A Corrected Lineage of Hon. John Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania

1 A CORRECTED LINEAGE OF HON. }OHN MOORE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND PENNSYLVANIA by Terri Bradshaw O'Neill. P urported English connections for John Moore of Philadelphia and Chester County, one of the founders of Christ Church and a prominent official, have been in print for a century. They are, however, incorrect. This article presents corrected origins. JOHN MOORE IN SOUTH CAROLINA John Moore arrived in South Carolina in October 1683 with a wife Katherine 1 and an appointment as Secretary of the Province. 2 Katherine died soon after, and about 1685 he married Rebecca Axtell, daughter of Daniel Axtell, one of the Landgraves3 of the Province. 4 John Moore quickly acquired additional offices, powers, and benefits. John Moore received a commission as Sir Peter Colleton's deputy on the • Terri Bradshaw O'Neill, 7404 Balmoral Drive, Colleyville, TX 76034, a descendant of John 1 Moore through John 2 of New York, is an amateur historian and genealogist. The author and editor thank Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck for reviewing this article. 1 Grant for 300 acres to John Moore for the arrival 1 October 1683 of himself, Katherine his wife, Ann Bowyer, John Shelton, Owen Leyar, and Daniell Kellery; A. S. Salley, Wan-ants for Land in South Carolina (3 vols., Atlanta: printed by the State Co. for The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1910-15; reissued as 1 vol. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973), 2:194 (original), 408 (reprint) [hereafter cited as Salley, Wan-ants/or Land in South Carolina}. 2 Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina 1663{ 1701), 5 vols. (Atlanta: printed by Foote & Davis Co. for The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1928-47), 1:240, 245, 246-48 [hereafter cited as Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina]. 3 South Carolina was established with a feudal structure, including an aristocracy of Landgraves and Caciques. Political (land) jurisdictions were seigniory, barony, and colony. See Edward Mccrady, The History of South Carolina under the Proprietary Government 1670-1719 (New York: Russell and Russell, 1897), 9, 96. 4 Dame Rebecca Axtell was granted land based on the arrival of Landgrave Daniel Axtell, said Lady Axtell,John Hulton, Mary Hulton, Rebecca Holland, Elizabeth and Ann Axtell, William and Daniel Hulton. The order for survey is undated, and the arrival date is not given, but is between orders from October 1686 and February 1686/7. Mr. Daniel Axtell of London had received land in 1680. An order to survey land for Landgrave Holland Axtell Esqr had been issued 23 February 1683/4; Salley, Wan-ants/or La.nd in South Carolina, 410,237, 358. The son of John and Rebecca was born in August 1686; see Genealogical Summary. The will of Ann (Axtell) Boone, dated 1 December 1749, mentions sister Rebecca Moore of Philadelphia; Caroline T. Moore, Abstracts of Wills in the State of South Carolina, Vol. I, 1670-1740, 140. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 (2005) 101 102 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 Grand Council in 1683. Shortly after his arrival, Moore was appointed Receiver General and Eschcator of the Province, as well. and the offices of Prothonotary and Clerk of Pleas were annexed to the office of Secretary. 5 He is not mentioned in the official Carolina records after 1685; in 1684 and 1685 he was acting as agent for the Colleton plantations in Carolina (see below) after his displacement as Secretary of the Province and probably continued doing so. In 1684, Thomas Amy (of whom more below) appointed Robert Quary to be his Deputy in Carolina. 6 From this time until the end of their lives, Moore and Quary were personally and politically connected. Robert Quary became involved in an antiproprietary faction known as the Goose Creek men, many of whom were from Barbados and strong Anglicans. 7 In spite of John Moore's proprietary offices, he joined Robert Quary in the Goose Creek men, which culminated in 1690 in the "Goose Creek Uprising. "8 As a result of the Goose Creek Uprising,John Moore was compelled to deed his property to Edward Rawlings, who was Provost Marshall, in a judgment against Moore in July of 1692.9 John Moore and Robert Daniell were excepted from a general pardon in April of 1693. 10 After nearly a decade of conflict with the proprietary government, John Moore and Robert Quary found it expedient to leave Carolina in the latter part of 1693 for Philadelphia. JOHN MOORE IN PENNSYLVANIA Quary and Moore maintained their antiproprietary stance in William Penn's established province, while establishing themselves as merchants and traders. In John Moore's case, he pursued positions of civil service. By 5 See, for example, Charles H. Lesser, South Carolina Begins: the Records of a Proprietary Colony, 1663-1721 (Columbia, S.C.: S.C. Dept. of Archives and History, 1995), 136-37, 141, 149, 155, 159, 168, 202, 288, 449, 451 [hereafter cited as Lesser, South Carolina Begins). Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 1:240, 264,301. 6 Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 1:286, 303. 7 James Paul Ronda, "Robert Quary in America: A Study of Colonial and Imperi.ll Factional Politics, 1664-1712" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Nebraska, 1970), 1-48 [hereafter cited as Ronda, "Robert Quary in America"). 8 Ronda, "Robert Quary in America," 41; M. Eugene Sirmans, "Politics in Colonial South Carolina, The Failure of Proprietary Reform, 1682-1694," William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Series, 23(1966):46-49. 9 A. S. Salley, editor, Journal of the Grand Council of South Carolina, .April 11, 1692-September 26, 1692, (Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1901), 48; also Anne King Gregoric, American Legal Records. Volume 6, Records of the Court of Chancery of South Carolina 1671-1779 (Washington, D.C.:The American Historical Association, 1950), 32-33 [hereafter cited as Grcgodc, Court of Chancery of South Carolina). 10 Records tn the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 3:74- 79. 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 103 January of 1693/4, he had been appointed Register General of the Prov• ince of Pennsylvania. 11 The two also began petitioning for the establishment of an Anglican church, helped by Robert Quary's close association with Col. Francis Nicholson, who was variously Governor of New York, Maryland, and Virginia, and an enthusiastic member of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which was instrumental in encouraging the founding of Anglican churches in the Colonies in general and in Philadelphia in particular. 12 In 1695 Christ Church, Philadelphia, the first Anglican Church in the Province of Pennsylvania, was founded. John Moore and Robert Quary were among the thirty·six founding members whose names are engraved on a tablet near the altar. 13 The Navigation Act of 1696 introduced vice•admiralty courts to the colonies and gave them jurisdiction over any violations of the laws of trade and navigation. These courts were branches of the High Court of Admiralty in London and consisted of a judge, a register, and a marshal. When the British government began implementing the Act, Surveyor General Edward Randolph recommended Robert Quary, John Moore, Richard Halliwell, Edward Chilton, and Jasper Yates [Yeates] as commissioners for Pennsylvania. All of these men were supporters of antiproprietary policy. In 1697, the vice-admiralty court was established with Robert Quary as judge. 14 Thus established in this position of power, Quary recommended his friend John Moore to the position of Advocate in a letter to Gov. Nicholson in 1698. John Moore respectfully declined the post at that time, citing as his reasons the "general averseness of the people to any officer who is not of their own stamp and set;" the lack of having to give an oath; the insistence that trials involving trade be tried before a jury, thus undermining the authority of the vice-admiralty court; and finally the lack of salary or fees attached to the office of advocate. He added that taking the office of advocate at this time would interfere with his "practice, since upon all seizures the defendants are lavish in their fees" and "if some office, such as the collectorship of this port, could be annexed to the post" or a "salary can be obtained," he would be happy to accept the appointment. 15 11 J. Linn and William Egle, editors, Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series (Harrisburg: 1896)9:645. 12 Ronda, "Robert Quaryin America," 53. LikeQuaryandMoore,Nicholson'spolitics weredecidedlyantiproprietary. l3 CharlesP. Keith,"TheFoundingof ChristChurch,Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Mafazineof Historyand Biography,54(1930):307. 1 Ronda, "Robert Quaryin America," 56,59. 15 J. W. Fortescue, editor,Calendarof State Papers,ColonialSerles, Americaand West/mires, 27 October1697-31December1698,Preservedtn thePublicRecordOffice (London: Mackie& Co.,1905)394-96. 104 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 As in Carolina, John Moore soon accumulated numerous offices. He had been admitted to the Bar and was practicing law in Philadelphia. On 19 May 1698 he was appointed Attorney General. 16 In March of 1701, William Penn again appointed Moore as Attorney General of the Province (the 1698 appointment had been made by the Crown), and by October of 1701 Moore was acting as Register General for Probate ofWills. 17 He held the office of Register General until 1703. By 1704, John Moore was appointed by his friend Robert Quary as Collector of the Port of Philadelphia in place of John Bewley, deceased, a position Moore held as Collector or Deputy Collector until his death in 1732. 18 On 20 December 1705, ~e was appointed to the office of Advocate General in the Court of Admiralty. 19 His last commission as Collector was dated 1727; when he died in 1732, he was replaced by his son-in-law, Peter Evans.20 In Pennsylvania, John Moore acquired property in Chester County, built a home in Philadelphia on Second Street, and had other holdings on Water Street, including a wharf. 21 The Pennsylvania Gazette of 30 November- 7 December 1732 contained this item: Saturday Morning last died, John Moore, Esq. Collector of his Majesty's customs for this port, which place he enjoyed above 30 years, and he was esteemed a good Officer. He died in the 74th year of his age. 22 TRADITIONAL ENGLISH ORIGINS John 4 Moore, Esq., (Thomas 3 ,John 2 ,John 1) of New York City, wrote in his 1822 memoirs that his great-grandfather John 1 Moore of Philadelphia was a de cendant of the Moores of Fawley in Berkshire, England. 2 3 He 16 John Hill Martin, Martin's Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: 1883) 295. 17 On chat date he granted letters of administration to Prudence Best; P. Bond Papers, Cadwaladcr Collection, Historical Society of Pennsylvania {hereafter HSP). 18 John Thomas Scharf, 1he History of Phtladelphta 1609-1884 (L H. Everts & Co, 1884), 3: 1804 [hereafter cited as Scharf, History of Philadelphia). 19 P. Bond Papers, Cadwalader Collection, HSP. io SCbarf,Historyof Philadelphia, 3:1804. 21 Draft of John Moore's will, 1727; John Moore folder, P. Bond Papers, Cadwalader Collection, HSP; also recorded in Philadelphia County WiUs W:272. 22 Pennsylvania Gazette, 30 ovcmber-7 December 1732, #210, page 1, column 2; facsimile reprint (Philadelphia: iicrosurance and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1968), 148. The Gazette was printed on Thursday, suggesting that the date meant was December 2. 23 John 4 Moore (1745-1828) wrote three versions of his memoirs. The first, written about 1820, was published in The Journal of American History, 4(1910), 29-47, as " 1emoirs of an American Official in Service of the King." The second in 1822. entitled "Leisure Hours Employment"; a typescript copy is held in the Ubrary of the New-York Historical ociety, CS71.M821, •ZS {hereafter cited as Moore, "Leisure Hours Employment"}. The third, about 1824, was much shorter, and apparently distributed to family members upon request. The libraries of the New York Genealogical and Biographical 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 105 wrote this in perfect confidence, having received the information, h aid, from his cousin, Thomas William Moore, who had traveled to England in 1770 and brought back thi iUu triou lineage ft-om the "Herald's Office." Subsequent family historians repeated the same lineage. 24 David Moore Hall (Emily Moore Hall, David\ Richard Channing", Thomas3,John 2, John 1), in his 1904 discu sion of the differing coats of arms, tates: "our descent ... is abundantly proved by the impalement of arms in Christ Church deeds in 1695 ... from the ea1of the Hon. John Moore," and "in 1770, Captain Thomas William Moore, British Army, upon one of his frequent visits to England, brought from the Herald's College, a document containing the arms, crest and motto of Sir John Moore [of Fawley], the then baronet, and possibly the pedigree filed by Nicholas Moore in 1569, and Ashmole's Visitation of Berks, in 1664, used later by Mr. Burke. These arms corresponded in every detail with tho e already in use by the family in America, and the impalement in Chri t Church deeds in 1695."25 However, the illustrations in Hall's book show them to be completely different. The American branch of Moores used a device (ten crosses, crosslet) on their seals and plate quite different from the coat of arms (a moorcock) granted to the Moores of Fawley in the l 560s. ORIGINS REVISED So it remained until 1990 when an attempt was made to obtain the Moore of Fawley coat of arms for a descendant of Hon. John Moore· by Mrs. Marguerite Roll. In the mid 1990s, after consultation with Peter Gwynn] ones, the College of Arms' Lancaster Herald at the time, it was concluded by the Herald, Mrs. Roll, Ms. Lakin, Mrs. Richard C. Moore, and myself that there were too many discrepancies for the Fawley lineage to be pursued as a connection for the American Moore family.26 The Lancaster H rald reported unequivocally that no Moores had ever been granted ten cro , cro slet. Furthermore, he stated that the "Waiting Books" had Society and the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, each have a copy of this version. See Terri Bradshaw O'Neill, "The Memoirs of John Moore, Esq.;" ew York Genealogical and Biographical Record 136(2005): 19-30, 119-26, for excerpts. 24 Horace Wcmyss Smith, The life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Smtth, D.D. (Philadelphia: S. A. George & Co .• 1879), 488; David Moore Hall, Stx Centuries of Moores of Fawley (Richmond: 0. E Flanhart Printing Co., 1904), 17-21, 34-68 [hereafter cited as Hall, Moores of Pawley]. 25 Hall, Moores of Fawley, iv. 26 At V2rious times, with varying goals and direction, research has been comm~ sioned and sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Roll of Paradise Valley, Arizona; Margery Moore (Mrs. Richard Channing Moore), who had engaged Ms. Lakin; and the author. Research has been conducted by P. L Gwynn-Jones, Lancaster Herald, College of Arm , Bridget Lakin of andown, Isle of Wight, England; Michael Wood of London; and the auth r. 106 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 been examined for the period from July 1767 to December 1776, but contained no record of an inquiry relating to the Moores of Fawley.27 In the meantime, Ms. Lakin's research had found records in two London· parishes, St. Bride's (Fleet Street) and St. Margaret's Westminster, for children of John and Dorothy Moore. St. Bride's (Fleet Street): 28 Baptisms 1659-John b. 21 Jul, c. 22Jul, son of John Moore and Dorathy Baptisms 1660-Mary c. 22 Oct, daughter of John Moore and Dorathie Baptisms 1662-Thomas b. 7 Aug, c. 10 Aug, son of John Moore and Dorathy Baptisms 1664/5-Richard c. 2 Mar, son of John Moore and Dorothy; Thomas Loy?, Esq. and William Carr, Esq. Godfathers, Mrs. _illingsby, Godmother St. Margaret's Westminster: 29 Burials September 1665-Richard Moore, child, of the plague Baptisms 1666-Dorothy Moore, c. 14 Jun, daughter to John by Dorothy Baptisms 1670/1-Sommersett Moore c. 23 Feb, son to John by Dorothy The entry for the child Somerset provided a strong link to John Moore of Philadelphia, as he and his wife Rebecca had a child named Somerset, whose baptism was recorded in the register of Christ Church, Philadelphia, in 1711 (see Genealogical Summary). CONNECTIONS EXTENDED John 1 Moore's appointment as Secretary of the Province of Carolina suggests a well-educated man, as well as patronage from someone of elevated status in government circles. Alumni lists of London preparatory schools St. Paul's and Westminster, as well as alumni lists of Oxford and Cambridge Universities were searched, but John Moore was not enrolled at any of these institutions. 30 In a study of the records of South Carolina's 27 Letter from Peter Gwynn-Jones to Mrs. Marguerite Roll, 27 March 1991, copy in possession of author; and letter from Bridget Lakin to Terri O'Neill, 18January 1993. 28 Parish Records of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London, 1653-1714; FHL #380,155. 29 Winefride Ward, The Register of St. Margaret's, Westminster, Part II, in Publications of the Harleian Society, 88 (1958): 86. Lawrence E. Tanner, The Register of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 1660-1675, iil Publications of the Harleian Society 64(1934): 53, 112. The four-year gap between Dorothy and Sommersett suggests a missing child. The published registers were reviewed for a possible mistranscription, but nothing was found. The timing suggests that the family had fled London due to the Great Fire of London, which occurred in September 1666. It is known that there was an additional daughter Ann (see Genealogical Summary), but her known marriage in 1697, if it was her first, suggests that she was born after Sommersett. 30 G.F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, compilers The Record of Old Westminsters, Vol. II, Chiswick Press (London: 1929); Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714 ... , multiple volumes, Krause Reprint Unlimited (Nendeln/Uechtenstdn: Kraus Reprint Limited, 1968); John Veno and J. A. enn, Alumni Cantabrlgtenses. a Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of O.fftceat the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Part J (-1751), 4 vols. (Cambridge: University Press, 1922-27) [hereafter cited as Venn, Alumni cantabrlgienses]. 2005 John 1 Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 107 Court of Chancery, it is stated that" ... there was no professionally trained lawyer practicing hi profe sion before the arrival of icholas Tron [in 1699],"31 suggesting that Moore did not have a formal high r education. The patronage appears to have come from the Colleton family. ir Peter Colleton was one of the Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina, and, as such, signed John Moore's commission as Secretary and the instructions for the Office. Sir Peter Colleton appears on the 1680 censu of Barbados, St. John's district, as a large landholder. A John Moore also appears on that census as an ensign in the militia and small landholder in St. John's district; 32 although the name is quite common, so this may be coincidence. Three letters to John Moore in Carolina from Peter Colleton, dated 24 Augu t 1684 at St. James's, 13 August 1684 at Tonnbridge and 4 September 1684 at St James's, indicate John Moore' personal as well as official connection to the Colletons. The first addressc him as "Cousin Moore" and is signed "your affectionate uncle, P. Colleton." The letter's tone is familiar and deals with "affairs relating to your office." The second letter, again addressing him as "Cousin Moore" and signed "your affectionate uncle" discusses "the affairs of the Plantation," indicating thatJohn Moore was also Colleton 's agent in the Province, overseeing his holdings there. A fourth letter, from Thomas Colleton, dated 23 March 1684/5 in Barbado , addrc s John Moore as "Dear Nephew" and deal mo tly with plantation business. It is signed "Your affectionate uncle & ervant." 33 THE COLLETON FAMILY The Colleton family was central to the establishment of South Carolina. Sir John Colleton was living in Barbados at the time of the Restoration, and suggested to Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper that they, with other , obtain the grant to the province of Carolina. Three years lat r, in 1662/3, ir John Colleton, Knight and Baronet, was among those to whom Charles II granted the area that encompass roughly pr sent-day North Carolina, outh arolina, and Georgia, plus lands to the we t.34 Sir Peter Colleton referred to himself as the uncle of John 1 Moore. Thomas Colleton refers to John Moore as his nephew. Peter and Thoma Colleton were brothers. They had six siblings, of whom four apparently 3l Gregorie, Court of Chancery of South Carolina, 31 32 James C. Brandow, Omitted Chapters from Hotten's Original Lists of Persons of Quality ... and Others wlu) went from Great Britain to the American Plantattons, 1600-1700, Genealogical Publishing Company (Baltimore: 1982), 68, 70, 78, 33 CoJlcton Papers, South Carolinlana Library, University of South Carollila. 34 A. S. Salley, The Orlgtn of Carolina, Bulletins of the Historical Commission of South Carolina, No. 8 (Atlanta: printed by the State Co. for The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1910-15; reprinted by Crowson.Stooe Printing Co., Columbia: South Carolina Archives Department, 1957), 5. 108 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 died young,35 leaving Anne and James as the potential conn ction to John 1 Moore. The clue lies on a joint monument at t. Andrew's, King. ton, Jamaica. 36 #87 Here licth intetr'd, ye body of John Martin, who departed this life, the 27th of December, 1710, aged 32 years. Here Heth interr'd, the body of Frances Martin, the wife of ye aid John Martin, who departed this life, the 16th of September, 1714, aged 33 years.Also their two sons and three daughters. ,#88 Here lieth interr'd the body of Richard Moore merchant, who departed this life ye 29th of July, 1738, aged 29 years and seven months.3 7 Richard was a son of John 1 Moore. Anne Colleton, sister of Peter and Thomas, had a daughter Katherine by her husband, Humphrey Selwood. A marriage between this Katherine and John 1 Moore, resulting in a daughter Frances (Moore) Martin, would explain the joint monument and the familial terms in the letters to John Moore from Peter and Thomas Colleton. Oddly, the Colleton family has been treated genealogically in only a few publications. 38 A dissertation on the importance of the Colleton family to South Carolina and Barbados history was written in 1989 by J. E. Buchanan at the University of Edinburgh. From a genealogical perspective, the dissertation does nothing to illuminate further the conn ction between the Colletons and John Moore.39 A brief outline of the family is presented here. 40 35 Burke's [see footnote 38] says that John Colleton was survived by only one daughter, implying that Anne had died young. 36 Philip Wright, Monumental Inscriptions of Jamaica (London; Society of Genealogists, 1966), 64, describes these together as #551 on the north transept aisle. 37 James Henry Lawrence-Archer, Monumental Inscn-ptions of the West Indies (London: Charto and Windus, 1875), 252-53 [hereafter cited as Lawrence-Archer, Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies]; arms descri~d as "ten crosses cro slct (4,3,2,l: imJ)2ling, three bendlets, a chief erm)," accompanied by this drawing. 38 Frederic Thomas Colby, The Vtsitatton of the County of Devon in the Year 1620 in Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 6 (London: Harleian Society, 1872), 66. B. Burke, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (1901), 345-46; also the 1938 edition. George Edward Cok:aync, Complete Baronetage, 6 volumes (Exctc-r:William Pollard & Co., Ltd, 1900-1909), 3:161-63. J. L. Vivian, The Visitation of the County of Deoon, Comprising the Herald's Vtsttations of 1531, 1564, and 1620 (Exeter: the author, 1895), 218-19; FHL #873,760. 39 Copy of dissertation from British Library Document Supply Centre. 40 For organizational purposes, baptismal and marriage dates arc from controlledextraction entries in the IGI for t. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, (C0S0991 a.nd M050991, from FHL#917,102); SL Olave, Exeter, Devon, (C050491 and M05049l, from FHL #916,838); SL Kerrians, Exeter, Devon(M050951 from FHL#917,100), St. Martin in the Fields, London. (C001452, from FHL 1'560,370); St. Peter Pauls Wharf, London, (M001371, from FHL 1'547,508); SL Dunstan' , London, (M055762, from FHL #578,821); and Stepney, London, (C0557l, from FKL 1595,418). Burials at t. Clave's, Exeter, are from FHL 1916,838. 2005 1 John Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 109 1. PETER COLLETON (Thomas, Henry) of Exeter, Devon, was born say 1573 at Monkenzeale. Mr. Peter Coleton was buried 8 August 1622 at St. Olave's, Exeter. He married 18 December 1598 at St. Kerrians, Exeter, URSULA HULL, daughter of Henry Hull, Esq. 41 The will of Peter Colleton, merchant of Exeter, Devon, written 1 July 1622 (probated 14 September), named wife Ursula; sons John, Henrie, Hugh, and Peter; daughter Elizabeth Crocker wife of Hugh; brothers John and Roger; and the parishes of St.. Mary Arches and St. Olave; signs as Peter Colleton the elder. 42 Urcella Colleton, widow of Exeter, Devon, wrote her will 1 February 1646, probated 15 September 1647, naming son-in-law Sir Hugh Crocker, son Henry merchant, daughter-in-law Catherine wife of John and his son Peter. 4 3 Children of Peter and Ursula (Hull) Colleton: i. ELIZABETH COLLETON, baptized 3 October 1600 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter; born 1601; married 7 July 1621 (license) at Exeter Sir HUGH CROCKER; named in visitation. ii. PETER COLLETON, heir, baptized 4 October 1604 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter; died 1623 without issue (Cokayne); named in visitation; living in 1622. iii. GILLEAN COLLYfON,daughter of Peter, buried 20 March 1607 at St. Mary Arches. iv. SARA COLLYfON, daughter of Peter, buried 20 March 1607 at St. Mary Arches. 2 v. JOHN COLLETON, baptized 23 December 1608 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter; died by 23 April 1666; married 19 November 1634 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter, KATIIERINE AMY;named in visitation. vi. JAMES COLLETON, baptized 16 January 1610 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter; buried 3 June 1612 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter. vii. THOMAS COLLETON, baptized 13 December 1612 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter; Thomas son of Mr. Petter Collaton buried 10 Jan 1614/5 at St. Mary Arches. viii. HENRY COLLETON, baptized 2 February 1614/5; died without issue (Burke's); named in visitation; living 1647. ix. GRACE COLLYfON, daughter of Peter, baptized 24 September 1617 at St. Olave, Exeter; died before 1620 (not in visitation). x. HUGHE COLLETON, son of Peter, baptized 30 September 1620 at St. Olave, Exeter; died without issue (Burke's). 2. JOHN COLLETON (Peter), as John Coulton, son of Peter Coulton, was baptized 23 December 1608 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter. He died by 23 April 1666. He married 19 November 1634 at St. Mary Arches, Exeter, 41 The surname is given incorrectly as Hall in several of the publications. 42 Prerogative Court of Canterbury [hereafter PCC] Registered Wills, 83 Savile; FHL #92,090. 43 PCC Registered Wills, 195 Fines; FHL #92,165. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 110 Vol. 44 4 and Ann Walker ( ce below). daughter of Thomas Amy4 John Colleton was a Royalist, who fled to Barbado during the ivil War, returned to England after the Restoration, was created baronet 18 Febru~ ary 1660/1, and received the grant of Carolina, but never lived there. He was the only child of Peter with surviving children. Sir John Colleton of aint Martin in the Field, Knight and Baronet. wrote his will 23 April 1666, probated 8 July 1667. He 1 ft ubstantial fund to hi eldest son Peter (executor), second son Thomas, third son John, fourth son James (under 21), grandchild Katherine Selwood 1 daughter Ann Sellwood wife of Humphrey Sellwood (who was to receive no benefit from the £ 1000), residually to her children, niece Sarah Crocker, "brothers" Rice Downes Esq. and John Roberts, and £50 to Elizab th Amy daughter of Thomas Amy deceased. Katherine was under 21; he was to receive £500, which could be paid upon her marriage "soe as she marrie with the consent of Rice Downes Esq, Thomas Colleton, John C-0Ueton and James Colleton" (the majority or survivors of them, attested to in writing). If the marriage was unsatisfactory, they could purchase an annuity instead. It is not known if John Moore met with their approval. 45 KAmERINEAMY, Children of John and Katherine (Amy) Colleton: i. PBTERCoLI.JrrON, heir, Peter Coltone, son of John and Katherine, baptized 17 September 1635 at St. Olave, Exeter; died between 12 January 1693/4 (will) and 4 April 1694 (probate); 46 married ELIZABE111(LEsuE) JOHNSTON,widow of William Johnston. The will of Sir Peter Colleton of SaintJames, Middlesex, names son John (under twenty-0ne 47) to whom he gave his "one-eighth part of the Province of Carolina," brother James CoUeton, brother-in-law Col. John Leslie, natural son Charles, daughter Katherine Colleton, younger daughter Ann (under twenty-0ne), and "Elizabeth Johnson daughter of Willm Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson heretofore my wife" [i.e., to his stepdaughterJ. 48 Elizabeth Colleton alias 44 Burke's a.nd Cokayne names her father as William Amy, an error repeated in many histories, including Lesser, Carolina Begins, and William S. Powell, 1he Proprietors of South Carolina. 45 PCC Rcgjstered Wills, 90 Carr; FHL #92,290. A copy was flied in Barbados in 1695; abstracted in Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records, Wtl1sand Admintstrations, 3 vols. (Houston: Sanders Historical Publications, 1979-80), 2:69-70, 3:76 citing PB6/16, p. 144 [hereafter cited as Sanders 1 Barbadcs WtJisandAdmlntstrations]. 46 Vivian erroneously and without detail says he djed in 1679. 47 Note that Vivian says John was born 1669, which would make him well over rwenty-0ne, so the date is suspect; the only other child he listS is Catherine (married Robert Robenson). 48 PCC Registered Wills, 72 Box; FHL #92,385, abstracted in Peter Wilson Coldham, American Wills and Administrations i'n the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 16101857 (Baltimore: ~nealogical Publishing Company, 1989), 50-51; also Sanders. Barbados Wills and Administrations, 3:76-77, citing RB6/43, p. 33. Note that the dates and abstracts given variously in Coldham's abstracts; io anders' rwo abstracts of the same item; in the Index Library's PCC index; and on the [British} National Archives Web ite are inconsistent. 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 111 Jonnson, spin tcr of Ealing, Middlesex, [the stepdaughter] wrote her lengthy will 26June 1721, probated 1 July 1721, naming [i]r John Colleton, his wife, and children John, Elizabeth, Peter, and Robert, sister Anne Colleton. 49 Peter Colleton called John 1 Moore "cousin" and himself "uncle." ii. THOMAS COLLETON, son of John and Katheren, baptized 7 August 1636 at St. Olave, Exeter; married MARY MEAD; settled in Barbados. A deed between Thomas Colleton Esq. of St. Johns, Barbados, and his wife Mary with her father Sir John Meade Esq., written 20 November 1690, proved 26 March 1691, names daughters of Thomas and Mary: Elizabeth, Walker, Mary, and Katherine (all under 21). 50 The will of daughter Mary Colleton, spinster, written 7 November 1692, proved 9 May 1694, names siblings Walker, Catherine, and Elizabeth, and uncle John Mead. 51 The will of "Walker Colleton alias Kendall of the parish of Saint Margaret Westminster in the County of Middlesex ( eldest daughter of Thomas Colleton late of the Island of Barbados)" was probated 1 July 1737. 52 Thomas Colleton referred toJohn 1 Moore as "nephew." iii. KATHERINE COLLITON, daughter of John and Katherine, baptized 3 August 1638 at St. Olave, Exeter; apparently died young. iv. ANNE COLLITON, daughter of John and Katherine, baptized 21 June 1640 at St. Olave, Exeter; married first Gen./Lt. Gov.-?- STEWAllT; 53 Ann Colyton married second 10 August 1660 at St. Peter Paul's Wharf, London, HUMPHRYE SELWOOD.5 4 I. Katherine Selwood, born say 1661; died between 1683 and 1685; married say 1680 John 1 Moore. They had a daughter, Frances Moore, born about 1681, who marriedJohn Martin, and died in Jamaica. 2. Marla Sellwood, daughter of Humphredi Sellwood and Annae, born 31 July, baptized 4 August 1668 at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. v. JOHN COLLETON, son of John and Katherine, baptized 23 January 1641 at St. Olave, Exeter; died before 1649 (see child viii). vi. ELIZABETH COLLETON, daughter of John and Katherine, baptized 2 November 1644, buried 7 July 1646 at St. Olave, Exeter. vii. JAMES COLLETON, married ANN KENDAll, daughter of James Kendall, governor of Barbados. 49 PCC Registered Wills, 125 Buckingham; FHL #92,545. Vivian gives Thomas instead a son Peter, daughter married to Col. Kendall, and a daughter married to Col. Garth. 50 Sanders, Barbados Wills and Administrations, 2:70, citing RB6/l 41, p. 448. 51 Sanders, Barbados Wills and Administrations, 2:70, citing RB6/2, p. 169. 52 PCC Registered Wills, 154 Wake; FHL #92,647. 53 Burke's says that the only surviving daughter of John married first Lt. Gov. Stewart and married second Humphrey Selwood. However, no evidence of this first marria.ge (nor of Lt. Gov. Stewart) has been found, and her age of twenty at the second marria,ge makes thi questionable. 54 WiUoughby A. Littledale, The Registers of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, 1607-1837 Church of England, St. Benet Paul's Wharf Church (London: The Harlcian Society, 1911), 40:313. 112 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 l. John Colleton, married Elizabeth (Ernle) Drax.S5 vilL JOHN COLLETON, born about 1649; died while attending Oxford Collcge.5 6 Toe Latin will of John of Oxford College, written February 1668, mentions Peter Colleton soldier and Baronet and brother Jacob Uames]. 57 THE AMYFAMILY Another clue points in a slightly different direction. During the 1880s, a man named Alexander Campbell did extensive research on the family of the "Collector" John Moore of Philadelphia. In a series of 1894 letters to Capt. Henry Hobart Bellas, a Moore descendant, Campbell explained that John Moore had an "aunt Elizabeth who was a quarter owner in the Caroline [sic] Company, for whom John Locke wrote the constitution." 58 He was referring to the Fundamental Constitution for the Province of South Carolina. An intensive search for a source for his statement turned up a deposition made 9 May 1721 by Elizabeth Moore, residing in St. Mary White Chappell, Middlesex, concerning the first set of Fundamental Constitutions of the Province of Carolina and the inheritance of rights. 59 She stated that her father Thomas Amy was a Lord Proprietor of the province, responsible for "encouraging people to go over to settle there" by "meeting them at Coffee Houses or other public houses," that he was the father of Ann wife of Nicholas Trott, that Sir Peter Colleton, Baronet, deceased, was a first cousin of her father, that her deceased husband John Ely was Receiver General for the Province of Carolina, that her husband Thomas Moore was deceased, and that she and Ann were the only heirs of her father (her brother having died at the Battle of Almanzar [Almansa] in Spain). 55 John Colleton Esquire married 28 March 1707 at St. Philip Parish, Barbados, Mad: Eliz: Drax, abstracted in Sanders, Barbados Marriages, 2:545. 56 Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714 ... (Nendeln/Liecbtenstein: Kraus Reprint Limited, 1968), 305. 57 Sanders, Barbados Wills and Administrations, 1:80, citing RB6/10, p. 149. 58 Copy in possession of the author. The current location of the letter was sought unsuccessfully. 59 The early structure of the Province of Carolina is surprisingly murky. The original charter was to eight Lords Proprietor and a decision was made to maintain this number. However, the realities of distance, age, death, inheritance, juvenile ownership, and financial circumstance meant that shares were often overseen or administered. Documentation for these changes plus other appointments and titles seems not to have survived on either side of the Atlantic. Clues lie mainly in the names appearing as authorities in documents such as land grants. One of the chief illuminating documents concerning the proprietarial structure is Elizabeth (Amy) Ely Moore's deposition. A photocopy of her deposition and some of the associated papers is at the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and Hi tory, Division of Histori• cal Resources. The original Is in icholas Trott vs. John Danson, British Records of the Public Record Office, C. 24/1392.39, 22223. The clearest view of the descent of the eight proprietarial rights is the chart in William S. PowelJ, The Proprietors of Carolina (Raleigh: The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, 1963), 10. 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 113 Campbell's wording mentioning the constitution and the name Elizabeth suggests that he had this document in mind. Was there a connection between John 1 Moore and Elizabeth Amy's second husband Thomas Moore? He cannot be Thomas Moore brother of John 1 Moore, born in 1662, as the life of that Thomas Moore is well documented (see below). One possibility is that Thomas Moore was the uncle of John 1 Moore and much older than his wife Elizabeth (Amy) Ely. This would explain Campbell's reference to "aunt" Elizabeth. No records have been found to support this speculation. A summary of the Amy family is presented here. THOMAS AMY was born say 1581. Thomas Amye, merchant of Exeter, Devon, wrote his will 10 April 1622 (probated 16 May), giving one third of his goods, chattells and debts to his unnamed children and the rest to "Amye his wife [sic]." 60 Mr. Thomas Amye was buried 25 April 1622 at St. Olave's, Exeter. He married say 1604 ANN WALKER. The lengthy will of Thomas Walker, alderman of Exeter, written 20 November 1628, probated 26 September 1629, names Thomas Amy son of Thomas Amy late of Exeter merchant as a residual heir for property given to his son James. It mentions daughter Elizabeth Dowrish. 61 To daughter Ann Amy he gives £900, suggesting that she give £200 of it to Thomas and £100 each to Katherine, Anne, Margery, Edward, Elizabeth, and James as the "guift of me the said Thomas Walker their grandfather . . . when Anne Amy their mother" should think fitting. 62 Ann Amye, widow of Exeter, wrote her will 17 January 1630 (probated 9 April 1631), giving substantial sums to children Katherine, Ann, Edward, Thomas, Margery, Elizabeth, andJames. 63 Children of Thomas and Ann (Walker)Amy, Exeter, Devon: all but first baptized at St. Olave, i. ANNE AYMIE, daughter of Thomas, baptized 2 February 1605 at St. Mary's Arches, Exeter; Anne Aymie, daughter of Mr Thomas buried 21 September 1609 at St. Olave's, Exeter. ii. MARGERIE AMYE,daughter of Thomas, baptized 23 April 1607; Margerye Aymie, daughter of Mr Thomas buried 26 September 1609 at St. Olave's, Exeter. iii. KAmERYNE AMYE,daughter of Thomas, baptized 2 February 1608; married 19 November 1634 at St. Mary's Arches, Exeter,JOHN COLLETON. 6 0 PCC Registered Wills, 41 Savile; FHL #92,088. 61 The will of Elizabeth Dowrich, widow of Exeter, names her late husband John Dowrich Esquire, her late father Thomas Walker and several siblings, including Ann Amy, executrix; PCC Registered Wills, 37 Scroope; FHL #92,121. 62 PCC Registered Wills, 78 Ridley; FHL #92,118. 63 PCC Registered Wills, 41 St.John; FHL #92,123. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magaztne 114 Vol. 44 Children Included (see above for other children): 1. Peter Colleton. who wrote two letters ailing himself the uncle of John 1 Moore; married Elfzab~th(tcsllc)Johnston. 2. Thomas Colleton, who referred to John 1 Moore as nephew; married Mary Mead. iv. ANNEAYMJE.daughter of Thomas, b-.tptized 20 March 1609; Ann married 29 August 1635 at St. Mary's Arches, Exeter, THOMASKENDALL V. EDWARD AMYE,son of Thomas, baptized 21 July 1612. vi. THOMASAMYE,son of Thomas, baptized 16June 1614. vii. MARGERY AMYE, daughter of Thomas, baptized 15 eptember 1616; Ma.rgarie Amye married 16 September 1641 at St. Olavc's, Exeter, JOHN ROBERTS. viii. ELIZABETHAMYE.,daughter of Thomas, baptized 29 ovember 1618. She received a bequest in the 1666 will of Sir John Colleton. ix. GRACEAMYE,daughter of Thomas, baptized 19 September 1620; died before her grandfather's 1628 will. x. JAMESAMYE,son of Thomas, baptized 31 Decembc-r 1621. One of the urviving sons-Edward, Thomas, or James-was the grandfather of Elizabeth (Amy) Ely Moore, but research failed to determine which one. Child of Edward, Thomas, or James Amy. 1. Thomas Amy, born say 1645. The will of Thomas Amy, grocer of London, written 23 September 1704 mentions first wife Elizabeth -?-, present wife Allee -?-, son Thomas Amy, daughter Moore, daughter Trott. 64 a. Elizabeth Amy, born about 1675 (46 in 1721); married first ay 1696 John Ely; they had son Thomas baptized at St. Dunstan's, London 17 July 1697 and daughter Elizabeth baptized 17 August 1698; married second as Elizabeth Ely 20 April 1704 at Stepney Thomas Moore. b. An,i AMY, married Nicholas Trott. c. ThomasAn,y, died in 1707. REvismNG TilE COATS OF ARMS The Jamaican memorial presented above provides an unexpected pairing. Richard 2 Moore, born in 1709 was born after the death of his half sister France 2 (Moore) Martin. It is speculation, but it seems reasonable that Richard, who was in the West Indies on business, had seen to the placing of the marker on her tomb. When he died while in Jamaica, he was interred there also, and the marker amended. The Jamaican coat of arms (see above) is not valid. The Martin family arms should have been on the left, and, as stated by Peter Gwynn-Jone , the ten cro sc , cro let, device was never granted to the Moores. The value lies in using the ten crosses, cro let, device to stitch together parts of the America Moore family. 64 PCC RegisteredWills, 177 Ash; FHL 192,450. 2005 John' Moore of outh Carolina and Pennsylvania 115 John 1 Moore u ed two different seals on documents that have survived, but they are both ornamental rather than heraldic and depict neither ten crosses, crosslet, nor the moorcock of the Moores of Fawley.65 Hall's book contain an illu tration idcntifi d as: "Impalement (with Crest). In Christ Church Deeds in 1695. Moore of Fawley-Hildcsley. From the SeaJ of the Hon. John Moore."66 The illustration hows ten cro es, cro let (the impalement is not identified). However, a careful earch by the author in the loose papers at Christ Church has failed to locate such a eal. John Moore, as one of the founders of Christ Church, certainly did sign the conveyance as a witne s with a most distinctive signature-but he did not affix a seaJ.67 William2 Moore (1699-1783) of Moor Hall, Chester County, son of John 1, used ten cro c , crosslet, on a seal.68 veraJ de cendants of John 2 Moore used ten crosses, crosslet, on their bookplates-Lambert' (1727-1805), tcphen 3 (1734-1799), and John 4 Moore, Esq. (1745-1828) son of Thomas 3 and author of the memoirs. 69 Richard Channing 4 Moore (1762-1841), Bishop of Virginia, son of Tuer mas3 is said to have an elaborate coat of arms depicting ten cro es, crosslet, with the bishop's mitre and crossed staff behind the shield, topped with the moorcock crest. 70 These uses of the ten crosses, crosslet, all belong to descendants of John 1 Moore. There is one more incidence of ten crosses, crosslet, which pu hes the family use of the device back one more generation. In the Cloister at Westminster Abbey, there is a memorial inscribed "Elizabeth Moore, the wife of Tho. Moore, Gent. Librarian of this Church died at the age of 35, July 31 1720." It shows ten crosses, crosslet, impaled with a chevron between three bulls heads cabossed ( three bulls heads are the Bulkeley arms). 71 This Thomas, therefore, was the brother of John 1 Moor . In his will he named nephew Thomas Moore, clerk, as executor. John 1 Moore had sent his son Thomas 2 to England to be educated (see Genealogical Summary). This, in effeet, place the ten crosses, crosslet, with JohnA Moore. The re earches commissioned in the 1990 hav hown that there i no connection with the Moores of Fawley. 65 Documents in the P. Bond Papers,CadwaladerCollection, HSP. 66 Hall, M<><>re$ of Fawley, facing page v. 67 Original parchment deeds and conveyances examined by the author at Christ Church Archives, Philadelphia, 10 August 1993. 68 William Moore hpcrs, <:a.dwaladerCollection. HSP. 69 Bookplate photocopies in possession of the author: John 1oore, Esq. from the family of Mrs. Richard Channing Moore; Stephen ioorc's from the Moore Family Bible, #1900 Webb Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection. University of North Carolina-ChapelHill. 70 Hall, Moores of Pawley, following page 14. Neither the provenance nor the date is known. 71 Photograph taken by the author, 1991. Genealogical Magazine , STAFFORDSHIRE, DLO DON d to the memorial arm in Wcstmi tly) of those of a Lancashire fa din the mid 1500 to John More m, grandson of Thomas of Liverp et been thoroughly explored, but ysimilar. 72 .,, i ,, of John More, mercer, of Candle Ward, 7 3 who was living in 1634, identifies him as a son of Hugh ore of Compton Hall, taffordshlre and Frances Fletcher, and grandson of-?Moore of Lancashire. He married first Mary Whorewood, daughter of Edward of Compton Hall, Staffordshire, by whom he had son John and daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and France (in that order); he married second Jone Johnson, daughter of Henry Johnson "a stranger." 4 John More, citizen and mercer of t Michael, Crooked Lane (where h wished to be buried), wrote his will 16 June 1636, naming his econd wife Joane and her brother Mr. Dr. Johnson· the ame children as in th isitation; William ?Anslowe the son of his si ter France Calton; late wife Mary Moore, deceased; John Slocombe, grocer; Richard Jenke , mercer, to whom he gave "my al & ring I had made in memory of my brother William, with th deaths heads & my said brother's name thereon"; and Richard Franklin, mercer. He appointed hi son John as executor and his friend Thomas Tavener to be executor in tru t with "my ajd on during 72 Correspondence from Gwynn-Jones to Mrs. Roll, 27 March 1991 and 17 February 1993; photocopies in possession of the author. After recapping the histocy of the arms and crest of this family, Gwynn-Jones stated •All these records depict the Arms with ten trefoils, and I suspect that what has happened is that they have been mistakenly Interpreted as con isting of a fixed number (ten) of them on a plajn field rather thao as con isti.ng of a field strewn with an undefined number of them and that the error has at some time been compounded by the trefoils being mJstak:en for crosses crosslet. It is possible that John Moore of Philadelphia was descended from these Lancashire Moores, b • ther • t -.u.ULC'"i.t h an r·a· i ~ • I • • 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 117 hi minodty." His accounting was exten ive.75 The will was probated 2 Augu t 1636 by Thomas Tavener for son John. 76 Although the visitation gives a Staffordshire residence, 77 a partial match to th will and visitation i found in London. Hugh More married Fraunces Coxe [not Fletcher] 10 January 1582 at St Dunstan's in the East, London, where their children were baptiz cl Thomas (4 November 1584), John (10 ovember 1585), William (11 December 1586), Edward (18 June 1592), and Francis (son [not daughter], 23 February 1596). 78 Chronology suggests he may be the Hugh More who had children baptized at t Thomas the Apo tle: Winefriede (27 January 1599[/1600]), Joanne (1 January 1600(/1]), Robert (I I December 1602), and who was buried there on 22 September 1603.79 Marie Whorewood, daughter of Edward Whorewood, was baptized 5 February 1598 at aint Mary Woolchurch Haw, London. 80 Although John's birth in 1585 would suggest a marriage about 1610, Mary' birth in 1598 pushes the date closer to 1620. Thus, it i likely that son John was born between ay 1620 (still a minor in at the probate) and 1632 (listed in the visitation, but not by the second marriage), more likely near the earlier date, the executorship suggesting he was approaching his majority. JohnA Moore married Dorothy-?- say 1658, suggesting he was born by say 1633. Although thi is technically within the time frame, if he was born near 1620, it would make him 38-a bit old-at marriage. At this point, such a connection can neither be favored nor rejected with any confidence. 75 Will of John More. PCC Rcgi tered Wills, 90 Pile; FHL .t92, 136. AS overseers he named Danyell Gorsuch, George Long, James Shirley, John Slocombe, and William Manley. 76 John Matthew and George F. Matthews, Year Books of Probates, 9 vols. (London: the author, 1903-1907), 2:109. 77 In a visitation for Whorwood of Compton in Staffordshire, the only Edward would have been born at the beginning of the 1500s. George J. Armytage and W. Harry Rylands, Staffordshire Pedigrees Based on the Visitation of that County . . . J 663-1664 in Publications of the Harle/an Society (London: HarleianSociety, 1912), 63:243-44. 78 Arthur William Hughes Oarke and R. H. D'elboux, The Register of St. Dunstan in the East, London, 15 8-1654, in PUblicattons of the Harleian Society (London: Harleian Society, 1939), 69:102 23, 24, 25, 28, 30. St. Dunstan in the East, London is a few parishes e:ast of Candlewick ward. 79 Jo eph Lemuel Chester, The Parish Register of St. Thomas the Apostle, London, ... from 1558 to 1754, in Publications of the Harle/an Society (London: Harle an Society, 1881), 6:36, 37, 103. 80 J. M. S. Brooke and A. W. C. Ballen, The Transcript of the Registers of the United Parishes of SL Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woo/church Haw, in the City of London, from Their Commencement 1538 to 1760 ... (London: Bowles, 1886), 311. St. Mary Woolchurch Haw is on the northwest of Candlewick Ward. 118 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY MOORE OF LONDON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND PENNSYLVANIA 1. Jo~ MooRE, born say 1623 (estimating 25 at marriage), married say 1658, possibly in or near London, DOROTIIY-?-. Children of Johrt4 and Dorothy(-?-) 2 Moore: 81 1 i. JOHN MOORE,born 21 July; baptized 22 July 1659 at St. Bride's (Fleet Street), London. ii. MARYMOORE,baptized 22 October 1660 at St. Bride's (Fleet Street), London. iii. THOMASMOORE,born 7 August, baptized 10 August 1662 at St. Bride's (Fleet Street), London; died 20 December 1733;82 married ELIZABETH -?-, who was born about 1685 and died 31 July 1720, 83 probably ELIZABETH BULKLEY. Her memorial at Westminster shows the ten crosses, crosslet. Thomas Moore, gentleman of Cloisters of Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, wrote his will 6 March 1730/1, mentioning Charles Sear son of sister Ann, nieces Mary Barkley wife of Robert and Rebecca Evans wife of John and their children Mary and Rebecca (under 21), sister-in-law Mary Baldwin widow, nephew Thomas Moore Clerk (executor). 84 iv. RICHARDMOORE,baptized 2 March 1664/5 at St. Bride's (Fleet Street), London. v. DOROTIIYMOORE,baptized 14 July 1666 at St. Margaret's· Westminster, Middlesex. vi. ANNEMOORE,married on license dated September 1697 at St. Andrew's Holborn the Rev. RICHARDSEAR,Rector of Homsey and St. Alban, Wood Street. 8 5 The 1758 will of Ann Sear, widow of Stoke Newington, Middlesex, mentions "sister Moore's picture," which she left to daughter Mary Berkeley. 86 Children of Richard and Anne (Moore) Sear, named in uncle's will: l. Charles Sear, born about 1699; attended Cambridge. 87 2. Mary Sear, married Robert Barkley/Berkeley. vii. SOMERSET MOORE, baptized 23 February 1670 at St. Margaret's Westminster, Middlesex. 81 Baptisms from Parish Records of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London, 1653-1714, FHL #380, 155; or Lawrence E. Tanner, ed. The Register of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 16601675, in Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 64 (1934), 53, 112. 82 Joseph Lemuel Chester, The Marriage, Baptismal & Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster (London: 1876), 340 [hereafter cited as Chester, Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster]. 8 3 Chester, Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster, 300. 84 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Registered Wills, catalogue reference Prob/11/663, image reference 123, Public Record Office, The National Archives [hereafter cited as PCC Registered Wills]. 85 Correspondence f,:-om Peter Gwynn-Jones to Mrs. Marguerite Roll, 21 January 1992, copy in possession of author. The marriage, however, was not found in the parish registers of St. Andrew's Holborn; FHL #374,364. 86 PCC Registered Wills Prob 11/839, image reference 23. 87 Venn, Alumni Cantabrlgtenses, Part I, 4:38. 2005 John 1 Moore of South Caroltna and Pennsylvania 119 2. JOHN1 MOORE,baptiz d 22 July 1659 at St. Bride' (Fleet Street), London. John Moore, Gentleman of the City of Philadelphia, died the Saturday before his obituary, 7 Decemb r 1732. Hi will, written 16 November 1731 in Philadelprua County, names wife Rebecca (executor) and children Joh~ Thomas, Rebecca Evans, Mary Evans, Richard, William, and Daniel, and son-in-law Peter Evans.88 He married first before 1680 KATHERINE -?-, almost surely KATHERJNE Snwooo, daughter of Humphrey Selwood and Anoe oU ton, sister of Sir Peter Colleton. He married second, about 1685, REBECCA Axn:u, daughter of Daniel Axtell and Rebecca Holland. 89 Rebecca must have been a young bride, born say 1668, which would make her first child born about age 18 and her last about age 44. Rebecca Moore, widow of Charlestown, Chester County, died between 23 ov mber 1749 (will) and 1 January 1749/50 (probate). Her will names two daughters of eldest son John Moore, son Thomas Moore, daughter Rebecca Evans, son Daniel, and son William, and requests burial in St. Peter's Churchyard in Great Valley.9° Child of John 1 and Katherine (Selwood) Moore: 2 i. FRANCES MOORE,born about 1681; died 16 September 1714, aged 33 years; married JOHNMARTIN,who was born about 1681 and died 27 December 1710, aged 32 years; both buried St. Andrew's, Kingston, Jamaica. 91 Children of John 1 and Rebecca (Axtell) Moore: 92 ii. JOHN2 MOORE,born 11 August 1686 in South Carolina; died 29 October 1749 in New York City.John was sent to New York City to be "brought up in business" by Stephen DeLancey. John Moore's day book records that John Moore.Jr. was in New York in 1710. 93 The business thatJohn Moore learned from Stephen Delancey was shipping and trade. Once established, he became a partner with DeLancey. John Moore, Jr. married 9 December 1713 in New York City FRANCFS LAMBERT, who was of French Huguenot descent. John Moore, Jr., known in New York City as Col. John Moore, be,. came a prominent merchant, served as Alderman and as a member of His Majesty's Council and as Warden and Vestryman of Trinity Church. He ac88 Draft of John Moore's will, 1727; John Moore folder, P. Bond Papers, Cadwalader CoUcction, H P; also Philadelphia Register ofWills,John Moore, W-272-1732. 89 The will of Ann (Axtell) Boone, dated 1 December 1749, mentions sister Rebecca Moore of Phihdclphia. Caroline T. Moore, compiler Abstracts of Wtlls i-n the State of South Carolina, Vol I, 1670-1740, 140. 90 Ch~ter County Wills C: 196. 9l Lawrence-Archer,Monumental Inscriptions of the West Indies, 252-53. 92 Uncited information from Louis Effingham DeForest and Anne Lawrence Marston Deforest, William Henry Moore and his Ancestry, With Accounts of the Moore Families in the American Colonies, 1620-1730 (New York: DeForest Publishing Cominny, 1934), 280-85. Mary, William, Daniel, Richard, and possibly Robert were likely bapti.Zcd at Oirist Church, but, although Christ Church was founded in 1695, the surviving registers do not begin until 1709. 93 Phineas Bond Shelf 72, #7, Asst. Books, Cadwaladcr Collection, HSP. 120 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 44 quired a large mansion at the tip of Manhatt2n, called Whitehall, and a large tract of land in Orange County, New York, on which West Point W2S built, 94 iii. CHAJlLES2 MOORE, born say 1688 in South Carolina; Charles More, son of John and Rebecca, buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia, 17 August 1712.95 His signature appears on the 1709 marriage contract of his sister Rebecca iv. THoMAS 2 MOORE, born 9 September 1689 in South Carolina; died 19 July 1769 in Chislehurst, Kent, England, where he was Rector; married first 28 ovember 1725 (license) at St. Alban, Wood Street, HANNAH JOJlDAN; married second 4 December 1735 (license) at St. Alban, Wood Street ELIZABETHMAuo; 96 matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, "s. of John, lawyer of Philadelphia, America."9 7 His will names wife Elizabeth and children Elizabeth, Rebecca, Thomas, and Charles (the latter two identified as Clerks in Holy Orders in the probate).9 8 v. REBECCA2 MOORE, born say 1691; married 14 October 1709 (contract) in Philadelphia JOHN EvANs,99who had arrived in Pennsylvania in 1704 with William Penn Jr. and been appointed Lt. Governor. She returned with him to Wales where they remained the rest of their lives. They had children Mary and Rebecca before 1733, named in their uncle's will. vi. ROBERT MOORE, born say 1694 in Philadelphia. The only evidence of this child's existence may be found in the will of widow Sarah Quary of Philadelphia, relict of Robert Quary, written 16 December 1716, "... Also I give and bequeath to John Moore of Philadelphia, Esq. the sum of twenty pounds money aforesaid. Also I give & bequeath to his the said John Moore's wife Rebecca the sum of twenty pounds money afd. Also I give and bequeath to Mary now the wife of Peter Evans ten pounds money aforesaid. Also I give and bequeath to Robert Moore son of the said John Moore ten pounds money aforesaid." 1oo vii. MARr MOORE, born say 1697 in Philadelphia; buried 6 November 1733 at Christ Church; married by December 1716 101 PETER EVANS, who died between 10 May (will) and 6 August 1745 (probate). 102 The registers of Christ Church do not record this marriage. Peter witnessed the 1709 marriage contract of John Evans and Rebecca Moore. The relationship between Peter Evans and John Evans is uncertain, but they are believed to be cousins. Peter Evans was a member of Christ Church, Sheriff of Philadelphia, and Register of Wills. 9 4 Vital information and background from Moore, "Leisure Hours Employment." 95 Charles R. Hildeburn, compiler, Baptisms and Burials from the Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982), 186. 9 6 Marriagesfrom a ch.art prepared by Brigit Lakin, sent to the author in September 1994; they have not been verified. 97 Venn, Alumni Cantabrlgienses, Part I, 3:208. 98 PCC Registered WUJs, 289 Bogg; Fi-IL .t92,922. 99 Marriage contract between John Evans and Rebecca ~oore, manuscript section, P. Bond Papers, cadwalader Collection, HSP. lOOWill of Sarah Quary, Philadelphia WiJls, original , Wl 13. lOl Will of arah Quary, Philadelphia Wills, originals, WI 13. 102 Will of Peter Evans gentleman of Philadelphia County, Philadelphia Wills H:15. It mentions son John (executor), son-in-lawPeter Robertson, and three unnamed children. 2005 John' Moore of South Carolina and Pennsylvania 121 Viii. wD.LJAM2 MOORE,born 6 May 1699 in Philadelphia; died 30 May 1783 in Chester County; married 1722 Wn.UAMINA Warrss. William Moore established his country seat in Chester County and called it Moore Hall. William became a judge in Chester County. 103 2 ix. DANIEL MOORE,born say 1701 in Philadelphia; died after 1772 in England; t04 married 6 June 1731 at St- Michael' , Barbado , AGATIIAWtmERS. 10 5 They had children baptized thcre. 106 Daniel was a Collector of Customs in Philadelphia, then went to Barbados. Evenrually he went to England, where he served as a Member of Parliament for Great Marlow. 2 x. RICHARD MOORE,born about January 1709 in Philadelphia; died 29 July 1738 in Jamaica, age 29 years 7 months, buried at t. Andr,ew's, Kingston. 107 xi. SOMERSET MOORE, born 14 July 1711; Somerset Moor, son of John Moor, aged 5 days, baptized 19 July 1711 at Christ Church; Sommersect, son of John and Rebecca Moore, buried 4 October 1712 at Chrl t Churcb_ 1 8 ° ARTICLES OF PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST IN NON-PENNSYLVANIA]OURNALS his feature provides brief mentions of recent articles of interest to Pennsylvania researchers who might not otherwise find them easily, ince they were published in non-Pennsylvania journals and have not yet appeared in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). T • David M. Morehouse, "Aaron 5 Gillett (1765-1814) of Connecticut and Tioga County, Pennsylvania," The American Genealogist 79(2004): 109-20. • Stewart Baldwin, "Hugh 1 Jones of Plymouth, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: His Claimed Royal Ancestry Disproved and His Probable Ancestry Found," The American Genealogist 80(2005): 117-21. • Peter S. Craig, "Forefathers: Anders Andersson the Finn and his Descendents," Swedish Colonial News 3 #2(Spring 2005): 2,4-5. • P ter S. Craig, "The Enochson Brothers and their Swedi h Descendents," Swedish Colonial News 3 #3(Fall 2005): 2,4-5. • Gale Ion Harris, "Francis 1 and Anna Catharine Krick of Berks county, Pennsylvania," The Genealogist 19(2005): 187-221, to be continued. I03 {oore, •Leisure Hours Employment." For additional information on his career, see Craig R. Horle ct at, Lawmaking and Legf.slatorsin Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary, 3 vols. (Philadclphi.a: Univcr ity of Pennsylvania Press, 1991, 1997, 2005) 2:704- 17; nott, however, that genealogical information therein is not always correct, :tnd that some of it is superccded by this article. 104 In 1772 he corresponded with his nephew Richard; a 1770 letter was directed to bim at Great Queen Street, Westminster; Daniel Moore letter, Society Collcction 1 HSP. l05 Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records, Marriages 1643-1800, 2 vol . (Houston: Sanders Historical Publications, 1982), 1:152. J06 Joanne McRee Sanders, Barbados Records, Baptisms 1643-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984) l 00, 102, 112. 107 Lawrence-Archer, MonumentaJ lnscrlpttons of the West Indies, 252-53. 108 A certified true copy from the Original Parish Register at Christ Church, Philadelphia, for the baptism and burial, received by the author 17 August 1993.