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MOORE-(WILLIAMS) EXCERPT
4. Colonel George Moore (1632-1713/14)George Moore
(1632-1713/14) married
 Jane Barcroft 
.
He is documented quite thoroughly byBoddie,
Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight 
, passim, as he served as High Sheriff of the County and Justiceof the Court from 1680 until at least 1698 (ibid., pp. 202, 634, 704). One document of 1675, when he wasthe bondsman for Sarah Bressie as the widow of John Bressie, indicates that he rose to the rank of Colonel(Chapman,
Wills
, p. 68). He probably lived most of his adult life in the Lawne’s Creek “community,”established as one of the early “nesting places” of the merchant-mariners including Charles Barcroft,Justinian Cooper, William Cooke, Francis England, Robert Flake, Thomas Gwaltney, William Miles, JohnMunger, James Pyland, James Tooke, and Henry White. He appeared often in the records of both Surryand Isle of Wight Counties. After he, William Cooke, and William Miles claimed land at Blackwater during the 1660s, the Isle of Wight Court appointed James Powell and George Moore on 9 July 1680 tomeet with their Surry counterparts about building a Blackwater bridge (ibid., pp. 591-92). This assignmentwas also related undoubtedly to the adjustment of the boundary between Surry and Isle of Wight, as manyBlackwater planters had land in both jurisdictions—a situation that undoubtedly caused muchinconvenience. The Surry court took note of the fact on 7 July 1683 that the Isle of Wight court hadordered Powell and Moore to work with Colonel Arthur Allen and Robert Caufield of Surry to assure thatthe boundary was properly processioned. See Surry County Court Records, January 1682-1691, Book # 4, p. 407.George Moore probably lived in England briefly—perhaps first pursuing an education and then onfamily business interests. On 29 July 1650, when he was only 18, he and his future father-in-law CharlesBarcroft were on the headright list of John Munger (Nugent, I, 191). As noted above in the material onBarcroft, Moore and his purported brother-in-law Richard Williams witnessed the assignment of Barcroft’seffects in 1654 to his third wife Magdalen and son William, probably a year or so before his marriage toBarcroft’s daughter Jane. On 25 September 1663, George Moore was a headright, along with severalBlackwater people, including Ann Wombwell and Joseph and Thomas Poole, of John Harvey who was patenting along the Carolina frontier (Nugent, I, 191, 427). Joseph Poole is noted above as the secondhusband of Moore’s purported aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Champion Poole Walton. John Harvey was theson-in-law of James Tooke whose will was witnessed by Thomas Carter, # 8, on 1 February 1659.Concerning the Harvey-Tooke connection, see William Carter, # 2, the note at “ca. 1625/29. A settledcareer in Isle of Wight probably began for George Moore when his purported brother-in-law Robert Flakeconveyed to George Moore land at Blackwater from Flake’s 2,700-acre patent on 20 August 1666 (Boddie,
Seventeenth Century
, p. 558). Flake and wife Katherine deeded George Moore additional land on 18October 1669 (Isle of Wight Wills and Deeds, 1662-1715, Vol. I, p. 201). Neither the amounts of land nor any consideration are mentioned. Robert Flake and George Moore were the bondsmen for Mary Skinner,daughter of Katherine Flake by her first husband, name unknown, as administratrix for Mary’s husbandRichard Skinner on 9 April 1677 (Chapman,
Wills
, p. 104). George Moore had already added to hisholdings in 1669 when he patented 1,400 acres on the “2d Swamp” of the Blackwater adj. CaptainWombwell and the Beaver Dam Branch, from whence came part of the plantation of son-in-law hisThomas Carter; one of his headrights was John Collins who became the third husband of theaforementioned Mary Skinner, evidently George Moore’s niece. See Nugent, Vol. 2, p. 57.George Moore, “age 78 years,” made his will 30 November 1710; recorded 24 January 1714. He had acodicil added prior to his death. See Chapman,
 Isle of Wight Wills
, p. 54. He named no male heirs. The primary legatees of George Moore were some but not all of his grandchildren whose mothers can bedeciphered from other records.
Unfortunately, the recorder made some errors in the codicil 
. Mentionedwere the White grandchildren: Jane, John, Moore Thomas [sic: George Thomas], William, and Henry
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White. They were the children of Ann Moore who married Thomas White. George and Thomas Pylandwere the only sons of Elinor Moore who married Richard Pyland of Surry who actually had five children.Samuel and John Williams were the sons of another daughter, Mary Moore, who married WilliamWilliams. Oddly enough, George Moore did not have a grandson named Moore Thomas White. He didhave a grandson George Thomas White who can be correctly identified in the will of his mother, AnnMoore White, 18 September 1739. George Thomas White left a will, received by the court on 25 June 1744and witnessed by John Mecom. See Chapman,
Wills
, pp. 142, 147. The name Moore Thomas Whiteappears on no other record. The recorder clearly erred in giving George Thomas White the wrong firstname “Moore.” The only Carter grandson mentioned was one of his namesakes, George Carter, whoseconsiderably younger brother Moore Carter, was also probably supposed to be included. The late Rev. E.S. Lucas of Southern Historical Press was undoubtedly correct that the recorder confused Moore Carter andhis first cousin George Thomas White. George and Moore Carter witnessed the last recorded deed of their grandparents George Moore and wife Jane on 22 February1709. See Isle of Wight Deed Book # 2, p. 145.Issue:
a.
Magdalen Moore
(ca. 1656/57-after 1737) married
Thomas Carter, Jr.
(ca. 1650-1710). They wereancestors of the compiler. His will named only two of his youngest children, Martha and Alexander.Moore and George are identified in other records and the will of George Moore, although the recorder  botched the name of Moore as Moore Thomas White. Anyone wanting to see the extensivedocumentation on this family may contact the compiler. Issue:
(1)
Thomas Carter III
(ca. 1673/74-1736) married
 Elizabeth
, maiden name unproved, and left hiswill and progeny in Isle of Wight.
(2)
Joseph Carter
(ca. 1675/80-1730) married
 Rachel 
, maiden name unproved, and his estate paperswere filed in Bertie County, North Carolina.
(3)
Edward Carter
(ca. 1675/80-1735/36), who married
unknown
, may have been a son. He died in New Hanover County, North Carolina.
(4)
George Carter
(ca. 1679/80-1736) married
 Sarah
(possibly a
 Neville
) and died in Isle of Wight(inventory on file).
(5)
John Carter
(ca. 1680/90-1736), who married
unknown
, died intestate in Bertie County, NorthCarolina where Moore Carter petitioned for administration.
 
(6)
Martha Carter
(ca. 1675/80-after 1742) married
 John Jones
and died in either Northampton or Hertford County, North Carolina.
(7)
Moore Carter
(ca. 1690-1740) married
 Jane Kindred 
, daughter of John Kindred (ca. 1660-1702)of Surry County, Virginia. His estate papers are filed in Bertie County, North Carolina. Their  progeny is the subject of a separate study, the outline of which may be found on the web site of thecompiler’s cousin Sally Moore Koestler of College Station, Texas. Of their several children, thecompiler’s ancestor was
Isaac Carter
(ca. 1716/18-1792) who married
 Mrs. Sarah Browne Battle
, widow of John Battle and daughter of Dr. Samuel Browne (ca. 1670-1739) of Isle of WightCounty, Virginia. Both Isaac Carter and his wife would appear to have been descendants of Charles Barcroft, the one through his daughter Magdalen who married George Moore, and theother through Magdalen’s half sister, Elizabeth Barcroft Sampson. See the Barcroft Section. Thechildren of Isaac Carter and Sarah included the compiler’s ancestor 
James Carter
(ca. 1742/45-1807/11) and
Kindred Carter
(ca. 1750-1800) who moved to Warren County, Georgia. JamesCarter was the father of 
Jesse Carter
(1765-1826) who married Phoebe Duckworth. KindredCarter was the father of 
James Carter the Younger
(1773-1858) who married PhoebeDuckworth’s sister Eleanor. James Carter the Younger and wife Eleanor were great-great-great-grandparents of 
President James Earl “Jimmie” Carter
. The compiler’s ancestors Jesse Carter and Phoebe Duckworth were the parents of 
Lavina Carter
(ca. 1780-1847) who married
 Henry Loyless
(ca. 1782-1849) in Warren County, Georgia. Their grandson, the compiler’s great-
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grandfather,
John Henry Loyless
(1749-1912) married
 Donna Etta Hendon
(1852-1945), agreat-granddaughter of John Moore the Hatter [# 7, a, (2), (c), 4), a), (4, (g].
(8)
Alexander Carter
(ca. 1795-1769) married
 Anna Barnes
and left a will that was destroyed inHertford County, North Carolina.
 b.
Elinor Moore
(ca.1656/60-after 1693) married
 Richard Pyland 
(ca. 1640/45-ca. 1693). RichardPyland was a son of James Pyland (ca. 1610-ca. 1663/64) and his wife Alexandra, maiden nameunknown. James Pyland represented Isle of Wight in the House of Burgesses before the Puritans under the leadership of Governor Richard Bennett forced him out in 1653 because of his pronouncedRoyalist views. Upon the Restoration in 1660, he returned to his former seat. James Pyland married(2) Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Greenwood following his death in 1656. She married (3) ThomasEdwards. See Boddie,
Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight 
, pp. 102, 108-9, 531-32, 596. James Pylanddied intestate by 9 February 1663/64 when his second wife Elizabeth requested probate. Her bondsmenwere Robert Kea and John Snellock, who was to name the son Richard Pyland a legatee in 1679.Richard Pyland’s brother Edward Pyland, “son of James Pyland,” was a legatee of Justinian Cooper (26 March 1650) whose will left Edward 500 lbs. of tobacco. Richard Pyland requested theadministration of “his brother” Edward in 1670, with bond posted by Thomas Edwards, the secondhusband of the stepmother (Mrs. Elizabeth Greenwood Pyland Edwards). See Chapman,
 Isle of Wight Wills
, pp. 3, 18, 62, 66.
Thomas Greenwood was undoubtedly a kinsman, probably the uncle of the John Greenwood whodied in Middlesex County, Virginia in 1679. John Greenwood’s great-grandson John Greenwood(1716-1748) married Lucretia McTyre who was a great-great-granddaughter of Colonel John George(1604-1678) and Major George Fawdon (ca. 1605/10- ? ), both of whom were Isle of Wightburgesses and are found in the county records frequently in close association with the Pyland andMoore clans. A great-great-great-granddaughter of John Greenwood and Lucretia McTyre, Mary WordGreenwood (1824-1856), the great-great-grandmother of the compiler, married Redding JeffersonLoyless (1808-1870) who was the grandson five times removed of Captain Thomas Carter, father of Thomas Carter, Jr. who married George Moore’s daughter Magdalen.Richard Pyland left a disappointingly simple will (signed 2 February 1692/93, a date of probatenot indicated) that made his wife Elinor executrix and mentioned his “five children” without namingthem. See Chapman,
 Isle of Wight Wills,
p. 4. Her uncle Thomas Moore and his nephew Henry Whitewitnessed. George Moore named probably the two oldest sons, George and Thomas, in his will.Various records provide the identity of the others.Issue:
(1)
George Pyland
(ca. 1680-1745) married
 Mary
, maiden name unknown. He sold part of hisinheritance, the 580 acres patented by Richard Pyland in the Upper Parish of Surry in 1684, toPeter Deberry on 16 March 1708 but retained a plantation at Pigeon Swamp where he lived. SeeSurry Deeds, Wills, etc., Book # 5, p. 412. George Pyland made his will in Surry on 13 December 1743; probated 17 July 1745. He named his daughters
Mary
,
Priscilla
, and
Martha
.
 
If they weremarried, the surnames of their husbands are not indicated. The son
Richard Pyland
was to havethe plantation following the death of his mother, Mary Pyland. See Surry Will Book # 9, p. 506.(2)
Thomas Pyland
(ca. 1680/5- ? ) left a thin record. He evidently inherited part of his father’s property in Surry where he obviously lived. On 16 March 1708, he and his brother James Pylandwitnessed the aforementioned conveyance by George Pyland to Peter Deberry. The estate papersof Thomas Pyland have not surfaced.(3)
James Pyland
(ca. 1680/5-1728) married
 Elizabeth
, probably
 Elizabeth Wood 
. As discussed inthe material about the immigrant progenitor Thomas Wooten, his stepson Thomas Wood, was anuncle of the “half blood” of James Pyland who appears to have married Elizabeth Wood, adaughter of Thomas Wood by his second wife Elizabeth. As noted there, the sole legatee of Mrs.
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