Mary (Brinkley) Moore (abt. 1693 - 1763)

Born about 1693 in Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of John (Mould) Moore — married about 1714 in Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1763 at about age 70 in Suffolk, England

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Biography

Mary Brinkley was the daughter of Ambrose Brinkley and his wife Judith. They were from Lawshall in Suffolk, England.

Mary Brinkley married John Moore alias Mould, of Kentwell Hall, Suffolk, in about 1714.

They had children:

1. Mary Moore b. 1716. Married Robert Newman (abt.1708-1772).
2. Henry Moore bapt. 28th June 1730 at Melford. ^[1]

She died 3 Jan 1763, age 69, and her Will was proved 12th of March 1763. ^[2]

She was buried in St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
The memorial plaque mentioned in Nichols ^[3] is still there and was photographed in 2018 by Joe Farler.

Mary Brinkley Memorial

The inscription reads:

Near this Place
Lyeth Interr'd the Body of
Mrs MARY MOORE, Daughter and
Coheiress of AMBROSE BRINKLEY Esq.
And JUDITH his Wife,
Late of LAWSHALL in ye county of Suffolk,
And Widow of JOHN MOORE Esq.
Late of KENTWELL HALL, in ye same county,
By whom She had Issue five sons and seven daughters,
She died the 3d day of January, in the year of our Lord 1763, in the 69th year of her age.

Sources

1. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Author Ancestry.com
2. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 885
3. ↑ J Nichols, History & Antiquities of Leicestershire, IV, 2, p 440: quotes the marble monument in St Mary’s church, Bury St Edmund’s, Suffolk: Mrs Mary Moore, daughter and co-heiress of Ambrose Brinkley, esq. and Judith his wife, late of Lawshall in the county of Suffolk, and widow of John Moore esq. late of Kentwell Hall, in the same county, by whom she had five sons and seven daughters, She died the 3d day of January, in the year of our Lord 1763, in the 69th year of her age.

• Personal Family History Research of Leigh Murrin

See Also

• Richard Dunmore's The Moores of Kentwell Hall