Elizabeth (Rice) Moore (1612 - 1690)

Born 18 Nov 1612 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Moore — married 27 Nov 1633 (to 6 Jan 1673) in Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 14 Dec 1690 at age 78 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth (Frost) Whale. She was the adopted daughter of Elizabeth's second husband Philemon Whale.

Many genealogical studies of John¹ Moore and his family claim that his last wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Philemon¹ Whale of Sudbury, who calls her his daughter in his will. Many have taken this to mean that she was the Elizabeth, bapt 31 Jan 1593 to Philemon Whale in Checkney, Essex, England.^[1]

Robert Charles Anderson^[2] has argued that she was actually a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Frost) Rice of Stanstead, co. Suffolk, England, and a stepdaughter of Philemon Whale, who married Henry Rice's widow. Philemon Whale did not marry Elizabeth Frost (widow of Henry Rice) until 1621, had their first child (dau Sarah) in 1622; a subsequent birth of Elizabeth would too late to parent the Elizabeth who marries in 1639.

Then to really confirm this, "...a microfilm of a transcript of the Bishop's Transcripts for Little Gaddesden was checked (FHL #1040857, item 3)... under the date of 27 Nov 1633, we find the marriage of 'Johannes More & Elizabetha Rice." ... There can be no doubt that this is the marriage of the immigrants to Sudbury, Mass.^[3]

Biography

She was baptized 18 Nov 1612 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England, daughter of Henry Rice (d. 1620) and Elizabeth Frost.

She married John Moore 27 Nov 1633 in Little Gaddesden, England.

She died 14 Dec 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[4]

Children

Children of Elizabeth and husband John Moore:

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.

Sources

1. ↑ IGI Batch #F506660, sheet 047, call #1553362, citing Film 455484, Parish Registers of Chickney, Essex; baptisms
2. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, "The English Origins of Philemon Whale of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in The Genealogist, 6 (1985):131-41
3. ↑ John Plummer, "The English Origin of John1 Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts," in The American Genealogist, 66(1991): pages 75-77
4. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81363626 (accessed 5 May 2023)
   Elisabeth More death 14 Dec 1690 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA.