1661 On June 1, Joseph, son of "John Moor. Predict [predicant, preacher] of Middelb. in N. Nederl. was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. [1]
1722/23 Joseph Moore wrote his will on March 20 and added a codicil the following December 24. Pelletrau abstracted the will as follows, and added as a comment, "Joseph More (or Moore) was son of Rev. John Moore, of Newtown, L. I., who was the ancestor of Bishop Benjamin Moore, and of Clement C. Moore, the famous author of the 'Night Before Christmas.' Joseph Moore married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Halsey. His homestead was on the north side of the country road, at a place called Poxabog, near Sagg, in the town of Southampton. His descendants of the name were in the town till the beginning of the present century. - W. S. P." [2]
In the name of God, Amen. I, Joseph Moore [More], belonging to Southampton, in the County of Suffolk, Gentleman, being well in body. I leave to my well beloved wife, Sarah, all that she brought with her, namely, 1 feather bed and bolster, and 2 pillows, and a set of Calyco curtains, 3 coverlids, and 1 duck blanket and 3 pairs of sheets, and two chests of drawers, and 1 trunk and 6 chairs varnished, and all her clothes and £50 out of my estate. I leave to my daughter, Elizabeth Sandford, £20. To my daughter, Sarah Cook, £40. To my daughter, Ruth More, £100. To my daughter, Abigail More, £100, and my daughters Ruth and Abigail are to dwell in my house so long as they are unmarried, they providing for themselves. I leave to my grandson, Daniel More, provided he lives with me till he is of age, and is obedient to me as a son to a father, all my lot of land lying at Sagg Pond, and bounded north by land of Lemuel Howell, deceased, east by the pond, south by highway, and west by Ezekiel Sandford; Also a 1/2 £50 right of commonage, and a set of Coopers tools. I leave to my daughter-in-law, Sarah Gilman, £20. To my two grandsons, Caleb and Daniel More, £20 each. I make my friends, David Pierson, Theophilus Pierson, and Abraham Halsey, executors, and they have power to sell and give deeds for certain pieces of land, viz.: my housing and home lot, except the right of my daughters to dwell therein, and my 10 acres I had of James Hildreth, and all that piece of land by John Lupton's, bounded on two sides by highways, " And I would have them use their discretion in selling, and not be in too much haste." I leave to my grandson, Daniel More, my plate, buttons, and shoe buckles, and my guns, sword, and cane; and I affirm this and no other to be my will. March 20, 1723. Witnesses, Thomas Cooper, Theophilus Howell, Jacob Scelling. Codicil, December 24, 1723, confirms the same will, and frees his negro slave " Peter," and gives him the use of half an acre of ground "at the southeast corner of my home lot." Witnesses, Edward Petty, Job Pierson, Elisha Howell, Jr.
1726 "The will of Joseph Moore, deceased," was proved on May 30. [3]
Research Notes:
"Joseph [Moore], lived at Southampton, and there died in 1726" [4]
[1] "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 6 (1875), 32-47, 81-96, and 141-156, at 93, [InternetArchive], [AmericanAncestors].
[2] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 2, 1708-1728 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1894), 363, citing liber 10, page 294, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[3] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 2, 1708-1728 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1894), 363, citing liber 10, page 294, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[4] Eli Field Cooley, William Scudder Cooley, Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing Old Hunterdon County New Jersey (Trenton, NJ: 1883), 167, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].