William Moore, Sr.

Birth: 1690 Prince George County Virginia, USA Death: 1744 Brunswick County Virginia, USA

William Moore was born in 1690 in Prince George County, Virginia, United States. He was the son of Richard Moore (1657-1727) and Elizabeth Orrick Moore (1660-1726). John married Susanna. Don't know her last name or the name of her parents.

William and Susanna Moore were the parents of eleven children. William Moore died on 1744 in St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States. Brunswick County was established in 1720 from Prince George County. In 1732 the county received more land from parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties.

William was 54 years old. William was buried in Surry Co., Va. USA - Moore family cemetery.

Brunswick Co. Will Book 3 at the bottom of John Moore's abstract, it says "Probate indicates that MARY MOORE was an executor with Hezekiah Thrower & Lewis Parham securities, that said Lewis Parham refused to execute. JOHN MOORE, an heir, was a minor & Hezekiah Thrower was assigned his guardian to contest the will but "declard he had nothing to object to it" Brunswick Co. Va. Wills.....

His will of 9 March 1750/51...proved 24 July 1753" of St. Andrews Parish"...named wife Mary and two sons by name, John and Drury Moore...then "to all my children" after the death of their mother or widowhood..their equal part of my estate...Executors..Mary Moore and Lewis Parham... witnesses: Hannah Hall, Jesse Tatum, Edward Freeman..Probate indicates that Mary Moore was an executor with Hezekiah Thrower & Lewis Parham securities...that said Lewis Parham refused to execute..John Moore was a minor & Hezekiah Thrower was assigned his guardian to contest the will but "declared he had nothing to object to it"

The family of the North Carolina Moores also from Virginia have done a lot of research about their family of Moore's. Here are 2 really good websites about the Moore family from Virginia to North Carolina.

http://genealogical-gleanings.com/Early%20Virginia.htm

http://www.stanford.edu/~moore/Moore.pdf

You can find many more sites on the Internet.

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Parents:

 Richard Moore (1657 - 1727)

 Elizabeth Orrick Moore (1660 - 1726)

Children:

 William Daniel Moore (1739 - 1802)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Created by: Stella Record added: Jan 21, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 103934982

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