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Elizabeth SMITH[1]

Female 1784 - 1871  (86 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth SMITH  [2, 3] 
    Born 18 Apr 1784  Wilmot Township, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 3 Mar 1871  Rockford, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    • Jay Moore, the writer, saw the gravestone of Elizabeth Moore in the cemetary at New Milford, IL in 1992 and again in 2005.
    Buried New Milford Cemetery, Winnebago Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The New Milford Cemetery is located on the New Milford School Road, east of the main intersection in New Milford, a few miles south of Rockford, IL. The Rockford Public Library has a catalogue of burial sites in the History and Genealogy section of the library. It is recorded there that Elizabeth's burial place is beside the Freeman family plot in Section B, the eleventh stone in the row. That stone is a small, gray stone, the first one to the south of the Freeman family stone. As of 2005 (and as of 1991, at the time of the first visit) the writing is not legible whatsoever. The photos are included here.

      The Freeman family stone reads as follows:
      Rachel Moore Freeman 1805 -1889
      Hettie Freeman 1828 -1899
      Mary E. Freeman 1841- 1919
      To the north of the main stone are two small markers. One says "Mother" and the other says "Sister." It is presumed that "Mother" refers to Rachel Moore Freeman (daughter of Elizabeth Smith Moore) and that "Sister" refers to Hettie Freeman.
    Person ID I277  Jay Moore Family Tree
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2014 

    Father James SMITH, UEL
              b. 5 Aug 1758
              d. Aug 1822  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Hannah HAWKSWORTH
              b. 6 Jul 1764
              d. 17 Apr 1840, Malahide Twp., Oxford County, London District, ON Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 1783  [9] 
    Family ID F163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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) 
    Married 30 Mar 1803  Lower Middleton, Annapolis, NS Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 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 
    • From Paul Bingle:

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brookefamily/mooreenoch.htm
      CHILDREN
      1. James Moore b. 21/Aug/1803
      2. Rachel Moore b. 05/March/1805
      3. Hannah Moore b. 23/March/1807
      4. Mahetebel Moore b. 25/June/1809
      5. Samuel Moore b. 12/Jan/1812
      6. Hugh Webster Moore b. 13/Apr/1814
      7. Thomas Roach Moore b. 24/June/1816
      8. John Moore b. 24/May/1819
      9. Edwin Potts Moore b. 31/May/1822
      10. Eliza Potts Moore b. 28/May/1825
      11. Sarah Webster Moore b. 06/July/1827

      Birth: Abt. 1784
      Melvern Square, Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
      Parents:
      Father: Francis SMITH (AFN: 16QB-G2W) b.~1756
      Mother: Mary VAN BUSKIRK (AFN: 16QB-N70)
      grandFather: Austin Smith Disc #40 Pin #228076 b.~1726 Stamford CT
      grandMother: Sarah Knapp
      married: 17 Aug 1752 Stamford CT

      See Ester Smith

      The "expert" has James Smith as father married to Hannah Hawksworth
      ______________________________________________________________

      Bingle's use of quotation marks indicates his doubt about the position of "the expert," (likely James Henry Moore) regarding Elizabeth Smith's parentage. The evidence, however, in the Moore Collection is strongly in support of the position that Elizabeth was the daughter of James Smith and Hannah Hawksworth. Original copies of letters, affidavits and wills indicate the family connections among the Hawksworths, Moores and Smiths. Bingle's sources shown above appear to be from Latter Day Saints files. [11, 12]

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

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

    5. [S6] Moore Family Bible.

    6. [S10] Gravestone, IN 1991, JAY MOORE OBSERVED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE GRAVESTONE IN NEW MILFORD, IL. (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S11] Rockford Gazette, (Rockford Gazette, Rockford, IL), ROCKFORD GAZETTE, ROCKFORD, IL, 16 MAR 1871 (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S75] Rockford Register (Reliability: 4), 10 May 2005.

    9. [S14] Moore - Personal files of James Henry Moore, James Henry Moore.

    10. [S21] Corwallis Parish Book.

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

    12. [S34] Moore - Personal Files of Jay Moore.