When Matthew Redd Moore was born in 1738, in Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Moore, was 32 and his mother, Mary Susannah Jouett, was 21. He married Letitia "Letty" Dalton in 1757, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 14 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Stokes, North Carolina, United States in 1790 and Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States in 1800. He died in December 1801, in Danbury, Stokes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Moore Family Cemetery, Snow Creek Township, Stokes, North Carolina, 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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