Bennet in his book - North Antrim Families in 1974 says:- "Practically all the lines of the family have the same story to tell, luckily with more detail in some cases than in others. The tale goes that a Mure patriarch arrived from Ayrshire with the magic number of 7 sons to settle in the Ballymoriey district in the 1640s. From one or other of the 7 sons descend all the Moores in that area." "Ballymoriey", I assume is a misspelling during the scanning process and should be Ballymoney. HOWEVER, it is not very clear who this Mure patriarch is!! >From Bennett he gives this as the first Mure in Ireland Q2 Capt Alexander Mure, b / /161x ( ), kc / /1648 ( , Ireland), bu , m / /163x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????, b / /161x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - He would have appeared to have come to Ireland before 1648. Did he actually settle in Ireland and was he involved in the 1641 rebellion? But only lists two sons and not the 7 as given above R1 Capt Charles Moore, b / /163x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , m / /166x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Armagh, Ireland ] R2 Archibald Moore, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /167x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Kilraghts, Co Antrim? ] - There is an Kilraghts, some 7 kms to the East of Ballymoney on the B16 Road. If you happen to know who might be any of the other 5 sons please let the list know. Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane .