John Moore (abt. 1610 - 1674)

Born about 1610 in Henham, Essex, England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Moore — married about 1625 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Rice) Moore — married 27 Nov 1633 (to 6 Jan 1673) in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 6 Jan 1674 at about age 64 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Origins and Wives

Seeking proof (if any) that he was the son of John Moore (or Joseph Morse) and Dorothy Barber (or this Dorothy Barber). Until such proof is found, we are disconnecting John Moore, the immigrant, from these parents.

If he was the John Moore of Henham, Essex,^[1] then he married (1) about 1625 Elizabeth _____; he married (2) at Little Gaddesden, Hertford, 27 Nov 1633 Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Frost) Rice and stepdaughter of Philemon1 Whale, later of Sudbury. She was baptized at Stanstead, Essex, on 18 Nov 1612 and died in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on 14 Dec 1690 as "widow Elizabeth Moore."^[2]

Life in New England

There is uncertainty about when John Moore arrived in New England. If the baptism of Mary, daughter of John Moore, in Berkhamstead on 9 Jan 1641/2 is that of a daughter of the immigrant, he must have arrived after that time.

While the town history claims that John Moore was at the Sudbury settlement soon after it began (1638-1639),^[3] the first record of his presence is in September 1642, when he bought of Edmund Rice (father of his soon-to-be son-in-law) a house and land situated in the east part of the town, in the southerly part of what is now the town of Wayland.^[4] By this time, he was also married to his second wife, Elizabeth-- step-daughter of Philemon Whale.

There was also a John Moore of Cambridge who owned land there as late as 1643, and there has been an effort thus far fruitless, to prove that they were identical, but it seems doubtful, since the land owned by John Moore of Cambridge has been traced to his descendants. It was finally sold, about the time of the Revolution, by a Cambridge man, who happened at the time to be living in Sudbury, but who was not a descendant of John Moore of Sudbury.

1645: He took the oath of fidelity at Sudbury July 9 1645.^[4] The same year, he bought of John Stone a dwelling house and house lot, and all other lands and meadows belonging to Stone by virtue of his right in the beginning of the plantation of Sudbury.

1653: He subscribed to the covenant of Lancaster "11th first mo. 1653," and forty acres of land were laid out in his name, and the first grant of lots (1653. 30th 9mo").^{[citation needed]}

He died 6 January 1673/4.^[4]

Last Will & Testament

His will^[5] was dated the 25th of August 1668, and was probated the 7th of April 1674. In it he mentions:

• wife Elizabeth,
• eldest son son John of Lancaster;
• eldest daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry Rice;
• daughter Mary, wife of Daniel Stone;
• youngest daughter Lydia, wife of James Cutler, former wife of Samuel Wright;
• sons William, Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin.

He appoints Rev. Edmund Brown, Lt. Edmund Goodnow, and Mr. Thomas Stevens, overseers of the will. His signature to the will was John More.

Children

By his first wife ("Bridget" according to the Edmund Rice Association, but above implies her name was Elizabeth):^{[citation needed]}

1. Elizabeth Moore, b abt 1626, d Framingham, MA 23 Aug 1705; m. in Sudbury 1 Jan 1643/4 Henry Rice, son of Edmund Rice, her step first cousin, once removed.
2. John Moore, b abt 1628, poss. the "John, son of John More and Ellesabeth," bp Henham, co Essex, 11 Nov 1628, d Lancaster, MA bef 23 Sep 1702; m1 in Sudbury 16 Nov 1654 Ann Smith, dau of John. m. Nov 16, 1654, Ann Smith (dau of John), m2 Lancaster 20 Aug 1683 Mary (----) Whitcomb, widow of John; signed the Covenant of Lancaster, 13: 2 mo. 1654 and d. in 1702, leaving a widow Mary. His wife died March 10, 1670-1. NOTE: Stevens-Miller 2:153, disentangles John2 Moore from an older John Moore of Lancaster who had a wife named Judith.
3. (poss) Susan bp "Suzand, daughter of John More," Henham 17 Jul 1630; bur Henham 18 July 1630.

By his second wife, Elizabeth Rice, dau of Henry Rice and step-daughter of Philemon Whale:

1. Anna, bp Berkhamstead, co Hertford, 12 Oct 1634; prob dy.
2. Richard b abt 1636-7, bur Berkhamstead 7 Nov 1650.
3. William b abt 1639, d Sudbury 25 Mar 1688 prob unm. In 1664 he bought land in Sudbury of Thomas Beesbeech of Marshfield; in 1679 he sold forty-eight acres in four pieces to his brother Benjamin.
4. Mary, bp Berkhamstead 9 Jan 1641/2; m1 Sudbury Sept. 8 1661, Richard Ward (drowned in Sudbury River, March 31, 1666); m. 2d.2 Nov 1667 Dea. David Stone.
5. Lydia, b Sudbury 24 Jun 1643; d there 23 Nov 1723; m1 Sudbury 31 My 1664 Samuel Wright; m2 15 Jun 1665 James Cutler.
6. Jacob Moore, b. Sudbury 29 April 1645, 23 Mar 1715/6; m. May 29, 1667, Elizabeth Loker, dau of Henry.
7. Joseph, b. Sudbury 21 Oct 1647, d there 2 Jan 1725/6; m1. Lydia Maynard, dau of John; m2 Ruth.
8. Elizabeth b 10 Jan 1649/50; d.y.
9. Benjamin, b. abt 1652, d Sudbury 29 Oct 1729; m 11 Nov 1686 Dorothy Wright, dau of Edward.

Descendants

Notable descendants of John Moore include President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (1872-1933) (served as U.S. President 1923-29) who is John's 7th great-grandson via his daughter Elizabeth three times.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, "The English Origins of Philemon Whale," The Genealogist 6:134, 139-40)
2. ↑ NEHGR 17:140
3. ↑ The History of Sudbury, Page 51
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 57 (1903), pp. 300ff americanancestors.org.
5. ↑ Worcester Co Probate #10921

See also:

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Volume: 120, Page Number: 42, citing Frank R. Holmes, Directory of the Anc. heads of New England Fams., NewYork, 1923:166
• Anderson, Robert Charles. "The English Origins of Philemon Whale of Sudbury, Massachusetts," in The Genealogist, 6 (1985):131-141.
• Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. "Addenda to "Some Descendants..." NEHGR 58(1904):176.
• DeForest & DeForest, William Henry Moore and his ancestry, 1934, pp. 319-320
• Ferris, Mary Walton. "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines", privately printed 1931.
• Filby, P. William, ed., Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, available on Ancestry.com.
• Holman, Winifred Lovering. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller, Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1952, Vol. 2, pp145-153; digital images, HathiTrust (contents page).
• Hudson, Alfred Sereno, The History of Sudbury, (1889), Page 26
• Marriage in Massachusetts June 10, 1639 - New England marriage prior to 1700 edition 20 page 516
• Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 ::: Moore, John Joseph, Will: 1674; Number: 15362 in Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA, USA: 1912.
• Planters Grange FHL 974 w2p page 143 -- public record Office MSS.
• Plummer, John. The English Origin of John¹ Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1991) Vol. 66, pp75-77.
• Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 317
• Rice, Margaret Skinner. Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 1.
• Sargent, John S. "Moore Genealogy," NEGHS Register, 52 (1898):72-73
• Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, Boston, MA (1861); vol. 3, p. 229
• Virkus, F.A., ed. Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VII. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968, p. 816. Ancestry Sharing Link (Senn)
• Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, p 91, LDS film #0185455
• Ward, Andrew Henshaw. A genealogical history of the Rice family: descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9; with an index , pp. 29-30. Footnote refers to daughter Mary (Moore) Stone.
• https://www.edmund-rice.org/era5gens/e6a0.htm#I-7058