Jane (Walker) Moore (1712 - 1793)

Born 15 May 1712 in Newry, County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of James Moore — married Apr 1734 in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1793 at age 80 in Jump Mountain, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jane Walker was born May 15, 1712 in Newry, County Down, Ireland to John and Katherine (Rutherford) Walker. She came to Virginia in 1724 and married James Moore in April 1734 in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania. They had at least two daughters before Jane died at Jump Mountain, Rockbridge, Virginia on January 7, 1793.^[1]

Arrival: Virginia, 1724^[2]

Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland... page 32
JANE Walker (9) (John), dau. of John and Katherine), was b. in May, 1712, in Down Co., Ireland. She m. James Moore in April, 1734. He died in 1791 at the age of eighty years. She d. Jan. 7, 1793, aged eighty years also. Their 10 children were:

132. John Moore, who m. his cousin, Jane Walker No. 130 +.

133. Mary, who m. Samuel Paxton, had one son, Samuel. Mr. Paxton d. and Mary afterwards m. Major Alexander Stuart (See Stuarts) +.

134. Rachel, who m. Rev. William MePheeters, the able theologian and eloquent preacher +.

135. Elizabeth Moore, m. Michael Coalter +.

136. Margaret Jane Moore, d. young.

137. James Moore, m. Martha Poage +, This family with exception of 3 children was destroyed by the Indians.

138. Joseph Moore, m. Mary Coalter, then Eleanor Marquis +.

139. Jane Moore, m. her relative Joseph Walker +, (See Houston family.)

140. Alexander Moore, d. when grown.

141. Samuel Moore, d. young of croup.

Jane was the daughter of John Walker and Katherine Rutherford from Wigtown, Scotland, who lived for a while in County Down, Ireland. She was part of the Walker Family group who immigrated from Ireland to North America about 1730. Jane's family settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where she married James Moore in April 1734.

A few years later, James Moore, along with some members of Jane's family, settled along what is today Walker's Creek in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Here they raised a a large family, and today their descendants number in the many hundreds, all across the United States. One of their sons was James Moore who died in the 1786 massacre at Abb's Valley, Tazewell County, Virginia, and whose daughter Mary is the frontier heroine Mary Moore, the subject of the book Captives of Abbs Valley.

Jane died at the home of her daughter, Jane Moore Walker, wife of Joseph Culton Walker, near the Bent of Buffalo Creek, about 9 miles southwest of Lexington. The family were devout Presbyterians.

Regarding Walkerland Cemetery: "The Walker family deeded the cemetery to the New Providence Church. There are many unmarked stones. Moore, Jane Walker, 1712 - 1793, w/o James (Moore), d/o John Walker the Immigrant" - Rockbridge County, Virginia, Cemeteries: South River & Walker Creek Districts, Angela Ruley, Author, Rockbridge Area Genealogical Society, Rockbridge Baths, VA Walkerland Cemetery is on private property.

from find a grave 56354906 daughter of John Walker and Katherine Rutherford from Wigtown, Scotland. Jane's family settled in Chester County Pa. married James Moore in April of 1734, later moved to what is known as Walkers Creek in Rockbridge co. Va.

Name: Jane Moore

Maiden Name: Walker

Gender: Female

Birth Date: May 1712

Birth Place: County Down, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 7 Jan 1793

Death Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America

Cemetery: Walkerland Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Father: John Walker

Spouse: James Moore

Children: Rachel McPheeters

James Moore

Margaret Eleanor Looney

Sources

1. ↑ biography written with information in profile as of February 5, 2014. Click the Changes tab to see edits.
2. ↑ Ancestry link (Pedigree chart)

• The Walker Line, by Becky Higgins
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Ancestry online publication). Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls (Ancestry link)
• Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Ancestry online publication). Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry online publication). Original data includes records "extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases."
• Genealogy of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with Records of a Few Allied Families: Also War Records and Some Fragmentary Notes Pertaining to the History of Virginia, 1600-1902 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00inwhit/page/n6

Created by: Suzanne Added: 7 Aug 2010 Find A Grave Memorial 56354906 Source Hide citation Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 October 2019), memorial page for Jane Walker Moore (May 1712–7 Jan 1793), Find A Grave Memorial no. 56354906, citing Walkerland Cemetery, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA  ; Maintained by Suzanne (contributor 47144550) .

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Walker-176 was created through the import of info.ged on 30 December 2010.
• The WikiTree profile Walker-4299 was created through the import of Heugatter_Shields_Bachman.ged on Aug 24, 2011 by Curtis Shields.
• Walker-16833 was created by Bobby Lykins through the import of GWJarrettAnc2015.ged on May 4, 2015.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56354906

• US and international Marriage Records 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry.com

• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850

Publisher Ancestry.com. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

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