John Moon Sr. (1717 - abt. 1792)

Born 4 Aug 1717 in Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Sarah (Farmer) Moon — married about 1740 in Randolph County, North Carolina Colony

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 74 in Coleridge, Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Moon Name Study.

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Moon Sr. migrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.

John Moon Sr. was a North Carolina colonist.

John Moon was born on 4 October 1717 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Colony. He was the son of James Moon and Agnes Priestly.^[1]

John married Mary Farmer about 1740 (at about age 23) in Randolph County, North Carolina.^{[citation needed]}

On the 1790 Census in Randolph County, North Carolina is a John Moon over the age of 16, living alone. Also on this page is Daniel Moon with one male over 16 and one female. This is probably John Moon (b 1717) and his grandson Daniel.^[2]

In 1790, another John Moon is listed on the Federal Census in Randolph County. This does not appear to be John Moon (b 1717), since he has four sons in the household under the age of 16, i.e., born after 1774. It is more likely that it is this John's son.^[3]

• Free white males under 16 - 4
• Free white males 16 & over - 1 [John, Jr.]
• Free white females - 2

On the same page is one Joseph Moon (son of John b 1717) with 6 males under 16, 1 male over 16 and 2 females. They are listed next to each other but this does not signify location since the list is alphabetical.

Death & Legacy

John Moon apparently died in Randolph County, North Carolina sometime in late 1792. Administration papers for his estate were granted to son Joseph Moon in December 1792. The year is questioned. The copy of the document posted on familysearch.org shows a pre-printed year of 178-. It appears to have been written over and intended to be 179-. It is difficult to read the 4th digit of the year but it might be a 2. John is found on the 1790 census so the date appears intended to be 1792.^[4]

Note

^[5] Mother died when he was young, bound out to learn the carpentry trade. After the 7 year apprenticeship, he emigrated to North Carolina and settled on the Neuse River before 1741.

Corinne Palko of Oak Ridge, Tennessee went to Fallsington, Pennsylvania, the original home of the Moons, and found in the records of the Quaker Monthly Meetings that John is descended from James Jr. and his second wife, Agnes Priestly. It is stated in James Sr.'s will that James Jr. was the eldest son, not Jasper.

Buried at Moon Family Cemetary, Coleridge, Randolph Co, North Carolina. Early in the 18th century a large number of Friends went from Pennsylvania to Loudon, Fairfax and Frederick Counties in northern Virginia. It is quite possible Simon and John, sons of Jasper, were among this number, as Simon's home was in Frederick county at the time of his death about 1748.

At an early date the colony of North Carolina, in order to encourage immigration, offered complete religious freedom. This appealed to the Quakers and about 1735 large numbers of Quakers went from northern Virginia and Pennsylvania and located in Randolph, Guilford and Alamance Counties in North Carolina. John Moon settled on the Deep River in Randolph County.

About 1740 John Moon married Mary Farmer, who came from the Farmers of Pennsylvania and their line from Northhamptonshire, England, where one ancestor was Lord Brewster (the line is now titled Earl of Pomfret). Records show that in 1545 Anne Farmer married William Lucy of Charles' Court and their son was knighted by Queen Ann. A Mary Farmer married the Hon. Richard Byron, brother of Lord Byron. The Farmers, like the Moons, came to America on the ship Welcome with Wm. Penn.

John and Mary Moon had one daughter, Rachel, who married Marmaduke Bookout, and had four sons, John, James, Lawrence and Joseph.

Religious freedom in North Carolina was shortlived. Before the Revolutionary War the colonial government passed a law making void all marriages performed by Quaker preachers and the offspring of such marriages illegitimate. Many other civil laws unfavorable to the Quakers were passed which caused them to look elsewhere for a place to live.

In 1770 large groups left Randolph and adjoining counties and formed a colony at Wrightsboro, Columbia County, Georgia. Among those who went were three sons of John and Mary Moon - James, Lawrence and John and his wife, who was a Baldwin.

Joseph, the fourth son of John and Mary, was born 20 March 1750 on Deep River, Randolph County, North Carolina. About 1770 he married Ann Brown, daughter of Grace Thompson) Brown and Daniel Brown, a Quaker preacher. Ann was born in Virginia, 22 January 1755. Joseph and Ann had thirteen children. (Data on these families found in the Short History of the Moon Family).

William Moon, third son of Joseph and Ann, was born 22 January 1777 on Deep River, Randolph County, North Carolina. He was married to Jane Hutson or Hudson and later to Hannah Hockett. William and Jane had seven children. Had a farm of about 400 acres in Randolph County, North Carolina, near Coleridge.

John Moon. ^[6][7]

Born August 4, 1717. Fallsington, Bucks, Pennsylvania Colony ^[8][9]

Died 1792 Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina. ^[10]

Marriage 1735 or 1739 Chatham Or Craven County, North Carolina. ^[11] alternate: Neuse, Craven, North Carolina. Marriage License: 1741ca

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1. "John Moon son of James and Agnes Moon born 8.4.1717 (October 4, 1717)"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (1790 Census: accessed 29 November 2015), John Moon, 1790. p 295
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1790", database with images, FamilySearch (1790 Census: accessed 29 November 2015), John Moon, 1790. p 291
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979", database with images, FamilySearch (Probate File: accessed 29 November 2015), John Moon, 1782.
5. ↑ WFT Disk #7, Tree 4345 has information on descendants.
6. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1
7. ↑ Birth year: 1717; Birth city: Fallingston; Birth state: Pennsylvania
8. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Falls Copy Births, Deaths and Marriages; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: RG2/Ph/F35 3.1
9. ↑ Source: #S109832071 Birth year: 1717; Birth City: Fallingston; Birth State: Pennsylvania
10. ↑ Birth year: 1717; Birth city: Fallingston; Birth State: Pennsylvania
11. ↑ Birth year: 1717; Birth city: Fallingston; Birth State: Pennsylvania

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 November 2020), memorial page for John Moon Sr. (4 Aug 1717–1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #105808165, citing Lawrence Moon Family Cemetery, Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina ; Maintained by Polly Cox (contributor 47181251) .

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