Esther Heckman1,2

F, #354, b. 27 October 1790, d. 21 July 1856
Last Edited: 18 Jan 2021
Charts:
Ancestors of Capt. William Graff Moore
Descendants of Thomas Moore of Reading

Parents:

Father: George Heckman3,4 b. 7 May 1742, d. 13 Oct 1805
Mother: Catharine (?)3

Family:

Thomas Moore b. 3 Feb 1781, d. 11 Feb 1849

Children:

Mary Moore1 b. 15 Mar 1809, d. 17 Sep 1890
Dr. William Moore+ 1 b. 28 Jul 1810, d. 23 May 1872
George Washington Moore+1 b. 30 Mar 1812, d. 21 Jan 1887
Frances Moore1 b. Jul 1814
Lydia Moore+1 b. 21 Feb 1817, d. 10 Jun 1884
Catharine Moore+1 b. 6 Apr 1819, d. 17 Jun 1894
John Moore1 b. 4 Nov 1821, d. 20 Aug 1849
James Moore+1 b. 13 Jan 1825, d. 22 Oct 1899
Elizabeth Ann Moore+1 b. 12 Nov 1829, d. 25 Feb 1886

Notes

  • Name Variation: Hetty Heckman1
  • Note*: Census:

    1850 US Census, Reading, Berks, Co. Penn.
    Hester Moore, 58
    Mary Moore, 27
    Elizabeth Moore, 20

    Elizabeth was Hester's youngest daughter; Mary's identity is unknown.10
  • Note: City Directory Reading, 1856:

    "Moore, Mrs. Esther, 3d bel Ches ws"     11
  • Note: Wells family bible:

    "Esther Heckman MOORE, relict of Thomas MOORE, Departed this life at Reading July 21st 1856 aged 67 years--grandmother"12
  • Note: Parentage:

    It is fairly certain, but not completely proven, that the George Heckman who died in 1805 was the father of Esther. See the notes under George Heckman regarding the evidence for this assertion.
  • Note: Will of Frances Moore:

    Frances Moore (1777-1858), daughter of James Moore of Convoy, in her 1848 will, made the following bequest:

    "to my cousin Hetty Moore of Reading the sum of 200 dollars and to her son James Moore the sum of 300 dollars...
    to my cousin Hetty Moore or heirs all the remainder of my furniture I may die possessed of"

    Hetty died before the distribution, and so the cash went to her children, who are listed in the 'Legacies Paid' section of the Account.

    Hetty and Frances' were not cousins in the modern sense of the word. The executor, Dr. William Moore son of Hetty, used relationship terms very accurately in the Account, and he dropped the 'cousin' for this entry. Frances may have felt a familial affection for Hetty, as Hetty's son Dr. William Moore had married Mary Ann Doll who was raised by Frances' brother Wm. Moore of Lebanon and his wife Mary Ann Doll's aunt Elizabeth.13
  • Note: Will of Ann Gray:

    Hetty is also named in the 1841 will of Ann Gray, half-sister of the above Frances Moore. She made a bequest to Hester Moore wife of Thos. Moore $100.14

Citations

  1. [S136] Moore, Thomas family, Family record of Thomas Moore, born 1781, naming his parents, wife and children and all their birth dates. Handwritten, in one hand, in old style writing and pen, on one tattered page. In family possession.   Moore-Thomas-Family-Record--Old-Handwritten-Doc.pdf
  2. [S88] Irish, Donna R., compiler, Pennsylvania German Marriages: Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches (n.p.: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1982), p. 92, m. Thomas Moore & Esther Heckman..   Irish--Penn-German-Marriages.pdf
  3. [S156] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. County courthouses, Pennsylvania. URL: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999196 Berks Co.; "Estates 1800-1850 Harner, Henry-Heffner, Esther, film 1818575"; folder of Heckman, George, 1805, Reading; image 1950. Will.
  4. [S178] Records of the Schwartzwald Church, Exeter Township, Berks County, Penna. presented to N. S. D. A. R. by Mahantongo Chapter Pottsville, Penna. Received 7 Oct 1949 ([downloaded from FamilySearch.org], ), p. 79..
  5. [S199] Seyler, S.. Transcription made by family member of family record portion of a bible in family possession. "The Holy Bible, publ. Phila., printed for John Thompson & Abraham Small M.DCC.XCVIII". Contains birth and death dates of Thomas Moore & Esther Heckman, and death of son John, and 1882 confirmation certificate of grandson Wm. M. S. Moore. "Hetty Moore, Born 27th Oct 1790."
  6. [S81] Humphrey, John T., Pennsylvania Births, Berks County, 1781-1800 (Washington D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1998).
  7. [S29] Boas, John William, Pastoral record. FHL title: Schwarzwald Reformed Church, Exeter Township, Berks Co., Pa. (contains other locations); FHL Microfilm 1673149, item 1. Original records, in German.   Schwarzwald-Reformed-Marr-1808-Moore-Heckman.pdf
  8. [S199] Seyler, S.. Transcription made by family member of family record portion of a bible in family possession. "The Holy Bible, publ. Phila., printed for John Thompson & Abraham Small M.DCC.XCVIII". Contains birth and death dates of Thomas Moore & Esther Heckman, and death of son John, and 1882 confirmation certificate of grandson Wm. M. S. Moore.
  9. [S171] Reading, Pa., Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory. (FHL microfilm collection 'Cemetery records, 1848-1979'., ), FHL microfilm 1,275,641 Burial Cards. FHL microfilm 1029867 Permit Book..
  10. [S211] US Census, accessed on Ancestry.com
  11. [S174] Reading, Pa., City directories: 1) 'Directory of 1806. By M(atthias) S. Richards' (Microfiche C5 1270) & 2) 1856 by J. Knabb (Microfiche C5 1271) [Sutro]   Reading-Pa--City-Directories-1806-1856-1860.pdf
  12. [S8] ""Another Wells Bible" (Contains transcription of Family Record pages, from a bible owned by William H. Wells of Portland, Oregon, printed in Oxford, England in 1739 by John Baskett. Contains one page entitled 'Moore Family Record'. Also contains transcrip", Delaware Genealogical Society Journal Vol. 10 (April 1999), No. 1, p. 1-4, and Vol. 10, (Oct 1999), No. 2, p. 28-30: page 30, deaths..   Del-Gen-Soc-Jrnl--Vol-10-No-1--Wells-Bible.pdf   Del-Gen-Soc-Jrnl--Vol-10-No-2--Wells-Bible.pdf
  13. [S24] Berks County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. FHL microfilm series titled 'Estate files, 1752-1915'. File: Moore, Frances, WD, 1858. FHL microfilm 2368305. On FamilySearch.org Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Estates…, images 32-60.
  14. [S22] Berks County, Pa., Will Register, No. 8, p. 522-523. Will of Ann Grey of Womelsdorf, dated 24 August 1841, proved 29 Aug 1843. FHL microfilm 20728. FamilySearch.org