| BIRTH & DEATH | John was born circa 1640 in Lynn, Essex co., MA and died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 22 October 1694; he was 54[1,3]. He is listed in the Lynn death records "Moore, John". |
| INHERITANCE & FAMILY NOTE |
As the oldest son, he received 2/3 of his father Richard's estate by will. Samuel received the
other third and Thomas, apparently estranged, received "five shillings if he be now alive and
demand the same"[6].
It is interesting to note that John apparently felt quite a kinship with his absent younger brother, since he named his first child after Thomas and not their father Richard, other brother Samuel or John himself. It was common at the time to name the children first after the parents, then grandparents, then after siblings or other relatives who had died. It could be that Thomas had died by 1674 or that John was on Thomas' side for whatever dispute estranged his little brother from their father. |
| MILITARY SERVICE & SUBSEQUENT LAND GRANT | John served as one of the soldiers from Lynn in the Narraganset Fort fight during the King Philip's War. For his service, he and others received as their gratuity the grant of "Narraganset No. 3" or "Sowhegan West" was given them and their descendants[20]. This grant is now known as Amherst, Hillsborough co., NH. |
| MARRIAGE | On 21 July 1673 when John was 33, he married Susannah MARSHALL, daughter of Captain Thomas MARSHALL & Rebecca [surname not known], in Lynn, Essex co., MA[1,2,21,9,22]. They are in the Lynn marriage records "Marshall, Susanah and John Moore". |
| CHILDREN |
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i. | Thomas MOWER | Thomas was born on 20 April 1674 as "Moore, Thomas" in Lynn, Essex co., MA[25]. On 13 November 1711 when Thomas was 37, he married Mary LEWIS, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[3]. |
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ii. | Richard1 MOWER | Richard1 was born on 26 February 1675 as "Moore, Richard" in Lynn, Essex co., MA[26]. He died before 22 August 1680, when Richard2 was born and named. | |
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iii. | John1 MOWER | John1 was born on 10 February 1678 as "Moore, John" in Lynn, Essex co., MA[26]. John1 died in Lynn, Essex co., MA on 24 October 1688 as "Moore, John"; he was 10[3]. | |
| 3. | iv. | Richard2 MOWER | Please see his own page. | |
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v. | Susannah MOWER | Susannah was born on 4 March 1684/5 in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Moore, Susanah"[25]. On 16 January 1728/9 when Susannah was 43, she married Jonathon JOHNSON, in Lynn, Essex co., MA[3]. This seems awfully late, but is not impossible, for her first marriage. | |
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vi. | John2 MOWER | John2 was born on 23 May 1687 as "Moore, John". in Lynn, Essex co., MA[26] and died on 24 October 1688; he was 1 yr. 5m. | |
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vii. | Mary MOWER | Mary was born on 5 December 1689 in Lynn, Essex co., MA as "Moore, Mary"[26]. In 1728 when Mary was 38, she married William HILL. |
| GENERATION | G8 (Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great) Grandfather |
| FAMILY NUMBER | 2016 |
| SOURCES |
1. Lynn Historic Society Genealogies,
[LHSG], VI, #20. 2. Torrey, Charles, New England Marriages Prior to 1700., (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society). [Torrey]. 3. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:258. 4. Ibid. I:267 [Ct. R.]. 5. Ibid. I:255 [Ct. R.]. 6. The Probate Records of Essex County, [Essex Prob or EPR], I:305. 7. Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book Of Emigrants, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing co., Inc., 1987), [Coldham], 149. 8. Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality., (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974), [Hotten], 93. 9. Smith, Edward L., Richard Mower of Lynn, (East Jaffrey, N.H.: The Monadnock Press, 1904), [Mower (1904)], 3. 10. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 4:159; 11:19. 11. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 43:287. 12. Conant, Frederick Odell, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520 to 1887, (n.p., privately printed, 1887), [Conant], 163. 13. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:258 [Ct. R]. 14. The Essex Antiquarian, (13 vols.)(n.p., 1897-1909), [EssexAnt], 4:159. 15. The Genealogical Magazine, (Salem, Mass.: Salem Press, 1890+), [GenMag or Putnam's Mag.], 1:52. 16. New England Historic and Genealogical Register. Vols. 1+, (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1845+), [NEHGR], 54:224. 17. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], I:259. 18. Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, (Salem, Mass., 1859+), [EIHC], 42:134. 19. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:254 [Ct. R.]. 20. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686; 5 volumes in 6, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed. (Boston: 1853-1854), [MCBR], Volume 5. 21. DeForest, Louis Effingham, Our Colonial and Continental Ancestors: The Ancestry of Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Dommerich, (New York, N.Y.: The DeForest Publ. Co., 1930), [DommerichChart], 43. 22. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:246. 23. Reading, Middlesex co., MA Vital Records, 147. 24. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:540 [G.R. 1]. 25. Ibid. I:267. 26. Ibid. I:266. 27. Ibid. I:269 [Ct. R.]. 28. Ibid. II:540 [P.R. 5]. 29. ??????, ³First Book of Intentions of Marriage in the City of Lynn², Essex Institute Historical Collections, vol. 1+, [EIHC-LynnInt], 16:71ff. 30. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:538 [P.R. 5]. 31. Roxbury Land and Church Records, Sixth Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, (Boston: 1884), pp. 74-191, [RChR], C.R. 1. 32. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], I:270. 33. Ibid. I:269. 34. Ibid. II:257. 35. Ibid. I:90. 36. Ibid. II:78 and II:257. 37. Ibid. II:540 [G.R. 1 and P.R. 5]. 38. Ibid. II:540. 39. Ibid. II:257 [P.R. 125] (three entries on this same page). 40. Ibid. I:269 [C.R. 1]. 41. Ibid. II:540 [C.R. 1]. 42. Ibid. II:540 [P.R. 6 and C.R. 1]. 43. Ibid. II:257 [C.R. 1]. 44. Ibid. II:258 [C.R. 1]. 45. Ibid. I:270 [P. R. 6]. 46. Ibid. 47. Newburyport, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [NewburyportVR], I:422. 48. Commonwealth of MA Vital Records, [MAVR], Death Records 1890, Volume 409, Page 337, #760. 49. Lynn, Essex co., MA Vital Records, [LynnVR], II:85 and II:257.
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