Anne (Young) Moore (1757 - 1813)

Born 1757 in Coleraine, Ireland

Wife of Henry Moore — married 1779 in Coleraine, Ireland

Died 25 Mar 1813 at about age 56 in London, England

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Biography

Anne (Young) Moore was born in Ireland.

With her sister Isabella she was a devout member of the Wesleyan society and was referred to approvingly by John Wesley in his journal entry for 7 June 1778. She married Moore in 1779 and shared his itinerant ministry despite poor health. She died in London and was buried at City Road Chapel.

Anne and her sister Isabella were some of the first Methodists in Coleraine. The account of their introduction to the Methodists is recorded in the book "The Life of the Rev. Mr. Henry Moore" and reads as follows: "the work soon advanced forward (that of the Methodist religion): a Mrs. Dawson, a very respectable gentlewoman well-known, and much beloved among the people in Limerick and Dublin, happened to visit Coleraine in the vicinity of which she had a married daughter. She was directed to call on a Mrs. Young, a widow lady, related to some of the first families of that part of the kingdom. Being from home, Miss Young, her daughter, received Mrs. Dawson, who in the course of conversation inquired, if there were any Methodists in the town. Miss. Young answered, there was a people so called, who assembled at the old barrack; but observed, that she could not give any particular account of them, as none of the "better sort" of the inhabitants had any intercourse with them. Mrs. Dawson, always intent on doing good, took the opportunity given her by this expression, of informing her young friend who were in truth the better sort of people, to the great surprise of Miss Young, who had never before heard a gentlewoman speak thus about religion. The conversation never departed from her mind, and especially what she said about knowing God,-a point of religion which utterly amazed her. She resolved, however, to visit the poor folk at the barrack; and soon, with her sister, the late Mrs. Rutherford, attended as a constant hearer.

The two Miss Youngs becoming Methodists, as it was supposed they were by their constant attendance, excited no small surprise among their gay associates, by whom they were much beloved. But Mrs. Young and the different branches of the family were exceedingly alarmed, and concluded that disgrace to the whole family, and utter ruin to the prospects of the young persons concerned, must be the inevitable consequence of such a mean association. For some time they suffered that kind of persecution, which our Lord describes as the consequence of His coming into the world:- the family was completely divided; and the troublers of the household, who had introduced such a strange religion as would not admit of cards, and dancing, were obliged, in order to avoid continual opposition and vexation, to confine themselves almost entirely to their own apartments.

Their suffering and constancy was not lost. It had a remarkable effect on several of the upper class, and a new congregation was observed to assemble at the barrack."^[1]

Headstone Inscription

Sacred to the Memory of Anne, the Beloved and Faithful Wife of Henry Moore, Preacher of the Gospel,-late in Connexion with the, Rev. John Wesley, Deceased : She departed this life with a hope full of immortality, March 25th, 1813, -aged 56^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ from "The Life of the Rev. Mr. Henry Moore, the Biographer and Executor of the Rev. John Wesley, Including the Autobiography and the Continuation Written From His Own Papers", by Mrs. Richard Smith, page 261
2. ↑ from "The Life of the Rev. Mr. Henry Moore, the Biographer and Executor of the Rev. John Wesley, Including the Autobiography and the Continuation Written From His Own Papers", by Mrs. Richard Smith, page 261

• The Methodist Archives Biographical Index, University of Manchester Library, entry for Anne Moore.

• Cited in The Methodist Archives Biographical Index, University of Manchester Library, entry for Isabella Rutherford.

• Dictionary of National Biography, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed., London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Masquerier - Myles (Vol. 13), pp. 802-804.