William Steel Moore (1770 - 1818)

Born 28 Dec 1770 in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Boulden) Moore — married 31 May 1796 in New Castle County, Delaware

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1818 at age 47 in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware

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Biography

William Steel Moore, better known as "Captain Moore," was born in December 1770, to Jacob Moore and his wife, Hannah Steel Moore. William was born on the family farm in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. His father was a landowner and blacksmith.

William married Rachel Boulden (aka Bouldin) and they had 8 children:^[1]

1. Jacob Moore, M.D. b: 26 APR 1797 in Mill Creek Hnd., Del.; died: May 5, 1829
2. Nathan Moore, b: 19 JAN 1799 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware; died: May 10, 1837
3. Agnes Moore b: 24 FEB 1801 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware; died: January 3, 1802
4. Levi B. Moore b: 26 JAN 1803 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware
5. Andrew Moore b: 13 JUL 1805 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware
6. William S. Moore b: 17 MAY 1807 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware
7. Thomas Jefferson Moore, b: 17 OCT 1809; d. 15 OCT 1903 in Mill Creek Hnd., Delaware
8. Mary Jane Moore b: 11 NOV 1813 in Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware - 15 FEB 1838: married Amos Eastburn, b. 1808 in Milltown, Delaware

According to an 1899 local genealogy and history book, William Steel Moore was of Scotch-Irish descent and active in local politics as he was New Castle County Sheriff for several years after Delaware became a state in 1787. During the War of 1812, he was Captain of the Artillery at Frenchtown, Delaware. In 1803 he bought a 225 acre farm in Mill Creek Hundred where he lived the rest of his life. He and his wife are buried at Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church, New Castle Co., Delaware.^[2]

William Steel Moore died on August 26, 1818, on his farm in Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware. His widow, Rachel (Boulden) Moore, died on February 25, 1845, at the family homestead.^[3]

NOTE: Apparently the Delaware branch of the Steel family did not use the final "e" = "Steele" but close relatives elsewhere were named "Steele". As William Steel Moore was part of the Delaware clan, his middle name was STEEL, after his mother's surname.^[4]
Another source mistakenly asserts that his middle name was "Steele" and his mother's maiden name was also "Steele"^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ William Moore
2. ↑ "Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware," by J. M. Runk; 1899; Vol. I; Pg. 462, Moore and Eastburn Families
3. ↑ William Moore Family Bible Records, 1770-1904, The Holy Bible, Publisher Unknown, Duplicate Copy owned by J. Jones, Wilmington, Delaware, 2003.
4. ↑ Note by Chet Snow, Feb. 15, 2014, with thanks to Rob Hobdell
5. ↑ Pennocks of Primitive Hall - William Steele Moore

See also:

• "Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware," by J. M. Runk; 1899; Vol. I; Pg. 462, Moore and Eastburn Families.

• William Moore

• Pennocks of Primitive Hall - William Steele Moore

• Find A Grave Memorial# 82794824.

• Mill Creek BlogSpot Walter Craig House. See the "comments" section for an excellent discussion of the Moore family and their land-holdings in MC Hundred in 19-18th Centuries. Good local history.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Chet Snow for creating Moore-14926 on 14 January 2014. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Chet and others. Thank you to Chet Snow for merging these two profiles, researching and editing the Biography sketch and adding sources, on April 20, 2015.

Thank you to Dave McNally for creating Moore-19329 on 6 Dec 2014. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Dave and others.