This was sent by a member; maps of London Britain and Franklin townships, Chester County http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~villandra/Maps/ .

This was sent by a member, who could use some "moore'' help: S. Anyone know of any progenitors for this family? Thomas Moore of Lower Oxford Township in 1850, farmer. Two of his sons became iron/ steel workers, and there was an Isaac Moore nearby who worked at a forge. Thomas married Emeline Riker who I really think was of a family who lived in Cecil County, Maryland. I'm assuming her last name was Riker since that was her mother's name who lived with them. The mother was born in New York. Parents: Charles Moore's death certificate gives his birth date, says he was born in Pennsylvania, and names his father as Thomas M. Moore. 1850 census shows Thomas Moore family in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, PA. Farmer, worth $800. Thomas M. Moore. 30. Wife Emeline, 22, mother in law Elizabeth Riker, Rikere or Rikers, 60, b New York (I recall Riker, Ancestry.com finds Riker). Son William, infant. 7 months. People who saw it transcribed the mother in law as Rikere or Rikers but the little loop at the end of the last letter, which does look exactly like his e's, is at the end of every word the census taker wrote. This MOORE family was on the preceeding image: 1850 US CENSUS Lower Oxford Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania Series: M432 Roll: 764 Page: 58a Image: 11 > August 29, 1850 > DWELLING 243/FAMILY 250 MOORE, Isaac, 40, male, forgeman, PA MOORE, Rachel, 31, female, PA MOORE, Mary I. or J.?, 14, female, PA MOORE, Harriot, 11, female, PA MOORE, Ain?/Ann? E., 8, female, PA MOORE, John M., 4, male, PA MOORE, Margaret C., 3, female, PA MOORE, William E., 5/12 [5 months], male, PA RAYBURN, Catherine, 45, female, PA 1860 census, they moved. Conestoga township, Lancaster County. A laborer, with no real estate, adn personal property worth $75. Thomas Moore, 35, m, w, laborer, PA Emaline Moore 29, f, w, Maryland. William G? Moore, 12, Maryland. Elizabeth Moore, 7, Maryland. Francis Moore, 6, Maryland. Ida Moore, 4, Maryland. Charles Moore, 11 mos, Pennsylvania. I suspect these kids may have been born in Pennsylvania. The 1860 census shows a second Thomas M. Moore, age 34, farmer, in Upper Uchlan. Seems to ahve been far more successful. Real estate worth $10,000, and $2000 in personal property. Wife Cahrity, children Stephen T, Francis R (5), William A (2), a farm laborer and a servant. 1870 census July 11, 1870, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Ward 1, p 126 b Thomas More age 43, Laborer, PA Emeline More age 43, PA William age 26 b PA Elizabeth 18 PA Franklin 15 b PA Mariah 11 b PA Charley 10 b PA Sampson and Ruth Moore of East Nottingham - from poor children's list Children of Sampson Moore: Mary Ann b. about 1816 William b. about 1818, married Eliza Ferguson. Rachel b. about 1819 Thomas b. about 1820 Sampson b. about 1823 Susan b. about 1825 Phebe b. 1828, married Jacob Foulkrod.

The corrected URL for the historic map site is http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/

this, from one of our kind members....thanks, Chuck! S. There is an excellent source for historical maps of PA. http://publications.newberry.org/ahsbp/ Select your state (Pennsylvania) from the map and go to the Interactive Map. You plug in the date of interest and the map displays the counties as they were at that time, plus a light overlay of today's counties.

>From CONCORD TOWNSHIP - THE COLONIAL LEGACY , by Case 200 acres that were sureyed but the owner never took possession of the land. Thus that unsettled property reverted to the Proprietor and in 1689 Richard Moore assumed ownership . Dennis Rochford married, in 1689, Mary Moore, widow of Richard Moore ..... Mary was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Green. The Green family was one of the earliest to settle in Concord. Thomas Green, his wife Margaret, sons Tho. Jr and John, and servant Mary Guest arrived in Pa on July 11, 1686, aboard the "Delaware" from Briston, England.

from IMMIGRATION OF THE IRISH QUAKERS INTO PA 1682-1750 (this has a huge amount of info on the Moores - Irish Quakers) Andrew Moore, was received 6 mo, 1724. in the New Garden Meeting, on cert. from Ballynacree Meeting, County Antrim, Ireland. Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson, both of Dunclady Meeting, were married at ye house of Kathrine Henderson in Dunclady, County Antrim y 27th day of ye 3rd Mo, 1715 (from the minutes of Ulster Province meeting.) Andrew was born 6 mo 1688 County Antrim, the son of James Moore, of Ballynacree,. Co Antrim. His wife Margaret died probably around 1722 or 1723, shortly before his emigration. He and his family arrived at New Castle on Delaware 8 mo 3, 1723, and settled on land lying in Sadsbury Twp. Here he engaged in milling and farming and was an active member of the Sadsbury meeting. He married a second time 4 m 24, 1725, Rachel.....Amdrew had 14 children...if interested, I also have the birth dates and who married whom. James Moore lived on an extended estate in the Townland of Ballinacree, parish of Ballymoney, County Antrim, as early as 1675. In that year he had 'taken from him for ththe, by James Cunningham, Tiehemonter under John Dunbar Priest of Bellimunny Parish, 12 stooks of Barley, 49 stooks of Oats and 7 car-loads of Hey, all worth 2 lb 13 shillings...and thus each year down to 1682, he suffered a similar loss. In 1682, the birth of a son ins thus recorded in the friends registers; John Moore, son of James and Elizabeth Moore, of Ballynacree, County Antrim. was b 6mo 9, 1682. According to the tradition in the family, the Moores came to Ireland from Cumberland, England, during the plantations of James I. .

I have Richard Moore b. bef. 1671 England, died 1695 (prob. Chester County) m. Mary Green. b. 1665 England d. Oct. 1739 Concord, Chester Co. (dau Thomas Green and Margaret) Children: Susanna, Mary, John, Robert, Thomas Susanna m. Mathias Kerlin m. William Fleming additions or corrections? Diane

This is from one of our list members, who also had Moores in the area.....who knows? Maybe you're cousins, always so much fun! Please identify your Moore family. Ours were early Philadelphians and received a land grant which included a nice piece of land just west of the present Valley Forge in Chester and Montgomery Counties, PA. That area may have still been part of Philadelphia at the time c. 1700. The earliest was John Moore (1658-1732) of Philadelphia who m. Rebecca Axtell (1661-1745.) After John and Rebecca, came William Moore and Wilhelmina Weymss (second son Samuel, plus a daughter,) Thomas Moore and Mary Unknown, Elisha Moore and Mary Hunter. Elisha was followed by John, and that sequence as been repeated down to the present day. Thomas and Mary Unknown had 8 children: Elisha, Thomas, Jonas, Mordecai, Mary m. UNK Lewis, James, Elizabeth, and Jennis m. Matlack. William gave the land for St. David's Church Cemetery, Radnor, and he is said to be buried under the entrance stone to the church. The first Elisha and his family are buried in St. David's Church Cemetery. When Chester County became Chesterand Delaware County in the mid-1700s, Radnor and St. David's Church became part of Delaware County. Marj W.

Radnor was in Chester Co, and taxed in 1715, Chester, which is the last tax list for Chester I have (there might be later ones, but I don't have them.) . I checked the 1715, but there is n one named Moore on the assessment list. Radnor is now in Delaware Co....I can't remember the exact date, but a few googles will turn up the info. Merion twp is in Montgomery Co, formed from Phil Co, if memory serves, and has never been part of Chester..... but it is contiguous with Philadelphia Co..... you'll find better luck posting your queries to the Del. and Mont. Co lists, I think.. S. > I am reading about my Moore family this morning, and as part of my studies > I am trying to look at old saved e-mails, maps, websites. I found > Sandra's e-mail from Dec to be very helpful. I looked up the early PA > counties and that the counties are formed in 1682....and there are only > three counties: Chester, Philadelphia, and Bucks. Since Sandra was kind > enough to offer a bit of help I thought that I would ask a few "newbie" > kinds of questions this morning. > > My Moore family was in Radnor Township and then in Merion Township in the > years before and after 1700. Is this Chester or Philadelphia? And does > anyone have URLS for particularly good early maps that show these areas? > I spent some time looking and will get back to it after lunch, but I was > just hoping someone had wonderful maps already bookmarked. marsha moses

Glad to have you and your husband back home, Sandra! We will all keep prayers for quick recovery in our hearts for your husband. I am reading about my Moore family this morning, and as part of my studies I am trying to look at old saved e-mails, maps, websites. I found Sandra's e-mail from Dec to be very helpful. I looked up the early PA counties and that the counties are formed in 1682....and there are only three counties: Chester, Philadelphia, and Bucks. Since Sandra was kind enough to offer a bit of help I thought that I would ask a few "newbie" kinds of questions this morning. My Moore family was in Radnor Township and then in Merion Township in the years before and after 1700. Is this Chester or Philadelphia? And does anyone have URLS for particularly good early maps that show these areas? I spent some time looking and will get back to it after lunch, but I was just hoping someone had wonderful maps already bookmarked. marsha moses On Dec 31, 2011, at 9:20 PM, Sandra Ferguson wrote: > I wasn't referring to just Chester Co, but to Pa as a whole. Germantown > was established the year AFTER Penn's arrival, in 1682.... there WAS no Pa > before William Penn received the land from the King of England and > established all of PA as a Quaker commonwealth. As I said earlier, the > Swedes established their colony called New Sweden, and were there before > the Quakers, by around 40 years if memory serves, but they lived only along > the Delaware River, which they used as their 'road'...a heck of a lot easier > to travel this way than fight the mud, etc. So, they had few roads and > settled up and down the river rather than further away from it. > Philadelphia was established by Penn after his arrival in 1682....it had > originally been Swedish.... and Germantown, the first Mennonite settlement > was just a few miles away from Philly, in around 1683. > .... > Sandra

The March family is of German origin, although there are English and Irish families of the same name. Frederick March, who settled in Frederick twp, Mont. Co, Pa, is suppost to have been the first of this name in this state. He had several sons. One of them, Frederick Jr, emigrated to Chester Co and resided at the time of his death in East Vincent twp. Michael March, the father, was born July 24, 1803. He was married to Susanna, Dau of Henry chrisman, also of East Vincent twp. Franklin Marchh was bornJuly 14, 1836, in the house now occupied by Gilbert Brower, near his present residence in Lawrenceville, Est Coventry twp. He lived and worked on his father's farm until about 16 years of ge, receiving the usual education afforded by the ublic schools, when he ws sent to Wshington Hall Boarding School, Trape, Montgomery Co, Pa, for one seson. He was then sent to learn the printing business in the office of THE MONTGOMERY LEDGER, Pottstown. After leving there he attended several sessions of school at Freeland College and at Millersville Normal School. HE then egan the study of lawwwwwwwww at the Natl Law School Poughkeepsie, NY> HE finished his sudies in the office of Honl A B Longaker, Norristown, where on Aug 31, 1861,he was admitted to the Bar.

James McLene, son of Wm McLene, was born in New London, Chester co, Oct 11, 1730; was educated at the classical school of Rev Francis Alison, and as early as 1753 took up land inAntrim twp, Cumberland...now Franklin...Co, locating there the year following. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1776 to form a constitution for Pa. He was elected to the Assembly in 1776 and 1777; was a member of the Supreme Exec. Council in 1783, and again of the Assembly from 11787-9. He was a memer of the Constitutional Convention of 1789-90 and a member of the HOuse of Representatives 1790-91. He marriedm July 6, 1753, Christina Brown' sje doed Pct 23. 1818. om jer 91st uear/ Je doed om jos resodemce mear Greemcastle, March ,13. 1806.

John McClure. In July of 1730, John McClure and his 4 brothers came from Ireland and settled n NC. Of these brothers, John, James and another whose name is unknown, afterwards migrated to Uwchlan twp, Chester Co. A patent was granted by Thomas amd Richard Penn, ( sons of Wm and proprietaries of Pa), to John and James McClure, Oct 12, 1748, for 2 contiguous tracts in Uwchlan, containing in this whole 361 acres. The titles of these lands became subsequently vested in John McClure alone. He died seized of the same, and by his will of Dec 30, 1775, devised the same to his 2 sons, Joseph and Benjamin. John married in 1743, Jane Ahll, and to them were born 8 children - Esther m Mr Williams; James; Mary; Joseph; Elizabeth; Rachel m John Neal; Jane m John Wallace; and Benjamin. John McClure, the emigrant, died March 25, 1777, aged 72 and his wife, Jane, Feb 15, 1762. Of their children, Joseph b Oct 27, 1749 m Martha Thompson and had 8 children - Jane, Elizazbeth, James, Joseph, Martha, John, Rachel and Mary,.

So many have emailed me that, while I hate a 'thanks everyone' kind of thing, I want to make sure that I reach each and every one of you who emailed their kind thoughts for my husband's recovery.. I'm happy to be able to tell you that he came home yesterday, with a drain and a whacking great abdominal incision, but home none the less. Luckily his staph wasn't resistant to all antibiotics, and he's taking 2 of them and seems to be doing well. We go in for a check up on Wed, and I imagine the drain will come out then, but the staples will be removed sometime in the future. He's sleeping a lot....the very best thing for him.....and my biggest problem is keeping our 2 pooches from jumping up on him..... As I'll be pretty well housebound for a while, I'll again be able to do lookups and answer queries.....so, please! Let's get things going again by sending what you most want to know, being sure to include full name, date of some sort, and a geographic area. I'll also try to 'churn' out some more tax lists, etc. Again, thanks to each and every one of you that sent your thoughts and prayers to my family. S.

We'll keep you both in our prayers. On 2/15/2012 1:51 PM, Sandra Ferguson wrote: > My husband is very ill and I will be unable I to do any lookups or answer any queries till who knows when. I will still be monitoring the list via my IPpd, but just haven't access to my lookup resources. > Sandra > > Sent from my iPod

Started 5 hours ago??? My goodness <G> fast work Sandra. Tim is already on the group. It looks wonderful Eliz On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Sandra Ferguson <ferg@ntelos.net> wrote: > > > >> There is a new Pennsylvania Cemetery Group on Facebook, open to all members who have an interest in genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania Cemeteries. Members are encouraged to post questions, answers, and photos of their research experience in Pennsylvania's historic graveyards. This group is closely aligned with the Pennsylvania Tombstone Project of the USGenWeb Project. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/255950697813228/ groups.com  Subscribe:    pagenweb-subscribe@yahoogroups.com >> >> __((oo,_._,___ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PA-OLD-CHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Everyone, For this new site to work, you will have to become a FACEBOOK subscriber, so if you are not already subscribed to facebook you won't be able to join. https://www.facebook.com/groups/255950697813228/ groups.com Subscribe: This is that Social Network, but you can Control who your friends are. I have joined the group because I already was on facebook. Tim R. ***** -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Ferguson There is a new Pennsylvania Cemetery Group on Facebook, open to all members who have an interest in genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania Cemeteries. Members are encouraged to post questions, answers, and photos of their research experience in Pennsylvania's historic graveyards. This group is closely aligned with the Pennsylvania Tombstone Project of the USGenWeb Project. https://www.facebook.com/groups/255950697813228/ groups.com Subscribe:

My husband is very ill and I will be unable I to do any lookups or answer any queries till who knows when. I will still be monitoring the list via my IPpd, but just haven't access to my lookup resources. Sandra Sent from my iPod

> There is a new Pennsylvania Cemetery Group on Facebook, open to all members who have an interest in genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania Cemeteries. Members are encouraged to post questions, answers, and photos of their research experience in Pennsylvania's historic graveyards. This group is closely aligned with the Pennsylvania Tombstone Project of the USGenWeb Project. > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/255950697813228/ groups.com Subscribe: pagenweb-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > __((oo,_._,___

Albert Lamborn Green,b.Nether Providence,7-2-1845;m.1-10-1871,Sallie C Lightfoot,b.12-4-1851;dau.of Thomas Lightfoot (Benjamin,Thomas,Jacob,Thomas) and Mary B Cadwalder (Yardley,Benjamin,Benjamin,John) of Mongomery Co.Pa.He was apppointed by President Grant an Indian agent,and spent four years in very successful work among the Otoes and Missourias in Nebraska:afterward engaged in the real estate business at Beatrice Nebraska,a rapidly growing city of about 6000 people,where he laid out two additions to the town,on the land which he had bought fourteen years before,and where he still resides. Issue: Mary Lightfoot,b.Nohart,Neb.,10-12-1871. Howard Sharpless,b.Montgomery Co.Pa.,3-25-1879. Thomas Lightfoot,b.same,2-1-1884. Albert Dillwyn,b ?;m.Viola Pearl Stephens.