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"Evidence in the case of Samuel Moore, late of Woodbridge in the County of Middlesex, New Jersey.
"Claimant being a Quaker, solemnly affirmed:
"That he is a native of America and at the Commencement of the Troubles was settled in Woodbridge; he says he even took part with the British and never signed any Association or took part with the Rebels. He was imprisoned more than once for not taking part with them. In June, 1777, he fled to the British at New York as he found he could not bear the Treatment he suffered from the Americans.
"His family were sent to him in Sept. 1777 and he has lived under the Protection of the British Government ever since. He quited New York at the Evacuation and resides at Annapolis in this Province."
Also included was an estimate of his estate in Woodbridge, N.J., amounting to 1,046 pounds, which was confiscated by the American Government. The value was certified by two residents of Woodbridge, also members of the Society of Friends, namely Joseph Shotwell and Isaac Freeman.
An act of Parliament in London provided compensation for Losses and Sufferings of the American Loyalists and Samuel appears to have received 530 pounds. |
