Saturday, April 6, 2013

Surname Saturday - MOORE (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 577: Anna MOORE (1666-1760). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two American generations of this MOORE family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)


18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1758-1793)

144.  Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784)
145.  Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812)

288.  James Hildreth (1698-1761)
289.  Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774)


576.  Ephraim Hildreth, born 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 05 April 1731 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1152. Richard Hildreth and 1153. Elizabeth.  He married 08 October 1686 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
577.  Anna Moore, born 08 October 1666 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 08 April 1760 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  
Children of Ephraim Hildreth and Anna Moore are:  Ephraim Hildreth (1687-????); Joseph Hildreth (1689-1764); Richard Hildreth (1691-????); James Hildreth (1692-1696); Ebenezer Hildreth (1696-1762); James Hildreth (1698-1761); Jonathan Hildreth (1701-1752); Anna Hildreth (1705-1784); Thomas Hildreth (1707-1707); Jacob Hildreth (1709-????); David Hildreth (1711-????).

1154.  John Moore, born before 11 November 1628 in Henham, Essex, England; died before 23 September 1702 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 16 November 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1155.  Anne Smith, born about 1627 in England; died 10 March 1670/71 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2310. John Smith and 2311. Mary.
Children of John Moore and Anne Smith are:  Marie Moore (1655-1705); Elizabeth Moore (1657-1734); Lydia Moore (1660-????); John Moore (1663-1742); Joseph Moore (1664-????); Anna Moore (1666-1760); Jonathan Moore (1669-1742); Maria Moore (1671-1671).

2308.  John Moore, born about 1602 in England; died 06 January 1673/74 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1625 in Probably Henham, Essex, England.
2309.  Elizabeth, born in England; died before 1633 in Probably Henham, Essex, England.
Children of John Moore and Elizabeth are:  Elizabeth Moore (1626-1705); John Moore (1628-1702); Susan Moore (1630-1630).

Information about these families was obtained from:


John Plummer, "The English Origin of John Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, Volume 66, number 2, April 1991.

Stanley E. Moore, "John Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts (Living there 3 April 1640)," The Colonial Genealogist, Volume IX, number 1.

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