Sarah Elizabeth (Pettigrew) Moore (abt. 1731 - abt. 1778)

Born about 1731 in Virginia

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Died about 1778 at about age 47 in Moores Creek, Pender, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

I have yet to find a source other than other family trees as to the existence Sarah Elizabeth Pettigrew. Since her parents were born in 1713, and married in 1731, I have changed her date of birth of 1731. Some family trees list Rachel as being the first child, born in 1732, which seems logical. However, since she shows up in many Pettigrew and Moore family trees, I am not going to remove her without due cause. She is my 4th ggm, and without her, half of my ancestors go away. However, I am willing to delete her with proof otherwise. It is a very difficult period in Irish history in which to do research. Since I am 6% Irish, I must have some Irish ancestors. Does anyone else have her in your family tree?

"At the age of 18, James Pettigrew III married Mary Cochran, the daughter of Capt. George Cochran and Rachel Higginbotham who lived at a place called "the Grange".[1].Martha was born Oct 1713 in Tyrone, IRELAND.

After the birth of their first four children, James III and Mary left family and friends and immigrated to American in 1740 where they landed at New Castle, PA. They left their oldest daughter Rachel with her grandmother in Ireland. Sometime later they sent for Rachel but she died on shipboard while crossing the ocean. [The Pettigrew family migrated through Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and finally settled in Abbeville District of South Carolina.]"

This information from the biography for James III would indicate that Rachel was the oldest child, which I am inclined to believe. More research is needed.

Sources

“Dennis MOORE, Jr. B. 1715 Craven Co., North Carolina D. 1771 New Hanover Co., North Carolina: Eastern Carolina Ancestry & Beyond,” Wildthingsgrow.com, 2014, .

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Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.