NINTH GENERATION

476. Colonel John Moore (120) (83) was born on Aug 11 1686 in Charleston, South Carolina. He died in 1749 in New York City. Colonel John Moore inherited considerable property from his father and moved to New York City at a young age. When he died, his remaining Philadelphia property was sold for more than 5000 pounds. According to his grandson John Moore, the brother of Ann Moore Huntington, "My grandfather, . . . was the most eminent merchant in the City of New York--he did more business and owned more shipping than any other merchant there, as in early life, I was informed repeatedly by Captains of his vessels and gentlemen who knew him well.

He was a New York City Alderman and a member of the Colonial Legislature and King's Council of the Province of New York (the upper house of the Legislature). He was Colonel of His Majesty's Regiment of Foot of New York and a warden and vestryman of Trinity Church from 1715 to 1728. He is buried in a vault in Trinity Churchyard. The vault is located on the south side of the church, opposite the west end of the church.

After the second New York City Hall was built, John Moore bought the first one, known as the Stadt Huys, located at Moore Street (which is named for him) and Front Street and built by Peter Stuyvesant. He kept a fire engine in its basement that he took to the scene of fires where he would negotiate with the property owners before helping to extinguish the blaze. His own house, located across the street, was, according to his grandson, the "largest and most elegant house in the city." It stood three stories high and was double fronted.

He owned 1795 acres on the west side of the Hudson River some miles north of the city where he established his country seat. He left this property to his son Stephen. Stephen Moore, the only member of the family to fight on the patriot side in the Revolution, later sold it to the new federal government, which established the United States Military Academy, West Point, on the site. He was married to Frances Lambert in 1714.

477. Frances Lambert (83) was born in 1692 in France. She died on Mar 21 1782 in New York City. Frances Lambert was of Huguenot parentage and came to this country as an infant, but her ancestors are not presently known. She bore eighteen children in a little over twenty years, including three sets of twins, and lived to be ninety.

She was left much property by her husband and lived in great style during her widowhood. But nearly all of the buildings she owned in New York (and from the rent of which she derived her income), including her mansion at Front and Moore Streets, were destroyed in the great fire of Sep 1776 that followed the British occupation of the city during the early stages of the Revolution. As a result of the fire and the fact that most of the family were loyalists, the Moore fortune, one of the most ample in Colonial New York, was largely lost.

She outlived at least seven of her children and only three are known to have married. Four of the sons and two of the daughters who reached maturity are known not to have married, a very unusually high percentage. Children were:

child i. Frances Moore.
child ii. Rebecca Moore was born in 1717.
child iii. John Moore was born in 1719. He died in 1749.
child iv. Susanna Moore was born in 1720. She died young.
child v. Thomas Moore was born in 1721. He died young.
child vi. Peter Moore was born in 1721. He died young.
child238 vii. Thomas Moore.
child viii. Peter Moore was born in 1722. He died young.
child ix. Richard Moore was born in 1724.
child x. Susanna Moore was born in 1725.
child xi. Daniel Moore was born in 1727. He died young.
child xii. Lambert Moore was born in 1727. He died in 1805.
child xiii. Daniel Moore was born in 1728. He died young.
child xiv. Daniel Moore was born in 1729. He died in 1789.
child xv. William Moore was born in 1730.
child xvi. Charles Moore.
child xvii. Stephen Moore.
child xviii. Ann Moore was born in 1738. She died about 1826.

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