8. | Captain John MOORE was born on 20 May 1674 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ (son of Hon. Samuel MOORE and Mary ILSLEY); died on 20 Apr 1736 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. Notes:
Another record (presently unamed) shows another child, Martha, born c. 1701, m. John Freeman of Woodbridge. She was not named in the will.
From Paul Bingle:
"or was it 20 May 1674?
These May Certify all Persons Concerned that John MOORE was Married to Hope ROBINDS, 18 Mar 1699, by Me John BISHOP - Justice
John and his brother Thomas purchased land in West Jersey abt 1703
John's purchase was 21 Apr 1703 - 2 acres - 26 pounds. Described as a "planter", of Woodbridge
Freehold is directly east of Trenton and directly south of Rahway, 20 miles from either one.
John MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 3 Dec 1700 in ye town of Freehold (died)
Joseph MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 5 Oct 1703
Benjamin MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 10 Oct 1705, in Elizabeth Town
Enoch MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 7 Dec 1707
Samuel MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 4 Apr 1709
Daniel MOORE, son of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 24 Aug 1711
Rachel MOORE, daughter of John MOORE & Hope, his wife, b. 15 Oct 1713
Mary MOORE, daughter of John MOORE & Mary, his wife, b. 17 Jan 1719
William MOORE, son of John MOORE & Mary, his wife, b. 30 Aug 1720
Hannah MOORE, daughter of John MOORE & Mary, his wife, b. 31 Mar 1722
John MOORE, son of John MOORE & Mary, his wife, b. 13 May 1725
Deborah MOORE, daughter of John MOORE & Mary, his wife, b. 28 Mar 1727
Sarah MOORE, daughter of John MOORE & Mary, his wife was Born December ye 6th 1728
[Elizabeth, born c1730
[Hope, born c1732
[Frances, born c1734
Joseph is not mentioned in the Will...
List of Militia Regiments, under command of Col. Thos. Ffarmar in 1715, NJ (per Report of the State Historian, State of New York, 1898, Colonial Series, Vol. 1, pp 529 et seq.) from the notes of Orra Eugene Monnette, Los Angeles, 1932
Also "Col. Thomas Farmer's New Jersey Regiment of 1715". Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, vol. 13, 1928
John Moore, "a gallant soldier".
Third Company, Woodbridge, John Moore, Captain: - Richard Skinner Jr., Wright Skinner, John Skinner Jr., Matthew Force, Ezekial Bloomfield, William Alston, Peter Alston Jr., Samuel Moore [the 3rd], William Crichfield
John MOORE was Married to Mary OLIVER, 21 Nov 1717, by me John BISHOP - Justice
John's second wife gave him two more boys, William & John (II), and seven girls, listed here:
Mary MOORE
Born: 17 Jan 1719 Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj
Died: 19 Nov 1753 Place: Hopewell, , Nj [Her daughter
is buried in Red Hill Cem, Tinicum Twp., Bucks Co., Pa]
Hannah MOORE
Born: 31 Mar 1722 Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj
Deborah MOORE
Born: 28 Mar 1727 Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj
Sarah MOORE
Born: 6 Dec 1728 Place: Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj
Died: 1795 Place: Rahway, Middlesex, Nj
Elizabeth MOORE
Born: Abt. 1730 Place:
Hope MOORE
Born: Abt. 1732 Place:
Frances MOORE
Born: Abt. 1734 Place:
New Jersey Colonial Documents Calendar of Wills 1730-1750 Pg 343
1730, March 13. Moore, John, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., yeoman;
will of. Children - Benjamin, Enoch, Samuel, Daniel, William, John,
Rachel, Mary, Hannah, Deborah, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hope and Frances.
Real and personal estate. Lot joining lands of Peter Elstone. Execu-
tors - wife, Mary [Oliver], and son Benjamin. Witnesses - Joseph Conger, Jo-
seph Oliver, Benj. Tharp, J. Stevens. Proved April 20, 1736.
Lib. C, p. 85.
Captain John's youngest sons are mentioned here:
#092; John MOORE, carpenter, & William MOORE, yeoman, both of the County of Middlesex...
[bound to]... Jonathan BELCHER, Governor... 500 pounds... 13 Nov 1751. ... John MOORE...
obtained license of marriage for himself and for Mary FRAZE of the County of Essex, spinster...
[w] John MORRIS"
John married Hope ROBINS on 18 Mar 1699 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ. Hope (daughter of Daniel ROBINDS and Hope POTTER) was born on 10 Dec 1681 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ; died in 1714 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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