Individual Details
John Moores
(1671 - 27 Dec 1716)
Events
| Birth | 1671 |  | |||
| Will | 19 Dec 1716 | Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey |  | | |
| Death | 27 Dec 1716 | Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey | | ||
| Burial | Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Wright (1673 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Moores (1704 - ) |
| Child | Robert Moores (1702 - 1782) |
| Child | John Moores (1700 - ) |
| Child | Mary Moores (1694 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Moores (1715 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Moores (1708 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Moores (1711 - ) |
| Father | Matthew Moores ( - 1692) |
| Mother | Sarah Savory ( - ) |
| Sibling | James Moores (1669 - 1727) |
| Sibling | William Moores (1666 - 1712) |
| Sibling | Matthew Moores ( - 1733) |
| Sibling | Samuel Moores (1673 - ) |
Notes
Will
1716 Dec. 19. Moores, John, of Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., cordwainer;will of. Wife . Children—Robert, Benjamin, John, Thomas, Samuel, Mary, Sarah. Farm of 6 acres, bought from father-in-law Robert Wright, 6 a. adjoining, bought of Jonathan Dunham, 19 a. adjoining David Dunham, 4 a. on the Roway road, home farm of 44 a. of upland, other real property. Personal estate (3 negro slaves). The wife executrix, to be followed on her death by son John. Witnesses—Charles Peters, Joseph Grant, Penelope Landress. Proved January 4, 1716-7. Lib. A, p. 61
1716-7 Jan. 15. Inventory of the personal estate (£402.18.3, incl. two negro men £80, a negro woman and child £40); made by Robert Gillchrist and Georg Brown, sworn to by John Moores, one of the executors.
1720 Aug. 22. Benjamin, son of, about 15 years old, chooses as his
guardians Robert Gilchrist and John Mutrie, to whom letters of guardianship
are issued.
Endnotes
2. Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).