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From: "barber" <>
Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] MOORE Families in Essex County, 1600's
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:36:31 -0500
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Dear Betty,

Have you read Dorothy Greenleaf Boynton's article " Sara, First Wife of
Edmund Greenleaf" in NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL REGISTER [Jan.
1968] Vol. 122: 28-36? Sara (MOORE) GREENLEAF's family is the subject of
this article. The article includes transcriptions of several MOORE wills
(Samuel, Nicholas, Willamin, and Edward) which provide additional names and
relationships. The article also lists some parish register records of
births, marriages, and deaths of the MOORE and GREENLEAF families dating
back to 1560. I highly recommend this resource.

--Kathleen Canney Barber


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Subject: [MAESSEX] MOORE Families in Essex County, 1600's


> Hello,
>
> I have spent a few weeks finding out that the ..Francis MOORE.. family of
> Cambridge, MA, is not well researched, as far as on-line information is
> concerned. I have also spent this time trying to "collect" information
on
> the MOORE's who arrived in MA in the 1600's. I have posted this
> information on the GenMA and MaBayColony Lists, so I won't repost it here.
> But, what I'd like to do is mention the MOORE's in a few towns:
>
> Lynn, MA
> George MOORE (had daughter, Dorothy)
> John MOORE there in 1641
> John MOORE married 1673 to Susanna MARSHALL
>
> Salem, MA
> Caleb MOORE, there 1668
> Francis MOORE married 1666 to Elizabeth WOODBURY
> James MOORE, perhaps had brother, George or Richard MOORE
> John MOORE had children, 1630's
> Richard MOORE came on "Blessing" in 1635, to Salem, 1642.
> Thomas MOORE, son of Thomas, there in 1636, had widow, Ann.
> William MOORE, there 1690's, then to Ipswich, MA
> Samuel MOORE, freeman 1632, perhaps came on "Lyon"
> -had son, Samuel MOORE, 1630's (perhaps who had children 1670's).
>
> Newbury, MA
> Edmund MOORE, possibly son of Francis MOORE (Sr.) of Cambridge, possibly
> died in Newbury in 1699.
> Jonathan MOORE possibly a son of Edmund (married Constance LANGHORNE).
> Younger Edmund MOORE - was called "Junior" but might not have been
related -
> married Sarah COOPER 1667.
> Samuel MOORE (b1630) married 1653 Hannah PLUMMER and secondly married
Mary
> ILSLEY 1656. ..This Samuel reportedly died in Woodbridge, NJ, in 1688
> (had 9 children).
> Matthew MOORE, probably Samuel's brother. Matthew probably also moved
to
> Woodbridge, NJ, probably both in 1666.
> Edmund and Sarah (MOORE) GREENLEAF, probably arrived 1634 aboard the
"Mary
> and John." (Sarah was reported as the sister of Francis MOORE (Sr.) of
> Cambridge.) (Mrs. Sarah GREENLEAF was ..not.. the daughter of Francis.)
>
> **I am finding that there is a definite connection of the Francis MOORE
> extended family in 1600's Cambridge, MA, with the MOORE families in 1600's
> Newbury, MA. But, I am also finding a small correlation between the
MOORE
> families in Cambridge to the MOORE families in 1600's Salem, MA. For
> example, there was a (Deacon) Josiah?? MOORE who lived in a home on the
> corner of Garden and Mason Sts. in "Harvard Square" in Cambridge just
after
> 1800, which seems to have been the original home of Golden MOORE of 1600's
> Cambridge. (Golden arrived ~1642 and moved to "Cambridge Farms" (now
> Lexington) and then to Billerica
> and I only know of 3 daughters.)
> Another example is that brothers??, Dr. Francis MOORE and Richard MOORE,
> arrived in "Harvard Square" ~1710. Did they move there from Salem, MA?
>
> According to information I am finding or receiving, Francis MOORE (Sr.)
was
> born between 1582 and 1592 (~1588?) in Essex County, England.
> His parents were Enoch and Catherine MOORE who were married in 1585.
They
> are reported to have had at least six children; they possibly had more,
> except that Mrs. Enoch MOORE died shortly after childbirth in 1593. (So
> far names are: Francis, Sarah, Samuel, Enoch, Jane, Judith.)
> (Could there have been a John?)
>
> I have not researched the family of Enoch MOORE yet, but did find out he
was
> son of Nicholas and Willamina MOORE of Essex? County, England.
>
> Just as an FYI, I have just received new information from a "History of
> Cambridge" which lists the following:
> John MOORE arrived in 1636 (Age ??, was adult)
> Enoch MOORE arrived in 1637 (Age ??, was adult)
> Francis MOORE arrived in 1638 (Age ~52)
> Golden MOORE arrived by 1642 (Age ~32)
>
> .. My reason for this research is that my main research of 9 years is on
> the KIDDER surname. The patriarch, James KIDDER (1626-1676) of
Cambridge
> and Billerica, MA, had married Anna MOORE, the daughter of Francis and
> Catherine MOORE, who arrived in Cambridge, MA, in 1638.
> James and Anna married in Cambridge ~1649 and had there first child there
> ~1650. They moved to Billerica ~1656 and had a total of 12 children.
>
> And, my main purpose is to find out how many of the MOORE's in the 1600's
MA
> Bay Colony were related to Francis MOORE (Sr.) either as siblings or
cousins
> or children.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
>
>
>
> My newest saying:
>
> I like to take walks in the woods,
> but I can't see the forest for the family-tree !
> :o)
>
> My older saying:
>
> You can't hurry .. genealogy !
> :o)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children;
> one is roots, the other is wings."
>
> Hodding Carter, Jr.
>
>
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