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4. Esther, b. Aug. 11, 1760; m. New Fairfield, Conn., 1777, Isaiah Hunger-

ford, b. Dec. 26, 1756, d. July 16, 1833; she d. Dec. 22, 1836, at Stan-
bridge, Que., Canada.

5. Thaddeus of Ridgefield, b. Oct. 25, 1761.

6. Stephen, b. Dec. 13, 1767; m. Jan. 28, 1789; d. Nov. 9, 1817. He m. Sarah

Seymour, b. Feb. 8, 1774; d. Oct. 24, 1839.

References: Mead Family, S. P. Mead, 1901, pp. 125-8.
Summary of Ancestry, as follows:

1. William Mead, b. abt. 1600, in England, d. abt. 1663; m. abt. 1625, ,

b. , d. Sept. 19, 1657.

2. Joseph Mead, b. 1630, d. May 3, 1690; m. Dec. 4, 1654, Stamford, Conn.,

Mary Brown of Stamford, Conn.

3. Joseph^ Mead, b. abt. 1657, d. 1714; m. , Sarah Reynolds.

4. Jeremiah Mead, b. Aug. 6, 1702, d. 1742; m. 1725, prob. Norwalk, Conn.,

Hannah St. John, b. , d. July, 1746.

6. Stephen Mead, b. 1728, d. Oct. 18, 1806; m. Oct. 31, 1751, Rachel Sanford,
b. July 23, 1733.



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6. Esther Mead, b. Aug. 11, 1760, d. Dec. 22, 1836; m. Isaiah Hungerford,

b. Jan. 23, 1758, d. June 16, 1833.

7. Elizabeth Hungerford, b. Feb. 7, 1798, d. Jan. 7, 1878; m. April 29, 1821,

David Nash Phelps, b. Oct. 4, 1796, d. April 15, 1884.

From here same as Summary of Arms Ancestry, 8th to 10th Generations;
Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, p. 136, No. 772; and Daughters of the
American Colonists, 1931, pp. 26-36, No. 2089; ancestry traced by the author of
this book.



MERRILL OR DEMERLE ANCESTRY

Arms — Argent, a bar azure between three peacocks' heads-proper. Crest —
A peacock's, erased; proper.

"John and Nathaniel Merrill, brothers, came from Salisbury
County, Wilts, England, to Ipswich, Mass., in 1633, and settled at
Newbury in the same Colony among the first settlers of that town.
They are descended from the Huguenot family of DeMerle, who
escaped to England after the St. Bartholomey Day (August, 1572).
This family of DeMerle belonged to the Auvergne nobility having
had its ancestral estate near Place-de-Dombes, in that province.
The emigrant made use of the arms we give which are different
although the crest is the same from the Merrill Arms as given by
the English Heraldry.

We have seen imprints of the Seal of one of the emigrant's grand-
sons affixed to a deed dated, 1726. The devices were exactly those
we give." (From America Heraldica)

Nathaniel Merrill, of Newbury, born about 1610; died March
16, 1654; married Susannah Wilterton, died 1671/2, Newbury, Mass.
Their children were: John^, born 1635; NathanieP, 1638; Abraham^;
Susannah^; DanieP, Aug. 20, 1642; AbeP, Feb. 20, 1644. The widow
of NathanieP, married a Mr. Jordan. She died Jan. 25, 1671/2.
NathanieP Merrill paid his first taxes in the spring, 1635. He was
a Charter Member of the town of Newbury.

It is to be noted that the five sons of Nathaniel had twenty-two
sons, thus giving the family a vigorous start. They were in all
parts of New England, at an early date.

John Merrill, when young, moved to Hartford, Conn., with
Gregory Wilterton, his uncle, and when the latter died John inherit-
ed much of his estate. John Merrill married, Sept. 23, 1663, Sarah
Watson, the daughter of the first John Watson (of Hartford, 1644;
b. 1616; d. 1650; m. 1657, Margaret Smith, who d. 1683). John
Merrill owned a lot in Hartford, in 1657, and when he died, July
18, 1712, all his eight sons were living.

Summary of Ancestry:

1. Nathaniel Merrill (or DeMerle), b. 1610, d. March 16, 1654; m.

Susannah Wilterton, b. , d. 1671/2.

2. John Merrill, b. 1635, d. July 18, 1712; m. Sept. 23, 1663, Sarah Watson

(dau. of the first John Watson of Hartford, in 1644, b. 1616, d. 1650;
m. 1657, Margaret Smith, who d. 1683).

3. Dea. Abraham Merrill, b. Dec. 21, 1670, d. Nov. 6, 1747; m. April 16,

1699, Prudence Kellogg, b. , d. Sept. 21, 1747.



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4. Makgaeet Merrill, b. June 6, 1709, d. ; m. Jan. 24, 1734, Samuel

Nash, Esq., b. Jan. 29, 1709, d. .

5. Jerusha Nash, b. Oct. 5, 1734, d. 1796; m. Sept. 8, 1757, Joel Phelps, b.

1732, Windsor, Conn.

6. Phineas Phelps, b. April 10, 1767, d. April 20, 1813; m. New Haven, Vt.,

Lydia Lawrence, b. Jan. 15, 1762; d. Sept. 20, 1813.

7. Nash David Phelps, b. Oct. 4, 1796, d. April 15, 1884; m. April 29, 1821,

Elizabeth Hungerford, b. Feb. 7, 1798, d. Jan. 7, 1878.

From here same as Summary of Arms Ancestry, 8th to 10th Generations;
Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, p. 136, No. 772; and Daughters of the
American Colonists, 1931, pp. 26-36, No. 2089; ancestry traced by the author of
this book.



MILLER ANCESTRY

Arms — Per fesse argent and azure, in chief two wolves' heads erased purpure,
coUared or; and in base, a lion passant of the last. Crest — A wolf's head erased,
per pale, or and purpure, collared or. (Burke: "General Armory.")

As a surname, Miller is found in every county in England, in
every State of the United States and in every part of the world,
where the English tongue is spoken. The earliest records of med-
ieval England contain numerous entries of the name. Several emmi-
grants left the mother country during the period of Colonial settle-
ment and became founders in New England of the Miller families,
which have been prominent in the life and development of the
country for more than two hundred and seventy-five years. In the
early Colonial records, in the annals of the later Commonwealths,
in the muster rolls of all our wars, the name of Miller is found with
great frequency. Men of the name have risen to prominence in
the fields of industry, business and finance, in professional life and
in the divine calling, and the family ranks today, among the most
honorable of those which go to make up the aristocracy of New
England. The form of spelling has varied from time to time as
Millerd, Millard and Miller, the last of which has been borne by
the family whose record is herein contained. Entries of the name
Miller appear in the parish records of Sussex County, England, as
early as the year 1300. In 1530, the family was recorded as large
land owners.

1. John Miller, grandfather of the American immigrant and
the first of the line to whom it has been possible to trace, was born
in Sussex, England, in 1505-06. He was married and among his
children was Robert, of further mention.

2. Robert Miller, son of John Miller, was born and lived
during his entire Hfe in Sussex County, England. His wife was
Elizabeth, and they were the parents of several children, among
whom was John, who became the progenitor of the Miller family
herein contained, in America. Robert Miller was a prosperous
citizen and an owner of extensive landed properties in County
Sussex, England.

References: "Colonial Families," by American Hist. Soc. Inc., 1928, p. 230.
See Summary "Husted Ancestry" this book.



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MITCHELL ANCESTRY

The name of Mitchell is of considerable antiquity and of Scotland,
when several families held the rank of Lesser Barons.

Heman Mitchell, born in East Highgate, Vt., April 14, 1822;
married in East Highgate, Vt., May 2, 1857, Helen Ann Phelps
(daughter of Nash David), born in Stanbridge, Que., December 21,
1837; died at Monticello, Ind., October 27, 1920. He died at Stan-
bridge, Que., July 29, 1869. He kept a Hotel at E. Highgate, Vt.
and Bedford, Que.

Children of Heman Mitchell and Helen Ann Phelps : (See Phelps
Ancestry.)

David Nash Mitchell, b. Stanbridge, Que., Oct. 2, 1859; d. Pittsfield,
Wis.; m. Etta L. Currie at Jacksonville, lU., June 16, 1886. Mr.
Mitchell was a graduate of Bedford Academy, Bedford, Que. He was
a jeweler at Waltham, Mass., and later at PittsvUle, Wis. He was
register of deeds at Grand Rapids, Wis., elected 1891. He was a mem-
ber of the Wood County Jury Commission. He was secretary for many
years of the Masonic Lodge at PittsviUe, Wis., where his body reposed
in state; under the auspices of the PittsvUle Lodge F. and A. M., of
which he had long been a member. They have five children as foUows :
1. Mabei^ZecA:, m. Aug. 22, 1912, at PittsviUe, Wis., Dr.Alvin E.Bleck,
b. July 31, 1885, New London, Wis. He graduated from Marquette
University, 1909, and has practiced since that time at MUwaukee,
Wis. Mrs. Bleck is a graduate of the Normal School at Stevens Point,
Wis. She taught school four years. She is active in Club and
civic work, a member of the MUwaukee Chapter of D. A. R., also the
MUwaukee CoUege Endowment Ass'n. 2. A. R. Mitchell, of Madison,
Wis. 3. Bertha Mitchell, after graduating from High School, m. Harry
Franson, night operator for the Minn, and St. Paul and St. Marie R.R.
4. Eugene Mitchell of PittsviUe, Wis. 5. Ronald Mitchell of PittsviUe, Wis.

Heman Leslie Mitchell, b. Stanbridge, Que., June 13, 1862; d. Stanbridge,
Que., Mar. 21, 1863.

Hobert Mitchell, b. Stanbridge, Que., Apr. 28, 1865; he was a goldsmith;
d. Waltham, Mass., July 1, 1883.

Florence Mat Mitchell, b. Stanbridge, Que., Sept. 28, 1868; m. Edwin
Ruthben Abbott, Jr., of Bethlehem, N. H., b. March 20, 1868. Mn
Abbott is a prominent business man and Secretary and Treasurer of
Catalina Island Yacht Club of AvaUn, Cal. His ancestral Une, Edwin
Ruthben^ Abbott, b. Nov. 15, 1834, Bradford, N. H.; d. April 17, 1904;
m. Mary EmUy^ BeU, HennUcer, N. H., m. Feb. 20, 1860; d. July, 1913,
Zadoci Abbott, b. Bradford, N. H., 1793; m. Lydia Sargent. Maternal
Line: Hiram^ Bell, b. Antrim, N. H., March 16, 1803; d. Feb. 26, 1871;
Thomas^ BeU, b. July 31, 1769; d. Feb. 25, 1811, son of WUliam of
Andover, b. July 31, 1769; m. Sept. 8, 1795, Mary Gibbs, he d. Feb.
25, 1811; lived at Washington. D. C. Thomas BeU had seven children:
1. Margaret; 2. John; 3. James; 4. Hiram; 5. Hannah; 6. Thomas
Jefferson; 7. Betsy.

Children of Helen Ann Phelps and second husband, Samuel
Fairfield, of St. Sebastien, Que. He was born November 9, 1841;
married January 23, 1873, at Stanbridge, Que. He died October 21,
1914, at Mystic, Que.

1. James Frederick Fairfield, b. Stanbridge, Que., Aug. 14, 1875; m. Aug.
30, 1894, at Laconia, N. H., Etta Jane Hughey. They had one son,
Clayton George, h. Bedford, Que., Sept. 12, 1895. She d. Sept. 20, 1895.



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He m. (2) to Edna Marion Miller, North Stanbridge, Que., Oct. 21,
1897. She was b. at Pike River, Feb. 11, 1877. They had children,
Claude Wesley Fairfield, b. North Stanbridge, July 18, 1898. Thelma
Ruth Fairfield, h. at North Stanbridge, Que., Mar. 26, 1903. She m.
John F. Emms, 4832a Park Ave., Montreal, Que., by whom she had a
dau.

2. Dr. Hobert Fairfield, b. St. Sebastian, Que., July 31, ; came to the

United States in 1900, graduated from Mae Killip College, Chicago, 111.,
1910; degree M.D.V.; m. Christine Mae Kengie, b. Nov. 5, 1882, at
Marsboro, Que.; d. Sept. 21, 1907. He m. (2) Evelyn German, 1910,
of Chicago, dau. of Israel and Susanna German.

(See Vol. I, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in
Europe.)

Experience Mitchell Ancestry

Experience Mitchell, born 1609; married a. 1628, Jane, daugh-
ter of Francis and Esther Cooke. He died 1689, aged 89. The two
brothers. Experience and Thomas Mitchell, belonged to the Leyden
pilgrimage and were probably born in Holland. And while Thomas
remained in that country, Experience, then a youth of 14, came over
to America in the ship "Ann" in 1623, in company with Mrs. Cooke
and children. He seems to have been in the care of, or in some way
connected with the Cooke family. He had a share in the first
division of lots, in 1624, and also a share in the division of the live
stock in 1627. He sold his land in Plymouth in 1631, to Samuel
Eddy, but seems to have remained in town living at a place called
Spring Hill. In 1650, he bought William Paybody's farm in Dux-
bury. He, in company with the two John Washburns and others,
was an original proprietor in the Bridgewater purchase, but sold
his share to Thomas Haywood. He lived in Duxbury at Blue Fish
River. Late in life he came with his son Edward to live in Bridge-
water at a place called Joppa. He made his will in 1684 and died in
1689. Children: Ehzabeth, b. 1629; married John Washburn, 1645;
Thomas; Mary; Edward; Sarah; Jacob; John and Hannah. The
order of birth uncertain.

References: "Ebenezer Washburn, His Ancestors and Descendants," p. 105.
"History of Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass.," p. 242.

Summary of Ancestry :

1. Experience Mitchell (1609-1689); m. 1628, Jane Cooke.

2. Elizabeth Mitchell (1629- ); m. Duxbury, Mass., 1645, John*

Washburn (England, 1621 ).

3. Joseph Washburn (Bridgewater, Mass., 1655 ); m. E. Bridgewater,

Hannah Latham.

4. Hepzibah Washburn (W. Bridgewater-April 14, 1750); m. Sept. 8, 1702,

Benjamin Leach, Esq. (W. Bridgewater-July 13, 1764), Bridgewater.
Mass.

5. Hannah Leach (March 4, 1725 ); m. Bridgewater, Aug. 6, 1743,

Soloman Leach (Feb. 19, 1712 ).

6. Ephraim Leach (Dec. 1761-Feb. 28, 1840); m. Greenfield, Mass., Chloe

Shattuck (Nov. 22, 1766-Jan. 22, 1845), Nov. 17, 1785.

7. Tertius Leach (Nov. 21, 1786-Feb. 4, 1864); m. Sheldon, Vt., Jan. 1,

1811, Sophia Hawley (Aug. 17, 1795-Jan. 7, 1879).

The summary is part of the Mayflower line, traced by F. Phelps Leach.



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Summary of Descendants of Joanna Arms of Yarmouth, 8th to 10th Gren-
erations; Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, p. 146, No. 772; Daughters
of the American Colonists, 1931, pp. 29-36, No. 2089; ancestry traced by the
author of this book.



MIX ANCESTRY

Descendants of Thomas Mix or Meekes

Thomas Mix (Meekes), from England to New Haven, Conn.,
1643, was one of the first Grantees there; married 1649, Rebecca,
daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Turner. (See "Conn. Am. Gen.,"
Vol. III). "V>^inthrop's Fleet, Ship Elizabeth," (p. 119, No. 31),
Isaac Mixes of Chapel St. Mary's, County Suffolk to Watertown.
Isaac Mixes, 4. Thomas Mix died as early as 1691. He left a good
estate and mentioned ten children, all of whom were living. His
sons John and Stephen were executors. Rebecca, his wife, died
June 14, 1731.

Children :

John, b. 1649; mentioned below; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 14, 1651; Daniel,
b. Sept. 8, 1653; Thomas, b. Aug. 30, 1655; Caleb, d. young; Rebecca, b. Jan.
4, 1658; Abigail, b. 1659; Caleb, b. 1661; Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 1663; Hannah,
b. June 30, 1666; Esther, b. Nov. 30, 1668, d. 1670; and Stephen, b. Nov. 1.
1672.

John, son of Thomas Mix, was born in 1649; died Jan. 21, 1711/12.
He had a lot. No. 12, in Wallingford, in 1670. He married Eliza-
beth Wilmot, baptized Sept. 23, 1649; died Aug. 11, 1711. His
will was proved 1712, and in it he mentions his sons John, Joseph;
daughters Esther, Elizabeth, Mercy and Abigail. He and Stephen

gained a suit in Hartford against Hannah, wife of William

Jones. The reversal of a New Haven decision about some land
bought by Thomas Mix of Governor Eaton was the cause of the
suit.

Children :

John, b. Aug. 26, 1676; Joseph, m. Rebecca ; Esther, m. Theophilus

Munson; Elizabeth; Mercy; Abigail, m. Sept. 7, 1706, Major Thomas Miles.
(See "Genealogy Conn.," Vol. II, p. 935, Conn. Historical Collections.)

"Revolution Lists and Returns," 1775-1783, p. 333, Vol. 12;
7th Company, Capt. Selden and Lieut. John Mix, in 3rd Conn.
Regt., commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb for Dec, 1782/3,
(p. 322) ; John Mix 7th Co., Capt. Riley, Feb., March and April,
1782, 3rd Conn. Regt., commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb for
month of February, 1782. John Mix with the Quarter Master
General since July 19, 1781. Regiment of Governor's Horse Guard,
(p. 192); John Mix, Treasurer, Sept. 18, 1787.

Summary of Ancestry :

1. Thomas Mix (or Meekes), b. prob. Eng.; at New Haven, in 1643, d. as

early as 1691; m. 1649, Rebecca Turner, b. , d. June 14, 1731.

2. John Mix, b. 1649, d. Jan. 21, 1711/12; m. , Elizabeth Heaton, b.

1650, d. Aug. 11, 1711.



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3. John Mix, b. Aug. 26, 1676, d. Dec. 10, 1721; m. Nov. 25, 1702, Sarah

Thompson, b. Jan. 16, 1676, d. Nov. 21, 1711.

4. Elizabeth Mix, b. 1715, d. Jan. 21, 1777; m. Oct. 7, 1730, Capt. Ephraim

Sanford, b. Feb. 12, 1708, d. Feb. 6, 1761/2.

5. Rachel Sanford, b. July 23, 1733, d. (not positive) abt. 1800; m. Oct. 31,

1751, Stephen Mead, b. 1728, d. Oct. 18, 1806.

6. Esther Mead, b. Aug. 11, 1760, d. Dec. 22, 1836; m. abt. 1777, Isaiah

Hungerford, b. Jan. 23, 1758, bapt. Jan. 23, 1757, d. June 16, 1833.

7. Elizabeth Hungerford, b. Feb. 7, 1798, d. Jan. 7, 1878; m. April 29, 1821,

Nash David Phelps, b. Oct. 4, 1796, d. April 15, 1884.

From here same as Summary of Arms Ancestry, 8th to 10th Generations;
Colonial Daughters of the 17th Century, p. 136, No. 772; and Daughters of the
American Colonists, 1931, pp. 26-36, No. 2089; ancestry traced by the author of
this book.



MOORE, LORD MOORE

(Marquis of Drogheda, in Ireland)

(ColKns' "Peerage of England," Vol. 9, pages 1-4)

This noble family is of French extraction, from which kingdom
they came very early after the Conquest into England ; and acquir-
ing a good estate in the County of Kent, made the manor of "Moore-
Court" their residence, until they removed to "Moore-Place," in
Benenden, in the said county, which they held for many generations.

Mr. John Phihpot, Somerset Herald, who drew the pedigree of
this family in 1612, tells us, that their surname was assumed from
the lands which they originally possessed at More Place, in "Rolvin-
den and Benenden," in Kent. But he should have said More-Court,
in Iviechurch, in the same county.

He begins with Thomas De La More, Esq., who held the manor
of More-Place, whence the name was variously written De More,
De La More, Atte-More, until the general relinquishing of such
prepositions before names was practiced, when it determined also
in this family, which was about the time of Henry VI.

This Thomas was hving in the reign of Henry II, as is proved by
a deed, wherein his grandson is styled John, the son of Henry, son
of Thomas de More, whereby he purchased from John, the son of
Thomas de Iden, a certain croft abutting upon his own lands; and
this deed bears date at More-Place, on St. Vincent's day, 1280, 9
Edward I.

Henry de More, his son aforementioned, as is proved by several
deeds, had four sons, viz.:

1. John, his heir.

2. Thomas (who sold his lands to Henry Fitz-Geffery Coote; from him de-

scended Matthew More, who held certain lands within the hundred
of Blackburne, next to Rolvinden, by knight's service, and paid his
aid for them 20 King Edward III, when the Black Prince was made
a Knight, as appears by the records of the aid enrolled in the Ex-
chequer).

3. Stephen (who disposed of his estate at Maplesden, in Kent, to his brother,

Thomas).

4. Charles.



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John de More, of More-Place, the eldest son (in some deeds
written Atte-More), died about 7 King Edward II. He married
Matilda, daughter of William Falkinden, by whom he had two sons:

1. Thomas.

2. ScoLAND, who had lands confirmed to him by his uncle Charles.

Thomas, who succeeded, by Joan his wife (who survived him
and purchased lands 10 Edward III), had

John, his heir, who hved in the time of Edward III and died
seized of his paternal inheritance, leaving two sons :
1. Thomas. 2. John.

Thomas de More, the elder son, marrying Catharine, the co-
heiress of the family of Benenden, of Benenden (whereof John de
Benenden held a Knight's fee there 20 Edward III and bore for his
coat armour. Azure, a lobster. Or, which is now quartered by the
Marquis of Drogheda): his family, on that match, transplanted
themselves to Benenden, where they built a house called Moore-
Place, and possessed a fair estate until John Moore, Esq., sold it to
Mr. WilHam Watts, in the first year of Queen Mary's reign. By
her, who outlived him, he had two sons :

1. William. 2. John.

William, the elder, married Catherine, daughter and heir to
Anthony Aucher, Esq., and had issue:

2. Thomas, his heir. 2. John.

Thomas, married Agnes, daughter and heir of Robert Austen
and was father of WilHam Moore, of Moore-Place, Esq., who mar-
ried Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John Brenchley, Esq., Lord
of the manor of Benenden, by his wife, Margaret, daughter and heir
to Richard Golding, 21 Henry VI, 'and with her he got the inherit-
ance of Moat-Landa and Bettenham, in Kent. He lies buried in the
church of Benenden, in Kent, with his father-in-law; as appears by
this inscription in the chancel window on the north side: ''Orate
pro animabus Johannis Brenchley et WilUelmi More."

Walter Moore, of Benenden, Esq., was his son, and recovered
certain lands in Smallhide and Tenterden, which had been entailed
upon the issue of his grandfather, Thomas, by Agnes Austen his
wife, niece to Robert Jane, in case her said uncle should die child-
less, and proved that, contrary to his entail, the said Robert had
given those lands to his bastard son, which of right belonged to him,
who was the son of WilHam, son and heir to Thomas More and
Agnes Austen, cousin and heir to the said Robert Jane. This
Walter's will is recorded in the office of wiHs at Canterbury, and
shows that he died in 1504, 19 Henry VII, leaving by AHce his
wife (who brought into the family lands in the parishes of Broke-
land, Fayerfield, Brensett, and Snave, in Kent), two sons:
1. Thomas, of Benenden, his heir.



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2. William, who m. Elizabeth, one of the three daus. and co-heir of William
Betenham, Esq., by whom he had the ancient seat of Betenham, in the
parish of Cranebrooke, where he resided, and was father of Nicholas
Moore, of Wingmore, in Elham, who m. Clare, dau. of John Toke, of
Goddington and Great-Chart, in Kent, by Cicely, dau. of Sir Thomas
Kempe, Knt., and dying in 1556, at Wingmore (4 Queen Mary), (there
is a memorial for him in Elham church, by which, according to Hasted,
it appears that he d. at Wingmore, May 8, 1577, ae. fifty-nine — Hasted,
III, 343), without issue, gave all his lands by will to the sons of his
cousin, John Moore, of Pluckley.

Thomas Moore, Esq., of Benenden, eldest son of Walter, made
his will in 1519, 11 Henry VIII, which is recorded in the prerogative
court of Canterbury, and proves that he had three sons:

1. John.

2. Edward.

3. Thomas, whose posterity settled in Norfolk.

John, the eldest son, Alienated More-Courto to John Watts, 1st
Queen Mary. He married Margaret, daughter, and at length heir
to John Brent, Esq., widow of John Bering, of Surrenden, in
Pluckley, by whom he had one daughter and six sons, the fourth
being Sir Thomas, of Croghan, ancestor to the late Earl of Charle-
ville.

Services

Thomas Moore — 1645, was in the first emigration from Dorchester,
Mass., to Windsor, Conn., and a lot was granted him in 1639 on
what is now Broad Street. He died in 1645.

Reference: "National Society Founders and Patriots," 1910-20, page 142.

List of Soldiers found on old Book of Ancient Records — John
Bissell, Sr. and Jr., Thomas Moore, etc.

(Note 1) This Sir John Lawrence, about the year 1644, restored the inscrip-
tion on Sir Thomas More's monument in Chelsea church; causing it to be recut
on a handsome table of black marble. In "Faulkner," 1829, Vol. II, 132, he is
incorrectly identified with Sir John Lawrence, Lord Mayor of London during
the plague in 1665, whose coat of arms was differenced by a canton Ermines;

Thomas Moore, of Dorchester and Windsor (1639)



Hannah, m. John Drake. Dea. John, m. Abigail .

I I

Ruth, m. Samuel Barber. Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel Loomis.

I I

Joseph Barber, m. Mary Loomis.

The ancestral Hne to Thomas De La More, Esq., of More-Place,
may be summarized as follows :

1. Thomas de la Moke, Esq., who held the Manor of More-Place. He was

living in the reign of Henry II, as is proved by a deed.

2. Henry de More, son of Thomas De La More, as is proved by several deeds,

had four sons, viz. : John, his heir, Thomas, Stephen and Charles.

3. John de More, of More-Place, the eldest son (in some deeds written Atte-

More), d. about 7 King Edward II. He m. Matilda, dau. of William
Falkinden, by whom he had two sons: Thomas and Scolarid.

4. Thomas de More, who succeeded by Joan his wife (who survived him and

purchased lands 10 Edward III), had



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5. John de More, his heir, who lived in the time of Edward III, and d. seized

of his paternal inheritance, leaving two sons : Tfiomas and John.

6. Thomas de More, the elder son, m. Catharine, the co-heiress of the family