James Moore (abt. 1711 - abt. 1791)

Born about 1711 in County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Walker) Moore — married Apr 1734 in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 7 Jan 1791 at about age 80 in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

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James Moore was born in Ireland.

Biography

from The Alexander, Carson, Moore genealogy page 60

Lineage from ANDREW MOORS TO WILLIAM CYRUS MOORE TO RALPH ERSKINE MOORE III
4M1 ANDREW MOORE b ca 1675 d 1748 m ISABEL BAXTER b 1680 d 1760 from Ireland, born in Scotland,came to America 1738 thru Pa.

5M1 William Moore b ca 1700 d 1791 m Jane Steel b 1691 d 1770 (Marguerite and H. E. Moore line)

5M2 John Moore d after 1748 m Steel

5M3 Quinton Moore

5M4 James Moore d ca 1790

5M5 David Moore b 1719 or '22 d 1783 m Mary Evans

5M6 ALEXANDER MOORE b ca 1725 d ca 1828 m ELIZABETH (will written in 1810 and probated 1834)

5M7 Andrew Moore stayed in Ireland

5M8 Samuel Moore b 1728 d 1752 m 1748 Elizabeth McClanahan (killed of exploding cartridge-parents of Col. Andrew Moore)

5M9 Eliab stayed in Ireland

5M10 Patrick Moore stayed in Ireland

5M11 daughter died at sea enroute to America

5M12 son--name not known

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. Eev. 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.

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: James Moore

Gender: Male

Birth Year: 1711

Spouse Name: Jane Walker

Spouse Birth Year: 1712

Marriage

Year: 1734

Number Pages: 7

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Name: James Moore

Arrival year: 1736-1791

Arrival Place: Virginia

Primary Immigrant: Moore, James

Family Members: Wife Jane Walker; Son John; Daughter Mary; Daughter :Rachel; Daughter Elizabeth; Brother-in-law

Source Publication Code: 9255.7

Annotation: Hundreds of requests for information from Guild members. Date of emigration and intended destination or date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Only individuals clearly listed as having emigrated were indexed. Also, for purposes of

Source Bibliography: [ULSTER GENEALOGICAL & HISTORICAL GUILD]. "Interest List." In Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild, no. 9 (1986), pp. 1-42.

Household Members:

Name Relation

• James Moore
• Jane Walker Moore Wife
• Rachel Moore Daughter
• Elizabeth Moore Daughter
• Mary Moore Daughter
• John Moore Son
• Moore -

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name: James Moore

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1711

Birth Place: County Down, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 7 Jan 1791

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

James Moore's family was part of the many hundreds of Scots Presbyterians who settled in the northern counties of Ireland, becoming known as the Scots Irish. Likewise, hundreds if not thousands left Ireland in the early part of the 18th century, to settle in North America.

James married Jane Walker, herself the daughter of Scots Irish immigrants, in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in April 1734. About 1736, James, along with his father-in-law and some others, scouted out new lands to settle in the Valley of Virginia. In 1743 he was granted 327 in the Borden Tract.

This property was located on Walker's Creek east of Jump Mountain, in today's Rockbridge County, Virginia.

In their later years, James and Jane made their home with their daughter Rachel McPheeters on the Middle River in Augusta County.

Spouse: Jane Moore

Children: Rachel McPheeters

James Moore

Margaret Eleanor Looney

He appeared on the Chester County , Pennsylvania, tax list.

Sources

• 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
• The Alexander, Carson, Moore genealogy Moore by Ralph Erskine Moore [1]
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Source number: 23944.003; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 7
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical P Note: APID: 1,7832::0 Source:
• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,

2004.Original data -

• JAMES MOORE -1785 WILL

Rockbridge County Virginia Will Book Volume 1A [p. 8] In the name of God Amen the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and eighty five I James Moore of Rockbridge County and State of Virginia farmer in Perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God, Calling unto Mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it me and for my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Manner at the Discretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I Give devise and dispose of the same in the following Manner and form. Imprimis it is my will and I do Order that in the first place my Just debts and funeral Charges be paid and satisfied Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Wife Jinet one mare or horse agreeable to her mind and Easy to Ride and Saddle and Bridle and two Cows of her own choosing and one good Bed and Clothes for it Item. I give and bequeath to my two sons John and James each of them five pounds and all my Body Clothes to be Equally divided betwixt them & I do allow my son James some of the best of my Books Item I give and Bequeath to my son Joseph the Plantation that I now live upon to him and his heirs or Assigns for Ever after paying John and James the above mentioned Somes [sums] of five pounds to Each Item I give to my daughters Marey [sic], Rachel, and Jean to Each of them Six shillings, and I do Constitute Make and Ordain My Beloved son John Moore and Hugh Kelso my sole Executors of this my Last will and testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and seal the Day and year above written Signed Sealed and Delivered } in the presence of us } James Moore {Seal} Wm Mcpheeters ] [Other witnesses names illegible, but see below]

[p. 9] 1791 September the 1st Received the within mentioned Legacy of five pounds. John Moore Test. John Coulter 1791 September the 1st Received of Joseph Moore the within mentioned Legacy of five pounds to James Moore John Moore Executor[?] Hugh Kelso Executor[?]

At a District Court held at Staunton September 1st 1791; This last Will and Testament of James Moore deceased was presented in Court by John Moore and Hugh Kelso the Executors herein named and proved by the oaths of William McPheeters Michael Coulter, and James Coulter witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded and two Receipts thereunder written were acknowledged by John Moore and Hugh Kelso who subscribed the same and are also ordered to be recorded. [Signature of court officer illegible]

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