IMMIGRANT Patrick Moore^[1]

Abt 1681 - 1750  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Patrick Moore
  Title	IMMIGRANT
  Born	Abt 1681	Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1750	Lunenburg County, Virginia Colony
  Person ID	I18189	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	7 May 2017

  
  

  Family	Mrs. Patrick Moore,   b. Est 1689, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Sheriff Hugh Moore,   b. 1711, Ireland ,   d. 11 Jul 1760, Lunenburg County, Virginia  (Age 49 years)   2. Alexander Moore,   b. Abt 1713, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1849, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 136 years) + 3. John [L85D-RTC] Moore,   b. Est 1715, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Last Modified	7 May 2017
  Family ID	F6645	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MOORE/2007-01/1168135552. Patrick Moore, born 1681, possibly in Ulster, Ireland, patented land in Brunswick County by 1747 on Miry Creek. This land would become first Lunenburg and then Halifax County in 1752.However, Patrick would never see these events as he died in 1750 in Lunenburg County. We first find Patrick in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts where they appear to have arrived between 1722 and 1724. Patrick's children were all born in Ireland, but some of his grandchildren were born Massachusetts and baptized in the Anglican church in 1724, although the notes for both the first and second churches of Scituate indicate they were Congregational when formed in 1635 and 1728, respectively. Patrick's daughter Mary married John Justice there in 1728. This church is today the Unitarian Church in Newell, Massachusetts. It is entirely possible that this Moore family was from County Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland. The area of Halifax Co, Virginia that they lived was also called Antrim parish. County Antrim has more Moores than any other County in Ireland. It is also quite possible that this family is actually Ulster Scots (Scotch-Irish) and originally from Scotland. Plymouth Co., Massachusetts during the early 1700s was not hospitable to those that were actually Irish (Catholic) primarily because of the high density population of those that were English, but was hospitable to those that were Ulster Scots(Scotch-Irish). The great scotch-Irish migration began in 1717, although most were Presbyterian. It seems highly unlikely that John Justice who married Patrick Moore's daughter Mary would have married anyone that was Irish (Catholic), being that he was likely from England and has been documented being a member of The Church of England. Marion Dodson Chiarito, a long time Moore researcher noted that a Patrick, Hugh and Robert Moore in Chester Co., Pa. in the 1720s. However, this particular family, or at least some of them, were in Massachusetts in the early 1730s as the records of baptisms still exist. Hugh, Robert and Patrick were all common Scotch-Irish names and Chester Co., Pa. was a hotbed of Scotch-Irish immigration before the Virginia migration began in earnest in the 1730s with the Religious Toleration Act of 1738. Patrick Moore had many sons and 1 documented daughter, and those sons patented large tracts of land in what would become Lunenburg, Halifax and Pittsylvania Counties in Virginia. Over the next 2 or 3 generations, it would become almost impossible to keep track of all of the descendants, especially because the same names were used in every generation. Migration to Virginia was not a one time event either, as we find a Revolutionary War desertion notice for a John Moore of Halifax County who was born in Maryland in 1749. Patrick's children were as follows: *Robert born 1703 in Ireland, patented land before 1743 on Polecat Creek, married Mary about 1722 in Massachusetts and died in 1796. Robert had at least three sons, Hugh, Henry and Joseph, and probably Edward and James as well. *William born in 1705 in Ireland. In 1724, his son Thomas Moore bap/chr November 29, 1724 Scituate, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts, son of "William Moore, a stranger from Ireland". *John born 1707 in Ireland, died after 1779, married Agnes about 1730 probably in Scituate Massachusetts. His children John and Mary were baptized in the church there in 1731 and 1733. He had one other known child, Alexander, but there were probably more children. His son John died in Person Co., NC in 1794. *Mary was born about 1709 in Ireland and died in 1792 in Pittsylvania Co. She married John Justice and they lived on Miry Creek. In the 1790s they bought land on Harpin Creek as well. They had children Mary "Nancy", John, Simeon, Thomas, Ailsey, Elizabeth, William and Ezra. *Hugh, the prominent long-time Gentleman justice and sheriff in Halifax County was born about 1711 in Ireland, probably married Martha Wall (daughter of Burgess Wall) about 1740 in Brunswick County. By 1741 he appears in the records in Lunenburg County. In 1748, he began to amass a great amount of land on Birches, Toby and Miry Creeks near and on the Dan River. On July 9, 1760 he wrote his will having been in apparent good health previously. By the August 21st court session, he was dead and his will probated. His widow, Martha would remarry in July 1761 to John Bates who was dead by 1770 and in 1788 she marries John Lawson. Hugh and Martha had son John born 1744-1749 married Mary Frances Hemphill about 1771 and died in 1796. Son Alexander born about 1757 married Martha and died in 1848 in Caswell Co., NC. Daughter Mary "Polly" married Humphrey Hendricks and died before 1787. Humphrey remarried and this family went to Oglethorpe Co., Georgia before his death in 1816. Other Moore descendants from Pittsylvania County from William Moore who died in 1786 also went to Oglethorpe County in this timeframe. Hugh's daughter Anne married John Hurt Hendricks and was dead before 1818. Hugh leaves 400 acres in his will to Joseph Terry as well, without stating a relationship. Was Joseph Terry's wife Judith related to Hugh? The end of Hugh's will has been torn away in the record book. *Alexander born about 1713 in Ireland was in Orange Co., NC selling land to John Boyd by 1767. He married Marion before 1752 and had at least two children, Robert and Rachel. *Joseph born about 1715 in Ireland died before 1785 in the Ninety-Six district of SC which later became Spartanburg. He married Ruth about 1739 and had at last 5 children, Robert "Bert" or "Burton", Joseph, John, Patrick and Jane. Robert is a Revolutionary War veteran and states that he was born in Halifax Co. in 1755 or 1756 and moved to SC (after 1763 and) before the Revolutionary War.