Elias Moore (1776 - 1847)

Born 1 Mar 1776 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Died 13 Oct 1847 at age 71 in Yarmouth, London, Canada West

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Biography

Elias Moore married Mary Dodge on May 5, 1801 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.^[1]

As a young adult, he returned to New Jersey where he settled in Elizabethtown. He returned to Canada about 1811 and was farming in the township of Norwich until 1818, when he moved to Yarmouth, then in the County of Middlesex, now Elgin.

In 1834, Elias Moore won a seat in the Middlesex riding for the Reformers in the 12th Parliament of Upper Canada. He was one of the first Quakers in Canada to take a seat in an elected house of government. Before 1833, Quakers were not allowed to hold office.^[2]

In 1837, about 50 men left Yarmouth to assist the western rebels who were gathered at the village of Scotland (now Brant County). But the rebels fled. Many were arrested and rewards were offered for the capture of Dr. Charles Duncombe, plus David Anderson, Joshua Doan and others. Some of the suspects from the Sparta area - George Lawton, Dr. John T. Wilson, Joshua and Joel Doan, escaped to the United States. Joshua Doan was captured after engaging in a foolhardy attack against the village of Windsor in December 1838. Along with other exiles captured in the raid, Doan was tried, found guilty, and hanged. A memorial plaque at the edge of the Friends' Cemetery on the west of Sparta village recalls Doan's fate. Moore was also arrested for treason but, as the witness left town, he was not tried. His brothers, John and Enoch, were jailed and later convicted of treason. One of Elias' nephews died in captivity.

Elias and Mary had six children:

• Mary
• Lindley M.
• Phebe, m. Mr. Sprague
• Eliza
• Elias, Jr., b. 1816; d. 14 Jan 1904 in Gaines, Genessee, Michigan.
• Sarah

Sources

1. ↑ "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5K-12B : 13 February 2020), Elias Moor, 1801.
2. ↑ http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/parke_thomas_9E.html

• Wikipedia contributors, "Elias Moore," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elias_Moore&oldid=945741142 (accessed December 19, 2020).
• Samuel Moore's Notable Sons, http://cfha.info/journal75p64.pdf
• Canada, Upper Canada Census, 1842
• https://www.geni.com/people/Elias-Moore/6000000000485184968