My g-grandmother, b. 1856 in St. Croix, was named Matilda Moore Gray after one Matilda Moore. I'm out of town right now and do not have my files, but Carol Whitaker at the St. Croix Landmarks Society once sent me a good bit of material on the Moores. Also, just something I happened to cut and paste: Chancery - Confirmed Wills 1800-1848 (Only wills from the West Indies were noted) Vol. 42, 1820B, FHL Microfilm 0394911, 255 Elliott Moore, [Plantation Grange] St. Croix 15 Dec 1819. Is everyone regularly checking Google books? They have the most wonderful old books online now! For Moore, I found: Journal of Rachel Wilson Moore Kept During a Tour to the West Indies...pub. 1867. There's also a Capt. Walter Moore (1723) in the 1827 Chronological History of the West Indies, Vol. II, p. 23 (a Col. Moore arriving in Jamaica), p. 232, etc. There are several mentions of Heyligers (including a free black woman) in Slave Society in the Danish West Indies... which also is online. Happy hunting, Laura On Feb 22, 2008, at 2:38 AM, Marie Cameron wrote: > Hello everybody! > > I am a new member on this list, and am researching my Moore and > Heyliger families of the West Indies. > > I did find an earlier thread here, dated 1999, which has given me some > wonderful information. I am aware from that, that William Moore > married Adriana Heyliger in 1779, in St Eustatius where he had a > plantation. > > I am particularly interested to know anything at all about their son > Peter, who married Marie Francoise Adele Serane (aka Adele Serane) in > 1815. > > Also anything at all about the Moores going further back - eg, I think > that they were from Drogheda and maybe related to the Earls of > Drogheda. I would like to confirm this, and to find when they arrived > from Ireland. > > Thanks! > > Marie > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message