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James MOORE

Male 1803 - 1872  (68 years)


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  • Name James MOORE 
    Born 21 Aug 1803  Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Jun 1872  Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Buried Woodhouse Methodist Cemetery, Woodhouse Twp., ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Person ID I271  Jay Moore Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2014 

    Father Enoch MOORE
              b. 16 Apr 1779, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aug 1840, Rockford, IL ? Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth SMITH
              b. 18 Apr 1784, Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Mar 1871, Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1803  Lower Middleton, Annapolis, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6] 
    • They were married at Old Holy Trinity Church.

      The first child of Enoch and Elizabeth, James Moore, was born five months after the wedding.
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann TERHUNE
              b. 28 Mar 1814, Pompton Plains, Morris Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Apr 1886, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 4 Jan 1842  Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    • As of 2001, James Jay Daniel Moore is the fifth James Moore and has James Moore's wedding band. The tradition is that it should be passed to the first boy of each generation descending from the first James Moore. James Aaron Jason Moore, the son of Jay, is the sixth James Moore.
    Children 
     1. Infant Daughter MOORE
              b. 9 Oct 1842, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Oct 1842, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Samuel MOORE
              b. 3 May 1844, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Feb 1848, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     3. Infant Son MOORE
              b. 4 Aug 1847, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Aug 1847, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. James Albert MOORE
              b. 18 May 1851, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1921, Hamilton, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 4 May 2001 
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • James Smith named his grandson, James Moore, as the inheritor of his property in Lot 20, 3rd Concession of Charlotteville Twp. It was clear that the Smiths didn't approve of their son-in-law, Enoch Moore, and passed over him in the will.

      James lived on his property, Lot 12, 2nd Concession, a 150 acre farm in Woodhouse Twp. at the south-west corner of Hwy # 24 and County Rd. 10, the Turkey Point Rd. The intersection where the farm stood became known as Moore's Corners. In 1983, Jay Moore (the writer), visited the property and took pictures of the house and the barn. The owner at the time took him into the barn and pointed out that the whole frame of the barn, likely built by James, was still in excellent condition and showed excellent craftsmanship. Jay was given two square nails from the roof that were assumed to be original. These may have come from the iron foundry at nearby Normandale. There is a plaque in Normandale at the site of the foundry.

      The owner also described the very large, hand-hewn beams under the house that were charred from a fire. It is known that the house burned down in 1881 while in the possession of his son, James Albert.

      He continued to correspond with his brothers and sisiters who had relocated to Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska until his death in 1872. Most of the correspondence involved appeals for money to support Elizabeth, his mother, who died in Rockford, IL on March 3, 1871. Jay Moore, the writer, saw the gravestone of Elizabeth Moore in the cemetary at New Milford, IL in 1992.

      As of 2001, James Jay Daniel Moore is the fifth James Moore and has James Moore's wedding band. The tradition is that it should be passed to the first boy of each generation descending from the first James Moore. James Aaron Jason Moore is the sixth James Moore.

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Moore - Early Moore Family Tree, James Lorne Moore.

    2. [S10] Gravestone, LOCATED IN WOODHOUSE METHODIST CEMETARY, WOODHOUSE, ONT. (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S6] Moore Family Bible.

    4. [S44] Old Woodhouse Church, Woodhouse United Church Bicentennial Committee, (Laser Tec. Print & Design, 1999), CEMETERY RECORDS, P. 268 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S108] RootsWeb.com, HTTP://FREEPAGES.GENEALOGY.ROOTSWEB.COM/~BROOKEFAMILY/MOOREENOCH.HTM (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S21] Corwallis Parish Book.