Clement Moody (abt. 1661 - bef. 1729)

Born about 1661 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 21 Apr 1729 before about age 68 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Clement Moody. ^[1][2]

Clement was born in 1661; he passed away in 1729.^[3]

Clement Moody (Moodey) of Exeter (NH) was not of the Newbury, Massachusetts Moody family; he perhaps was related to Nicholas Mooedy of Lamprill River or Philip Moody of Exeter (NH) and possibly a Jerseyman.

In 1698 he was granted land he had fenced by the river; in 1700 part of John Clark's 1680 grant was laid out to him and he may have m. 1st. Clark's daughter Sarah; his wife was Sarah in 1706.^{[citation needed]}

Administration of his estate was granted to his eldest son Clement on Apr. 21, 1729, widow Alice renouncing.^[4]

Widow Alice (Unknown) Moody died after 3 November 1733 when David Moody late of Exeter, now resident in Kingstown, sold twenty acres in Exeter to Cartee Gilman of Exeter, it being all the land his honored father Clement Moody, deceased, had upon that side of the said way excepting one acre which said David sold to Lt. Andrew Gilman of Exeter, two thirds of sd Tract of Land now & ye other third at ye Decease of my Mother In Law Alice Moody.^[5]

Clement of Exeter had six sons and at least one daughter. Most of his descendants settled in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

Exeter, besides Stratham, was divided into Newfields, Newmarket, Brentwood, Epping, and Fremont.

Born 1661 Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Died 21 Apr. 1729. Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Marriage

1681 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Marriage About 1701. New England. ^[1] Marriage 1690 Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
3. ↑ Genealogy Dictionary of Maine and N. H. by Sybil Noyes; R974.103N958G: Pg. 486
4. ↑ Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. II, p. 362
5. ↑ Rockingham Deeds, Bk. 22, p. 15

Footnotes:

Source Citations:

• RootsWeb Profile for Clement Moody (abt 1760 - 1729) - multiple sources with discussion

• Moody, Herbert Albion. Historical notes concerning the Moody family (Published by The Cabinet Press, Milford, New Hampshire, 1947; 64 pages.) - page 21

• Libby, Charles Thornton. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, ME, USA: The Southward Press, 1928.) page 486

Acknowledgements:

• Profile originated by DavaLynn Joy, Saturday, June 28, 2014.