Carney & Wehofer Family
 Genealogy Pages


Print Bookmark
James MOORE

James MOORE

Male 1624 - 1735  (111 years)


Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name James MOORE  [1] 
    Birth 1624  Toreagh, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID M5LT-2LQ 
    Name James MOORE  [2] 
    Death 24 May 1735  Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I594763439  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023 

    Family Martha CAMPBELL LYLE,   b. 1672, Ballyvoy, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1729, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 3rd Wife Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth MOORE   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. James MOORE   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John MOORE,   b. 20 Oct 1692, Saint Andrew, Nether Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1697 (Age 4 years)
     4. Jane MOORE,   b. Abt 1693, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1735, Rock Creek Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years)
     5. Mary E. MOORE,   b. 1696, Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1769, Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. George MOORE,   b. 1698, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1783, Prince George's, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     7. Martha Sarah MOORE,   b. 1700, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1760, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     8. Peter MOORE,   b. 1706, Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1722, Maryland, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)
     9. Samuel MOORE,   b. 23 Dec 1707, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1790, Albemarle, Stanley County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F536728071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Description: from "Families of Southern Maryland" volume 5, p.220-221
      James Moore, Sr.
      This James Moore appears to have had the distinction of living a longer life than most, if not all, other settlers who arrived in Maryland in the 1600s. In 1735 he signed his name as "James Moore ye 110." At first glance, one might suspect this is either a mistake or "ye 110" has some meaning other than his age. However, records appeard to prove quite conclusively that he really did achieve this ancient age of c110 years.
      It is impossible to determine when and how this James Moore, identified as James Moore, Sr., by 1735, entered the Province since there was not only an abundance of Moores who arrived in the 1600s but there was more than one James Moore.
      This James Moore lived some 40 years at 'Four Hills', had 2 wives during the last 15 years and probably another wife or wives and other children in the early years.
      James Moore, Sr., bc1624; d.c.1735; m/1_____; m/2 by 1681 Elizabeth _____; m/3 by 1697 Mary _____; children:
      1. James Moore, Jr. b.c1646
      2. Mary Moore
      3. Jane Moore
      4. George Moore
      5. Peter Moore
      6. Benjamin Moore, b.1712
      Circumstantial evidence suggests he was the James Moore who obtained a 200 acres warrant in 1670/1 and used part of it on 15 Mar 1670 to patent 11 acres on the east side of Patuxent River and south side of Land's Creek in Lyons Creek Hundred, Calvert Co. called 'Sneaking Point'; [poss'd by Elisha Hall]; resurveyed 26 Nov 1730 (Patent Book 13.83 & 16.177 & CaCRR). As James Moore of Calvert Co., carpenter, he patented the following lands in Calvert Co. which the Heinton Map shows to have been in the portion which became Prince George's Co.; also included is land shown by later deeds to have been patented by him in Prince George's Co. This list does not include 'Dunbar', patented at an unknown date.
      22 Feb 1671 'Four Hills' 400 acress (33/165)
      23 Sep 1680 'Moorefields' 150 acres (28/87)
      8 Mar 1680 'Beals Hunting Quarter' 300 acreas (24/300;29/169)
      22 Feb 1682 'Leith' 500 acres (24/393'38/7)
      6 Mar 1681/2 'Horse Race 300 acres (24/396;32/146)
      7 Mar 1681 'Defence' 150 acres (24/397;31/20)
      2 Jul 1685 'Potterne Wake*' 203 acres (25/169;32/156)
      30 Aug 1694 'Moore's Little Worth' 40 acres (27/144)
      11 Sep 1694 'Child's Portion' 227 acres (27/242)
      10 Nov 1695 'Moore's Addition' 231 acres (37/160)
      1 Apr 1702 'Moore's Croft'* 123 acres (CD4/84;DD5/76)
      1704 'Partnership' 500 acres (CD4/153)
      10 Dec 1714 'Barbadoes' 150 acres (EE6/212;RY1/322)
      [*Wake is found in other records as Weeke, Wick, Wicke, etc. also Croft is found as Craft in some records]
      The following are only a few of the records available which verify the names of two of his wives and part of his land sales:
      16 Jun 1686; James Moore sold 'Leith' of 500 acres on the west bank of the Patuxent in Calverton Manor
      to William Selby; obtained from a 1000 acre warrant assigned from Ninian Beall dated 6 Jan 1681; surveyed
      12 Feb 1681; patented & sold 16 Jun 1686; ack. Elizabeth, wife of James Moore (SOM 24/393; 3/32/146;
      Patent CC#4.57)
      23 Jun 1697; from James Moore of Prince George's Co., carpenter, 80 acres of Beales Hunting Quarter to
      to William Moore; s/o Mary Moore now Mary Falkner; ack. by Mary Moore, wife of James (PGLR A.52)
      27 Jun 1699; From James Moore to Benjamin Berry 267 acres called 'Berry Fortune'; ack. by Mary Moore
      wife of James (PGLR A.184)
      28 Sep 1698; & 31 Jul 1699; sale of 475 acres of 'Moore's Plains' now in Prince George's, formerly Calvert
      Co., patented to James Moore in 1 Aug 1673. . . (PGLR A.200, 390) [located next to 'Scotts Lott']
      27 Jun 1700; From James Moore, carpenter, to Robert Orme, planter; 125 acres called 'Dunbar'; now in
      Prince George's but formerly in Calvert Co. on Mattapony Branch; ack. Mary Moore, wife of James Moore
      (PGLR A.365)
      pages 222-224 missing online

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 Nov 2022), entry for Mary Moore, person ID L5GB-V57. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 26 Jun 2023), entry for James MOORE, person ID M5LT-2LQ. (Reliability: 3).



This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 15.0, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2025.

Maintained by Jim Carney.