Robert Moore1

M, #397, d. circa September 1800
Last Edited: 16 May 2020

Parents:

Father: (?) Moore

Notes

  • Note*: Probate:

    Administrative Bond of £1000 dated 2 Oct 1800 posted by:

    "William Moore eldest brother of Robert Moore late of the Borough of Reading in Berks County singleman decd. George Ege Esq and Michael Wood all of Berks County aforesaid"1
  • Note: Tradition:

    Judge James Moore of Chester County was Robert's uncle. A short biography, written in 1888, relates a tradition about a nephew Robert Moore. We have no way to determine the truth of the story, nor whether or not this is the same Robert Moore.

    "Another nephew, Robert Moore, was engaged in one of the Irish rebellions, and only succeeded in escaping to the United States after hair-breadth escapes from the English soldiers. At one time he was hidden for several days in an oven. Two fine silver-mounted holster pistols, which were carried by him, are preserved in one branch of the family."2

Citations

  1. [S26] Berks County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. FHL microfilm series titled 'Estate files, 1752-1915'. On FamilySearch.org Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Estates… 'Estates 1800-1850 Miller, Michael-Moser, Weirich', file 'Moore, Robert RE 1800', image 1547-1550.
  2. [S122] Long, W. S., "Judge James Moore and Major James Moore, of Chester County, Pennsylvania", The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 12, No. 3 (Oct., 1888), pp. 304-309; viewed on url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20083270. And Vol. 12, No. 4 (Jan., 1889), pp. 465-474; https://www.jstor.org/stable/20083289..