I recently purchased a book off Ebay, entitled, "Moon Family History," published by the American Genealogical Research Institute. I wasn't able to find out a whole lot about this company, but gather that they have not been in business for quite a number of years, probably since the late 1970s. One internet reference I dug up about the company quoted a man saying some rather disparaging things about the quality of the work in their books... The majority of the text I've purchased is NOT about Moon family history--it's more a collection of references, tips and suggestions for genealogy researchers. The few chapters containing pieces of specific Moon information are not referenced individually; in other words, the references and source materials are all listed en masse following the Moon information and because of this, you cannot determine where any one specific piece of information came from. With all of that said, what follows is a list of original Moon immigrants, which according to the book, are ALL of the known immigrants of the Moon family prior to 1800. The text states that the list was compiled from 1) customs lists of aliens, 2) customs passenger lists, and 3) immigration passenger lists. From here on out, I am copying verbatim from the book, and have no other information to offer about any of these entries... I am even repeating what I think are the book's obvious spelling errors. Anyone on this list who can confirm any of this data should feel free to offer their source to the list and thereby make any or some of this information truly useful! My hope is that it (at least) steers someone in a direction they might otherwise not have looked for their own Moon ancestor. The comments following the * are directly from the text as well and are NOT my own. Abraham Moon; immigrated to Virginia in or prior to March 1653; owned 1700 acres of land in Lancaster County at that time. Abraham Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia in 1638; servant to Epaphroditus Lawson of Upper Norfolk County. Arhtur Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia in 1652; servant to William Waters of Northampton County. George Moon; transported* from Sussex, England to Maryland on board the ship Bladon in June 1742; indentured servant. Henry Moon; immigrated to Virginia around 1665. Henry Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia in 1637; servant to Humphrey Higginson. James Moon; born 1640, died 1713; emigrated from England to Bucks County, Pennsylvania around 1682; Quaker; married to Joan Burgess. James Moon; emigrated from Yorkshire, England to New York on board the ship York Packet in March 1774; age 9; father was John, below. John Moon; emigrated from Yorkshire, England to New York on board the ship York Packet in March 1774; age 40; carpenter. John Moon(e); died 1655; emigrated from England to Virginia on board the ship Returne in 1623; married (1st) to Susan____ and (2nd) to Prudence Wilson. John Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia in 1649; servant to Joseph Croshawe of Yorke County. John Moon(e); emigrated from Bristol, England to Pennsylvania on board the ship Bristol Merchant in 1682. John Moon(e); emigrated from Bristol, England to Pennsylvania on board the ship Samuel and Mary in 1683. Martin Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia around 1663. Thomas Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia around 1665. Thomas Moon(e); immigrated to Virginia in 1652. William Moon; immigrated to Virginia in 1637; servant to Georg White of New Norfolk County. * There were no less than 150 capital crimes in England for which a man might be transported. Of course, there were the expected ones of murder, arson, and treason, but there were also lesser ones such as maiming, stealing a cow, cutting down trees along an avenue, sending threatening letters, and standing mute when addressed by a legal official. Some convicts were even people of quality. One gentleman of high birth, for instance, was transported for stealing books out of a library. As a child, George Washington was taught to read and write by a transported convict who had been a schoolmaster. Especially in the countryside, the crimes which resulted in transportation were often very petty. One man was transported for stealing a silver shoebuckle. Another was sent to America and indentured for seven years for the theft of a chicken. End of entry, Tammy Moon, Taos, New Mexico