11 Aug 1686-John Moore b. in SC1
27
May 1702-John Moore made Freeman of the City of New York2
c.
1703-apprenticed to Stephen DeLancey3
6
Nov 1710, 17 Jan 1710/11, 7 Jun 1711-JM in NY4
26
Jan 1710/11-witness to a deed recorded for Thomas Roberts5
6
Aug 1713-Letter to Evert Wendell @ Albany6
9 Dec 1713-m. Frances Lambert
c.
1715-became Warden & Vestryman of Trinity Church
c. 1715-dau. Frances born
24
Jun 1716-JM listed as owner with Stephen DeLancey, Peter Barberie & Henry
Land of
ship Elizabeth, bound for Jamaica.7 John Moore owned part interest in the Hamilton, the
Beaver, NY, and the Peter. These ships traded with Jamaica,
Barbados, London and Holland.
c. 1717-dau. Rebecca born
22
Oct 1717-Deed recorded for John Moore for lot & house on Winckel Street
bought from
Abraham Delanoy. NYC Deed Books, Vol. 28: 334-336.8
c. 1719-son John born9
10
May 1720-Trinity Church authorized JM to pay upkeep for a charity case10
c. 1720-dau. Susannah born, d. infant
c. 1721-twins Thomas & Peter born,
both d. infants
1721-plaintiff
in suit with Stephen DeLancey and Peter Barberie11
c. 1722-twins Thomas & Peter born,
Peter d. infant
Nov.
1723-JM attended funeral of Gertrude (Schuyler) Van Cortlandt12
24 May 1725-dau. Susannah born13
23
Jun 1725-Warrant signed for salary of JM, "quarantine guard" (may
have to do with inspecting
incoming ships)14
c. 1725-Pastel portraits rendered by
Henrietta Johnston, of Col. John Moore, his wife Frances (Lambert) Moore, their
daughter Frances (age about 15) and son Thomas (age 4)15
14 Nov 1727-twins Lambert & Daniel
born, Daniel d. infant16
4
Dec 1727-deed recorded for John Moore for a lot & house purchased from
Thomas Roberts
on Bridge or Custom House Street fronting the Dock. NYC Deed Books Vol. 31:
206-211.17
c. 1728-son Daniel born, d. infant
c. 1729-son Daniel born,
c. 1730-son William born
Feb
1730-JM assessed £160 for two houses in the Dock Ward, £25 for two storehouses and
£5 for a garden in the South Ward18
10
Jul 1730-John Moore signed the Entry Book (for duties assessed on cargo) for
Stephen DeLancy19
c.
1730/1-JM listed as "assistant alderman" & Freeman of the City of
NY20
25 Apr 1731-JM bought the lot on which
he built "Whitehall"21
Compiler’s
Note: At the New York Public Library in the Manuscript & Archives Section, in
the collection called “Bancker Plans” is a map survey of the “Whitehall Lots”
dated 10 March
1731, performed by James Livingston. It shows four long, narrow lots, the
first, Lot
#4, its long side fronting Weigh House Street, which later became Moore Street,
was sold to John Moore. Next, Lot #5 was Stephen DeLancey’s, #6-Robert
Livingston, jr., #7-Anthony Rutgers. These lots were between Water and Front
Streets.22
May
1731-Council appointed JM & Stephen DeLancey to acquire a Fire Engine for
the City23
29
Oct 1731-John Moore, Jr. granted full power of attorney for Bernard van der
Grieft of Amsterdam24 Compiler’s note: it appears that John
Moore styled himself “Jr.” until the death of his father in 1732.
Aug
1732-JM signed as Alderman an Address to Gov. Cosby on his arrival25
c. 1732-son Charles born
30
Sep 1734-JM elected Alderman to Common Council amid much political unrest and the
beginnings of the issue of "freedom of the press"26
3
Oct 1734-JM petitioned for access to the East River from his property, which
resulted in
his purchase of the "Water Lots" that he devised to sons Richard,
Lambert, Daniel and William in his Will27
19 Oct 1734-son Stephen born
6
Dec 1734-Gov. Cosby recommended JM to Lords of Trade for position of Councilor28
Nov
1737-JM refused to observe mourning for Queen Caroline on the grounds that
those who observed mourning for the late King (George I) were ridiculed. As a
result of this refusal, Gov. Clarke withdrew his recommendation of JM to be a
Councilor29
10
Apr 1738-Muster roll, Capt. John Moore's company, NY30
16
Apr 1738-lot laid out on Broadway between Marketfield & Beaver St.31
17
Aug 1738-appointed Col. of Militia32
7
Nov 1738-heard case in Mayor's Court as Alderman33
Jan 1739-daughter Ann born34
19
Feb 1739-heard case in Mayor's Court as Alderman
13
Mar 1739-JM elected to General Assembly35
29
Sep 1739-certification of election held in South Ward, signed by JM, alderman36
6
Feb 1741-JM & Col. Joseph Robinson allowed to export beer & candles
that had already
been loaded on a brigantine prior to an order banning the export of provisions
to foreign
ports37
Apr
1741-negro slave Cato, belonging to JM, indicted in the plot to murder the inhabitants,
and burn the city of NY. This terrible episode in American history resulted in the
arrest of 160 blacks, 31 of whom were executed, 71 transported and the
remainder discharged.
In addition, 26 white people were implicated and 4 were executed. Hardly a household
in the city was not affected, and it is doubtful that any of the
"evidence" was true.38
14
Jul 1741-JM referred to as "deputy secretary" in letter from Henry
Beekman regarding commissions for a militia company forming in Dutchess County39
c.
1741 or 1742-JM bought Congreve's Patent
(part of land at West Point)40
Dec
1742-hears case in Mayor's Court as Alderman
Jan
1743-hears case in Mayor's Court as Alderman
Nov
1743-Gov. Clinton again recommended JM for Council41
22
Mar 1744-JM sworn in to Council along with Sir Peter Warren & Joseph Murray
Aug
1744-hears case in Mayor's Court as Alderman
8
May 1745-JM Chairman of committee to inspect NY fortifications and make
estimates and
recommendations for the defense of the City42
16
Jun 1746-JM appointed to committee to inspect Ft. Saratoga said to be in bad
repair and
make recommendations for "most speedy & effectual means for the
execution of that part"43
3
Nov 1746-JM petitioned for grant of land in Orange Co.44
17
Mar 1747-Patent awarded to JM. This is known as Moore's Patent45
4
Sep 1748-JM wrote Will, witnessed by Jos. Robinson, Isaac DePeyster, Mauritz
DeHart
23
Feb 1749-codicil to Will, witnessed by Robt. Watts, Jos. Robinson, Wm. Hamersly
29 Oct 1749-JM died
9 Dec 1749-John Moore’s Will proved46
Sources:
1 L.
Effingham DeForest and Anne Lawrence DeForest, William Henry Moore and his Ancestry,
With Accounts of the Moore Families in the American Colonies, 1620-1730 (New York, NY: The DeForest
Publishing Co., 1934)
2 Collections
of the N-YHS for 1885, “Burghers & Freemen”, 18:79. It is
unclear whether this is the correct John Moore, as he would be only 16 years
old.
3 Collections
of the N-YHS, 1870, Old New York and Trinity Church, p151-2; abstract of John Moore's Obituary in the New York Mercury
4 Day
Book of Hon. John Moore of PA, at Historical
Society of Pennsylvania, hereafter HSP
5 FHL
#0888338-NY Conveyances, Vol. 26:463
6 N-YHS
MS Collection
7 Colonial
Office Papers, Public Record Office, London: microfilm copy cited as PRO CO/5
1222-6. Read at Queens College, Flushing, NY-11/94
8 FHL
microfilm #0888339-NY County Land & Property Records, Bk.28: 334-36
9 John
Moore, Esq., “Leisure Hours Employment” typescript, The New-York Historical
Society Library, CS71.M821, #25, hereafter JMM
10 Morris,
Richard B., edit., Select Cases of the Mayor's Court of
New York City 1674-1784 (Washington, DC:
The American Historical Association, 1936; Millwood, NY Kraus Reprint Co.,1975)
hereafter Mayor’s Court of NYC, p 68
11 Mayor’s Court of NYC, p 704-5
12 NYG&B
Record, v. 49: 36
13 Jeannie
Robison and Henrietta Bartlett, eds., Genealogical
Records: Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, taken from
Family Bibles, 1581-1917 (1907) Smyth
Family Bible
14 New
York State Library, Calendar of NY Council Minutes,
1688-1783, p. 299, hereafter, Council Minutes
15 Margaret
Simons Middleton, Henrietta Johnston of Charles Town,
South Carolina, America’s First Pastellist (Columbia,
SC, University of South Carolina Press 1966), 63-65; notations on the back of the
original portraits made by Thomas William Channing Moore in 1852 & 1859.
16 NYG&B
Record, v. 43: 87
17 FHL
microfilm #0888340-NY County Land & Property Records
18 Julius
M. Bloch, Leo Hershkowitz and Kenneth Scott, “New York City Assessment Roll, February,
1730” in NYG&B Record, v. 95 (1964): 27+
19 Microfilm
copy of Entry Books of Customs of NY, 1727- Read at Queens College, Flushing, NY-11/94
20 Collections
of the NYHS-1885, v. 18, The
Burghers of New Amsterdam and the Freemen of New York,
1675-1866, p 155; 483
21 I. N.
Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan, v. 4: 522,
hereafter, Iconography
22 Iconography, v. 4: 522
23 Iconography, v. 4: 521
24 FHL
film #0888340 New York Conveyances, vol. 31: 428-9
25 Collections
of N-YHS-1885, v. 18: 486-7
26 Iconography, v. 4: 536
27 Iconography, v. 4: 535
28 E. B.
O’Callaghan, ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial
History of the State of NY: Colonial Manuscripts, (1861) v. 6:35,
hereafter, Col. Hist. NY.
29 Col. Hist. NY v. 6: 115
30 E. B.
O’Callaghan, ed., Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in
the Office of the Secretary of State: Part II-English Manuscripts, p 532, hereafter, Cal.
of Hist. Mss.
31 Iconography, v. 4: 557
32 E. B.
O’Callaghan, ed., Documentary History of the State of
New York (Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849-51)
v.4: 146
33 Mayor’s
Court, p 145
34 Letter
from Ann Moore to her niece, Mary Moore Stanford, dated Jan 1808, in the
Stanford Papers (#2096) Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
35 Iconography
p.559
36 N-YHS,
Ms. Dept.
37 Cal.
of Council Minutes, p. 337
38 Cal.
of Hist. Mss., p. 555
39 Cal. of Hist. Mss., p. 544
40 N-YHS,
Kempe Papers, Orange Co.
41 Col. Hist. of NY, v. 6: 652
42 E. B.
O’Callaghan, ed., Journal of the Legislative Council, v. 2: 882
43 Col. Hist. NY, v. 6:652
44 E. B.
O’Callaghan, comp., Calendar of NY Colonial Manuscripts,
Indorsed Land Papers, p. 252, hereafter, Indorsed Land Papers
45 Indorsed Land Papers, p. 252
46 Will
of John Moore, New York Surrogate’s Court, Liber 17:44-49; Collections of the
N-YHS-1895, Abstracts of Wills on File in the
Surrogate’s Office, City of New York, 1744-1753, v. 4: 248-51
Chronology compiled by Terri Bradshaw O'Neill
