Person:Arthur Moseley (4)

There are numerous birth dates given to Arthur Moseley on the IGI.

Hancock Family: Daughter, b. about 1643 (Simon) m. Arthur Moseley(brother of William Moseley who m Mary Gookin and d. 1671 leavingissue: William, John, Elizabeth, and Edward. (Va. Mag., Vol. 5, Page327). William and Arthur Moseley were sons of William Moseley who d.1655 in Lower Norfolk County.

According to the Will of Sarah Piggott, her daughter had issue (byArthur Moseley) as follows: Susannah, Mary, William, Edward.Evidently Arthury Moseley had married again before 1686 as in thatyear he is mentioned as the son-in-law of Richard Hargrove, Sr., whosewill dated Nov. 21, 1686 was proved Jan. 17. 1687. The will of ArthurMoseley, dated Feb. 1, 1700, and proved in 1702, mentions not only allthe children given above, but also Benjamin, Arthur, George and Amos.Mention is also made of his wife, Ann, presumably, Ann Hargrove.(Brief Abstracts of Lower Norfolk County Wills.)

The Moseley's of Princess Anne county were one of the most prominentfamilies in Virginia in the 17th century (Wertenbaker, Planters ofColonial Virginia, Page 109) and "long owned what was, perhaps, thelargest and most interesting collection of (family) portraits inVirginia (Va. Mag., Vol. 32, Page 58). According to the records, theyappear to have been amongst the most intimate friends of the Hancockseven before the marriage of one of their number to a daughter of SimonHancock. This friendship, as well as relationship, persisted throughensuing generations with the removal ofo members of the two familiesduring the latter part of the 17th century to Henrico County and theremoval of members of the same families in the latter part of the 18thcentury to Bedford county.

Samuel Hancock, b. about 1676, was left by the terms of his grandmother's will in the care of his cousin, Edward Moseley. Thiscould hardly have been any other than Edward Moseley (Arthur2, William1). It has been noted that Edward Moseley had a half-brother, ArthurMoseley. Now as early as 1689 there is to be observed the appearanceof Arthur and Edward Moseley in the Henrico Records. Arthur Moseleyand Sarah Hancock, daughter of Robert 2 and Johan (Lyggon) Hancock.In 1689 there is to be found in the Henrico records a deed from RobertWoodson to his son-in-law, Edward Moseley, who appears to have marriedpreviously, Sarah Woodson.

Information from the Virginia Magazine of History and BiographyPublished Quarterly by the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, VA,V. XXXIII - No. 1, January, 1925, Old Dominion Press, Inc. Printers,100 Governor Street, Richmond, VA, p 212 and 213.

Arthur Moseley is also of Rotterdam, Netherlands

1. ↑ Moseley, Thomas Byrd. A Moseley genealogy: England, Holland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas to the west coast. (Clifton, Texas: T.B. Moseley, Jr., c1985-1993 (Baltimore : Gateway Press))
   p. 33.

   will dated 1 Feb 1700/01, proved 1702/03

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} d'Aiutolo, Leila Elizabeth Eldridge; Mary Carolyn Steger Jenkins Mitton; William S. (William Stebbins) Hubard; and Warren L. ((Warren Louis)) Forsythe. The descendants of William Moseley 1605/1606-1655 of Norfolk Va. (Lafayette, 2000)
   pp. 10-15.

   p. 10: 'born about 1636 at Rotterdam/Delft, Holland probably.'
   p. 14: 'Will written 01 Feb. 1700, ... Probate dated 15 May 1703 (Deed Bk 07:036 ad 07:058, Norfolk Co. Va. ...'
   
   The compilers of this book believe Arthur likely only had two wives, as his children can be reasonably allocated to his two known wives. However, they don't rule out the possibility of an earlier unknown wife, as suggested by earlier authors.