Bernard Moore (abt. 1718 - 1775)

Born about 1718 in Chelsea, King William, Colony of Virginia

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Died 1775 at about age 57 in King William, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Bernard was born about 1725. He passed away about 1775.

Bernard Moore, was the son of Colonel Augustine Moore, of "Chelsea", King William County, and Elizabeth Todd, his wife. He was a justice and colonel of the millitia in King William County, and was burgess for the county from 1744 to 1758 and from 1761 to 1772. He married Anna Katherine Spotswood, daughter of Governor Alexander Spotswood and was father of Augustine Moore. Virginia Biography, pg 294. ^[1]

Bernard Moore is buried at the Chelsea Plantation in West Point, King William, Virginia. There is no surviving grave marker.^[2]

Anne Catherine Spotswood (1728 - c. 1802), who married Col. Bernard Moore, Esq., of Chelsea, King William Co., Va, a gentleman seventh in descent from Sir Thomas More, of Chelsea, England, the author of Utopia, and was an ancestor of Robert E. Lee and Helen Keller.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Rootsweb
2. ↑ Find-a-grave #237410464
3. ↑ Alexander Spotswood

• Wikipedia article on Alexander Spotswood
• Goode, G. Brown. Virginia Cousins (J. W. Randolph & English, Virginia, 1887) Page 117
• Find a Grave memorial for Bernard Moore
• Rootsweb, [1]
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofspots00camp/genealogyofspots00camp_djvu.txt
• Then starting with the section named "SPOTSWOOD GENEALOaf . 31" is the Will of Col. Augustine Moore. Son Bernard is mentioned.
• EPP Family Tree Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

• Moore 2983 was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011.
• Moore-5742 created through the import of Hughes Family Tree.ged on Aug 26, 2011 by Kenneth Hughes; adopted by Bairfield-1 01:10, 23 December 2013 (EST)
• Moore-14636 created by Raymond Nichols on 17 Dec 13.