Tusten Moore (1787 - 1864)

Born 29 Jan 1787 in Middletown, Orange County, New York, United States of America

Ancestors

Died 26 Apr 1864 at age 77 in Tioga County, New York, United States of America

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Biography

Tusten Moore was a New Yorker.

Tusten Moore was born on 29 Jan 1787 in Middletown, Orange, New York, the son of Wilmot Moore and Azubah Knapp.^[1]

Tusten married Amelia Murray in 1822,^[2][1]

• Charles B/V Moore,. b. 14 Nov 1824; d. 5 March 1892
• Hiram M. Moore, b. 23 Sept 182*; d. 21 March 1864
• Mary Ann Moore, b. 6 April 1826; m. Lewis L. Smith 28 Nov 1842; d. 2 Oct 1909
• William Emmett Moore, b. 20 Feb 1828 Franklin, Delaware County, New York

In 1840, Tusten Moore lived in Minisink, Orange, New York, USA. The people enumerated in the household were: 1 male 40-50; 1 male 15-20; 1 male 10-15; 1 female 30-40; 1 female 20-30; and 1 female 10-15.^[3]

In 1850, Tusten (53), lived in Minisink, Orange County, New York, with his wife Amelia M. (48), their (inferred) son William E. Moore (22), Thomas Perrigo, a laborer b. New Jersey (27), Rebecca Mecker, b. New Jersey (30), Leah Mecker, b. New York (7), and David Decker, b. New York (4); Tusten worked as a farmer.^[4].

In 1855, Tusten (58) (indexed as "Justen") and his wife Amelia (54) and New Jersian servant Sarah Reiner (13)^[5].

In 1860, Tusten (63), lived in Minisink, with his wife Amelia (58) and New Yorker Sarah Tuthill, 23.^[6]

Tusten died on 26 April 1864 at Unionville, Orange, New York.^[1]

Tusten Moore probably died in 1864. This is the year on the New York Wills and Probate^[7] and in DAR records. Tusten Moore died intestate (without a Will). On 5 June 1864, administration of Tusten's estate was granted to Amelia Moore in the town of Barton, Tioga, New York.^[7]) It is only one page and does not give any information other than the name of his wife Amelia Moore. In the settlement of his estate in 1866, son William E. Moore, along with his mother Amelia, siblings Charles V. Moore and Mary Ann Smith, and 2 grandchildren, Fred Moore and William M. Moore, all received payments from the estate.^[7] (Son Hiram had died in 1864 leaving his widow, Frances and children Fred and William M. Moore.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Lewis Historical Publishing Co. (New York, 1912) Accessed at Open Library 13 Aug 2016 Open Library Vol. 3, Page 1196
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [Washington, D.C.]: Daughters of the American Revolution, 18951921. 1904, Vol. 4, Page 295. Accessed on 7 Feb 2020 at HathiTrust.org Page 295
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYC-8YZ : 24 August 2015), Tusten Moore, Minisink, Orange, New York, United States; citing p. 180, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 323; FHL microfilm 17,202.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC1M-L4Q : 12 April 2016), Fustin Moore, Minisink, Orange, New York, United States; citing family 446, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1855. Microfilm. Various County Clerk Offices, New York. Minisink, Orange, New York: Household number: 182, Line Number: 10, Sheet Number: 22. Ancestry Record 7181 #1654088839
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC4G-Q6T : 12 December 2017), Tustin Moore, 1860. New Yor4k, Orange County, Page 357
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Probate records, 1825-1947. New York. Surrogate's Court (Tioga County) Tioga, Letters of admin., guard., testamentary, v. A 1858-1878, page 125 Page 125.