When David Moore was born on 1 December 1731, in Sadsbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Andrew Moore Sr., was 43 and his mother, Rachel Halliday, was 27. He died on 20 May 1744, in Sadsbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 12, and was buried in Sadsbury Friends Burial Ground, Christiana, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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