Lydia Moore1

F, #71, b. 2 April 1779, d. 29 January 1839
Last Edited: 22 Jun 2017
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Descendants of James Moore of Convoy

Parents:

Father: James Moore of Convoy1 b. c 1745/46, d. 23 Feb 1824
Mother: Frances Gray1 b. c 1740, d. 21 Feb 1783

Notes

  • Immigration*: 18021
  • Note*: Quoting her father's bible:
    "came to live in Letterkenny Nov 1785
    set sail for America in 1802 with his three Daughters
    settled in Womelsdorf April 1803"1
  • Note: Resided in Womelsdorf, Berks County Pennsylvania, living with her father James Moore, and her two sisters Frances Moore and Rosanna Moore, and her half-sister Ann Gray.

    Lydia never married and never had children.
  • Note: Presbyterian Church, Womelsdorf:

    "...constituted 25, 27 & 28 July 1834
    ...exercise commenced with Rev. James Patterson of Philadelphia
    The following persons were examined as to their
    views & design of joining...
    Miss Francis Moore aged 55 Baptized
    Miss Lydia Moore " 53 "
    Miss Ann Gray " 56 "

    [among 11 persons total]"4
  • Note: Lydia Moore is named in the 1820 will of her father James Moore. He bequeaths to his three daughters Frances Moore, Lydia Moore and Rosanna Moore his house and lot in the town of Womelsdorf and his furniture. And the residual is left to sons William and John and daughters Frances, Lyddia and Rosanna.5
  • Note: Will of Lydia Moore, written 27 January 1836, proved 9 May 1839.
    Berks County, Pa.

    "I do hereby leave and bequest the sum of fifty dollars
    to my brother William Moore, to his wife Elizabeth Moore, the sum
    twenty dollars. to my brother John's widow Mary Moore the
    sum of ten dollars, to their children James Moore, Elizabeth
    Moore, and Caroline Moore the sum of thirty dollars each, to my
    sister Nancy Gray the sum of thirty dollars to my brother Charles
    Moore, the sum of thirty dollars, And all the remainder of my
    property real, personal and mixed to my sister Frances Moore.
    dated this 27th day of January 1836.
    Signed
    Lydia Moore
    Febr 9th 1836 at the request of Lydia
    Moor, I became a witness to the above,
    at same time she acknowledge to be
    her hand writing.
    Sam. Moore
    F.M. M. King
    Wm Gries
    Witnesses Samuel Moore, F.M. M. King, William Gries
    Letters of administration granted to William Moore, a brother and
    heir."6

Citations

  1. [S90] James Moore's Family Bible: Family record pages, presumably cut from a bible, starting with the 1772 marriage of James Moore of Convoy, and documenting his children's events. Consists of three loose pieces of paper, six sides, kept inserted into the Dr. Wm Moore Family Bible.
  2. [S198] Sensenig, Pearl E. and Wanda M. Gartner, Records of Zion Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery Burials, Womelsdorf, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Womelsdorf, Pa.: Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society, 1990), p. 44.
  3. [S226] Womelsdorf, Pa., Zion and Reformed Cemetery, gravestone photos, taken by Jeff Moore, 23 May 2011.   Womelsdorf--Zion-and-Reformed-Cemetery-photos-2011.pdf
  4. [S169] Presbyterian Church, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. Church records. Selected records, all those for the surname Moore, transcribed by Jeff Moore 23 May 2011. Records located at the Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society, Womelsdorf. The entire record is 13 pages and covers the years 1834 - 1847. p. 1.   Womelsdorf-Presbyterian-Transcription.pdf
  5. [S23] Berks County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. Copy obtained from county. Also FHL microfilm series titled 'Estate files, 1752-1915'. File: Moore, James, WD, 1824. FHL microfilm 1818883. FamSrch Image 1450.
  6. [S21] Berks County, Pa., Will Register, No. 8, p. 137-138. Will of Lydia Moore of Womelsdorf, dated 24 August 1841, proved 29 Aug 1843. FHL microfilm 20728. Also available on FamilySearch.org Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Estates, image 1498.