MOORE NEWS Volume I November 20, 1996 Issue 31 SALUTATIONS What better greeting than with a newly discovered twice-done Moore. SANDI (Varow48) just found that she has a second Moore family. Her excitement is contagious, so enjoy! ****** Lookeee what I found. I'm a Moore twice! Better yet, many of the Moores on the list who are also CARTERs are also Moores twice. At least that is the supposition at this writing. I was looking at my Brewsters and Thompsons in New Haven and Long Island, and it finally hit me that Nathaniel Brewster's wife, Sarah Ludlow, shared at least a name with the fourth wife of King Carter. They lived about the same time, too, so I started wondering if maybe they shared a grandfather as well. My friend is helping me, and she found it in 'Genealogical Gleanings in England;' Henry F. Waters, and some guy named Virkus whom she doesn't trust. Sarah, 4th w/o John Carter of Corotoman, was d/o Gabriel Ludlow (& Phillis ?), s/o Thomas Ludlow (& Jane Pyle), s/o George Ludlow (& Edith, d/o Lord Windsor), w/o William Ludlow (& Jane Moore, d/o Nicholas Moore of Withford., co. Southampton. I've always known John's 4th wife, and m/o King Carter was Sarah Ludlow. Just nothing about her. Right here, I'm having a slight bout of apoplexy because I THINK that Nicholas Moore may have been the adoptive grandfather of Moore Fauntleroy who I think came to the colonies with ___ West, and whose gr granddaughter, Judith Fauntleroy, married Landon Carter of Pittsylvania. I'm searching high and low for my Fauntleroy book and can't find it which is making me nuts. I'll have to get back to you on that one. I think I have the info on my web page anyhow, so as I send this to you, I think I'll stay on and check. The reason the WEST thing is important (or at least interesting) is that somewhere in all of this the Ludlows and Thomas West are related. -- HA. Henry Ludlow of Hill Deverill and afterwards of Tadley, co. Hants, b. 1577. Matriculated at "Aqua Cervina," Oxford, 22 Oct 1591, aged 14. Graduation B. A. 17 Dec 1594. Administration 28 Oct 1639. Married Lettice, daughter of Thomas West, Lord De La Warre. Henry was s/o Edmund, s/o George, above. [Sandi must have found her Fauntleroy book, because she sends this followup.] Moore the Elder & Moore the Younger? There has been some confusion about these two brothers, but it is now understood that there were two Fauntleroy sons named Moore. This is proved by the will of Nicholas Moore who adopted Phoebe Wilkinson, and in 1617 left all his property to her during her life, and after her death to "Moore Fauntleroy, eldest son of John and Phoebe Fauntleroy, and in default to Moore Fauntleroy, the younger son of the said John and Phoebe Fauntleroy". The two Moores may have been twins, but all we can be certain of is that they were born between 1610 and 1617, they not being listed in the parish register with the other children. As it turned out, both boys lived to adulthood and married. Moore the Elder received his bequest, and Moore the Younger came to Virginia in 1643. NEW MEMBERS DOROTHY (D MEHRER), a new member, submits a wonderful follow up to last week's information from the "The Mecklenburg [NC] Signers and Their Neighbors:" ******My name is Dorothy (Breshon) Mehrer and live in Kirkland, WA (just across Lake Washington from Seattle). My mother's maiden name is Moore. In her report of Nov 13, Joyce touched my family. I cannot take credit for this research as my aunt and uncle, Alice (Zion) and Huston Moore, did years of research. I inherited their work. The immigrant of this line was John Moore, who was born in Ulster, Ireland about 1720/30 and died in 1800 in Lincoln Co NC. He married Mary McCord1720-1790) about 1750. He served in the Rev War, as did four of his sons: William, Alexander, John, and James. Their children: A) William Moore (Col) b 5 Sept 1751 in Bucks Co, PA; d 15 Apr 1839 and buried in Olney Pres Cem, Gaston Co, NC. He married 1) Rebecca Gullick and 2) Rosanah McCord He and Rebecca are my line. B) Capt Alexander Moore 13 Dec 1752-24 Nov 1837 and is buried in Goshen Cem. He m Elizabeth Roberson in 1781. C) Jane Moore b 27 Jan 1753 and m 1) William Rankin and 2) William McCord 17 May 1790 according to the Tyron and Lincoln . D)Rose/Rosenah Moore b 1757, d 1807, m William Henry. E) John Moore b 29 Jul 1759 in Lincoln Co NC, d 14 May 1836, and bur in Goshen Cem. He mar 1) Bettie Adair and 2) Mary( Alexander) Scott on 26 Jul 1816. F) Mary Moore b 10 Apr 1762 d 1849. mar 1) Thomas Campbell, 2) William Rankin and is bur in Goshen Cem. G)James b 15 Nov 1764, d 1838/9 mar Eleanor Irving H) Agnes/Nancy b 17 Oct 1766, d. 11 Dec 1847/8 mar James Dickson I) Nancy mar Thomas Dickson J) Susan mar William Hill There is a note that Jane and Mary may possibly be the same person. The accuracy of this is not guaranteed. - - - - - - - - - ERROL (RBHQ31A@prodigy.com) sends a different "side" of the illusive Peter Moore who continually eludes identity. Is this a descendant of one of his daughters? *****I've been working on my family history for the last 20 years and have made a lot of progress in the last two or three years. This year I have focused my research on my SATTERFIELD/SUTTERFIELD family, and that is where I find my interest in the Moore family. I am searching for the ancestors of PETER MOORE SATTERFIELD, b. abt 1775. He married Mary Rogers in Laurens Co., S.C. in 1801. After this date, I pretty well have his life documented, but his ancestors elude me. Family history states "Peter Moore Satterfield mother maiden name was MOORE." From the research I've already performed I SUSPECT that Peter's parents were either Robert and Catherine Satterfield or James and Elizabeth Satterfield (name is sometimes spelled SUTTERFIELD), both families from N.C. and S.C. I've just started my research on the Moore family, therefore, I don't have a lot of Moore information to contribute to the Newsletter. In the near future I'll send some census records that I have gathered. - - - - - - - - - LORETTA CRAWFORD (ljcrawford@juno.com) ******My earliest known Moore relative was William M. Moore whose wife's name was Mary. They lived in the Wolffork Valley of Rabun Co., GA. We have been told that he previously came from the Tomasse area of SC (near Seneca, SC). They farmed in the Wolffork Valley and raised a large family there. Their children were: A. John Burton Moore (1836-1914) mar to Margaret Marinda Hooper B. Polly Ann Moore mar to Jerimiah York C. Nancy Moore mar to Fielding Forrestor D. Rebecca Moore mar to John Teem E. Martha Jane Moore mar to Leander Teem. Sarah Moore G. Hiriam Van Buren Moore(1838-1914) mar to Mary Jane Garland (1855-1931) I am descended from Hiram and live in Western NC. I have two e-mail addresses. LCrawf987@aol.com and LJCRAWFORD@juno.com QUERIES NORMAN WALKER (normanj@totcon.com) ***** I am seeking info on Caleb Moore b: c 1760 in Pitt Co., NC. Was married to Eunice Braley. -- Father: John Moore, Mother: Winnie Hardeman - - - - - - - - - BILL IKERD (weikerd@juno.com) *****Need further information on the following family. The information is from a biography book of northeastern Kansas published 1900. Henry W Honnell, son of William Honnell and Ellen Wilson, married Miss Miranda J Moore, a native of Monroe Co., KY, a dau of Jeremiah Moore and Elizabeth Spencer. Jeremiah Moore, born 1797, came to Brown County, KS in 1856, and resided here for many years, but died in KY, age 77 years old, while visiting in the state. The children of Jeremiah Moore and Elizabeth Spencer were: Joel Moore Jonathan Moore b 1821 Mary "Polly" A Moore b 1823 Elizabeth Moore b 1833 Miranda J Moore b 1837 Another query contradicting the previous one: Taken from World Family Tree CD (number not known at this time), shows the following: Jeremiah Moore b 3 Nov 1797 Sheanahdoah Co., VA, son of Joel Moore; married Elizabeth Comer, b 1800 Monroe Co., KY, dau of Samuel Comer and Nancy Browning; had children: Joel Moore Jonathan Moore b 1821 Monroe Co., KY Mary Ann Moore b 1823 Elizabeth Moore b 1833 Marinda J Moore b 1837; m 1857 Brown Co., KS to Henry Honnell. Can someone confirm this family? COLONIAL MOORES Source: Old Churches Ministers and Families of Virginia. Bishop William Meade. 1966, originally published in 1857. Orange County. -- St. Thomas Parish The principle families connected with the Church in Orange [VA] in Colonial times were the Barbours, Bells, Burtons, Campbells, Caves, Chews, Conways, Daniels, Madisons, Moores, Ruckers, Shepherds, Taylors, Taliaferos, and Whites. Mr. Richard White, who died some years since at the age of ninety, was the last communicant connected with the Old Orange Church. With comparatively few exceptions, the descendants of these respective families continued to retain their attachment to the Church of their fathers, and some of them are among its most worthy members. The following letter has also been received from the same: -- Orange County Courthouse, March 7, 1857. "Right Rev. and Dear Sir: Since I wrote you some days since, a few items of interest in relation to this parish have come to my hands. A single leaf, and that somewhat mutilated, of the old vestry book of St. Thomas parish, was found among the papers of one of my communicants who died last week, and has since been handed to me. From this I am able to ascertain who composed the vestry as far back as 1769. The record states: -- 'At a vestry held for St. Thomas parish, at the glebe, on Friday, the 1st day of September, 1769, present, Rev. Thomas Martin, Eras. Taylor, James Madison, Alexander Waugh, Francis Moore, William Bell, Rowland Thomas, Thomas Bell, Richard Barbour, William Moore.' The object of their meeting was to take into consideration the repairs necessary to be made to the house and other buildings connected with the glebe. "From a private record kept at the time, I also learn that the congregation in Orange, in the year 1786, engaged the services of Mr. Waddell, the blind Presbyterian minister, to preach for them for two years. He officiated at the Brick Church. There was no Episcopal clergyman here at the time. It appears that forty pounds were subscribed for him, and it was expected the subscription would reach sixty pounds. The Rev. Mr. Balmaine was here occasionally at that period, addressing Miss Lucy Taylor, whom he married on the 31st day of October 1786. He preached and administered the ordinances from time to time, both before and after his marriage. On one occasion, when Mr. Waddell preached, we observe he gave notice that he would preach and administer the Lord's Supper on the following Sunday. "I have also ascertained that the Rev. Mr. O'Niel was in Orange in 1796. I stated he came in 1797. You make this correction, and also add to the list of the families the Thomases and the Waughs. -- Yours very truly and affectionately, J. Earnest." RESEARCH JUDY ALLEY (JudyAlley) *****While in the Alabama Archives and History Museum, I found a great book on the Thomas, Charles, John and Samuel Moore families of Guilford and Rockingham Counties, NC. According to the "background:" Thomas Moore wrote his will on 9 Feb 1774 and it was recorded on 8 Apr 1774 in Dorchester Co MD naming his wife and his heirs. Thomas was the son of John and Mary Melvill Moore. Mary Melvill Moore (d. 1771) was the daughter of David Melvill (1681-1756). Thomas (son of Thomas and Mary Melvill Moore) married Rachel ? . Their children were: Thomas, Charles, James, John, Samuel, David and Henry. Sometime between 1774 and 1785 Thomas and Rachel moved to NC. There was a lawsuit filed pertaining to a will and all the family heirs are listed for several generations. It mentioned that Moore was a common name in both MD and NC. Anyone with this line should look for the following book: Genealogies of the Moore and Hopkins Families of Rockingham and Guilford Counties in North Carolina by Beatrice M. Caffy Reed and Mary A. Browning 1981 If this book is available through inner library loan, the library's address and phone is listed in case this information is important to one of our Moore group..... Alabama Archives and History Museum 624 Washington Ave. Post office box 300100 Montgomery Ala 36130 phone: 1-334-242-4435 Also from Judy: 1850 Grayson County Census: Nimrod Moore; age 75 (born abt 1775); place of birth MARYLAND; wife: Polly ; age 78; place of birth NORTH CAROLINA Isaac Moore; age 71 (born about 1779) place of birth MARYLAND; wife: Sally age: 71 (born about 1779); place of birth MARYLAND. Family: Rhoda (female); age 48 (born about 1802); place of birth VIRGINIA Carroll and Grayson VA are neighbors with NC, so I included the Moores for Grayson Co: Isaac Moore age 41; born Va; wife: Euphama age 43; Children: Matilda, 18; Spottswood, 16; Orville, 13; Churchwell, 9; Minerva, 6; Laura, 1 Riley Moore age 47 born NC; Sidney (female) 30; Daniel 17; Lewis, 15; Susan, 13; Clark, 10 Martin, 5; Joseph, 4; Jane, 2; Weldon 1/12 Thomas Moore, age 50 born NC; Huldah age 47; Nimrod, 20; Nancy, 19; Violet, 17; Elizabeth, 14; Isaac, 12; Martha, 10; Lucinda, 8; Mary, 4 Amos Moore, age 45, born Va; Rebecca, 42; Stanford, 18; Enoch, 16; Jane, 15; Martin, 13; Austin, 11; Alfred, 9; Jefferson, 5; Lucinda 3 Benjamin Moore, age 53, born NC; Drusy, 30; Luemma ?? 6 female; Mary Ann ?2 female; Margaret, 1/12 Daniel Moore, age 51, born NC; Patsey, age 48; Polly, age 24; Andrew H, age 21; Joshua S. age 19; Nimrod, age 17; Violet, age 15; Ezra, age 14; Matilda, age 8; Martha age 4 Elizabeth Moore age 25, born Va living with family of Andrew Hampton age 85 Lewis Moore, age 37, born VA; Delila, age 35; Amos L, age 15; Sally Ann, age 13; Nancy E, age 11; Margaret C, age 8; Malinda C, age 6; Jarvis C, age 3 Martin Moore, age 38, born VA; Minerva, age 30; Elizabeth, age 2 Reuben Moore, age 48, born NC; Eleanor, age 54, born NC; Mary Ann, 25, born Va; Martha, 21 Sarah Ann, 19 Carroll County 1850 census - all Moores born in Va except for: William Moore, 24, born NC Rhoda A. age 17, born Va MOORE MISCELLANY The following excerpt is from the newly published "Hallowed Ground, Preserving America's Heritage," by Rudy Abramson with photographs by Kenneth Garrett and Jack Kotz. The pictures of the Virginia countryside are breathtaking and the prose is interesting, colorful and lively, written by a journalist who has researched his subject well. The book was inspired by Disney's attempt two years ago to build a theme park near Manassas VA in Prince William County. No one knew until all the land had been purchased that the countryside was destined to become a theme park. A lively debate and thunderous objections from all over America ensued, and Disney walked away from Virginia. Here are a few other plaudits for this outstanding publication. ..... Here, in a heartfelt combination of text and photographs, but attractive and authentic, is a panoramic explication of an American heritage worth fighting to preserve. This volume, which is at once a celebration and a symbol of resolve, can be the rock around which the forces of historical preservation can rally when the time comes and the need arises. -- Shelby Foote, Author of 'The Civil War: A Narrative.' .....The words and magnificent photographs in these pages are a transporting experience. This is home ground for all Americans, wherever they may live or whatever their origins. Here is a landscape like none other, in fact and in the national memory. Rudy Abramson and photographers Kenneth Garrett and Jack Kotz have caught Virginia's spirit of place exactly and remind us again of those treasures in our heritage that are truly priceless. -- David McCullough, Author of 'Truman.' .....This book makes a compelling and gloriously illustrated case for preserving one of the great historic and cultural landscapes in America. It will surely persuade a larger audience of what many of us have known for a long time: the Virginia Piedmont is an irreplaceable national treasure. -- Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. ****** Excerpts: "By 1700, the population of the Virginia Colony had grown to 58,000, and it was increasing at the rate of more than 20 percent each decade. Into the Piedmont rolled a wave of settlement, stimulated by the steady arrival of new immigrants from Europe, the deterioration of Tidewater soil by repeated planting of tobacco, and the enticement of land speculators. The westward movement became a primary objective of the colonial government in Williamsburg during the administration of Alexander Spotswood, a combative and ambitious lieutenant governor. ... "On the Rapidan River, some thirty miles above the falls of the Rappahannock in present-day Orange County, he planned to locate a settlement of Tuscaroras who had moved into Virginia from North Carolina. The site was precisely where the main Iroquois hunting trail crossed the river. As a further incentive, he offered to station a minister, a teacher, and a small military detail in the village and to send Englishmen regularly to trade for furs. Evidently, this was not enough for tribal leaders, for they led their people back to North Carolina. Spotswood was undeterred. Rangers riding the frontier had reported finding silver and iron ore in the Rappahannock Valley, so the governor decided to establish a mining village at the site spurned by the Tuscaroras. .... "In the spring of 1714, the governor constructed his fortress with funds provided by the Virginia Assembly. Behind its walls, he settled the nine families, totaling forty-two men, women, and children, and named the place Germanna in honor of the residents' homeland and in tribute to Queen Anne. It was an important event in the opening of the Piedmont. ...."Although his encouragement of settlement and his steps to provide security on the frontier did much to open the Piedmont, Spotswood is best remembered as the first Englishman to reach the Shenandoah Valley. In 1716, when rangers discovered a passage over the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap, the governor quickly organized an expedition and personally led the first venture to stake England's claim to the land beyond the mountains. "With great fanfare, he departed the Governor's Palace at Williamsburg on August 20, waving to an excited crowd as he grandly rode away in his open carriage. At Germanna, he assembled a part of sixty-three horsemen, including rangers, Indian guides, and social friends accompanied by servants. Marching behind a trumpet and a pack of hounds, they set off into the wilderness, followed by a string of pack horses loaded with supplies, hunting gear, and an awesome quantity of liquor." __________________________________________________ MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by Joyce Browning cJBrown7169@AOL.com 20 November 1996