Thomas Moore (1726 - 1793)

Born 9 Aug 1726 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hamblen) Moore — married 24 Sep 1746 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1793 at age 66 in Chelsea, Orange, Vermont

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Biography

Thomas Moore, son of Theodosius and Sarah (Pryor) Moore, was born 9 Aug. 1726 at Bridgewater, Mass.^[1]

"According to his father Theodosius' will and guardianship records, when Theodosius died in 1737, guardianship of Thomas, then age 11, was turned over to the Reverend Samuel Brown of Abington,^[2] who was also the executor of Theodosius' will. Thomas's brother John's guardianship was turned over to Jonathan Bass.^[2] Tragedy must have struck the Bass home as John Moore died at the age of 15 in October if 1745, presumably while still living in the Bass home but not definitely. Two or three of the Bass's daughters died the following summer."^[3]

Thomas married Mary Hamblen of Abington, 24 Sept. 1746 at Abington.^[4]

There was a Mary Hamblen, daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Mayo) Hamblen of Eastham on Cape Cod. Three of her siblings (including Eleazer and Isaac) were connected with Bridgewater. However, this Mary is known to have married someone else. See http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/m/Steven-H-Hamblin/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0586.html

The Moore family left Bridgewater some time after 1769 (when youngest daughter Sarah was born). Thomas Moore first appears in the land records in Stoughton in March 1774, when he bought over 100 acres.^[5] Thomas sold this land in October 1783.^[6] This was around the time that Thomas's sons Thomas and Samuel were founding settlers of the town of Chelsea, Vermont.

Thomas's son Thomas lived in Stoughton and married in Dec. 1780 at Winchester, N.H.^[7] Thomas (Jr.) and brother Samuel moved from Winchester, N.H. to Chelsea, Vermont in the mid-1780s. ^[8] Son Theodosius was listed in Winchester in the 1790 census, and Thomas himself appears in the 1790 census in Chelsea, together with sons Thomas and Samuel.^[9]

Children (per Bridgewater Vital Records):

1. Mary, b. 7 Dec. 1746

2. John, b. 27 Dec. 1748

3. Sarah, b. 29 Dec. 1750; d. 15 Jan. 1751.

4. Sarah, b. 23 Dec. 1751; d. 11 Feb. 1752.

5. Isaac, b. 18 Apr. 1753, "of Warren, extensive land owner, manufacturer of scythes, owner of a saw mill, a shingle mill, a grist mill, and a forge, a Minute Man in the Revolution, who married Hannah Studley of Hanover, Mass.^[10]

6. Thomas, b. 14 Feb. 1756. He lived at Stoughton, Mass.; was a Revolutionary soldier in 1775; died at Chelsea, and his wife Mary died at Royalton, Vt. in 1848.^[11] He married Mary Whiting 1 Dec. 1780 at Winchester, N.H.^[12] Thomas Moore died 19 Oct. 1842, age 86 years, 8 months, and is buried at Chelsea. His widow Mary Moore died 14 June 1848, age 85 years, and is buried at Chelsea.^[13]

7. Samuel, b. 26 June 1758. He was a Revolutionary soldier in 1777; allegedly m. Hannah Humphrey 10 Jan. 1782 at Winchester, N.H., with 10 children.^[14] Shortly thereafter he was one of the original settlers of Chelsea, Vt. with his brother Thomas. “Capt.” Samuel Moore died 1 Oct. 1837 and is buried at Chelsea.^[15] His (second?) wife Sally died 12 Dec. 1839, age 70, and is also buried at Chelsea.

8. Bettie, b. 18 Sept. 1760; d. 31 Jan. 1764.

9. Theodosius, b. 1 Apr. 1763. He married Hannah Wilson 15 Nov. 1785 and died 15 Nov. 1793. Apparently his daughter Hannah married James Cobleigh in Windham, Vt.^[16]

10. Bettie, b. 12 July 1767

11. Sarah, b. 7 Nov. 1769; m. David Jewell 24 June 1788 at Chelsea, Vermont.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater to the year 1850, vol. 1 (Births), p. 242.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-D2DS : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 229 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ My Lines family tree by Diane Korf, accessed 13 Sept. 2014.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (1916), Vol. 2, p. 262.
5. ↑ On 30 March 1774 Thomas Moore bought over 100 acres of land in Stoughton from William Fenne: See Suffolk County Deed Index 1639-1799 - Grantees Ha - My (Moore).
6. ↑ Suffolk County Deed Index 1639-1799 - Grantors La - Ox (Moore).
7. ↑ Per Rev. War abstract, info sent by Joanne Martin.
8. ↑ Chelsea, Vermont web page, citing the Gazeteer of Vermont, by John Hayward, 1849, p. 46.
9. ↑ My Lines family tree by Diane Korf, accessed 13 Sept. 2014.
10. ↑ "Memoirs of Deceased Members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 96 (Apr. 1942), P. 185.
11. ↑ Fisher and Fisher, Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War – Vermont (1992), p. 361.
12. ↑ Per Rev. War abstract, info sent by Joanne Martin.
13. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, accessed by John Schmeeckle in Montpelier, Vermont in 1988. The record office has since moved to Waterbury.
14. ↑ http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pup555&id=I1364
15. ↑ Vermont Vital Records.
16. ↑ Windham Co., Vt. genweb site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtwindha/Moore
17. ↑ Vermont Vital Records, and see Sarah's profile for image of her marriage record.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Schmeeckle for creating WikiTree profile Moore-14572 through the import of Hunt.ged on Dec 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.