Person:Francis Moore (22)

Information on Francis Moore

Francis Moore was born in 1680 in Ireland where he grew to manhood and was a merchant. On coming to America he met and married a young girl named Ann (Anne Harbin?) about 1709-10 when he was near fifty years of age, a marriage similar to that of Thomas Petty I, which as stated, was perfectly acceptable.

Moore became a planter in Rappahannock County, Virginia. They had at least four children but evidence indicates five: Colonel Francis Moore b. 1711; Harbin Moore b. ca 1713; Elizabeth Moore (b. 1710, who married Thomas Petty), and Martha Moore.

Francis Moore died in 1718 in Essex Co., Virginia. Ann Moore, his widow married the second time to John Naylor by whom she had two daughters who died in infancy. Finally Ann died in 1744. The three daughters of Thomas IV were obtained through their grandmother Moore's will. Named among others, were her "three grandaughters - Ann, Lovey and Elizabeth, daughters to her son-in-law, Thomas Moore Pettey, Jr."

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