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History of
Bucks County "Between 1710 and 1716 a number of
settlers came into the township [Richland] and took up
land, of which we can name the following: In 1714 100
acres were granted to James McVeagh, or McVaugh,
convenient for building a mill, at one shilling
quit-rent, and 1,000 to Morris Morris, "at or near the
tract called Great Swamp in Bucks county," in 1715 200
acres to John Moore, and the same quantity to John
Morris, of Shackamaxon, in March 1706, and 250 acres to
Michael Atkinson, adjoining Moore, and 350 acres to
Michael Lightcap, in two tracts, one of 150 acres,
between Edward Roberts' and Thomas Nixon's land, and
the other of 200 acres, on the west side of Arthur
Jones's land. These tracts were not confirmed to
Lightcap until 1732-33." |
Christiana Moore b. 1781 -
d. after 1876 ...born in PA....married John Williams
1780-1858
1. Mary Williams b. 1805 - married Nathan Whiting
2. Newberry Williams b. 1807 - married Lucy
Edwin Williams b. 1842
Albert Williams b. 1844
Lewis Williams b. 1849
Isabella Williams b. 1851 (adopted)
John Williams b. 1856
William Williams b. 1859
Sarah Williams
3. James Williams b. 1809 - married Phoebe Treichler
1. Josephine Williams
4. Ann Eliza Williams b. 1812 - married Jonas Smith
5. Barzilla Newbold Williams b. 1814 - married Mary
Davis
1. Stella Williams
2. Ann Mary Williams
2nd marriage to Sarah (Sallie) King
3. Josephine Williams b. 1852-1935
4. Sarah Williams
3rd marriage to Hannah Harrison
5. Silvey S. Williams
4th marriage to Mary Morrow
6. Samuel Williams
6. Caroline Williams b. 1821 - married Thomas W.
Harris
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These are the oldest Moore
estate files. Bucks Co Register of Wills Bucks Court
House Doylestown, PA
MOORE WILLIAM ·1772 01363
MOORE SARAH ·1819 04614 widow of Alexander of
Newtown
MOORE PETER ·1771 01334 **
MOORE JOHN ·1830 06138
MOORE JOHN ·1807 03473 husband of Ann Kimball
MOORE JOHN ·1726 00240 of Bristol
MOORE JESSE ·1822 04998
MOORE HULDAH ·1817 04373 of Solebury
MOORE ELIZABETH ·1822 04969
MOORE EDWARD ·1805 03335 **
MOORE CHRISTOPHER ·1750 00730
MOORE BENJAMIN ·1823 05154
MOORE ANN ·1831 06205 of Solebury
Those noted with comments have wills Those noted **
have Orphans Court Files
Peter - of Bristol #500 Edward - of Plumstead #1587
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Correction: Christiana
Mohr was baptized 1781, not 1801...I have too many
dates swimming around in my head and I guess those two
bumped together!
John and Ann Moore's other children were:
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William Moore b.in PA 1778 |
| Christiana Moore b. in PA 1781 |
| John Moore b. in PA 1782 |
| Catherine Moore b. NJ 1784 |
| Elizabeth Moore b. in NJ 1786 |
| Jacob Moore b. in NJ 1792 |
| Nancy Moore b. in NJ 1794 |
| Lavinia Moore b. in NJ 1796 |
| Archibald Moore b. in NJ 1800 |
| Thomas Moore b. in PA 1802 |
| Abigail Moore b. in PA 1805 |
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John and Ann (Kimble) Moore
Christiana Moore was there oldest daughter. My
cousins and I have been working hard on our family
tree and have come across a rich history of our
Moore's in the PA/NJ area. John and Ann had 11
children. I am a descendent of their firstborn,
William. The sons eventually moved into Hunterdon
County and settled on land acquired by John just
prior to his death in 1807. John Moore never moved to
the land in NJ but kept and inn/tavern along the
banks of the Delaware somewhere between the Milford
Bridge and "Gwinners Place" until his death in 1807.
I'm not sure if this is north or south of the bridge.
Three of their daughters married into families in the
Nockamixon area; Williams, Pursell, Goddard, I have a
good portion of their descendents recorded as well as
the descendents of the rest of John and Ann's
children.
John and Ann were laid to rest in the Pursell Burial
Grounds .6 miles south of the Milford Bridge. It was
written (Jesse Sinclair, Milford Leader News 1892)
that "John was a German by birth and that he wrote
his name Mohr" but that "In 1803 he himself wrote it
the same as now, Moore". John and Ann's first two
children William (1778) and Christiana (1801) were
baptized at the German Evangelical Lutheran Church
"The Straw" in Greenwich, NJ. Their names at that
time were spelled Mohr.
John bought 125 acres in Alexandria, Hunterdon Co, NJ
from the Traugers, of Nockamixon, in 1806. He put his
son John on the land to farm. His oldest son William
(my ggg) was already married with family and farming
on adjacent land. The land was divided among the 11
siblings in 1825. To this day, 90 of the original 125
acres are still in the Moore family!
Kindly submitted by Susan
Moore Raff
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