Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John MOORE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Nov 1628 in Henham, Co Essex, England b
  • Baptism: 11 Nov 1628 in Henham, Co Essex, England c
  • Death: 23 Jul 1702 in Lancaster, Massachusetts d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MOORE Birth: Abt 1602 in Henham, Co Essex, England Death: 6 Jan 1673/4 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth (MOORE) Death: Before 1633 in England

Family:
Marriage:
  • Ann SMITH on 16 Nov 1654 at Sudbury, Massachusetts .m1
  • Ann SMITH Birth: 1632 Death: 10 Mar 1671 in Lancaster, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Benjamin BELLOWS
  2. Marie MOORE Birth: 4 Nov 1655 in Lancaster, Massachusetts Death: 26 Sep 1705
  3. Elizabeth MOORE Birth: 27 Nov 1657 in Lancaster, Massachusetts Death: 20 Jan 1733/4 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  4. Lydia MOORE Birth: 6 Apr 1660 in Lancaster, Massachusetts
  5. John MOORE Birth: 7 Apr 1662 in Lancaster, Massachusetts Death: 27 Jul 1740 in Bolton, Massachusetts
  6. Joseph MOORE Birth: 20 Oct 1664 in Lancaster, Massachusetts
  7. Anne MOORE Birth: 17 Jul 1666 in Lancaster, Massachusetts
  8. Jonathan MOORE Birth: 19 May 1669 in Lancaster, Massachusetts Death: 6 Feb 1742 in Bolton, Massachusetts
  9. Maria MOORE Birth: 10 Mar 1670/1 in Lancaster, Massachusetts Death: 10 Mar 1670/1 in Lancaster, Massachusetts

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Bolton, Ethel Stanwood of Shirley MA, Some Descendants of John MOORE of Sudbury, Massachusetts, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 57 (Jul 1903) pp300-309, (Oct 1903) pp362-370, vol 58 (Apr 1904) pp176-178. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image. Also: Boston, MA: David Clapp, 1904. LDS Film#0856098#4. Available at http://archive.org/details/somedescendantso00bolt. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bolton MOORE v5[78]p[0-9]*].
  2. DeForest, L. Effingham, William Henry Moore and his Ancestry, with Accounts of the Moore Families in the American Colonies, 1620-1730. New York: DeForest Pub Co, 1934. UMI#G296. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005731863. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DeForest MOORE p[0-9]*].
  3. Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol 1: Dawes and Allied Families. Privately printed: Charles G Dawes, 1943. LDS Film#1035529#2. NEHGS CS71/D269/1931v1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/256356. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p[0-9]*].
  4. Holman, Winifred Lovering, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and Frances Helen Miller. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1953. Sutro CS71.S844 1948. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005763135, Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v[12]p[0-9]*].
  5. Moore, Winifred H, Moore Genealogy, Report of the Genealogical Records Commttee District of Columbia Daughters of American Revolution, 1948-50. LDS Film#0874739#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007831154 images 490-625. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p[0-9]*].
  6. Plummer, John, The English Origin of John Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in The American Genealogist, Vol 66, no 2, Apr 1991, pp75-77. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Plummer MOORE p[0-9]*].
  7. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of George W Bush, 2/13/2003. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH].
  8. Sargent, John S of Chicago IL, Moore Genealogy, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 52 Jan 1898, pp72-75. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sargent MOORE p7[2-5]].
  9. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1903. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sudbury/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SudburyMA vitals p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Plummer MOORE p76]
before parents settled in Sudbury [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301],
place:
[Ref: Plummer MOORE p76]
England [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p2],
parents:
John MOORE & ___ ___ [Ref: Plummer MOORE p76]
John MOORE & unk first wife [Ref: Bolton MOORE v58p176, DeForest MOORE p319, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447],
father:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, MooreWH MOORE p2, Sargent MOORE p73]
John MOORE & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Elizabeth WAHLE (#4995) [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p2]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Plummer MOORE p76, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH],
place:
[Ref: Plummer MOORE p76, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 23 Sep 1702 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p152, Plummer MOORE p76, Sargent MOORE p73]
before 27 Nov 1703 when will accepted for probate [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p4],
place:
[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p152, Plummer MOORE p76]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann SMITH
date:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p152, MooreWH MOORE p3, Plummer MOORE p76, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH, Sargent MOORE p73, SudburyMA vitals p238],
place:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p3, Plummer MOORE p76, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH, Sargent MOORE p73, SudburyMA vitals p238],
child:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, Bolton MOORE v57p302, Bolton MOORE v57p308, DeForest MOORE p321, MooreWH MOORE p4, MooreWH MOORE p57, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH, Sargent MOORE p73]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (WHITCOMB)
date:
[Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p153, Plummer MOORE p77]
second wife of John MOORE [Ref: DeForest MOORE p320],
place:
[Ref: Plummer MOORE p77],
names:
John MOORE & Mary ___ [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p153, Plummer MOORE p77, Sargent MOORE p73]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
John MOORE & Judith ___ [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447]
Research Notes:
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]

11 (1) 1653 became a proprietor of Lancaster, but the next year returned to Sudbury [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301]

known as John of Lancaster [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p2]

signed Covenant of Lancaster 13 (2) 1654 [Ref: Sargent MOORE p73]

was likely given father's land at Lancaster as his share in the estate, as he only received five shillings in his father's will, with the comment that he had already received his portion [Ref: DeForest MOORE p320]

Oct 31 1660 John SMITH deeded twenty acres of land in Lancaster to his son-in-law as a marriage portion for his daughter. Middlesex Co Deeds v3p378 [Ref: Bolton MOORE v58p177, DeForest MOORE p321]

Apr 12 1665 John SMITH deeded all his lands in Lancaster in return for the care they had given him. Middlesex Deeds v3p379 [Ref: Bolton MOORE v58p177, DeForest MOORE p321]

Apr 12 1665 John SMITH made his will, leaving his son John his "blak cow", his daughter Ann MOORE the "red cow" and his two other children, Richard and Alex, two shillings each. Middlesex Probate 14766 [Ref: Bolton MOORE v58p177]

1669 served as Deputy from Lancaster to the General Court [Ref: DeForest MOORE p321]

Ensign, and trained the first military company of the town [Ref: DeForest MOORE p321, MooreWH MOORE p3]

1689 was representative from Lancaster to the General Court [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, MooreWH MOORE p2]

1700 deeded his land, reserving the house, to Benjamin Bellows, in return for the support of himself and his wife, Judith, for life [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p321]

Benjamin Bellows was his adopted son [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301]

inventory of estate was taken on Sep 23 1702. nuncupative will was accepted for probate on Nov 26 1703 at Lancaster [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p321]



Pedigree of John MOORE
 /-----John MOORE
John MOORE
 \-----Elizabeth (MOORE)



Descendants of John MOORE
1. John MOORE m1. Ann SMITH m2. Mary (WHITCOMB)
m. Ann SMITH father: John SMITH mother: Alice (SMITH)
m. Mary (WHITCOMB)

2nd generation

2. Benjamin BELLOWS m. Dorcas (BELLOWS)
m. Dorcas (BELLOWS)
3. Marie MOORE m. Matthew GIBBS
m. Matthew GIBBS father: Matthew GIBBS mother: Mary BRADISH
6. John MOORE m1. Mary WHITCOMB m2. Hasadiah FAIRBANK
m. Mary WHITCOMB father: Job WHITCOMB mother: Mary (WHITCOMB)
m. Hasadiah FAIRBANK father: Jonas FAIRBANK mother: Lydia PRESCOTT
9. Jonathan MOORE m. Hannah SAWYER
m. Hannah SAWYER father: Thomas SAWYER

3rd generation

11. Judith BELLOWS m. Fairbank MOORE
m. Fairbank MOORE father: John MOORE mother: Hasadiah FAIRBANK
12. Elizabeth GIBBS m. William HAYWARD
m. William HAYWARD father: William HAYWARD mother: Esther HARBOUR
13. John MOORE m. Susanna WILLARD
m. Susanna WILLARD father: Henry WILLARD mother: Dorcas (WILLARD)
14. Fairbank MOORE m. Judith BELLOWS
m. Judith BELLOWS father: Benjamin BELLOWS mother: Dorcas (BELLOWS)
15. Joshua MOORE m. Elizabeth SAWYER
m. Elizabeth SAWYER
18. Martha MOORE m. John KATHAN
m. John KATHAN
20. Joseph MOORE m. Rebecca HOUGHTON
m. Rebecca HOUGHTON
22. Oliver MOORE m. Abigail HOUGHTON
m. Abigail HOUGHTON
23. Maria MOORE m. Thomas HOUGHTON
m. Thomas HOUGHTON father: James HOUGHTON
24. Hannah MOORE m. Jonathan POWERS
m. Jonathan POWERS
27. Abraham MOORE m. Silence (MOORE)
m. Silence (MOORE)
28. Isaac MOORE m. Mary (MOORE)
m. Mary (MOORE)

4th generation

31. Jonas MOORE m. Dinah WHITCOMB
m. Dinah WHITCOMB
38. Joseph HEYWARD m. Ruth JONES
m. Ruth JONES father: Benjamin JONES mother: Ruth (JONES)
47. Josiah MOORE m. Abigail RICHARDSON
m. Abigail RICHARDSON
49. Abel MOORE m. Betty WHITCOMB
m. Betty WHITCOMB
70. Levi MOORE m. Rebecca SAWYER
m. Rebecca SAWYER
71. Israel MOORE m1. Abigail HOW m2. Catherine SAWYER
m. Abigail HOW
m. Catherine SAWYER
86. Jonathan MOORE m. Desire BAILEY
m. Desire BAILEY
100. Jacob MOORE m. Elizabeth BAILEY
m. Elizabeth BAILEY
101. Isaac MOORE m. Mary BIGELOW
m. Mary BIGELOW father: Joseph BIGELOW mother: Martha BRIGHAM
103. Uriah MOORE m. Abigail MERRIAM
m. Abigail MERRIAM

5th generation

107. Mercy HAYWARD m. Daniel HILL
m. Daniel HILL father: Daniel HILL mother: Elizabeth PULCEPHER
140. Joseph MOORE m1. Sarah POLLARD m2. Betsy (MOORE)
m. Sarah POLLARD father: Abijah POLLARD mother: Hannah (POLLARD)
m. Betsy (MOORE)
141. Warren MOORE m1. Hannah CARTER m2. Susannah KEYES
m. Hannah CARTER father: Sanderson CARTER mother: Hannah Allen MAYNARD
m. Susannah KEYES father: John KEYES mother: Lucy (KEYES)