John Moore (abt. 1603 - 1677)

Born about 1603 in England

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1677 at about age 74 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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John Moore migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 1276) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

In 1926 Ernest Flagg claimed Deacon John Moore was son of this Thomas Moore,^[1] Robert Charles Anderson in 1995 stated that there is no evidence that Thomas Moore was ever married or had children and that Thomas Moore was probably the brother, not the father of Deacon John Moore. ^[2] Other sources claim his mother was Elizabeth or Abigail Younge. Anderson says instead:

John Moore was probably brother of Thomas Moore of Dorchester and Windsor. They appear together as witnesses to the nuncupative will of John Russell on 3 September 1633 [MBCR 1:153]. Most of the parcels of land in Windsor granted to John Moore were adjacent to parcels granted to Thomas Moore.

Anderson also adds:

"A John Moore and a Thomas Moore were admitted as freeman on 18 May 1631, and another John Moore on 2 July 1632. The names John Moore and Thomas Moore appear in the 1630s in both Dorchester and Salem...^[2]

He has been detached from any parents. Please use G2G to discuss evidence for his origins. Thank you.

Disputed Wife

Anderson points out that his wife's first and last name are both unknown:

"The wife of John Moore is generally given as 'Abigail,' but in the records maintained by Matthew Grant she is always called 'Deacon More's wife.' In his listing of the children of Deacon John Moore, Grant at first omitted the daughter Abigail, and then placed her on a line above John Moore's name, which may have led some genealogist in the past to think that this was the name of his wife. [Grant 50]"

Biography

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John and his wife emigrated in 1630, settling initially in Dorchester, MA, but removing to Windsor, CT by 1638.

John was appointed Dorchester fence-viewer on 24 May 1634 and 16 January 1636/7 : and selectman on 8 November 1637.

He became a woodworker.

He was known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, chests were important pieces of furniture that stood in the public areas of the house. Chests or coffer were general purpose storage units but they were also used for seating and even for sleeping on. All had locks to ensure privacy and security in the crowded households of the period. Some were used for the storage of household goods, but others were personal: most members of the household had their own coffers for their own belongings. Some have initials or names on them to identify their owners.

He dealt largely in real estate and manufactured pike heads, farmed and built a ferry about 1671. He contributed 6s. 6d. to the Connecticut Fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies.

John Moore lived near his brother Thomas Moore Most of the parcels of land in Windsor granted to John Moore were adjacent to parcels ranted to Thomas Moore. John had the lot on Broad Street Green, Windsor, where he built the Moore house which was presented (so says tradition) to his son John as a set-out on his marriage day, A.D. 1690.

He was Deputy from Windsor to the Connecticut General Court many times . He was made deputy governor of Connecticut under John Winthrop.

On 11 Jan 1651, John Moore was ordained a deacon.

He died in Windsor, Connecticut 18 Sep 1677.^[2][citing Grant 50]

His death is given in the Windsor town records as 18 Sep 1677.^[3]

He was buried on 19 Sep 1677.^[3]

Last Will & Testament

Dated 14 Sep 1677; administration granted 6 Dec 1677:^[2][ citing Manwaring 1:221]

• to his dear wife...
• to her children...
• to my son John a double portion
• my other children, that is , my four daughters...

Moore, John, Windsor. Invt 48 9pounds -04-07. Taken 17 September, 1677 by Benjamin Newbery, Daniel Clarke, Return Strong, Josiah Elsworth. Dictated. Will dated 14 september, 1677: Deacon John Moore being at this prsent his memory & understanding sound though under present sickness, did declare with his own mouth in the prsence of his wife, Robert Hayward & John Moore, Nath. Loomys & John Loomys, that it was his will as followeth: Imprs. He did will to his deare wife the product & improvement of his whole estate, houseing, Lands & Moveables, so long as She Lives, & fifty pownds to her own dispose to her children or at her discretion at her death; & my will is that the estate that remayns after her death as aforesayd shall be disposed as followeth: to my son John a double portion, & my will is my son shall have all my Land, he paying what his double portion doe not reach to my other children, unto whom, that is, to my four daughters, I doe will the remaynder of my estate in equal proportion. Witness our hands: Robert Haywood, John Loomys^[4]

Adms. to John Moore. Jacob (John? Jacob Drake seems an error of the Recorder, but was so written) Drake sen. personally appeared in Court and declared it to be his will& Desire that the above written Will should stand as the Will of his deceased Father, Attest: Benjamin Newbery.

John Moore, Nathaniel Loomis, Thomas Bissell & Nathaniel Bissell. In Court 6 December 1677, they did acknowledge that they in their own and their wives behalf did acquiesce in and approve of the Dispose of the estate of Deacon John Moore as it is a expressed by him and written as above. Attest: John Allyn, secretary^[5]

Children

1. Hannah, b abt 1628; m in Windsor 30 Nov 1648 John Drake.
2. Elizabeth, b abt 1635; m in Windsor 24 or 27 Nov 1653 Nathaniel Loomis
3. Thomas, b abt 1637; nfr
4. Abigail, b Windsor 14 Feb 1639/40; m in Windsor 11 Oct 1655 Thomas Bissell.
5. Mindwell, b Windsor 10 Jul 1643; m in Windsor 25 Sep 1662 Nathaniel Bissell
6. John, b Windsor 5 Dec 1645; m1 Windsor 21 Sep 1664 Hannah Goffe; m2 17 Dec 1701 Martha Farnsworth; m3 Mary ____.

Sources

1. ↑ Ernest Flag. Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, My Ancestors' Part in that Undertaking p 302 (n.p 1926; rpt. Baltimore, MD. 1973). link
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1995; pg. 1277. Available on AmericanAncestors.org (subscription).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor Connecticut, 1639-1703. Hartford, CT: Hartford Connecticut Historical Society, 1930. p. 50 (image 54), available on FamilySearch.org.
4. ↑ Early CT Probate Records, Page 195
5. ↑ Connecticut Court record, Page 165 - 6 December, 1677

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WM-HP1 : 7 January 2020), John Moore in entry for Mindwell Moore, 1643.
• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74C-DQW : 7 January 2020), John Moore in entry for John Moore, 1645.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 September 2020), memorial page for Deacon John Moore (1603–18 Sep 1677), Find A Grave: Memorial #34133044, citing Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .
• Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 29: "decon moore dyed feptmr 18 1677"
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1707-1711) Text: "Mindwell Moore, born July 10, 1643, was a granddaughter of Thomas Moore, and daughter of Deacon John Moore, who came from England in 1630, and died September 18, 1677. His wife's name was Abigail. "

See also: In 2016, Moore-5375. Moore-5380, and Moore-5381, were all disconnected from Deacon John Moore-1416; and all are now disconnected profiles without parents.