Col. John Moore of New York City

After two years of writing, editing, rewriting and re-editing, the entire article on Col. John Moore and his wife, Frances Lambert, has been published. It appears in two parts, in the New York Genealogical and Biographical RECORD: Vol. 143, Number 3, July 2012, and Number 4, October 2012. I hope all of you who are interested in family history will seek out these two issues from your library. Quite a few new discoveries about our Moore lineage have been made in the last 5 years or so, and I crammed as much of it into the article as space would allow.

Some of you have asked how to obtain copies of the article published in two issues of the RECORD. If they are not available in your local library, you can contact the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society RECORD, 36 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036-8105. Single issues are $7.50 each. The website address is: www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org

The article is in Vol. 143, Number 3, July 2012, and Number 4, October 2012.

Terri Bradshaw ONeill

Colleyville, Texas

Col. John Moore of New York Chronology

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

Fortress West Point, 1778-1783

This Report is 76 pages long and contains very interesting and valuable information about West Point at the time the U.S. Government took over the property from the Moore family.  Following are two representative pages from the document.  Also contained are many pictures including maps.

Click on this link to view the entire report.

SCANDAL: Miss Mary Moore alleged to have sex with Rev. Francis Phillips of Christ Church

Editor’s Note:  This biographical reference is copied verbatim from Pennsylvania, The Colonial Years, 1681-1776 by Joseph J. Kelly, Jr., published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, pp. 140-141.

As 1714 drew to a close, Philadelphia had a first-class scandal which triggered a “great tumult.”  Rev. Francis Phillips, temporary pastor of Christ Church, was said to be boasting of having sex with some of the leading ladies of the congregation.  Most of the parishioners, including Gookin, thought Phillips was being maligned, but a sizable minority believed the tales were true.  Writs were obtained against him by Collector John Moore, father of one, and Councilor Trent, husband of another.  Peter Evans, brother of the former Governor, was the Sheriff, and an ardent suitor of Miss Moore.  Incensed, he arrested the cleric as he was going to bed, presumably alone, on Saturday, February 12, 1715, dragging him, sans stockings, through the cold night to the jail a half mile away, and there refusing to let him send for bail.  The next day, Sunday, some three hundred young men and boys, admirers of the beleaguered pastor, mobbed the prison and threatened to pull it down if he was not released.  They extorted a promise he would be returned home that night, and in retiring, tried to attack the home of the chief informer, but Gookin dispersed them.

On Monday, even though Phillips had been set at liberty, the mob, smashed the windows in the Trent and Moore homes.  Evans, anxious to prove himself a worthy champion of the supposedly victimized Miss Moore, challenged the minister to a duel with swords, and was indicted for sending a challenge.  The trial jury returned an alternative verdict, leaving the judges to decide whether a demand to come cinctus gladio was a challenge or an invitation.  The puzzled court took it under advisement and no further record of the case appears.  Phillips, who ignored Evans’ note on March 10, faced more trouble on March 17 when other clergymen petitioned the Bishop of London to remove him, after having failed to persuade him to leave the Province.  In the meantime he drew large crowds to Christ Church while the Moore and Trent families attended services in the courthouse.

For Quaker politicians, always happy at the discomfiture of the “steeple-church” people, the episode had too much potential to let die.  They brought the minister before a Quaker-dominated court on charges they claimed he already admitted.  Gookin accompanied him, immediately dismissed at least three counts, and when a twenty-pound fine was levied on another, said: “Mr. Phillips, you may go home if you please, I’ll forgive you your fine.”

At the next term of court, the Constable and then the Sheriff were sent to bring him in, but Gookin battled them with his cane, went to court, and absolved Phillips with a proclamation.

On June 10 the Assembly expressed disappointment that “some of those who occasioned those Tumults, in order to annoy their opposite Party, are now leveling their Malignity against the Magistrates of this City and County, and endeavoring to prevail with the Governor  . . . that there is no Power to bring to Trial a certain Clergyman, who is charged by Indictment at the King’s suit, for committing Fornication.  . . . We desire the Governor to consider, that Fornication, and such like Offences which in other Places may be of ecclesiastical Connusance, are by the Laws of this Province made triable in the Quarter-Sessions. . . .”   Tongue in cheek, Gookin answered: “The Tumults that have hitherto happened, I have immediately endeavored to quell, and, I hope, with good Effect; the Courts are now Opened; the Administration of Justice is restored; and if any should appear so audacious as to oppose the Magistrates, they shall not want my Countenance and Assistance to suppress the Attempt.  . . .  I shall exert all the Authority with which I am vested, to support . . . the Magistrates, in the Execution of the Laws, and full Discharge of their Duty . . .”

The amorous Phillips, “the parson who has so long tormented this place,” in Logan’s words, was ordered by the Bishop of London to vacate Christ Church and sailed home; Peter Evans married Miss Moore without her father’s permission;  Gookin had an argument with Joseph Wood, a Quaker justice of the Supreme Court for the Lower Counties, and kicked him, and in September 1715, leading citizens there appealed to the Councilors to relieve them from the Governor’s harassment.  The letter was forward to Hannah Penn stating a change was imperative.

Editor’s Note:  The “. . .” deletions are in the book, and are not inserted by your editor.

More to come in a future post about Charles Gookin, and John Evans (cousin of Peter Evans) who was married to Rebecca Moore (daughter of Hon. John Moore and sister of Mary Moore).

D A R and S A R

Being descended from Stephen Moore, our Revolutionary War Patriot, entitles you to membership in either the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) or the SAR (Sons of the American Revolution.)

Starting from scratch and going back six to eight generations may be daunting to some; however, if a more recent ancestor has been accepted into membership, you will have fewer generations to prove.  For example, my mother was a member of DAR, so it was relatively easy for me to prove my lineage back to Stephen Moore, only having to supply my birth certificate, proving the last generation.  Even finding a relative back in your lineage in one of the DAR or SAR rolls will save you time and documentation.

Terri O'Neill has shown that Robert Moore also had creditable service as a Revolutionary War Patriot, but if you get back that far, you may as well go for one more generation to Stephen.

Not all Moore family descendants can become members of the DAR and SAR -- only those who are descended from Stephen.  This is because only Stephen was a Revolutionary War Patriot having fought in the war for independence.  Most of Stephen's siblings remained loyal to the British Crown!

Here is copy of my Sons of the American Revolution Certificate:  I have been a member since 14 June 1979.

If you will add your DAR or SAR national certificate number in the comments below, I will add it into the following table.  This should make it easier in the future for our descendants to apply for membership.

DAR or SAR:  National Number:      Name:                                    Date:              .

SAR                 115865                      David Elmo Jeffreys, Jr.         14 June 1979

DAR                728184                     Terri Bradshaw O'Neill            2 February 1990
SAR                                                    Mike Andrus                               2012
DAR                911467                      Sarah Brodeur Johnson          October 2012
DAR             926546                     Sandra Moore Shoffner          11 December 2013

Cousins Explained

Cousins Explained

 

What Is a First Cousin, Twice Removed?

If someone walked up to you and said, "Howdy, I'm your third cousin, twice removed," would you have any idea what they meant? Most people have a good understanding of basic relationship words such as "mother," "father," "aunt," "uncle," "brother," and "sister." But what about the relationship terms that we don't use in everyday speech? Terms like "second cousin" and "first cousin, once removed"? We don't tend to speak about our relationships in such exact terms ("cousin" seems good enough when you are introducing one person to another), so most of us aren't familiar with what these words mean.

Relationship Terms

Sometimes, especially when working on your family history, it's handy to know how to describe your family relationships more exactly. The definitions below should help you out.

Cousin (a.k.a "first cousin")

Your first cousins are the people in your family who have two of the same grandparents as you. In other words, they are the children of your aunts and uncles.

Second Cousin

Your second cousins are the people in your family who have the same great-grandparents as you., but not the same grandparents.

Third, Fourth, and Fifth Cousins

Your third cousins have the same great great grandparents, fourth cousins have the same great-great-great-grandparents, and so on.

Removed

When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations. You and your first cousins are in the same generation (two generations younger than your grandparents), so the word "removed" is not used to describe your relationship.

The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."

Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.

Relationship Charts Simplify Everything

Now that you have an idea of what these different words mean, take a look at the chart below. It's called a relationship chart, and it can help you figure out how different people in your family are related. It's much simpler than it looks, just follow the instructions.

Instructions:

This chart attempts to explain the relationships that exist between cousins. It may be extended in either direction for as many generations as is necessary. The parents represent the common ancestors you have with your relative. Count across the top row until you reach your generation. Now count down this column until you reach your relative's generation.

parents	child	g-child	gg-child	ggg-child	gggg-child
child	brother/ sister	nephew/ niece	g-nephew/ g-niece	gg-nephew/ gg-niece	ggg-nephew/ ggg-niece
g-child	uncle/ aunt	first cousin	first cousin once removed	first cousin twice removed	first cousin thrice removed
gg-child	g-uncle/ g-aunt	first cousin once removed	second cousin	second cousin once removed	Second cousin twice removed
ggg-child	gg-uncle/ gg-aunt	first cousin twice removed	second cousin once removed	third cousin	third cousin once removed
gggg-child	ggg-uncle/ ggg-aunt	first cousin thrice removed	second cousin twice removed	third cousin once removed	fourth cousin

  This gives you your relationship to your relative. If you have only one common ancestor with your relative (perhaps this ancestor had multiple marriages), then the same chart applies but the relationships are half blood instead of full blood.  In general, the person in the first row is the ***** of the person in the first column. ***** stands for the appropriate table entry, eg. sister, uncle, second cousin, etc.

  Example: Suppose I want to find out my relationship to the son of my grandmother's brother. Then the common ancestors that we share are my great-grandparents, which are his grandparents. (I am assuming a full blood relationship). Therefore, reading from the chart we find that

parents	child	g-child	ME!
child	brother/ sister	nephew/ niece	g-nephew/ g-niece
RELATIVE!	uncle/ aunt	first cousin	first cousin once removed

I am the first cousin once removed of this relative!

Another Chart for Figuring Relationships

On the top row, find the relationship of one person to the common ancestor and follow the column straight down. Find the other person's relationship to the common ancestor on the left-hand column and follow that row straight across. The relationship is where the projected row and column meet.

Common Ancestor	Child	Grandchild	Great Grandchild	Great Great Grandchild	Great Great Great Grandchild	GGGG Grandchild	GGGGG Grandchild	GGGGGG Grandchild
Child	Sibling	Niece or Nephew	Grand Niece or Nephew	Great Grand Niece or Nephew	Great Great Grand Niece or Nephew	GGG Grand Niece or Nephew	GGGG Grand Niece or Nephew	GGGGG Grand Niece or Nephew
Grandchild	Niece or Nephew	First Cousin	First Cousin Once Removed	First Cousin Twice Removed	First Cousin Three Times Removed	First Cousin Four Times Removed	First Cousin Five Times Removed	First Cousin Six Times Removed
Great Grandchild	Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Once Removed	Second Cousin	Second Cousin Once Removed	Second Cousin Twice Removed	Second Cousin Three Times Removed	Second Cousin Four Times Removed	Second Cousin Five Times Removed
Great Great Grandchild	Great Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Twice Removed	Second Cousin Once Removed	Third Cousin	Third Cousin Once Removed	Third Cousin Twice Removed	Third Cousin Three Times Removed	Third Cousin FourTimes Removed
GGG Grandchild	Great Great Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Three Times Removed	Second Cousin Twice Removed	Third Cousin Once Removed	Fourth Cousin	Fourth Cousin Once Removed	Fourth Cousin Twice Removed	Fourth Cousin Three Times Removed
GGGG Grandchild	GGG Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Four Times Removed	Second Cousin Three Times Removed	Third Cousin Twice Removed	Fourth Cousin Once Removed	Fifth Cousin	Fifth Cousin Once Removed	Fifth Cousin Twice removed
GGGGG Grandchild	GGGG Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Five Times Removed	Second Cousin Four Times Removed	Third Cousin Three Times Removed	Fourth Cousin Twice Removed	Fifth Cousin Once Removed	Sixth Cousin	Sixth Cousin Once Removed
GGGGGG Grandchild	GGGGG Grand Niece or Nephew	First Cousin Six Times Removed	Second Cousin Five Times Removed	Third Cousin Four Times Removed	Fourth Cousin Three Times Removed	Fifth Cousin Twice Removed	Sixth Cousin Once Removed	Seventh Cousin

(Based on the system used by courts and most genealogical societies.)