stockholder in the Virginia Company of London and in the Bermuda Company of London. He was a Member of the first Parliament of Charles I's reign, … [and] lost his life and fortune while supporting Charles against Parliament at the beginning of England's Civil War. The Wilford/Williford/Wilsford family was established in Colonial Virginia by the second son of Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret Wilford, who was known as Captain Thomas Wil(s)ford. His grandfather Sir Edwin Sandys and his uncle George Sandys had both served as treasurer of the Virginia Company; his cousin-in-law Sir Frances Wyatt had served as the Colony's second governor and later would be returned to office, while his distant cousin Edward Digges was to become governor at a later date.

One of the earliest grants to Thomas Wilford was made on 10 November 1651 when Governor Berkeley granted him 250 acres on Perries Creek in recognition of his persuading five persons to settle in the Colony and in payment for expenses which had been incurred in defraying their transportation.

On 13 April 1652 Captain Wilford was one of a group of Englishmen who affixed their signatures to a document affirming that, 'Wee whose names are published doo promise and engage ourselves to be true and faithfull to the Common wealth of England as it is now established without King or house of Lords.' [He moved to Virginia in 1653. Then quoting from Williford and Allied Families] "In 1676 Thomas Wilford was one of three prominent landowners who joined Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., in leading a rebellion against heavy taxes and Governor Berkeley's failure to suppress Indian massacres. At the peak of their success, however, Bacon died suddenly. The Governor promptly sent out raiding parties adn captured Major Chisholm, Thomas Hansford, and Captain Wilford. The latter two were taken before Berkeley's court on shipboard in the Eastern Shore area, where they were summarily condemned and later hanged. The property of all three was ordered confiscated.”

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Note on date of death: There are family traditions that Mary died April 26, 1737, but some researchers say she must of died in 1713 or 1714, since her husband remarried in 1714.

Excerpts from Early History of the Wilsford/Wilford/Willifords, by Randy Lusk, based on Williford and Allied Families, by William Bailey Williford (published privately: Atlanta, 1961):

Margaret Sandys, only child of Sir Edwin and Landy Margaret Sandys, married her cousin Sir Thomas Wilford. Sir Thomas was a stockholder in the Virginia Company of London and in the Bermuda Company of London. He was a Member of the first Parliament of Charles I's reign, … [and] lost his life and fortune while supporting Charles against Parliament at the beginning of England's Civil War. The Wilford/Williford/Wilsford family was established in Colonial Virginia by the second son of Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret Wilford, who was known as Captain Thomas Wil(s)ford. His grandfather Sir Edwin Sandys and his uncle George Sandys had both served as treasurer of the Virginia Company; his cousin-in-law Sir Frances Wyatt had served as the Colony's second governor and later would be returned to office, while his distant cousin Edward Digges was to become governor at a later date.

One of the earliest grants to Thomas Wilford was made on 10 November 1651 when Governor Berkeley granted him 250 acres on Perries Creek in recognition of his persuading five persons to settle in the Colony and in payment for expenses which had been incurred in defraying their transportation.

On 13 April 1652 Captain Wilford was one of a group of Englishmen who affixed their signatures to a document affirming that, 'Wee whose names are published doo promise and engage ourselves to be true and faithfull to the Common wealth of England as it is now established without King or house of Lords.' [He moved to Virginia in 1653. Then quoting from Williford and Allied Families] "In 1676 Thomas Wilford was one of three prominent landowners who joined Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., in leading a rebellion against heavy taxes and Governor Berkeley's failure to suppress Indian massacres. At the peak of their success, however, Bacon died suddenly. The Governor promptly sent out raiding parties adn captured Major Chisholm, Thomas Hansford, and Captain Wilford. The latter two were taken before Berkeley's court on shipboard in the Eastern Shore area, where they were summarily condemned and later hanged. The property of all three was ordered confiscated.”

Note from Darrell Brown:

Thomas had son in England named John, born near Nether Broughton, Leicestershire, England in 1643. He married Alice Towle in Leicester around 1665, and their daughter Mary was born in Leicestershire, probably at Nether Broughton, on June 6, 1671. They moved to America, reportedly to Westmoreland, Virginia, but after the death of Thomas Wilsford they moved to Pennsylvania, where they belonged to a Quaker community. Her mother Alice died March 31, 1688, in Crosswicks Creek, Chesterfield, Pennsylvania, and her father John died Sep 28, 1695, in Burlington, New Jersey.

The Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse was built there in 1690. In 1697 Mary was married to James “Jasper” Moon, Jr., in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, evidently in the Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse, which had been built there in 1690. One of their sons built a house that still stands in what is now the Fallsington Historic District.

Mary reportedly died in Fallsington and was buried in the burial ground associated with Fallsington Friends Meeting. At that time Quakers did not inscribe their gravestones, which were often just fieldstones, so it is not known which grave is hers. As mentioned at the top, it is disputed whether she died in 1737 or 1713 or 1714.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Sep 14 2020, 15:20:11 UTC

Note on date of death:
There are family traditions that Mary died April 26, 1737, but some researchers say she must of died in 1713 or 1714, since her husband remarried in 1714.

Excerpts from Early History of the Wilsford/Wilford/Willifords, by Randy Lusk, based on Williford and Allied Families, by William Bailey Williford (published privately: Atlanta, 1961):

Margaret Sandys, only child of Sir Edwin and Landy Margaret Sandys, married her cousin Sir Thomas Wilford. Sir Thomas was a stockholder in the Virginia Company of London and in the Bermuda Company of London. He was a Member of the first Parliament of Charles I's reign, … [and] lost his life and fortune while supporting Charles against Parliament at the beginning of England's Civil War. The Wilford/Williford/Wilsford family was established in Colonial Virginia by the second son of Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret Wilford, who was known as Captain Thomas Wil(s)ford. His grandfather Sir Edwin Sandys and his uncle George Sandys had both served as treasurer of the Virginia Company; his cousin-in-law Sir Frances Wyatt had served as the Colony's second governor and later would be returned to office, while his distant cousin Edward Digges was to become governor at a later date.

One of the earliest grants to Thomas Wilford was made on 10 November 1651 when Governor Berkeley granted him 250 acres on Perries Creek in recognition of his persuading five persons to settle in the Colony and in payment for expenses which had been incurred in defraying their transportation.

On 13 April 1652 Captain Wilford was one of a group of Englishmen who affixed their signatures to a document affirming that, 'Wee whose names are published doo promise and engage ourselves to be true and faithfull to the Common wealth of England as it is now established without King or house of Lords.'
[He moved to Virginia in 1653. Then quoting from Williford and Allied Families]
"In 1676 Thomas Wilford was one of three prominent landowners who joined Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., in leading a rebellion against heavy taxes and Governor Berkeley's failure to suppress Indian massacres. At the peak of their success, however, Bacon died suddenly. The Governor promptly sent out raiding parties adn captured Major Chisholm, Thomas Hansford, and Captain Wilford. The latter two were taken before Berkeley's court on shipboard in the Eastern Shore area, where they were summarily condemned and later hanged. The property of all three was ordered confiscated.”

Note from Darrell Brown:

Thomas had son in England named John, born near Nether Broughton, Leicestershire, England in 1643. He married Alice Towle in Leicester around 1665, and their daughter Mary was born in Leicestershire, probably at Nether Broughton, on June 6, 1671. They moved to America, reportedly to Westmoreland, Virginia, but after the death of Thomas Wilsford they moved to Pennsylvania, where they belonged to a Quaker community. Her mother Alice died March 31, 1688, in Crosswicks Creek, Chesterfield, Pennsylvania, and her father John died Sep 28, 1695, in Burlington, New Jersey.

The Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse was built there in 1690. In 1697 Mary was married to James “Jasper” Moon, Jr., in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, evidently in the Fallsington Friends Meetinghouse, which had been built there in 1690. One of their sons built a house that still stands in what is now the Fallsington Historic District.

Mary reportedly died in Fallsington and was buried in the burial ground associated with Fallsington Friends Meeting. At that time Quakers did not inscribe their gravestones, which were often just fieldstones, so it is not known which grave is hers. As mentioned at the top, it is disputed whether she died in 1737 or 1713 or 1714.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 21 2023, 19:21:55 UTC