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  • Name: Benjamin MOORE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 13 Dec 1648 in Sudbury, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 29 Oct 1729 in Sudbury, Massachusetts d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MOORE Birth: Abt 1602 in Henham, Co Essex, England Death: 6 Jan 1673/4 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth RICE Birth: Nov 1612 in Stanstead, Suffolk Co, England Death: 14 Dec 1690 in Sudbury, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Dorothy MOORE Birth: 18 Sep 1687 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 25 Jan 1741/2
  2. Abigail MOORE Birth: 2 Dec 1688 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  3. Prudence MOORE Birth: 14 Jul 1690 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  4. William MOORE Birth: Abt 1692 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 4 Dec 1756 in Rutland, Massachusetts
  5. Peter MOORE Birth: Abt 1693 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1770
  6. Edward MOORE Birth: Abt 1694 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
  7. Hezekiah MOORE Birth: 13 Sep 1696 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1794
  8. Uriah MOORE Birth: Abt 1699 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1746
  9. Comfort MOORE Birth: 8 Feb 1702/3 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 30 Mar 1755 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
  10. Prudence MOORE Birth: 22 Jul 1704 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: After 1759

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. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: MooreWH MOORE p3, MooreWH MOORE p81]
abt 1648-50 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p445]
abt 1652 [Ref: Plummer MOORE p77]
either 13 Dec 1648 or 10 Jan 1649/50 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447]
perhaps 13 Dec 1648 [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320],
place:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p3, MooreWH MOORE p81, Plummer MOORE p77],
parents:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p301, DeForest MOORE p320, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p445, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p3, MooreWH MOORE p57, Plummer MOORE p77, Sargent MOORE p73]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: DeForest MOORE p324, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p81, Plummer MOORE p77]
1729 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p445],
place:
[Ref: DeForest MOORE p324, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p81, Plummer MOORE p77]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
20 Oct 1717 [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p3]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy WRIGHT
date:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p302, DeForest MOORE p324, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, MooreWH MOORE p3, MooreWH MOORE p81, Plummer MOORE p77]
1686 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p445],
place:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p302, DeForest MOORE p324, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447, Plummer MOORE p77],
child:
[Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p302, DeForest MOORE p324, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p449, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p450, MooreWH MOORE p57, MooreWH MOORE p81, MooreWH MOORE p89]
Research Notes:
called Sergeant [Ref: DeForest MOORE p324]

of Sudbury, Massachusetts [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p445]

1674: by will of father, Benjamin received about 120 acres of upland in two pieces, one of which adjoined land of Ens John Grout; five pieces of meadow land totalling 21 1/2 acres [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447]

Aug 27 1675: served in the first, or Mt Hope, Campaign of King Philip's War [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p447]

Jan 1679/80: bought from his brother William his dwelling house in Sudbury and 48 acres of land in four pieces [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p449]

Jun 5 1700: Capt Edward Wright sold land to his daughter Dorothy [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p449]

Jul 1715: he was one of a committee to lay out a highway from the property of John Rice Jr [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p449]

Feb 1716/7: one of a committee of five to lay out a burying place on the west side of the river [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p449]

1726: divided his property among sons William, Edward, Hezekiah, Uriah, and Peter. Middlesex Deeds v27 p224, v28p420, v28p423, v29p107, v45p415 [Ref: Bolton MOORE v57p302, DeForest MOORE p324]



Pedigree of Benjamin MOORE
 /-----John MOORE
Benjamin MOORE
|         /-----Henry RICE
 \-----Elizabeth RICE
         |                           /-----William FROST
         |                  /-----John FROST
         |                 |         \-----Philippa (FROST)
         |         /-----Edward FROST
         |        |        |         /-----Richard SCOTT
         |        |         \-----Ann SCOTT
         |        |                  \-----Johann (SCOTT)
          \-----Elizabeth FROST
                  |         /-----John BELGRAVE
                   \-----Thomasine BELGRAVE
                           |                           /-----John STRUT
                           |                  /-----Thomas STRUTT
                           |                 |         \-----Isabelle (STRUT)
                           |         /-----John STRUTT
                           |        |         \-----Johane (STRUTT)
                            \-----Joanna STRUTT
                                     \-----Catherine (STRUTT)



Descendants of Benjamin MOORE
1. Benjamin MOORE m. Dorothy WRIGHT
m. Dorothy WRIGHT father: Edward WRIGHT mother: Hannah UPSON

2nd generation

5. William MOORE m. Tamar RICE
m. Tamar RICE father: John RICE mother: Tabitha STONE
6. Peter MOORE m. Mary GOODNOW
m. Mary GOODNOW
7. Edward MOORE m. Keziah GOODNOW
m. Keziah GOODNOW
8. Hezekiah MOORE m. Mary HAYNES
m. Mary HAYNES father: Peter HAYNES mother: Elizabeth RICE
9. Uriah MOORE m1. Abigail HAYNES m2. Mary (MOORE) m3. Parnel BRINTNAL
m. Abigail HAYNES father: David HAYNES mother: Tabitha STONE
m. Mary (MOORE)
m. Parnel BRINTNAL father: Thomas BRINTNAL mother: Hannah (BRINTNAL)
11. Prudence MOORE m1. Mark VORCE m2. Daniel WOODWARD
m. Mark VORCE
m. Daniel WOODWARD

3rd generation

14. Augustus MOORE m. Elizabeth HAYNES
m. Elizabeth HAYNES father: Josiah HAYNES mother: Persis KNIGHT
15. Abijah MOORE m. Eunice GIBBS
m. Eunice GIBBS
22. Phinehas MOORE m1. Lucy FLETCHER m2. Hannah RICE
m. Lucy FLETCHER
m. Hannah RICE
29. Nathan MOORE m1. Agnes BOLTON m2. Abigail PARMENTER m3. Sarah (MOORE)
m. Agnes BOLTON
m. Abigail PARMENTER
m. Sarah (MOORE)
31. Persis MOORE m. Ashbell MOORE
m. Ashbell MOORE father: Hezekiah MOORE mother: Mary HAYNES
32. Elijah MOORE m. Sarah (MOORE)
m. Sarah (MOORE)
33. John MOORE m. Anna GATES
m. Anna GATES
36. Ashbell MOORE m. Persis MOORE
m. Persis MOORE father: Edward MOORE mother: Keziah GOODNOW
37. Lucrese MOORE m. Henry SMITH
m. Henry SMITH father: Thomas SMITH mother: Elizabeth (SMITH)
40. Luke MOORE m. Lucy EASTBROOK
m. Lucy EASTBROOK
43. Ruth MOORE m. Jeduthun MOORE
m. Jeduthun MOORE father: Elias MOORE mother: Susanna TOMSON
45. Uriah MOORE m. Olive HOWE
m. Olive HOWE father: Ezekial Col HOWE mother: Bathsheba (HOWE)
46. David MOORE m. Hannah PARKER
m. Hannah PARKER father: (Unk) PARKER mother: Parnel BRINTNAL
47. Mary VORSE m. James THOMPSON
m. James THOMPSON

4th generation

49. Josiah Deacon MOORE m1. Mary HASTINGS m2. Nancy WARLAND
m. Mary HASTINGS father: Seth HASTINGS
m. Nancy WARLAND father: Owen WARLAND
60. Bathsheba MOORE m. Josiah SAWYER
m. Josiah SAWYER
107. Flagg MOORE m1. Lucy DAVIS m2. Olive RICHARDS
m. Lucy DAVIS father: Asa DAVIS
m. Olive RICHARDS
109. Williard MOORE m. Mary ABRAMS
m. Mary ABRAMS
118. William MOORE m. Abigail WHEELER
m. Abigail WHEELER
126. Molly THOMPSON m. Jonas HOLDEN
m. Jonas HOLDEN father: Jonas HOLDEN mother: Abigail KENDALL

5th generation

132. Artenatus MOORE m1. Susanna WATSON m2. Sarah HOLYOKE
m. Susanna WATSON father: William WATSON
m. Sarah HOLYOKE
135. Augustus MOORE m. Sarah (MOORE)
m. Sarah (MOORE)
138. Lucy MOORE m. Hezekiah COPELAND
m. Hezekiah COPELAND father: Joseph Deacon COPELAND
139. Samuel Hartwell MOORE m. Clarissa NURSE
m. Clarissa NURSE father: (Unk) NURSE mother: Anna PUTMAN
140. Mary MOORE m. John BRIGHAM
m. John BRIGHAM
142. Asa Davis MOORE m. Mindwell CAMPBELL
m. Mindwell CAMPBELL father: James CAMPBELL mother: Anna PUTMAN
148. Joseph MOORE m. Lucy A DAVIS
m. Lucy A DAVIS
152. William Flagg MOORE m. Lucy HURLBURT
m. Lucy HURLBURT
153. Mary Ann MOORE m1. Jonathan MAYO m2. Charles BIGNAL
m. Jonathan MAYO
m. Charles BIGNAL
154. Laurinda MOORE m. Amasa LINCOLN
m. Amasa LINCOLN father: Lemuel LINCOLN mother: Mehitable FISHER
156. Williard Jr MOORE m. Betsey A HURLBURT
m. Betsey A HURLBURT
157. Ashbel MOORE m. Martha HASTINGS
m. Martha HASTINGS
164. David MOORE m. Mary PRATT
m. Mary PRATT
170. Abigail Kendall HOLDEN m. William Mears DAWES
m. William Mears DAWES father: William DAWES mother: Mehitable MAY