Born in Charles, Maryland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Courts Jr.
and Elizabeth (Barnes) Courts
Sister of
Mary Ann Courts, William Courts, Elizabeth Jane Courts, Anne Courts, John Courts III and Robert Henley Courts
Wife of
Thomas Rockwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Zachariah Wade
— married
about 1732 in Charles Co., MD
Wife of
Samuel Adams
— married
about 1737 in Charles Co., MD
Wife of
Samuel Moore
— married
about 1749 in Charles, Maryland
Descendants 
Mother of
John Courts Wade, Celia Adams, Athaleah (Adams) Hopewell, Tabitha (Adams) Russell, Chloe Adams, Henley Adams and William Grant Moore
Died
at about age 49
in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
Charity was born about 1720. She passed away in 1776. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 01 March 2021), memorial page for Charity Courts Adams Moore (1721–1763), Find A Grave: Memorial #157360696; maintained by Kathryn Moore (contributor 48793983), Burial Unknown.
- Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777, Item Description: Wills, vol 25-28, 1746-1754, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll, indiv=1&dbid=9068&h=313637&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=tZZ1161&_phstart=successSource
- Name: John Courts, Will written Date: 16 Jan 1747, Probate Place: Maryland, USA, Inferred Death Year: Abt 1747, Inferred Death Place: Maryland, USA, Item Description: Wills, vol 25-28, 1746-1754, Listing wife Elizabeth Court, Children William, John, Robert Henly, Ann Court, Charity Adams, Mary Ann Martine, Elizabeth Jones
Acknowledgements
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charity by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charity:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charity by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charity:
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~1.56%
Laura (Guthrie) Saunders
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member laurasaunders4301
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~0.78%
Jackie (Thornton) Drake :
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~0.78%
Brenda (Frazier) Flood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T089275 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Gail Ennis :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A799307 [compare], Ancestry member getocaus
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~0.39%
Mitchell Ballard :
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~0.39%
J Christensen :
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Categories: Maryland Founders and Settlers | Charles County, Province of Maryland
Bayne Smallwood
Will Date: 28 Jun 1709
Will Place: Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, British America
Probate Date: 2 Dec 1709
Death Year: Abt 1709
Text: Smallwood, Bayne,Port Tobacco, Chas. Co.,28th June, 17; 2nd Dec., 1709. To brother James (Smallwood), ex., and rest of brothers and sisters, all estate which came by father . To sd. father, personalty. To wife Charity, all estate which came through her father, Col. Jno. Courts. Test: Jno. Done, Thos. Clark, Wm. Foster. Part 212. 208.