MOORES

The Moores are believed to be descended from the family of that name who resided in Dorsetshire on the coast in the southern part of England. Edmumd Moores and his wife came over in 1639 an the ship Confidence and settled at Newbury Massachusetts. in 1640,. He was born 1614 at Kenton Magna in Dorsetshire. He took the oath of allegiance in 1678. His son Jonathan born 1646 at Newbury married Constance Langhorn. Their son Jonathan married Elizabeth Woodhead in 1701 and were the parents of Jonathan and Thomas Moores of Nantucket although the birth and place of Thomas has not yet been ascertained. But Folger in his account of the Moores says they were probably brothers. Jonathan married Elizabeth Odar and Thomas married Mary Stratton. From Thomas we are descended. Jonathan, the son of Edmund was a Lieutenant in the Army took the oath of Allegiance with his father and was granted a lot at Brixton Me. for his services in the Narragansett War.

In the early part of the eighteenth century we find Thomas and Jonathan at Nantucket. In the records there the name is spelled Moores and not as at the head of this article and there Is still a descendant on the Island who spells it as of old. In England however it is spelled as I have and as our family have done.

Thomas Moores and Mary Stratton had:

Thomas subsequently went to New Garden, North Carolina and was drawned in 1749 and have been unable to learn anything further about him.

Alexander, his son, at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Macy became a member of the Society of Friends, his wife being already a member. Mary Moores widow of Thomas died at Nantucket March 1, 1781.

Alexander built a house on Green St. near Milk St. which he sold to Thomas Starbuck Sr. in May 1772 with about 12 rods of land for 120 Pounds lawful money. It was afterwards owned by Grafton Coffin. In the deed he spelled his name Moores and called himself "Mariner" others called him "Cooper". He then moved to New York State, probably Hudson and died soon after on June 6, 1772 of Yellow Fever which was then epidemic. His widow Elizabeth afterward married William Coffin (being his third wife) and died in 1790.

Alexander and Elizabeth had the following children

Elizabeth Moores by her marriage to William Coffin became mother in law as well as step mother to the children who married Alexander and Elizabeth. Alexander Moores 2nd. was a Captain in the Merchant Service and died at Gravesend England, Nov. 8, 1795 after being married less than a year. His widow afterwards married Aaron Folger in 1821.

Alexander and Lydia had one son Alexander C.Moores born Sept. 8 1795 who married Clarinda Folger daughter of Aaron Folger and his first wife Mary Lapham. Aaron and Lydia Moores Folger are buried at Hinminville or rather Granby, Lysander, New York.

Capt. William Moores cousin of Alexander the lst, in the ship Bedford had the honor of first hoisting In London, England the first American flag on Feb. 3 1783.

Alexander C. Moores and his wife Clarinda Folger settled in Washington Co. New York and bought at farm at Jackson near Shushan which he sold to his father in law on Feb. 27, 1826 and from there moved to Lysander in Onandago Co. NY about 1830, where he bought a small piece of land from Jacob Coffin and where he operated a planing mill I believe. He also bought another parcel of 50 acres which he sold in 1832 to Cyrene Cook his brother in law. My [WMJI] mother was born in Lysander in 1834 and in Oct. 18, 1836 he sold his to Hanull for 360 first parcel and moved back to Cambridge or Easton where he remained till 1850 when he sold his farm to Crandall and then went to Jersey City, N. J, where he operated a planing mill from about 1852 to 1854. In that year he moved to West Troy residing on Gibbins Street near Ferry. Here my Mother [ Lydia Gardner] was married to my father [ Thomas Walter Jackson] in 1857. Robert Coffin was next door neighbor about 1864 he sold or rented his house and moved back to Easton and bought a farm from Skiff about 19 acres where he continued his farming till his death in 1883. Clarinda Moores, his wife, died in 1879.

Alexander Coffin Moores and Clarinda Folger Moores

Alexander Moores and Clarinda Folger had five children