| Birth: |
Aug. 23, 1639
Bristol, England |
| Death: |
Jul., 1713
Fallsington
Bucks County
Pennsylvania, USA |
From a biographical sketch by Joan Case at http://joancase.tripod.com/moon.htm
On September 1, 1682 a band of about one hundred persons set sail from Deal, England on the "Welcome" with William Penn bound for his recently acquired province in the new land across the ocean, where they could worship in freedom. They reached Newcastle, on the Delaware river October 27, 1682, one-third fewer in number because of the ravages of smallpox on shipboard.
Among those who came to the new land were James and Joan Moon and their six children, Sarah, James, Jonas, Jasper, Mary and Roger. The family settled near Fallsington, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on a land grant given them by Penn. the original homesite is said to be a freight yard near Morrisville, Pennsylvania now.
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From New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, by William Richard Cutter (New York: Lewis historical publishing Company, 1915), p. 2158-59:
James Moone, the American ancestor of this line, came to Pennsylvania from Bristol, England, about the same time that John Moone, first above mentioned, appeared in Philadelphia, and located near the falls of the Delaware, in Bucks County. He married at Bristol, England, about 1663, Joan Burgess, and brought to America several children of nearly adult age. When he purchased a tract of land in Falls township in 1695, his son, James Jr., was named as one of the grantees, the title to vest in him when he arrived at the age of twenty-one years. There is little doubt but that John Moone, of Philadelphia, was a brother of James Moone, of Bucks county, as they were both witnesses to the will of Joseph Siddall, of Bucks county, which was probated in Philadelphia, May 5, 1704.
James Moone was actively associated with the affairs of Bucks county, his name frequently appearing on the early records of that county after 1685 as a member of grand and petit juries, and as serving in various capacities by appointment of the court up to the time of his decease, in September, 1714.
Children of James and Joan (Burgess) Moon were: Sarah, Jasper, James; Roger, Jonas, Mary.
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Information on the Fallsington Meeting of Friends can be found here.
Family links:
Spouse:
Joan Jane Burgess Moon (1649 - 1739)
Children:
James Jasper Moon (1668 - 1755)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
(unmarked)
Note: During this period Quakers believed that monuments were incompatible with humility, so they just marked graves with field stones. This burial ground had a map of the graves, but it was destroyed in a fire. So it is not known which grave was his. |
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Burial:
Fallsington Friends Cemetery
Fallsington
Bucks County
Pennsylvania, USA |
Created by: Darrell Brown
Record added: Aug 12, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 134233507 | | | |
