Moore-VA-SC-NC-1600's-1800-Misc Records MOORE NEWS/Vol. II - No. 64-Part A Volume II February 18, 1998 Issue 64 ... From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, .... The shires have seen it plain, .... From north and south the sign returns .... And beacons burn again. .... A. E. Housman .... "A Shropshire Lad" SALUTATIONS We're beginning a presentation in this issue of the records of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Much of this issue will consist of the Tithing records of Northampton County. For the most part, the tithing records are presented as a single source without intervening court records because the value of these sequence would be diminished if there were intervening with other records. Virginia's Eastern Shore counties are as well preserved as any in colonial history, so full presentation will consume several weeks. Many of us may eventually find our earliest Moore ancestor on Virginia's Eastern Shore. They are known to have moved in the later 1600s to the Penn land in PA and southern NJ; another group is reported to have moved to Northumberland County; and a large family from Virginia's Eastern Shore ended up in Somerset County MD and Kent County DE. All of these migrations would be in addition to the young Moore who sailed across the Chesapeake to a new home in any of Virginia's mainland counties. NOTE: Halifax County VA was divided in 1767 to create Pittysylvania County on the west. Pittsylvania was divided in 1777 to create Henry County, and Henry was divided to create Patrick County in 1791. This area was accepting new settlers at a high rate between 1760 and 1800. Many, many Moore were born in these counties and in the neighboring counties in North Carolina, grew to young adults here, and then joined to large migrations that follwed the sun across the mountains into Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. NOTE to Sadie: You might check the MOORE NEWS archives site at:http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/news Beginning in mid July 1996 and ending in September, MOORE NEWS ran a series of records related to Caswell County NC which were generously contributed by VERNA LERDALL (VLerdall@aol.com). You'll find Moore/Parker marriages among these records. In addition a MOORE NEWS subscriber has organized a Parker family web site. The address is: << http://members.aol.com/knifecut >> MOORES ACROSS THE WATER ****A corresponded of the Editor's is a very focused researcher of his Prince Georges County MD Moore family. The progenitor was James Moore. He has assiduously and patiently traced his family from Maryland to the Barbadoes in the 1600s, and is now following them to Fifeshire, Scotland. In Fife, he has begun to deepen his knowledge base to support his search, and favors MOORE NEWS subscribers with general information relative to Moores in Scotland. You, like me, will be appreciate and admire the depth of the effort revealed in the following correspondence. *****The LDS church record films on 3 out of 4 Fifeshire villages mentioned two months ago have come in, and, based on a somewhat superficial review of them, I have concluded that my IGI info mentioned in Dec. 1997 was more artifact than fact. For example, the 2 James Moore marriages on 17 April 1680 did not occur. Only the marriage to Marion Bisillie actually took place. I presume that the first entry relating to Janet Lindsay was an error, and the second was added to "correct" the first. Also, the dual christenings of James Moore children appear to be actual twin births (one record appears to contain the word twin.) Nothing to really suggests that James Moore was visiting the St. Monance-Pittenweem area and feeding data into the church register while visiting. Another area of potential connection between Scotland and Barbados was John More of Pittenweem who had a son James born in 1685. A John Moor's son in Barbados was 30 years old in the 1715 census. A review of the Pittenweem church records, however, reveals that James More, the son of John in Scotland, was buried there in 1687. So much for that angle as well. I still suspect that James Moore may have come from Scotland. His probable presence in Barbados prior to 1670 would be most in keeping with a birth in Scotland and later involvement in the civil war with exportation as a POW to Barbados. I have just concluded an IGI Scottish name study. The "Moore" surnames have more variation in Scotland than in England. The usual Moore, More, Moor varieties exist (no Mowers though), plus the Scots have Moar, Moir, and Muir with several variations of each. These names are a bit more geographic, perhaps like Mower in England. The Moars are very scarce and seen in the Orkney Is., the Moirs lived in the middle east coast and the Muirs in and to the south of Glasgow on the west. There is some overlapping and some of the Muirs and Moirs have retained their spelling rather than converting to Moore as did most English Moore variants. In relation to given names, James Moore Sr. of Prince Georges Co MD had known sons George, James, Benjamin and Peter. In Scotland, Peter was a very rare given name in the Muir Moores, just as Benjamin is a rare name in all varieties of Scottish "Moore" families. Perhaps, for this reason, it would seem a bit more likely that James Moore Sr., if of Scottish ancestry, was a Moir type of Moore. The Moir Moores lived principally on the east coast from Fife, north through Perth and Angus and into Aberdeenshire. Interestingly, there were 5 Moir/Moore families of nobility in Aberdeen and all had similar coats of arms--3 Moors heads with blood dripping from the necks. A Morrison family also had a similar armor design (Mores son?), and it is said that various English Moores also incorporated Moors heads into their Armor. As I recall, Sir Thomas More had a Moor head overtop of his 3 fighting cocks. Unfortunately, the given names used by James Moore Sr. don't really tell us much about his potential birthplace, except that he might have been a Moir Moore and would, with a son named Peter, perhaps have felt more at home in Aberdeenshire. The other James Moore, carpenter, who first appeared in the Maryland land records in 1718 and died in 1728 was more considerate in the naming of his four children. With a daughter named Euphen (Euphemia) and a son named Archibald, he was almost certainly from Scotland. The names Euphen and Archibald were used by both the Moir and Muir Moores in the region of central Scotland, in Lanark (Glasgow) and Perth counties. There were no Euphen or Archibald Moirs in Aberdeenshire. The IGI suggests that, of the Moore families of England, Ireland and Scotland, only those of Scotland used Euphemia between 1600 and 1800. If we were to consider the two James Moores as possible kin, their most likely common ground would have been Perthshire where Euphen and Archibald were common and Peter also existed as a Moore given name. The James Moore who appeared in Maryland in 1718 would have been a good candidate for being a soldier in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. It is said that many Scottish soldiers involved in this limited war fled the country to the American colonies to avoid prison and punishment. The Barbados Moores of central Barbados used given names Peter (most common in Aberdeen), Archibald (most common in Perth and Lanark), Benjamin (very rare in Scotland), Gathread (Fife) and Thomas (Fife, Perth and Lanark). The one known Moore family in northern Barbados, in St. Peter's parish, used James (most common in Aberdeen, Perth and Lanark), John (everywhere), William (Lanark, Aberdeen and Perth) and Samuel (Ayr and Aberdeen?). If, in two months, I can finish my office activities and pay my taxes, I will visit Barbados, walk the beach, check the Four Hills plantation there and see the deeds and wills at Blackrock. Perhaps then I will have a better handle on Moore migratory habits. COLONIAL MOORES . NORTHAMPTON COUNTY This county is one of the two contemporary counties on Virginia's Eastern Shore. It was settled very early in Chesapeake settlement. When first identified as a county in 1634, it was called Accawmack; then in 1642, Northampton was adopted for all of the Eastern Shore territory within Virginia's jurisdiction. In 1662, the area was divided, Northampton was retained as the county name of the southern part of the peninsula. The northern portion was given the name Accomac. The only land bordering this long spit of land is Somerset County in Maryland which adjoins Accomac on the north. -- Bibliography 1. Cavaliers & Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants; Nell Nugent, 1979. 2. Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vols. 4-5; Edited by Denis Hudgins. 1994. 3. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia. Bishop William Meade. 1966 4. The 1787 Census of Virginia. Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. 1987. 5. English Duplicates of Lost Virginia Records. Louis des Cognets, Jr. 1981. 6. Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800. Edited by Straton Nottingham. 1973 7. Certificates and Rights Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1709. Comp. by Stratton Nottingham. 1977. 8. Virginia's Eastern Shore. Ralph T. Whitelaw. 1968. Vol. 1 9. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 1, P. 230-31. 10. Northampton County, Virginia, Tithables, 1720-1769; John B. Bell, 1994 L -- VIRGINIA LAND PATENTS 1655 Edward Moore: 200 acs on Occahannock Creek 1655 Thomas Moore in partnership with George Frizell: 650 acs on Pungotegue River 1656 Edward Moore, Sr. : 200 acs on Occahannock Creek. Headrights - Mary Moore, Edward Moore, Jr., and Richard Moore -- 1704 QUIT RENT ROLL Matthew Moore - 175 acres Matthew Moore - 275 acres Gilbert Moore - 225 acres John More - 545 acres Eliner More - 175 acres -- NORTHAMPTON COUNTY COURT AND TITHING RECORDS 1720 Isaack Moore Tithable in Lower Presink taken by Wm. Waters. W/Negro woman Ginne. 1722 Jack More Tithable on List of William Wille on bayside Hawon seaside and incl. all lower end of Magata Bay. 3 Tithes include Charles Robarts and Ginne, Negro. 1723 Mathew More Tithable on List of Capt. Willet on bayside on seaside to include down to end of Magata Bay. With Will, Negro. 1723 Isiah Moore Tithable on List of Capt. Willet on bayside on seaside to include down to end of Magata Bay. Thithed for Ginney, Negro previously tithed against Isaac (this may till be Isaac, spelled wrong.) 1723 Thomas More Tithable on List of Capt. Willet on bayside on seaside to include down to end of Magata Bay. Zachariah is his tithe with Daniel, Nann and Nann, Negroes 1724 Thomas Moore Tithable on List of John Robins. With Zachariah Moore and Daniell, Nann and Nann negros. 1724 Mathew More Tithable on List of John Robins. With Will and Sarah negros. 1726 Mathew Moor Tithable on List of Ralph Pigot. Also in household, Will negro. 1726 Isaac Moor Tithable on List of Ralph Pigott, Lower presinks. Also in his household are John Hill and Oliver, negro. 1726 Thomas Moor tithable on List of Ralph Pigott. Lower presinks. In his household are Zachariah Moore, Great Nan negro and Nan Harmon negro. 1729 Thomas More Tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Also in hshld, Oliver, Negro. 1729 Thomas Moor Appointed collecter of tithes with John Custis Mathews. 1729 John Moor Tithable on List of Michael Christian. - First appearance of this John. 1729 Zachariah Moor Tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Also in hshld, Oliver, Negro. 1729 Mathew More Tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Also in hshld, Oliver, Negro. 1729 Isaac Moore Tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Also in hshld, Oliver, Negro. 1737 Isaac Moor tithable on List of Ralph Pigot. Gilburt Moore and Oliver and Stephen, negros, are in his household. 1737 Thomas, son of Mathew Will names wife Frances, left land inherited from father to son , Levi who appears from 1746 will of John Burton to have sold it to him. 1738 James Moore Tithable - Unclear - May be James Moor Tabb? May be in hshld of John Luke. 1738 Francis Moor Tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Head of hshld also has Henry Moore, Robin and Hannah, negros. 1738 John Moore Tithable on List of Hilery Stringer. He is in hshld of Elizabeth Dunton. 1738 Comfort Moor tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Hshold also has Danniell Dennis and Jack, negro 1738 Isaac Moor tithable on List of Ralph Piggot. Hshld also has Gilburt Moor, and Oliver and Stephen, negros 1739 Isaac Moor Tithable on On Pigot's list. Hshold had Gilburt Moore, Oliver and Stephen, negros. 1740 Isaac More Tithable on List of John Savage - lowest Prinsink. Hshold has Daniel Denis, Oliver and Stephen, negros. RESEARCH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1800 Spartenburg County Census Code: Ages ofWhite Males: 0-10....10-15....16-26....26-45....over 45 Ages of White Females: 0-10....10-15....16-26....26-45....over 45 Number of Blacks under 16....Number of Blacks over 16 Moore, Charles 203 00020-01001-0,12 Moore, John 205 01010-00010-02 Moore, Thomas 179 00110-00000-01 Moore, Thomas 203 20110-24010-0,11 Moore, William 185 11010-11010-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1790 North Carolina Census Guilford County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, Surry County 1790 Matthew Moore - Stokes County 6 WM over 16-3 WM under 16-4 WF-15 Slaves. Grouped sequentially with: Josias Ship, John Fields, Fetherston Holt, Mathew Harris, John Deatherage, MATTHEW MOORE, Joseph Gains, Jason Isbell, Jacob Pierce, Peter Nudson, David Childress. 1790 Benjamin Moore - Rockingham County 1WM over 16-5 WM under 16-3 WF-2 Slaves. Grouped sequentially with: Thomas Hopper, Lewis Thomas, Thomas Key, John Martin, Levin Mitchel, BENJAMIN MOORE, William Jones, John Curry, David Sealos, Joheph Denny, Robert Harris, Moses Vincent 1790 Samuel Moore - Surry County 1 WM over 16-1 WM under 16-2 WF-1 Slave. Grouped sequentially with: Wm. Mumkur, Joseph Mackey, Richard Murphy, SAMUEL MOORE, Wm. Cahone, Jr., Henry Haddock, Job Clifton, Jesse Prewett 1790 Smith Moore - Guilford County 2 WM 16 & over; 2 WM under 16; 5 WF; 7 Slaves. Grouped sequentially with: Robert Burney, Benja. Trotter, James Hughey, Nix. Quinton, William Cannaday, Wm. McCaddin, Wm. Lownsburry, Josiah Trotter, SMITH MOORE, MARY MOORE, George Alexander, Danl. Doherty, Robt. Galbreath, Benja. Thompson, Saml. Sullaven 1790 Camm Moore - Guilford County 1WM over 16- 3 WM under 16-3 WF-1 Slave. Grouped sequentially with: Moses Haskins, Thomas Hussey, Edward Tatom, John Tatom, Robert Allum, CAMM MOORE, Joseph Cummins, Robert Burney, Benja. Trotter, James Hughey, Nix. Quinton Contributed by: AslanJ@aol.com MOORE NEWS: Compiled from email and other sources Distributed by: (Joyce Browning) cJBrown7169@AOL.com 18 February 1998