1700-1708 Joseph Moore, fourth son of Benjamin and Sarah (Stokes) Moore, was born in Burlington. [1] [2] Joseph Moore died in 1786 at age 78. [3] [4]
1718 On 27 of month 10, Patience Woolman, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Woolman, was born. [5] [6]
1738 On 17th day, 3rd month, Joseph Moore, son of Benjamin Moore of Evesham, and Patience Woolman, daughter of Samuel Woolman of Northampton, married in Northampton Twp, Burlington County [7] [8]. Joseph Moore married Patience Woolman. Patience Woolman was the daughter of Samuel Woolman and Elizabeth [9] [10] [11] [12]. Their children were named in church records [13] [14].
The names and birthdates of the children of Joseph and Patience Moore were recorded in Evesham Quaker meeting records. [15]
1745 Joseph Moore was a freeholder in Evesham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [16]
Joseph Moore built a house on Bull's Head Road near Rancocas Creek about two miles below Lumberton, New Jersey. [17]
1786 The will of Joseph Moore, yeoman, of Evesham Twp, Burlington County, was dated April 1 and proved June 7, 1786. Named wife Patience; daughter Patience Wane; sons Uriah, John, and Cyrus; brother Benjamin. Witnesses Joseph Moore, Uriah Woolman. Inventory October 7, 1786 valued at pounds 299.16 made by Bethuel Moore and Robert Engle. [18]
1786 On 11 of month 5, Joseph Moore died, at age 78, at Evesham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [19] [20] [21]
1789 On 23 of month 4, Cyrus Moore, son of Joseph Moore of Evesham, deceased, married Mary Austin, daughter of Jonathan Austin, deceased. Witnessed by Patience Moore, Benjamin Moore, Uriah Moore, and others. [22] [23]
1790 The will of son Uriah Moore of Evesham Twp was dated 9 January and administered by Cyrus Moore with fellowbondsman Uriah Woolman. Inventory Bethuel Moore and Joseph Engle. Witness Thomas Hewlings. [24]
1791 The will of Patience Moore of Evesham Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey, widow of Joseph Moore was dated Aug 4 and proved May 7, 1795. Names daughter Patience Waney and son Cyrus. Witnesses Mary Sharp, Chalkley Rakestraw and William Woolman. Inventory March 6, 1795 value pounds 156.1.3 made by John and Bethuel Moore. [25]
A biosketch of Joseph Moore reports [26]:
Joseph, fourth son of Benjamin and Sarah (Stokes) Moore, was born about 1700, in Burlington, and resided in that vicinity. He married Patience Woolman, born October 27, 1718, daughter of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth Woolman, a granddaughter of Samuel (1) Woolman, who was a son of John and Elizabeth (Borton) Woolman, the progenitors of the Woolman family of New Jersey. The last named was the daughter of John and Ann Borton, progenitors of a numerous family of that name. They came from the parish of Aynhoe in Northamptonshire, England. Joseph Moore's children: Mary, born September 3, 1740; Elizabeth, July 13, 1744; Patience, November 8, 1750; Uriah, November 8, 1753; Jona, April 6, 1758; Cyrus, mentioned below; and John.
[1] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1910), 659, reports about 1700, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[2] Edmund Evans Moore, The Benjamin Moore Family of Burlington County New Jersey (1982), 16, [GoogleBooks].
[3] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Evesham Monthly Meeting, Births and Deaths, 1682-1853, 7, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 132.
[5] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1910), 659, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[6] Richard Haines, George Haines, Charles Stokes. Genealogy of the Stokes Family (1903), 11, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[7] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1677-1777 (includes many different types of records), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 1 (1994), 58.
[9] Richard Haines, George Haines, Charles Stokes. Genealogy of the Stokes Family (1903), 11, 17, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[10] Edmund Evans Moore, The Benjamin Moore Family of Burlington County New Jersey (1982), 16, 21, [GoogleBooks].
[11] George DeCou, The Historic Rancocas (1949), 178, 232, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1910), 659, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[13] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 132.
[14] Richard Haines, Ancestry of the Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickett, Eves, Evans, Moore, Troth, Borton, and Engle Families (1902), 381, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[15] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Evesham Monthly Meeting, Births and Deaths, 1682-1853, 7, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[16] Carlos E. Godfrey, "A List of the Freeholders for the City and County of Burlington," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 29 (1905), 421-26, at 425, [InternetArchive].
[17] George DeCou, The Historic Rancocas (1949), 178, 232, [GoogleBooks].
[18] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 36. (Wills and Administrations 7, 1786-1790) (1939), 158, citing Liber 28, p 3, [InternetArchive].
[19] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Evesham Monthly Meeting, Births and Deaths, 1682-1853, 7, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[20] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 132.
[21] Edmund Evans Moore, The Benjamin Moore Family of Burlington County New Jersey (1982), 16, [GoogleBooks].
[22] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Evesham Monthly Meeting, Marriages, 1779-1794, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Burlington and Rancocas Monthly Meetings, Births, 1749-1883, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[24] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 36. (Wills and Administrations 7, 1786-1790) (1939), 158, citing Liber 32, p 93, [InternetArchive].
[25] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 37. (Wills and Administrations 8, 1791-1795) (1942), 259, [InternetArchive].
[26] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1910), 659, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].