Enoch MOORE[1]

Male 1779 - 1840  (61 years)


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  • Name Enoch MOORE  [2, 3
    Born 16 Apr 1779  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • Enoch was likely born in a refugee situation in New York City since his family was sent from its home in New Jersey before he was born. (See source citation)
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 1840  Rockford, IL ? Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • James Henry Moore writes "It is recorded that Enoch died intestate, his eldest son and heir being James Moore."

      An obituary for Elizabeth Moore in the Rockford Gazette, Rockford, IL, 16 Mar 1871, says that Enoch died the August following their arrival to Illnois in July 1840. (See the details quoted in the source information.)



    Person ID I276  Jay Moore Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2014 

    Father Samuel MOORE, UEL
              b. 4 Apr 1742, Rahway, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Sep 1822, Norwich, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Rachel STONE
              b. 21 Sep 1743, Elizabethtown, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Dec 1813, Elizabethtown, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1763  Elizabethtown, NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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  [5, 9, 10
    • They were married at Old Holy Trinity Church.

      The first child of Enoch and Elizabeth, James Moore, was born five months after the wedding.
    Children 
     1. James MOORE
              b. 21 Aug 1803, Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Jun 1872, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Rachel MOORE
              b. 5 Mar 1805, Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Jul 1889, Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Hannah MOORE
              b. 23 Mar 1807, Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Unknown, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mahetebel MOORE
              b. 25 Jun 1809, Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Unknown, Kearney, NB Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Samuel MOORE
              b. 12 Jan 1812, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Unknown, Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Hugh Webster MOORE
              b. 13 Apr 1814, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Nov 1886, Winabago Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     7. Thomas Roach MOORE
              b. 24 Jun 1816, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Dec 1882, Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     8. John MOORE
              b. 24 May 1819, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Jul 1896, Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     9. Edwin Potts MOORE
              b. 31 May 1822, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Eliza Potts MOORE
              b. 28 May 1825, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 Dec 1900, Janesville, WI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     11. Sarah Webster MOORE
              b. 6 Jul 1827, Charlotteville, ON Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jun 1912, Kearney, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Last Modified 2 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ONT-STORMONT-DUNDAS-GLENGARRY/2002-01/1010245847
      Enoch, Elias's brother, was convicted of high treason for his part in that rebellion, but cooler heads evailed and he was eventually released.
      --------------------------------------------------

      From Paul Bingle:
      born in a Tory refugee camp in New York City

      ENOCH MOORE
      Spouse: ELIZABETH SMITH
      Marriage: 30 MAR 1803 Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
      Extracted marriage record


      ]LNAME[ CARROLL
      FNAME[ JOHN
      RESID[ OXFORD TOWNSHIP
      DATE[ AUG 29, 1814
      FILE[ 55
      MFNO[ 1154
      NOTES[ - no will
      - known as Esquire
      - lived in Oxford Township, Oxford County
      - petitioners were Henry Carroll of Oxford Township and Jacob
      Carroll of Oxford Township
      - petition dated May 10, 1815
      SURETIES:
      - Henry Carroll;
      - Jacob Carroll;
      - Joseph Ryerson, Esquire, Charlotteville Township;
      - Enoch Moore, Charlotteville
      - inventory of estate completed on May 20, 1815 by Christopher
      Murtaugh and John Young


      ]LNAME[ COVILL
      FNAME[ JAMES
      RESID[ NORWICH TOWNSHIP
      DATE[ OCT 1820
      FILE[ 93
      MFNO[ 1154
      NOTES[ - no will
      - petition was by Jonathan Doan Senior of Yarmouth Township, for
      Reuben Covill of Yarmouth Township, a labourer, next of kin, and
      usually residing in the Province, a minor, dated 30th day of 4th
      month 1822 at Yarmouth
      SURETIES:
      - Jonathan Doan, Yarmouth;
      - Reuben Covill, Norwich;
      - Enoch Moore, Charlotteville;
      - Alexander Cowan, Charlotteville
      - Oath of Administration taken by Jonathan Doan Senior, April 30,
      1822
      - THESE PAPERS CONTAIN A LIST OF BIDDERS FOR THE ESTATE, DATED
      JUNE 12, 1822
      - inventory of estate completed May 30, 1822 by [1782]Charles Moore,
      James Mills, and William Harvey


      Property: Between 1811 and 1815, Charlotteville, ON. Lot 21, 2nd Concession This 200 acre lot was owned by Samuel Moore in 1811, sold to his son Enoch in 1815, sold to James Graham in 1831, sold to Charles Thompson in 1834, sold to Gilliam Terhune in 1836, passed to his son, Peter Terhune, and sold in 1866.

      Enoch left Canada in July 1840. Sentenced for high treason, then repealed in 1837

      [11]

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

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

    3. [S93] Myers - Ancestors and Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman, 689 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S6] Moore Family Bible.

    5. [S7] Moore - Early Moore Family Tree, James Lorne Moore.

    6. [S45] Loyalists, Christopher Moore, (McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1984 (1994)), THE LOYALISTS, CHRISTOPHER MOORE, 1984, P.111 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S11] Rockford Gazette, (Rockford Gazette, Rockford, IL), FROM THE 16 MAR. 1871 EDITION, SENT TO US BY ART MOORE OF JANESVILLE, WI. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S22] Moore - Moores in Early Canada, James Henry Moore, (Manuscript compiled and written by James Henry Moore, 1985).

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

    10. [S21] Corwallis Parish Book.

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