Crossing the Pond Brick Wall

John Moore is buried in the First Congregational Church Cemetery in Chester, MA.  The inscription on his grave marker reads:  “In memory of Mr. John Moor who died June 11, 1790, aged 84 years.”   Verse on the grave marker reads:  “Naked as from the earth we came, and crept to life at first, we to the earth reunite again, and mingle with the dust.”

Source:  Grave marker seen and photographed by Merle Moore

His wife, Rhosanna, is also buried in the First Congregational Church Cemetery in Chester, MA.  The inscription on her grave marker reads:  “In memory of Mrs. Rhosanna, wife of Mr. John Moor.  She died 1 Dec 1803 in the 87 year of her age.   Verse on the grave marker reads:  She sleeps beneath this stone, her dust doth here remain, but the great day is hastening on, when she shall rise again.”

Source:  Grave marker seen and photographed by Merle Moore

John Moor and Rhosanna Crawford were married in Rutland, MA, on

4 Dec 1735.

Source:  “Vital Records, 1719-1874, Rutland, MA,  by Town Clerk; 

FHL Microfilm # 0859332 and # 0754014

Children of John Moor and Rhosanna Crawford and their dates of birth.

Oliver Moor, Sr.                                            10 Oct 1736

Samuel Moor                                                 10 Jan 1738

Ann Moor                                                      25 Feb 1740

Isabel Moor                                                   25 Fed 1740

William Moor                                                17 Mar 1743

John Moor, Jr.                                               6 Oct 1745

Margaret Moor                                              __________

Sarah Moor

James Moor                                                   ­­­­____________

Robert Moor                                                  ____________

Mindwell Moor                                              ____________

Source:  “Vital Records, 1719-1874, Rutland, MA,  by Town Clerk; 

FHL Microfilm # 0859332 and # 0754014

Sadly there are neither records of births in Tyrone in the 1700s nor details of people who came from Scotland in the 1600s. All we do know is that Scots settlers in the Ardstraw area mostly originated in  Berwickshire, Linlithgowshire (now West Lothian) Renfrewshire, Perthshire & Ayrshire:

http://www.thereformation.info/plantnire1610.htm