Mary Moore

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Moore was born on 20 November 1729, in York, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Moore, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Sclater, was 26. She married George Gillaspie about 1750. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States in 1779. She died in Amherst, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Gillaspie
1731–1803
Mary Moore
1729–
Marriage: about 1750
George G Gillespie Jr
1751–1842
Sherod Moore Gillaspie
1755–1822
William Gillespie
1758–1794
Alexander Gillispie
1762–
Francis Jean Gillaspie
1786–
William Gillespie
1753–1794
Frances Fanny Gillespie
1757–1818
Letitia Moore Gillespie
1759–1850
Lucy Gillaspie
1763–1815
Elizabeth Gillespie
1765–1826
Sarah Gillespie
1768–1840
Lewis Gillespie
1770–1842
Dicey Gillespie
1774–1815
William Lewis Gillaspie
1775–1841
Nancy Selina Cartwright
1779–
Sinah Gillespie
1779–1861
Lewis Gillispie
1780–1841

Sources (1)

  • Mary Moore, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917"

World Events (7)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

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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