Cason Moore (bef. 1660 - abt. 1687)

Born before 1660 in England

Descendants

Died about 1687 after about age 27 in Virginia

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Biography

The date of birth of 1610 conflicts with numerous source who say his date of birth is closer to 1640.

Cason Moore^[1] was born about 1610 in England. Various unsourced family trees show his parents as Edward Moore and: Mary Cason, Susannah Cason, Margaret Palmen, Mary Edgley or Elizabeth Unknown. They also show that he died in England in 1643, however this date cannot be correct, as he wrote his Will in January 1686/7 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, where it was probated in March 1686/7. We know from his Will that his wife, at the time he wrote it in 1686/7, was Sarah, his brother-in-law was Henry Woodhouse, and his father was Edmund (possibly a misreading of Edward).

In 1686, Cason Moore was mentioned in the Will of Henry Woodhouse of the parish of Linhaven, Lower Norfolk, Virginia, which identifies Cason's wife as Sarah Woodhouse, daughter of Henry Woodhouse:

"... to daughters Elizabeth and Lucy, daughter Mary, wife of William More, and daughter Sarah, wife of Cason More."^[2]

Cason Moore was the first husband of Sarah Woodhouse. She married second John Stanford, and third William Cloues (Clowes).^[3] In her Will, Sarah mentions:^[4]

• her two sons, Henry and Cason Moore, sons of Cason Moore
• Henry Moore, son of Henry Moore my son

The following abstract of his Will shows that Cason Moore had:^[5]

• daughter Sarah
• eldest son Cason
• son Henry
• father Edmund
• brother Thomas
• brother William
• brother-in-law Henry Woodhouse

"CASON MORE of Lower Norfolke County in Virg* planter
"Book 5 f. 15.
"dated 24 Jan. 1686/7.
"proved 17 Mch. 1686/7.

". . . my Eldest son cason more the plantation I now Live on which which I bought of William Grinto wth three hun dred & thirty acres of Land adjoyning to ye plantation . . . a tract of Land Called Long ridge wch I bought of Francis Jones containing one hundred thirty seven acres of Land . . . one Entrie of a hundred & odd acres Joyning to ye sd ridge .

". . .to my Son Henry More . . . three hundred and thirty acres of Land Joyning upon his brother . . . ye equall halfe of the Same patten ... I bought of William Grinto & Richard Bony ... a plantation in the woods called little bear quarter adyoning upon a plantation of Mr Henry Spratts . . .

". . . to my daughter Sarah more a plantation in ye Woods wch I bought of John James contaying three hundred and fifty acres . . .

". . . unto my brother Thomas more a prcell of land con- tening one hundred acres Commonly called tempemans ridge which I bought of Joseph deserne and is prt. of John James patten . . .

". . . my three children Cason, Henry & Sarah more . . .

". . . my father Edmond More . . .

". . . my brother Wm More and my Bro. in Law Henry Woodhouse . . . care of Children . . .

". . . wife Executrix . . .

"witnesses : F. Finckley. Adam hayes.

"Cason more & Seale."

Cason was born before 1660.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S28
2. ↑ "Genealogical Gleanings in England," Henry F. Waters, New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR 38 (Jan 1884):67
3. ↑ Source: #29 "Thorowgood Family of Princess Anne County, Virginia," John Harvey Creecy, TVG 17:277, at 286
4. ↑ Source: #29 "Some Lineal Descendants of Captain Adam Thorowgood (1601-1640) Lynnhaven Parish, Princess Anne County, Virginia," Mrs. Phyllis W. Francis, TVG 16 (1972):207, at 209
5. ↑ Charles Fleming McIntosh. Brief Abstract of Lower Norfolk County and Norfolk County Wills, 1637-1710.. Vol. 1. Salem, Mass: Colonial dames of America in the state of Virginia, 1914. GoogleBooks Pages 108-109

• Source: S29 The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Abbrev. TVG
• Source: S28 Text: Ancestry Message Board posted 6 Jun Title: Citation Text: Ancestry Message Board posted 6 June 1999. http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.northam.usa.states.virginia.co unties.princessanne/166/mb.ashx as of 12/26/2009.
• Source: S3 Title: GEDCOM file submitted by James Harris Williams , http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Imported on 27 May 2012.
• The Descendants of William Moseley 1605/1606 - 1655 of Norfolk, Va, compiled by Leila Eldridge D'Aiutolo, et al, 2000, volume one, page 58.