Person talk:Michiel Moor (2)

[18 July 2013]

Michael Moor of New York and New Jersey. 1. Michael1 Moor "v. Nassouw" (from Nassau) married Elizabeth Grauw of the same place on May 6, 1719. The marriage was solemnized in the New York Dutch Reformed Church. The banns had been published on April 9, 1719, with the following notation: "met attest v. Bergen" (with attestation from Bergen). From New York, Michael Moor removed to Raritan, New Jersey, where he attended the North Branch Dutch Church, which later became the Readington Reformed Church. This church was founded in February, 1719/20, and the first pastor was the Reverend Theodoras J. Frelinghuysen. This minister found himself in some difficulties with his congregation and in 1725 numerous church members throughout the Raritan district signed a complaint against him. Michiel Moor was one of the signers and one article of the complaint was that Frelinghuysen "wanted to demand a new confession (of her faith) from the wife of Michiel Moor, who had a regular certificate of dismission," and that he "had declined to baptize the child of Michiel Moor, because he was one of Claas Haagman's people; that subsequently, upon baptizing the child, you had not said 'Amen'; that also, although you long held the certificate of said Moor, you would not finally receive him." Moor subsequently removed to New York and later to Harlingen, New Jersey. Although both these towns were near New Brunswick it does not seem probable that this man was the Michael Moore who served as Constable at New Brunswick in 1730. It is the opinion of the present writers that the Constable was the grandson of Samuel1 Moore of Woodbridge. It seems very probable that the Cornelis1 Moor who was a witness at the baptism of Michael's daughter Sophia in New York and subsequently removed to Harlingen was a brother or near relation of Michael Moore. On January 24,1728, Michael Moor and Elizabeth Gray were witnesses there at the baptism of Maria, daughter of Cornelis Moor and Maria Bermore. Issue: i. Michiel2, who was baptized on January 3, 1720, at the New York Dutch Church. The witnesses were Johannes and Catherine Graw. Possibly it was he who married by license of May 25, 1756, Rachel Dunn, both of Middlesex County, New Jersey. ii. Christaen2, who was baptized on May 18, 1721, at the North Branch Dutch Church. iii. Johannes2, who was baptized on March 3, 1723, at the North Branch Dutch Church. iv. Sophia2, who was baptized on May 23, 1725, at the New York Dutch Church. The witnesses were Cornelis Moor and Sophia Graw. v. Garret2, who was baptized on May 18, 1727, at the Dutch Church of Harlingen, New Jersey. vi. Mannetche2 (son), who was baptized on August 13, 1729, at the Dutch Church of Harlingen. vii. Andrew2, who was baptized on March 29, 1732, at the Dutch Church of Harlingen.

Ecclesiastical Records of the State of New York, 4:2329, 2353, 2403. New Jersey Archives, Marriage Licenses, 266. New York Dutch Church Baptisms, 1:416, 457. New York Dutch Church Marriages, 130. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 40:283, 284, 286, 288. Somerset County Historical Quarterly, 3:181, 182, 242; 4:142-144.--henk 02:00, 18 July 2013 (EDT)