John Moore (abt. 1611 - 1657)

Born about 1611 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England

Husband of Margaret (Howell) Doughty — married about 1636 in Newtown, Queens, New York Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1657 at about age 46 in Middleburgh, New Netherland

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Biography

John Moore immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Middleburgh, New Netherland

John Moore was born about 1611, in England (drawn from an estimate of his marriage at age 25.)^[1]

First Marriage

He married about 1636 (approximate birth of first child in 1637) to a wife with an unknown name who was the mother of his older children:

1. John Moore who was born about 1637, married about 1666 to Hannah (_____). He died after December 24 1669 (land sale) and before January 8, 1686 when his widow remarried Thomas Pettit.
2. Gershom Moore who was born about 1639. He married Mary (_____).
3. Samuel Moore who was born about 1641. He married Mary (_____) whose mother names Mary and her son-in-law Samuel Moore in her will.^[1]

He migrated in 1640.^[2]The first known record of John Moore was on April 6, 1641 at Southampton, a town on Long Island's eastern end. The record was for a lot for land to plant crops.^[1]

Second Marriage

Samuel Moore married a woman with an unknown name. Children:

1. Unidentified child who died between father's death and March 26, 1688.
2. Possibly unidentified childr ("seven or eight children") who died between father's death and March 26, 1688.^[1]

Third Marriage

Probably at Southampton between 1641 and 1649 John Moore married Margaret Howell. Margaret was baptized November 23, 1622 at Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire; daughter of Edward Howell and Francis Paxton.^[1] Children:

1. Elizabeth Moore who was born about 1647 - 1654 and married between ages 18 - 25 to William Osborne;^[1] William born about 1627 and died between February 10, 1683 (will) and June 29, 1683 (deed by executors). Elizabeth died by 1680. William license to marry Alice (Stillwell) Holmes, widow of Lieut Samuel Holmes.^[3]
2. Unidentified child who died between father's death and March 26, 1688.
3. Joseph Moore who was born about 1657 and baptized June 1, 1661 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam. He married (1st) Sarah Halsey probably the mother of his older children. On October 26, 1704 at East Hampton he married (2nd) Ruth (James) Harris, widow of Thomas Harris.^[4]Later, before his death, he married (3rd) Sarah (_____) Gilman, probably the mother of his younger children.^[1]

In 1644 he was one of three men selected by the town of Southampton to negotiate incorporation into the colony of Connecticut.^[5] At the time, he was probably at least 30 years of age, since this this position carried with it great responsibilities. The final time we see his name associated with Southampton was on March 8, 1649 when he was on the list of residents. John Moore may have preached at times in Southampton, however a new minister was appointed on April 1, 1649; which may have been reason for his move to Hempstead.^[1]

He called himself "Minister of the church of Heemstede" on September 25, 1651; however he served there for only a short span of time. The date of his move to Newtown (Middleburgh) is not certain, but he was not in residence on January 15, 1656 when Johannes Megapolennsis and Samuel Drisius requested "a person be appointed to supply the vacancy caused by the absence of rev. Mr. Moore." Megapolensis and Drisius on August 5, 1657 wrote:

"At Middleburgh, alias Newtown, they are mostly Independents and have a man, called Joannes Moor of the same way of thinking, who preaches there, but does not serve sacraments. He says, he was licensed in New England to preach, but not authorized to administer the sacraments. He has thus continued for some years."^[1]

It is probable he was preaching without a college education. The alumni lists of Oxford and Cambridge were checked in England, results: "no obvious likely candidate found" with the name John Moore.^[1]

Rev. John Moore died in September 1657^[3]in Middleburg, (also known as Newtown) New Netherland. He seemingly died in destitute circumstances since his clothing and other belongings were to be sold at public auction to pay his debts on May 23, 1661. Megapolensis and Drisius wrote a report on the churches in New Netherlands dated October 22, 1657:

"...On Oct. 13, Mr. Moore, of Middleburg, which is another town here, died of a pestilential disease, which prevailed in several of our English towns, and in New England. He left a widow with seven or eight children. A year before, being dissatisfied with the meagre and irregular payments from his hearers, he went to Barbadoes, to see to find another place."^[1]

After his death, his wife, Margaret (Howell) Moore married (2nd) to Francis Doughty on February 5, 1658/9. She died between 1666/7 and October 1672 when Francis Doughty sold their property.^[1]

In consequence of his interest in the purchase of Newtown from the Indians the town awarded 80 acres of land to his children, thirty years after his decease.^[6]

Research Notes

• The following is evidently incorrect when it says that "Rev. John Moore came from the county of Kent, England, in company with Mr. Stephens in the Defence, which vessel arrived at Boston, 1635." ^[7][8]The Great Migration Directory by Robert Charles Anderson says he arrived in 1640.^[2]
• The following is sourced from a personal family tree on familysearch and is evidently incorrect based on the 2006 research of Patricia Law Hatcher^[1]: "John Moore was born about 1620 in Southwell, Nottingham, England."^[9]
• John Moore may be the son of Sir John Moore, died 1633, and Dorothy Loftus. Further proof is required. Dorothy Loftus was the daughter of Rev. Adam Loftus (c1533 – 5 Apr 1605), and Jane Purdon (c1540 – 1595). Her father was Archbishop of Armagh, and later Dublin, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1581. He was also the first Provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Rev. Adam’s father, Edward, had made his living through the Catholic Church, but Adam embraced the Protestant faith early in his development. Adam Loftus was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge where he reportedly attracted the notice of the young Queen Elizabeth, as much by his physique as through the power of his intellect, having shone before her in oratory. This encounter may never have happened, but Loftus certainly met with the Queen more than once, and she became his patron for the rest of her reign. At Cambridge, Adam Loftus took holy orders as a Catholic priest and was appointed rector of Outwell St. Clement in Norfolk. He came to the attention of the Catholic Queen Mary (1553–1558), who named him vicar of Gedney, Lincolnshire. On Elizabeth's accession in 1558 he declared himself Anglican.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. Vol. 137 (2006), pp 258 - 263. Patricia Law Hatcher. "Reexamining the Family of Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island." Hard copy in the files of Cheryl Skordahl.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Robert Charles Anderson. "The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England 1620 - 1640" New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts (2015) p. 230.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. Vol. 137 (2006), "Elizabeth Moore, Daughter of John Moore of Newtown, Long Island: Wife of Content Titus, William Osborne, or Both?" Vol. 137, pp 245-257. Hard copy in the files of Cheryl Skordahl
4. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) "James, Mellowes and Ingoldsby Families" Vol. 11 (1934) p. 29.subscription
5. ↑ Great Migration Newsletter, vol. 5, p 4, citing Colonial Records of Connecticut 1:112; link (requires membership)
6. ↑ History of Queens County with illustrations, Portraits & Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals, W. W. Munsell & Co., New York, 1882, p. 346 .see at archive.org
7. ↑ Francis Bazley Lee "Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey" Lewis Publishing Co., New York, Chicago (1907). Vol. 1, p. 100.link
8. ↑ It should be noted that there is no John Moore (nor any similar name) in the passenger lists for 'Defence' at [1]
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S56T-25W

See also:

• "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #106779263 (accessed 20 June 2023), Memorial page for Rev John Moore (1620-17 Sep 1657), citing Old Newtown Cemetery, Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, USA; Maintained by Tom DeNardo (contributor 767).
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Edwin Blythe Stason, #80791: Born 6 Sep 1891, Sioux City, Iowa; 6th great-grandson of Rev. John Moore and Margaret Howell.; the fifth great-grandson of Samuel Moore and Mary Reed; the fourth great-grandson of Nathaniel Moore and Joanna Prudden, the third great-grandson of Joseph Moore and Christian Green.
• Pelletreau, William. Historic Homes And Institutions And Genealogical And Family History Of New York (Lewis Pub. Co., New York, 1907) Vol. 3, Page 203
• Riker, James, Jr., The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New York (D. Fanshaw, New-York, 1852) Page 327-8
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34L6-1NS
• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 2, p. 1052.subscription site
• Moore, James W. "Rev John Moore of Newtown, Long Island and Some of His Descendants". Easton, Pa., Printed for the publisher by the Chemical Publishing Co. 1903. p. 25ff.see at archive.org
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1870-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Charles B. Moore. "Sketch of the Life of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown." Vol. 11 (1880) p. 5ff.subscription site
• Weygant, Charles H • “Sacketts of America” : Journal Print, Newburgh 1907 p 34 • https://archive.org/details/sackettsofameric02weyg/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater