Born: 2  Dec 1726 London, England          

Married: Abt. 1759 Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC

Died: 25 Dec 1767 Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC

FATHER

Armand John DeRosset

MOTHER

Madeline de Uzes

WIFE

Mary Ivy

CHILDREN

1. Magdalene Mary DeRosset b. 12 Feb 1762 NC

2. Armand John DeRosset b. 17 Nov 1767 NC

Moses John was born in London and emigrated to North Carolina with his parents and older brother and sister when he was 10.  His parents were French Huguenots in exile.

Tradition says he had become enamored of a certain Miss B_________.,a very respectable girl, but the social standing far beneath that of the de Rossets. His father deemed it necessary to send the youngster away so he was put on a ship as supercargo and sent on a long sea voyage. The ship was captured by a Spanish or Algerian privateer, and for two years he was not heard from. He was finally released or escaped and appeared in Boston, stripped of all his possessions. When he got back to Wilmington, he found his lady-love already married to one more suitable to her station. He then devoted his energies to the study of medicine and became an exemplary citizen.

On January 7, 1754 he was commissioned Captain in the North Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel James Innes which was sent to aid Virginia against the French and Indians. For many years he was one of the justices for New Hanover County and served on the governing board for Wilmington.

 In January 1766 he was elected mayor of Wilmington, NC. Although his brother, Lewis Henry, was a prominent loyalist who was finally exiled, Moses John was a staunch patriot and a leader in the resistance to the hated Stamp Act.

He married at age 32 to Mary Ivy. He built and resided in a dwelling on the N. E. corner of Market and Second streets. Here his children were born of whom two survived.