# Reitz Family Geneology (Kenneth Robert Reitz) - Benjamin MOORE b. 12/13/1648 d. 10/29/1729

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# Benjamin MOORE b. 12/13/1648 d. 10/29/1729

# Benjamin MOORE b. 12/13/1648 d. 10/29/1729 - Notes

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[[Category: Sudbury, Massachusetts]] == Biography ==Benjamin was born in Sudbury MA in 1648 the son of [[Moore-8548|JohnMoore]] and Elizabeth Rice.<ref name=DawesGates>Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: a memorial volume containing the American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes (Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1931) Vol 1 Moore p 450 [http://interactive.ancestry.com/11708/dvm_GenMono001331-00245-1/482?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dGenealogy-glh11797223%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dEdward%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dMoore%26gsln_x%3d0%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d6v7&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=1525,492,2003,569;576,796,868,859;439,1148,732,1202;3128,1162,3421,1216;1435,1578,1730,1631#?imageId=dvm_GenMono001331-00248-0 available at Ancestry.com subscription required]</ref><ref name=Hubbard>Lillian Kimball Stewart, Hubbard - Thompson Memorial: Genealogical Record and Historical Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Ebenezer Hubbard and Mary Thompson His Wife (Salem, MA: NEHGS, 1914) p 189-92 [http://shop.americanancestors.org/products/hubbard-thompson-hubbard-thompson-memorial-genealogical-record-and-historical-account-of-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-ebenezer-hubbard-and-mary-thompson-his-wife link]</ref><ref name=Bullard>Edgar John Bullard, Bullard and Allied Families: the American Ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Elizabeth Bullard. (Detroit, Michigan: E. J. Bullard, 1930) p 95-6 [http://interactive.ancestry.com/15692/dvm_GenMono000932-00056-0/102?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dGenealogy-glh17242577%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dEdward%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dMoore%26gsln_x%3d0%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3d6v7&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=1005,294,1181,329;594,447,791,481;1791,441,1947,483;221,688,695,724#?imageId=dvm_GenMono000932-00055-1 link]</ref><ref name=DeForest1934>Louis Effingham De Forest and Anne LawrenceDe Forest, William Henry Moore and his ancestry, with accounts of theMoore families in the American colonies, 1620-1730 (New York, NY: De Forest Publishing Co., 1934) John1 p 319-320, #5 Benjamin2 p 324-5, #19 Edward3 and Elijah4 p 338-9 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13961 link]</ref> His date of birth is not recorded in Sudburyvital records due to the death of the town clerk during this period but he was named in his father's will.<ref>John Plummer, The American Genealogist. "The English Origin of John1 Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts," New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1991) Vol 66 p 75-77 [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/?pageName=75&volumeId=12961&filterQuery=BROWSE link]</ref> In his father's will was dated 1668 and proved in April 1674, "Benjamin received about 120 acres of upland in 2 pieces, one of which adjoined the land of Ens. John Grout; 5 pieces of meadow land totaling 21-1/2 acres; and the town right which the testator had formerly bought of Nathaniel Treadway, as well las 20 pounds (money) in corn and cattle at price current within 1 year after the death of widow Elizabeth."<ref name=DawesGates/> He married Dorothy Wright in Sudbury on 11 Nov 1686. (Sudbury marriages p 290)<ref name=SudburyVRM>Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1903) Vol 1 Marriages p 290 [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063421M link]</ref><ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/> Dorothy Wright was the daughter of Edward and Hannah Wright and she was born at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on 20 Oct 1662 (Sudbury births p 157).<ref name=SudburyVRB/><ref name=DawesGates/> She was approximately 13 years younger than Benjamin. Children: # Dorothy, b. Sept. 18, 1687 (Sudbury births, p 91-98)<ref name=SudburyVRB>Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1903) Vol 1 Births p 91 - 98 [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063421M link]</ref><ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/>m. before 1706 Caleb Johnson of Sudbury, Framingham and Shrewsbury and died Jan. 25, 1741-2.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Abigail, b. Dec. 2, 1688 (Sudbury births, p 91-98)<ref name=SudburyVRB/> m. at Sudbury July 26, 1708 Josial (sic) Brown.# Prudence, b. July 14, 1690 (Sudbury births, p 91-98)<ref name=SudburyVRB/>; d. yng.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># William, b. abt.1692; d. at Rutland, Dec. 4, 1756, in his sixty-fifth year, then called "Lt."; m. at Sudbury on Jan. 21 1715/6, Tamar Rice daughter of John Rice.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Peter, his will was probated in 1770; m. at Sudbury on June 10, 1719, Mary Goodenow. They settled in the part of Rutland which became Paxton.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Edward, m. at Sudbury on Feb. 19, 1722- 3, Keziah Goodenow.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Hezekiah, b. Sept. 13 1696; his will of 1775 was probated in 1794; m. at Sudbury 6 June 27 1728, Mary Haynes (daughter of David).<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Uriah, a physician; his estate was administered in 1746; m. 1st at Sudbury Oct. 5, 1721, Abigail' Haynes (daughter of David); m. 2nd there Jan. 21 1742, Parnel Parker who administered his estate.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Comfort, b. Feb. 8, 1702/3 (Sudbury births, p 91-98)<ref name=SudburyVRB/>; she was unable to care for herself and in 1730 her brothers William, Edward, Hezekiah and Uriah deeded a piece of land to Caleb Johnson of Framingham for him to use for her support and burial. It was undoubtedly she who d. at Shrewsbury on March 30, 1755, "aged between 50 and 60."<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/># Prudence b. July 22 1704 (Sudbury births, p 91-98)<ref name=SudburyVRB/> d. after 1759; m. 1st at Sudbury on Dec. 18, 1732, Mark Vorce); m. there 2nd on Oct. 18 1759 Daniel Woodward.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref name=DeForest1934/> He served in the Mt. Hope Campaign of Philip's War, under Capt. Thomas Prentice for which he was to be paid 2 - 3 pounds on 8/27/1675.<ref name=DawesGates/> "Benjamin has been called a "prosperous farmer", and in January 1679-80, he bought from his brother, William, "his now dwelling house" in Sudbury and 48 acres of land in 4 pieces."<ref name=DawesGates/> "In 1688 the town stock of ammunition was distributed among the settlers who had agreed "to respond for the same in case it be not spent inreal service in the resistance of the enemy" and among those who accepted and signed were Benjamin Moore, his brother Joseph, Lt. Edward Wright and Sgt. John Rutter. Each one who participated received a littleover 4 lbs. of powder, a little over 3 lbs. of shot and 13 flints."<ref name=DawesGates/> "On 6/5/1700, Capt. Edward Wright sold land to his daughter, Dorothy,calling her "then wife of Benjamin Moore"."<ref name=DawesGates/> "In 1707 there was under consideration a petition relative to dividing the town into 2 parts or precincts and a removal of the church site.Benjamin, being a resident of the west side, opposed the removal."<ref name=DawesGates/> "In July 1715, he and Samuel Wright were a committee to lay out a highway from the property of John Rice, Jr., so that he might pass "to meeting, Market and Mill, etc."."<ref name=DawesGates/> "In Feb. of 1716-17, being called "Sgt." Benjamin Moore, he was one of a committee of 5 to lay out a burying place on the west side of the river, and he was one of 36 men who made up the "Proprietary" of Sudbury, which would have been on the right of Nathaniel Treadway which hisfather had purchased and willed him. His brother, Joseph, was anotherof the 36 Proprietaries, because of the inheritance of the right of his father, John Moore."<ref name=DawesGates/> His wife Dorothy died on 20 Oct 1717 ("Dority, w. Sergt. Benjamin [Moore], [died] Oct. 20, 1717." (Sudbury deaths Vol 2 p 316)<ref name=SudburyVRD>Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1903) Sudbury deaths Vol 2 p 316 [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063421M link]</ref> Nine years after her death Benjamin divided his property among his five sons, William, Edward, Peter, Uriah and Hezekiah, deeding the eldest, William, "the house I now dwell in, with all buildings and land" in consideration of "his taking care of meduring the rest of my natural life and paying 50 pounds to whom I have ordered". He undoubtedly had already given portions to his to his daughters when they were married.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref>Middlesex Co. Deeds, Vol. 27, p. 224; Vol. 28, pp. 420, 423; Vol. 29, p. 107; and Vol. 45, p. 415.</ref> Benjamin Moore died on 29 OCT 1729 Sudbury<ref name=SudburyVRD/> leaving no will having already divided his estate.<ref name=DawesGates/><ref>Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass."</ref> == Sources == <references />