Family/Spouse: DENNIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Land Petitions Index C-10827
1812 Burford M10 146
AO Reel C-2197
#146 (photocopied 5 pages)
To his Honor Isaac Brock Esq'r President adminstring
the Government of Upper Canada Major General Commanding
His Majesty, Forever therein -- In Council -
Humbly showith that your petitioner Thomas Moore
hath lately arrived from the province of Nova Scotia where
he hath resided ever since the close of the American War
that he has been a British subject as may appear for
rather than submit to the Urged Authority of the Rebellion
he did go within the Loines? to New York in the year one
thousand seven hundred and seventy six where he was
employed as a joiner in His Majesties Nava yard and
at the close of the War he did obtain letters from
Admiral Digby to the Commitioner Duncan in Halifax
Naval yard to be continued during his own pleashure
and in the year 1784 he by his friends Elisha ?????
and Thomas Leonard did settle in the township of
Parrsborough Kings County where he hath resided
ever since until October last and on his wishing to
come to Upper Canada he did procure Letters of introduction
from his friends to Govenor George Provost and from
him letters to Govenor Gore which I will present to thee
with this and he wishes thee to accept of a Cronological
Chart of my Family and when the May ??? his Carrector and
Family he wishes thee to give and to grant to him
and his Family of seven children and ten grand children
a proportion of Lands so as to Enable them to become
Proffetable as he was in Nova Scotia. And he wishes his
Lands in Burford or Norrage Gores as there seem to
be Lands Vacant near his friends Peter Lawson and
Joseph Landcaster and thy Petitioner Flatters himself
that he is Entitled to Eight hundred Acres as he hath three
Sons all with age two of them married and have three
Children each as will appear and he wishes the in
Council to introduce his having his proportion of
Lands without paying the fees of office as he flatters
himself intitled of Not be Paying the fees in Compliiance
to this he the Petitioner will Consider it as Requiring
on his part a grateful Acknowledgement and his
Warmist thanks.
By Thomas Moore

RWS Note: A triangular tract of land in Brant County, was originally known as the "Townsend Gore," but was afterwards attached to Burford Township, and then called "Burford Gore." In 1821 Burford Gore was separated from Burford Township and was named Oakland Township.
The term "Norrage Gore" could not be identified. Perhaps it is a spelling error for a part of Norwich NorthTownship in Oxford County.

146b
Receivers Generals Office
York 15 February 1815
McBenson? agent for Thomas Moore has paid into
this office thirteen pounds, eighteen shillings and Eight pence
Sterling - the fiat fee on 400 acres. O.C. 6 April 1813 - and
Two pounds, nine shillings and six pence Sterling - the
Surveying fee therein - Reg'd of 6 July 1814
John A. Gill
Receiver General
To John Small Esquire
Clerk of Ex'y Council

146c
Certify that Thomas Moore of Bertie in ??the district??
of Niagara, Yeoman (a Quaker) has made and sworn
the solemn affirmation and Declaration of Allegiance
as required by Law; before me this Eighth day of February
in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and twelve.
Adam? Smal?
J.P.

146d
Thomas MooreRead in Council
Rec'd 8 February 1812Apl 6th 1813
from Petitioner ??The petitioner reccom-
J. Smile?mended for 400
Acres of Land under
8 Feb. 1812the Regulations of
Referred to the Executive CouncilJuly 1804 ??? ???

approved
?????? President
To His Honour Isaac Brock Esq'r
a Warrant (No. 935)
???? 15 Feb 1815
400 acres to
the Petitioner
& 200 acres to
each of his three
Sons on their
arrival in this Province.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Land Petitions Index C-10827
1816Dereham M10 #221Vol 336Reel C2198
(all 3 pages copied)

#221
To his Excellency Francis Gore esquire Lieutenant Governor of
the Province of Upper Canada&c&c&c
Thy humble Petition of Thomas Moore of the Township
of Bertie District of Niagara---
Sheweth
That your Excellency 's Petitioner came into the Prov-
ince from Nova Scotia December 1811, you the 8th day of February 1812
presented a petition to His Honor the late Isaac Brock esquire, deceased,
Letters of Recommendation from his Excellency Sir George Prevost; &?
others directed to his Excellency Francis Gore Upper Canada with a peti-
tion for Lands which, His Honor Isaac Brock (then President) laid
before the Honorable Council recommending them to grant yr. Excellency's
Petitioner such proportion of his Majesty's vacant lands as thy might think
your Petitioner deserving of.
The Honorable Council granted yr. Excellency's Petitioner one
thousand acres for himself & three sons, namely, four hundred acres
for Petitioner & two hundred for each of his sons as aforsaid they being
of age. Petitioner hath located his four hundred acres of land in
the Township of Dereham, by order from the late Mr. President
Drummond on the 10th February 1815, first paying the office fees & now?
yr. Excellency's Petitioner is desirous to obtain his Deed for the same with-
out being restricted to a settling duty, as it lies at present distant
from any Public Road. - Your Excellency's compliance to this yr.
#221a
Excellency's humble Petitioners solicitation will much his warmed
thanks.-------
Thomas Moore

RWS Note: There are no Moore's listed on the Dereham Twp map of 1876.
Dereham Twp is in Oxford Co. and contains the town of Tilsonburg.

#221b
M221
The Petition of Thomas Moore of the Township of Bertie, praying that the - Patent for 400 acres of Land, ordered to him on
the 6th of April 1813, and Located in Dereham, may of ?sees? without the performance of Settling Duties. In Council
Dated 6 January 1816 - and --- Ordered that the prayer of the Petition be granted.
J.Smale?

Entd Ld Book II. page
289.
--
Note to the Surveyor
General 6 January 1816
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Petitions Index C-10827 Book I 1811-1816

Reel C-103 Pg 218
6th April 1813
At the Executive Council Chambers in the Town of York on Tuesday the 6th day of April 1813; read the following Petitions referred to the Executive Council by order of His Honor the President.
M14b Thomas Moore of the Township of Bertie, Yeoman, one of the people called Quaker, lately from the Province of Nova Scotia, praying for himself and family.
The Petitioner recommended for Four Hundred acres of Land under the Regulations of 1804.

Reel C-103 Pg 289
6 January 1816
At a Council held at York on Saturday the 6th of January 1816 at the Council Chambers, read the following petitions:
M22:
Thomas Moore praying that the patents for 400 acres of land granted to him on the 6 April 1813 and located in Dereham, may give? without the performance of Settling duties.

Order that the Prayers of the Petitioner be granted.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thomas married Esther THORP in 1770. Esther (daughter of John THORP and Catherine PRALL) was born on 1 Mar 1757 in Bridgetown, New Jersey; died on 4 Feb 1845 in Bertie Twp, Welland Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edward has 10 children by his first wife, most of whom die without issue. His family goes back to a Samuel Moore b abt 1634 who came from Newbury, Essex Co. MA. Source = Joyce Camping

______________________________________________________________________________

"The rich one." Edward was too old to come to Canada but he was a good Quaker and he was a loyalist. On several occasions he was persecuted by Washington's minions, being fined SERIOUS money on several occasions - over 500 pounds. An internet source ..... mentions Edward's son by name - UEL Thomas Moore.

Occupation: Carpenter, m. [Elizabeth]___ Shotwell. Edward died 1822. A. M. Shotwell's Ancestors, page 276.

Edward Moore, Bridge Town, Middlesex Co., 8, 22, 1819, 3, 19, 1822. Children : Thomas [the NS Loyalist], Isaac, Edward (deceased). Grandchildren : Meriam, Clayton, Caroline Eliza, chil- dren of son Edward (deceased). Witnesses: Nathan Shotwell, Isaac Willson, Joseph Shotwell. Executors : Henry Moore, Jr., son Isaac.

The deceased Edward Jr died in 1812

two boys (with girls in between):
Thomas MOORE UEL b 6 Jan 1755 Lower Rahway, was a Loyalist or Tory in time of the Revolutionary War, he settled in 1784 in Nova Scotia, and then left Nova Scotia in 1812 to settle in Bertie Township, Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada.
He had 5 children (3 boys, John, Edward and Joseph)

Isaac MOORE
b 2 Oct 1772 Lower Rahway, NJ d 25 oct 1850 Lower Rahway, NJ

Name: Edward Moore Birth Place: Woodbridge Death Date: 08 Mar 1822 Age: 89y Spouse's Name: Phebe Hallett Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1787 Marriage Place: Newtown, L.I. Comment: Rec on req 8-15-1764, Cert of clear to NY, Cert thence 2-1-1788 for Phebe

Edward married Elizabeth SHOTWELL. Elizabeth was born about 1736; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Catherine PRALL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

the record says "Samuel, carpenter" for Joseph, for Edward, and for Sarah, his children

NOT Samuel born 22 APR 1709 Newtown, Queens, LI, son of Samuel Moore & Charity Hallett

"Moore, Samuel - Woodbridge Middlesex"; William Gaston's Ledger listed all claims under the individual names of the Loyalists that lost their property. The original ledger (with names and property values) is in the Archives of the New Jersey State Library, Trenton. - Theodore V. Brush, April 12, 197?, Lakewood, NJ". The ONLY other Moore listed is Michael of Essex

I have this guy's Will (P.L.Bingle)
Robert Moores and Michael Moore signed it

"Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey (1880)"
1750, May 3. Moore, Samuel, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., merchant;
will of. Wife, Mary. SonsvJoseph, Edward, Isaac, John and
Samuel. Real and personal estate, incl. a negro wench.
Executors v the wife and brother, Enoch Moore, of Essex Co., mariner.
Witnesses v Robart Moores, Michael Moore, Isaac Prall, Nugient Kelly.
Proved June 1, 1751.

1759, June 19. Moore, John and Samuel, sons of Samuel, deceased,
of Woodbridge. Guardian appointed, John Blanchard. Lib. G, p. 85.
1759, June 26. John Blanchard released; Jonathan Alston appointed Guardian.

Samuel married Mary CROWELL about 1731 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Edward CROWEL and Sarah VAIL) was born on 3 Aug 1713 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ; died on 17 May 1811 in Rahway, New Jersey; was buried in Friends Burying Ground At Rahway, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Just before her death on 17 May 1811, one of her great grandsons, recorded her offspring, still living, on a chart which showed 6 children, 34 grandchildren, 116 great grandchildren and 47 great, great grandchildren."

This was recorded by Jim Moore in his writings entitiled "The Moores in Early America" but the source of the above facts was not included. This writer discovered a quote from an article by Edward J. Raser in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, January 1966 entitiled "Isaac Moore's Family Record."

"Old family records are found in many interesting forms and places. The one represented below appears in Volume 40 of the papers of James Madison, a collection of bound manuscripts in the Library of Congress. The records consist of a letter and an appended chart, written by Isaac Moore of Rahway in 1810. Because of their quaintness and genealogical value, the papers are reproduced here verbatim. Despite numerous spelling errors in the letter and chart, the letter shows great care in its execution.

"The chart consists of a central circle and four concentric rings. The circle contains the left-facing profile of a woman identified as 'Mary Alston 97.' [A.K.A. Granny Hays] Five radials connect the circle with the outer edge of the first ring, which contains the inscription, 'Children, Five.' From each radial additional radials extend across the second ring and so on to the last ring in accordance with the successive generations known to Isaac Moore. The remaining rings bear the inscriptions, 'Grand Children, Therty three,' 'Great Grand Children 115' and 'Great Great Grand Children, 39.' All radials of the first and second generation bear names but many radials of the third and fourth generation are nameless. At the bottom of the chart is an acrostic which identifies the composer."

Buried:
Mary (Crowel) Moore was buried in the Friends New Burying Ground, Rahway, NJ.