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Edward MOORE[1]

Male 1733 - 1822  (88 years)


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  • Name Edward MOORE  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Born 6 Nov 1733  Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Mar 1822  Lower Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1707  Jay Moore Family Tree
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2014 

    Father Samuel MOORE
              b. 4 Apr 1709, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 May 1750, Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Mary CROWELL
              b. 3 Aug 1713, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 May 1811, Rahway, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married Abt 1731  Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Family ID F738  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth SHOTWELL
              b. Abt 1736
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Thomas MOORE, UEL
              b. 6 Jan 1755, Lower Rahway, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 17 Sep 1834, Bertie Twp, Welland Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     2. Mary MOORE
              b. 26 Apr 1757
              d. Between 1757 and 1764
     3. Rachel MOORE
              b. 8 Oct 1758
              d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Deborah MOORE
              b. 19 May 1761
              d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary MOORE
              b. 7 May 1764
              d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Sarah MOORE
              b. 1 Jun 1765
              d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Samuel MOORE
              b. 9 Mar 1768
              d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Isaac MOORE
              b. 2 Oct 1772, Lower Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Oct 1850, Lower Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     9. Edward MOORE
              b. 14 Apr 1774
              d. 1812  (Age 37 years)
     10. Marion MOORE
              b. 21 Feb 1776
              d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 SHOTWELL 
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F735  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Thomas MOORE
     2. Deborah MOORE
     3. Isaac MOORE
     4. Edward MOORE
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F403  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

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      "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
      [2, 9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S90] GEDCOM file from Robert Wayne Shewman, compiled by Robert Wayne Shewman.

    2. [S146] Camping, Joyce.

    3. [S104] Shotwell, Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, Ambrose M. Shotwell, (1895-97), 21 & 276 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S93] Myers - Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman, 673 & 687 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S105] GenCircles.com, HTTP://WWW.GENCIRCLES.COM/USERS/PRUNELLA/2/DATA/1659 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S23] Shotwell Genealogy, Ambrose M. Shotwell of Concord, Jackson County, MI, (Roberts Smith Printers and Binders, Lansing MI, 1895-7).

    7. [S104] Shotwell, Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, Ambrose M. Shotwell, (1895-97), 276 (Reliability: 3).
      Now within the city of Rahway, Union Co., N.J.

    8. [S105] GenCircles.com, HTTP://WWW.GENCIRCLES.COM/USERS/PRUNELLA/2/DATA/1654 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S219] Bingle, Paul gedcom file, compiled by Paul Bingle, Brampton, ON.