When Elnathan Moore was born in 1770, in Virginia, United States, his father, James Moore, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Isabelle Anderson, was 31. He married Mary Polly Anna Scott on 7 February 1788, in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1849, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Franklin, Kentucky, 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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