Andrew Moore Sr (1688 - 1753)

Born 6 Jun 1688 in County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Miller) Moore — married 27 Apr 1715 in Ulster, Ireland

Husband of Rachel C. (Halliday) Moore — married 24 Apr 1725 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1753 at age 65 in Sadsbury Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Andrew was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

He was born on 06 Jun 1688 in Ireland and he was the son of Mary Elizabeth and James Moore. There are conflicting records about where in Ireland Andrew was born, but most records refer to County Antrim. ^{[1] [2]}

Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson, both of Dunclady, were married in Katherine Henderson's house on the 27d 2m (April) 1715. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

In 1722 his wife, Margaret, passed away after the birth of their fourth child, Thomas. The following year, Andrew emigrated from Ireland ^[6] with his four children: James, Mary, Margaret and Thomas. They arrived at New Castle, Delaware on 03 Aug 1723 and took up residence in Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Andrew Moore married secondly on 24 April 1725 In Pennsylvania to Rachel C. Halliday, ^[7] daughter of William Halliday, and they had several more children: William, Robert, David, Andrew, Joseph, Robert, Rachel, John, David and Sarah.

He was a Quaker and instrumental in the development of a worship house in his new settlement of Sadsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

He wrote prose and poetry.

He died on 05 Jul 1753 in Sadsbury Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania. ^{[11] [12]}

His last Will was probated in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Will

- to son James £5 and to his son Andrew £5 when 21

- to daughter Mary Carson £50

- to daughter Margaret Love £5 and to her son Andrew Love £40 at 21

- to son William £5 and to his son Andrew £5 at age 21 years

- to son Andrew the tract of land containing 170 acres known as the Gillmore place when 21, also £20

- to wife Rachel including income of mills and plantation for maintenance of herself and 5 of my youngest children, viz., Robert, John, David, Rachel and Sarah until son John is 16

- to son Joseph 91 acres of land on south side of this I now live on when 21

- to son Robert £200 at 21

- to daughters Rachel and Sarah £100 each at 20

- to son John ½ of mill and 200 acres of land

- to son David the other ½ of mill and land

- Executors: wife Rachel and son James. ^{[13] [14] [15]}

Children

1. a) James Moore, b: 1716; d: 01 Aug 1809; m1: 16 Feb 1740 Ann Jackson Starr; m2: 1765 Mary Wildman; m3: 04 May 1769 Ann Newlin Walter Jackson
2. a) Mary Moore, b: 15 Jan 1718; d: 13 Apr 1757; m1: 06 Jul 1742 William Carson; m2: 08 Nov 1753 James Hamel
3. a) Margaret Miller Moore, b: 04 Oct 1719; d: 19 Apr 1807; m: 06 Apr 1743 Alexander Love
4. a) Thomas Moore, b: 26 Oct 1722; d: 12 Aug 1728
5. b) William Moore, b: 26 Oct 1726; d: c1783; m: 31 Aug 1751 Lydia Minshall
6. b) Robert #1 Moore, b: 01 Sep 1728; d: 25 Mar 1732
7. b) David #1 Moore, b: 01 Dec 1731; d: 20 May 1744
8. b) Andrew Moore, Jr., b: 01 Dec 1733; d: 20 May 1801; m: 26 Sep 1754 Rebecca Starr
9. b) Joseph Moore, Sr., b: 13 Jul 1736; d: 13 Jul 1805; m: 22 Jan 1756 Jane Marsh
10. b) Robert #2 Moore, b: 22 Oct 1739; d: 09 Feb 1826
11. b) Rachel Moore, b: 12 Mar 1742; d: 01 Jul 1828; m: 12 Nov 1761 John Truman
12. b) John Moore, b: 03 Oct 1742; d: 28 Jun 1821; m1: 01 May 1765 Sarah Downing; m2: 02 Apr 1777 Mary Pierce
13. b) David #2 Moore, b: 13 Oct 1745; d: 16 Mar 1829; m: 05 Oct 1768 Martha Williams
14. b) Sarah Moore, b: 1748.

Excerpt ^[16]

"Andrew determined in 1723 to emigrate to America. He landed at New Castle, Del., 8-3-1723. 'At a Monthly Meeting held at New Garden, Chester Co., PA, 6-8-1724, Andrew Moore produced to this meeting a certificate from a Meeting held at Ballanacree in the County of Antrim in the north of Ireland.' (see New Garden Monthly Meeting records)

Andrew was married a second time, 4-24-1725 to Rachel, daughter of William Holliday. He settled on a tract of land on both sides of the Octoraro Creek, now partly is Sadsbury, Chester Co., and partly in Sadsbury, Lanc. Co., PA. He erected a tub mill near the present town of Atglen, Chester Co., PA, the ruins of which can still be seen. Henry Moore (#371) resides on a part of the old tract which has been in the family since 1736. There has never been a vendue or a mortgage upon it, or a judgment against it.

Andrew was engaged in milling and farming, took a very active part in the business and other Meetings of the Society of Friends, was largely instrumental in establishing Sadsbury Friends' Meeting and in erecting the first Meeting House there. In 1724, Andrew Moore and Samuel Miller on behalf of themselves and Friends settle about Sadsbury, asked for liberty to build a Meeting House, which being granted by the Meeting, built on in 1725.

Andrew Moore had considerable literary talent, wrote both prose and poetry. I regret the following is the only emanation I have from his pen. It is given just as written by him:

'These I wrote to a Friend's daughter, a little girl who I was told was fond of Meter and wished to have some of Andrew Moore's making, although she was a stranger to me.

'The reason why those lines I pen,

Was love to thee my little friend,

As I am now a man in years,

That as partook of joys and fears,

I find that in the bloom of youth

We ought to love and seek the truth,

And not like some put away

Far out of sight the evil day,

Saying it's time enough for me

I wish more pleasures for to see,

But don't consider how that death,

May in a moment stop their breath

And to this wourld must bid adieu,

Then fearful judgment must issue

Or if the sentance then be past,

Into the late let them be cast,

That doth with flaming sulpher flow

Forever to remain in woe.

Therefore my dear let us prepare,

While time to us is given;

And strive for to obtain a share,

With the blest saints in Heaven.

So now I shall conclude in love,

And that to all the human race;

Wishing each one for to improve,

In the ways of truth and grace.'"

Sources

1. ↑ Family Data Collection - Births compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; b: 1688 County Antrim, Ireland
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 on ancestry.com citing National Sons of the American Revolution Society in Louisville, Kentucky; b: June 1688 County Antrim, Ireland; res: USA; d: 05 July 1753 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
3. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FQ-1-1-B%2F0164&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FMAR%2F003598%2FG : accessed 28 February 2024), marriage of Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson in Katherine ?'s house Dunclady on 27d 2mo (Apr) 1715; citing Ulster Province meeting minutes, archive ref Q.1.1.B, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
4. ↑ "Immigration of Irish Quakers to Pennsylvania 1682-1750" by Albert Cook Myers in 1902; on ancestry.com citing section: Nathaniel Cartmill; citing "Minutes of Ulster Province Meeting" with wife#1 called Margaret Willson; m: at house of Katherine Henderson;(image attached here)
5. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com citing source#1023; submitter: MZS; b: 1688 Ireland; m: 1715 Dunclady Meeting, Ireland
6. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s on ancestry.com citing Source Publication code#5916.10; "Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania 1682-1750 with their Early History in Ireland by Albert Cook Myers in 1902; repositoary: Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, PA; reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore, MD in 1969, 1985, 1994; for Andrew Moore, arrival: 1723 Pennsylvania
7. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 compiled by Yates Publishing on ancestry.com citing source#3149; submitter Code: MZS; b: 1688 Ireland; m: 1725 PA
8. ↑ "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania" by J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope; p239 ... "Samuel Smith says that in 1724, Samuel Miller and Andrew Moore made application on behalf of themselves and their friends settled about Sadsbury for liberty to build a meeting house, which being granted by the Quarterly meeting, they built one in 1725, which goes by the name of Sadsbury."
9. ↑ "History of Lancaster County" by Ellis and Evans; p1036 ... "In 1724, Andrew Moore and Samuel Miller petitioned for the establishment of a meeting of worship in Sadsbury. It was done in 1725, and twelve years later, or in 1737, the Sadsbury Monthly meeting was established. A log meeting-house was built in 1725, and this was the place of worship until about 1760, when the present house was erected ... Among the ancient members of this meeting the names are remembered of Andrew and James Moore, Nail Mooney, James Clemson, James Clemson Jr., Anthony Shaw, Jane Jones and daughter Sarah Metcalf, Isaac Taylor, Samuel Miller, John, Aaron, and Thomas Musgrave, Robert Moore, Calvin Cooper, John Truman, and Asshel Walker. The lot on which the church was originally built was purchased from the "Servants' Tracts", now called Christiana tract. To this an addition was afterwards purchased from Thomas Richard and John Penn, increasing the amount of land owned by the meeting to about seventy acres. When the division into Hicksite and Orthodox branches of the Friends occured the former retained control of the property."
10. ↑ "History of Lancaster County" by Dr. Frederick Klein; Text:

    "In 1724, Andrew Moore and Samuel Miller petitioned for the establishment of a Particular Meeting in Sadsbury township, and for the erection of a meetinghouse. This was accomplished in 1725, a log house then being raised. In 1737, the Sadsbury Monthly Meeting was established, and drew Quakers from Leacock, Lampeter, and Salisbury. Leacock cooperated with Sadsbury to secure this Monthly Meeting status, and all gathered at Sadsbury until 1749, when a larger meetinghouse was built at Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Township. hen Leacock Monthly Meeting was established, and was continued at that point until 1854, by which time so many Quakers of the Lampeters and Leacocks had moved "toward the great West," that it was decided to take the Monthly Meeting to Sadsbury. Sadsbury Meeting-The Sadsbury meetinghouse of the Hicksite branch, was erected of stone in 1748, it is believed. Its solid stone walls rise to a height of two stories, and when first built supported high galleries. These galleries, and in fact almost all of the interior woodwork, were burned during the Revolutionary War; and when the repairing was taken in hand by Joseph Guest, who had charge of the original carpentry, it was decided to lay a floor on the second story, in place of galleries. This arrangement has continued to the present. It is not used now, excepting occasionally for funeral services. The building was at one time used by the Amish Mennonites.

    Among the Quakers who were early members of this church were Andrew and James Moore, Nail Mooney, James Clemson, James Clemson, Jr., Anthony Shaw, Jane Jones, Sarah Metcalf, Isaac Taylor, Samuel Miller, John Aaron, and Thomas Musgrave, Robert Moore, Calvin Cooper, John Truman, and Asahel Walker. The original site of the meetinghouse was part of what is known as the "Servant's Tract," or the "Christiana Tract." A later addition, bringing the church property to seventy acres, was purchased from Thomas Richard and John Penn. When the division into Hicksite and Orthodox Friends occurred, the former society retained possession of the church property. The Orthodox society soon afterwards erected a meetinghouse near the line between Sadsbury and Bart townships, only a short distance from the Bart meetinghouse which had been erected in 1825. There the Sadsbury and Bart orthodox Quakers met for worship until 1880, when the meeting was laid down, and another house erected in the borough of Christiana, a brick structure, thirty feet square and one story high. The Sadsbury Society of Friends is not a strong body [today], though both the Sadsbury and Bart Friends meetings have active Sunday schools with enrollments in excess of fifty."

11. ↑ Family Data Collection - Deaths compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com; d: 05 July 1753 PA
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #45807363
13. ↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills 1713-1825 compiled by Lineages Inc. on ancestry.com citing Chester County Archives and Records Service; Abstract of wills for Chester County; Last Will of Andrew Moore; copy available from Chester County Historical Society, Wills & Administration files, 1714-1876, record #1492; res: Sadsbury (Sattsbury); dated: 01 Feb 1753; proved: 14 Aug 1753; pC430
14. ↑ Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S., Estate Papers 1714-1838 on ancestry.com citing Wills 1408-1532; for Andrew Moore 1753
15. ↑ Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 on ancestry.com citing Estate Papers #1408-1532 (1700-1810); case#1492; for Andrew Moore, res: c1753 Gettsbrey, Chester County, Pensylvena; dated: 14 Aug 1753; d: 1753 Pennsylvania, USA; probate: 14 Aug 1753 Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
16. ↑ "Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612-1897" by John Andrew Moore Passmore of Philadelphia, PA & Wickersham Printing Company of Lancaster, PA in 1897; v1 p7-21 on archive.org

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