Newburyport,Mass is near Piscataway,N.H. People from Piscataway,N.H. settled Piscataway,in Woodbridge township,NJ. Piscataway N.J.'S Baptists split over the issue of when to celebrate the Sabbeth. Bonham conviced Rev Edmund Dunham,that Saturday was correct,and Dunham went to Westerly,R.I. to become officially a 7th Day Minister abt 1710. 1780 era,in s Fayette Co,Pa north of Morgantown WV [Va].there was a 7th Day Baprist minister named Woodbridge. On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 15:25:02 -0500 "BBFFRRPP" <[email protected]> writes: > Hello, > > In my attempt to find out more about the extended family of Francis > MOORE of > 1600's Cambridge, MA, I had already found out that two of his sons > ended up > in Woodbridge, NJ. > > This morning, I tried to find out more about Woodbridge, NJ, and the > town's > web site offered a "brief history" saying that it was "the oldest > township" > and that it was named after .. Rev. John WOODBRIDGE of Newbury, MA. > > Probably in the 1650's, Samuel MOORE and Matthew MOORE left > Cambridge, MA, > and moved to Newbury, MA. Their father, Francis MOORE, had a > large > mansion and farm in Cambridge, MA, but his sister, Mrs. Sarah > (MOORE) > GREENLEAF and her husband had settled in early Newbury, MA. > > I read that Samuel and Matthew and their families probably moved to > NJ in > 1666. Some of their siblings remain unaccounted for, and I am > wondering > if any of them went to NJ with them. > > I am also wondering if Rev. John WOODBRIDGE possibly gathered many > families > from his Parish in Newbury, MA, and they all moved to NJ together. > > I am limited to research I can do with the Internet, and have not > been > successful in finding out about books and articles written about > Francis > MOORE of Cambridge, MA. However, I changed my tactics this > morning, and > did a Google search for his father, Enoch MOORE, and was more > successful. > By doing this I have found out that there was a book published about > Francis > MOORE, but I don't find any other references to it. > > My main research is the KIDDER name (9 years), and the patriarch, > James > KIDDER, married Anna MOORE, daughter of Francis MOORE. They > probably > married in Cambridge, MA, in 1649, and moved to Billerica, MA, > ~1656. They > had 12 children. > > As far as on-line research goes, there were a dozen or more MOORE > men in the > 1600's MA Bay Colony, and people only seem to be "guessing" as to > whether > they were related or not. Several of them only remained in MA > for a few > years before moving to other states, like NY and CT. > > Thank you for your time. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > > > > > > "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; > one is roots, the other is wings." > > Hodding Carter, Jr. > > > > > > > "What does Jesus want in his "stocking" on Christmas morning? > Loving kindness, a warm heart, and the stretched out hand of > tolerance!" > > The Bishop's Wife (1947) > > > > > > ==== NJMIDDLE Mailing List ==== > To reach the list administrator go to: [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!