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| Samuel Moore |
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Born: Abt. 1630 England
Married: 12 Sep 1656 Newbury, MA to Mary Isley
Died: 27 May 1688 Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ
Will: 13 Nov 1683 Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ
WIFE
CHILDREN with Mary Isley
1. Rachel Moore by Abt. 1660
2. Elizabeth Moore b. 30 Jul 1668
3. Samuel Moore b. 31 Mar 1670
4. Thomas Moore b. 26 Jul 1672
5. John Moore b. 20 May 1674
6. Enoch Moore b. 03 Jun 1678
7. Frances Moore b. 03 Jun 1678
Other wives: Hannah Plumer and Ann Jaquish
Samuel first removed to Woodbridge, New Jersey in 1666 where he was the
second town clerk from 1669 to 1688. He purchased land in Rahway, NY where he
settled. (Woodbridge, NJ was incorporated in 1669) "Samuel Moore was
appointed treasurer of the Province of e. Jersey, 4, Dec. 1675 and reappointed
in 1678; his compensation being nine pence per pound; in 1682 he was ordained by
an act of the Legislature one of the Commissioners for laying out highways,
bridges, landing and ferries in the county of Middlesex." Our Colonial Ancestors
and Their Descendants: Our Quaker Forefathers and their Posterity by Ambrose M.
Shotwell 1897
yeoman; will of. Wife Hannah. Children--Samuel, Thomas, John, Enock, Hannah,
Elizabeth, Frances, another daughter, name destroyed. Real and personal
property. Executors--brothers-in-law Samuel Dennes and Samuel Haile, also
son-in-law John Blomfield. Witnesses--John Pike, John Bishop, Samuel Hale, John
Blomefilde, John Ilslee, Ephreem Andrus, Israel Thornell, Ezekiel Blomfield,
Jonathan Bishop and Mathew More. Recorded June 30, 1688. N. J. Archives, XXI.,
p. 121, and Middlesex Wills
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
1688 April 7. Refusal of Samuel Dennes, John Blomfield and Samuel Hale, all of
Woodbridge, to act as executors of the last will.
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Middlesex Wills
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
1688 June 7. Inventory of the personal estate, £132.16.11, incl. one negro boy
of 15 at £29, one negro girl £22 and one negro girl £20, also a book called "A
Collection of Replyes by Henry Hamond, D. D." and another "Concerning ye Setling
of Corporations by Wm. Shephards"; made by Israel Thornell, Samuel Hale, Ephraim
Andrus and Patrick Falconar.
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730
Transcription of Will
In the Name of God Amen
To all the Christian people to whom this profound writing Shall Come or whomever
it may concern greeting: Now Know ye that I Samuel Moore at Woodbridge in the
province of East Woodbridge of East New Jersey in the county of Middlesex in
America yeoman, being at profound through the goodness of Almighty God to me in
perfect health and strength but knowing the frailty of my nature and not knowing
but that I may as many others have been go finally away by sudden death or
surprised by evident sickness and thereby made incapable of exercising and
disposing of that debt God hath blessed me with all of an outward estate have in
this world, according to my one mind and will, so also thought fit, and do by
this profound make public this profound instrument to be my last will testament.
And first I bequeath my soul unto God my Creator and Redeemer and sanctified in
hope of enjoying eternal happiness with Him and finally hereafter to all
eternity, and my body to this earth from which it came original, my hope and
certainly believing that it shall go again in immortality at the second coming
of Christ my savior that lamb of God. And for that little God hath blessed with,
though much more than I (?) or could ever deserve My mind it it should go to my
wife and children and their heirs hereafter in proportions by instructing my
executors hereafter named. to see that my will fulfilled and all of its parts.
And first I do bequeath unto my wife Hannah Moore the ox and improvement both
upland and meadows houses and barns and also four cows, a yoke or two of oxen
the use of my sheepland, the use of all my household stores except what is after
bequeathed to some of my daughters, during her widowhood or whilst she remain my
widow, but that shall not have any power to sell or dispose of any of the above
mentioned things except for the working use of the family for food or raiment,
and that with the consent and approbation hereafter named and if she sell or
alter this condition and to marry again then she to have one third part of all
my moveable estate then in being,
Second I do give and bequeath unto my eldest
son Samuel Moore all that tract of land I now live upon both upland and meadow
containing sixty acres on or thereabouts lying upon formerly called Roand Fork
lying on said road just east of meadow belonging to John and Ezekiel Blumfield
together with all the roofing barns firewood and other appurtenances to the said
land and belonging together with my freehold and right in commonage belonging
thereunto and also my weaving and also my waxing clothes books one glowing
powder shot commonly called My Shot and my negro boy by name Jack. And
also Samuel Moore my son to be provided of all the above mentioned promises
which he shall be at the age of one and twenty years if my wife Hannah Moore his
mother in law by that time be dead or married otherwise he is to have propriety
of all but what is before conjoined to my wife as above, except they can agree
otherwise for him the above named Samuel Moore to have the premises to him and
his heirs forever.
Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Moore a parcel of land on farms
lying on the south side of Laventon River against the land now belonging to
Joshua (?) Matthew Moore containing two hundred and sixty four acres or
thereabouts upland and meadow called or known by the name of Kone Fork whereon
now Bryant Buckworth liveth by leave from me together with all the housing,
barns and all the other edifices to the said land and premises belonging on it,
and all the (?) plows yolks and all the other utensils to the said land and
premises belonging excepting two properties of the same meadow I have already
disposed of to John Adams and Sam Hall containing four or five acres or
thereabouts beginning at the northeast corner of said meadow and so running next
to the river. The said farm to be delivered to him the said Thomas Moore
when he shall be of the age of one and twenty years and to remain to him and his
heirs forever. I also give him one shaft.
Fourthly I do bequeath unto my son John Moore a
certain parcel of upland commonly known by the name of Lang Start Farms
containing three hundred acres of upland more or less one hundred eighty acres
of which is mentioned in my proffer and one hundred and twenty acres purchased
from William Feyli; I also give to my son John to farm sixty acres of marsh or
meadow which I purchased from Robert (?) for the above named John Moore my son
to have all the above named presented to him and his heirs forever and to be
possessed therewith when he shall be of the age of one and twenty. I also
give my son John foothold and right of commonage I bought of John Sawyer.
Fifthly I give unto my sone Enock Moore all that home that I bought of William
Compton lying on both sides the highway containing ten akers or thereabouts with
the roofing (?) and the other appurtinences to the said land
belonging and also the freehold or right of commons or common right bought of
Henry Lesserbe; I also give my sone Enock the forty sixe akers of upland I
bought of Henry Lesserbe lying between the hayloft of his (?) John Jerly and the
hayloft of Thomas Ahyer: and also forty akers of upland lying about Stephen
Kent joining to the north east end of Daniel Yeeks on precondition I also give
him the said Enock to the there above mentioned (?) of upland thirty akers of
salt marsh or meadow lying upon Raritan River joining east upon the meadow of
Thomas Blumflied Senior and west of upon the meadow of Nathan Webster. I
also give and bequeath to my said sonne Enock my (?) and an iron pot for
him the above named Enock Moore to have hold and enjoy all the above named
premises to him and his heirs forever and to go profit theirwith when he
shall arrive to the age of one and twenty years. And if any of my sons
above named shall depart their natural life before they arrive to the age of one
and twenty years and be (?) of what I bequeath by this my will then my will is
that what I have given him or them to return to his next brother whether or
upward and he that it falls to shall obliged and is hereby (?) to each of his
living sisters five pounds in money of value. And I instruct my executors
hereafter named to (?) my sons to show good trust which they have my
inclinations to (?) sexes any man until they are above one and twenty years of
age.
Sixthly My will is that my daughter Hannah Moore shall have two
large pewter dishes and one small one and ten pounds in (?) which my wife and
executors and she shall agree upon and one (?) to be delivered to her within two
months after my death.
Seventhly I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Moore one bed one
pair of blankits one coverlit and a small tray two pewter dishes (?) and one cow
or heifer (?) with calf to be delivered to her at her wedding or when she goes
to (?) from her mother-in-law my wife.
Eighthly I do give and bequeath to my daughter Frances my negro girl
by name Judith and also (?)
Ninthly I do give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Moore that right
my negro woman Nanny wife to Jack Spotswood now goeth withall (?)
Tenthly I do freely fully and absolutely give and bequeath to my negro
woman Nanny from and after my body being interred fourteen days her freedom
thereby giving full power to my executors to give her the said Nanny (?)
Eleventhly I do publish and affirm hereby this to be my last will and
testament annulling by these pronouncements every testimony and testimonials and
wills heretofore by me declared either by word or by writing not withstanding
any promise to the contrary (?)
Twelfthly I do by these presents nominate appoint and authorize my
brother-in-law Saml Dennes, brother-in-law Saml Hale and my son-in-law
John Blumfield to be my executors of this my last will and testament where I
have affixed my name and fixed my goals this tenth day of November 1683.
Witnesses: John Pike John Bishop Saml Hale John Blumfield John Ilslee Ephreem Andrus Israel Thornell Ezekiel Blomfield Jonathan Bishop and Matthew Moore
East Jersey Deeds Liber B 1684-1686 pages 421-424
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