Rosanna Moore1

F, #72, b. 1 January 1781, d. 10 July 1829
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

  • Note: Rosanna Moore of Heidelberg Township, Berks Co. died intestate. Administration was granted 22 July 1829 to "William Moore a brother". (Berks Co. Administrations, Vol. 11, p. 8.)

    The Orphan Court proceedings for 6 Nov 1829 log: "The account of William Moore administrator of Rosana Moore late of Heidelberg Township Berks County deceased in which there appears a balance due the estate of two thousand six hundred and eighty one dollars and twenty five cents."

    Inventory and account are in the estate file.4,5
  • Name Variation: 1781; Rose Moore; In her birth entry in the bible she is called "Rose Moore", everywhere else "Rosanna".1
  • Immigration*: 1802
  • 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 Rosanna Moore and Lydia Moore, and her half-sister Ann Gray.

    Rosanna never married and never had children.
  • Note: Rosanna 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, Lydia and Rosanna.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. [S20] Berks County, Pa., Register of Wills, Letters of Administration, Vol. 11, p. 8., Rosanna Moore. FHL microfilm 20815. Also FamilySearch image 715.
  5. [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… FHL microfilm 1818883, viewed on Estates 1800-1850 Miller, Michael-Moser, Weirich; images 1568-1576.
  6. [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.