When John Benning Moore was born in 1771, in Buckingham, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Andrew Joseph Moore, was 41 and his mother, Anna Fitzgerald, was 36. He married Mary McShan in 1797, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1840 and Kimberly, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died on 15 November 1857, in McCalla, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in McCalla, Jefferson, Alabama, 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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