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Moore was a direct descendant of Samuel Moore, one of the civil leaders in the early years of New Jersey.His brother, Joseph, was a Quaker minister who was part of a group sent to facilitate the peace treaty talks at Sandusky, Ohio in 1793 between the United States and the Western Confederacy.
Samuel Moore (c. 1630–1688), ... Though his mother was an American Quaker and he attended some meetings, he was baptized and primarily raised an Anglican.
Samuel Moore (about 1630 – 27 May 1688 [1]), was notable as one of the civil leaders in the early years of the Province of New Jersey.. Samuel Moore (called Moores in Savage's Genealogical Dictionary) [2] removed from Newbury, Massachusetts to Middlesex County, New Jersey in 1665, [3] soon after the Duke of York had ceded the Province of New Jersey to John, Lord Berkeley and Sir George ...
Samuel Preston Moore (1710–1785), American physician and public official; Samuel N. Moore (1891–1942), U.S. Navy officer, namesake for the destroyer USS Samuel N. Moore. USS Samuel N. Moore; Samuel Moore (Quaker leader) (1742–1821), early Quaker leader in Maritime Canada; Samuel J. Moore (1859–1948), Canadian businessman, founder of ...
Quaker records show that he applied, in 1772, to hold a monthly meeting for Quaker fellowship in his house. The request was granted. By 1774, the neighbouring Kingwood Monthly Meeting lists him as a minister who frequently travelled abroad in Truth’s service. Being a man of peace, Moore would not support the Revolutionary War against Great ...
Lindley Murray Moore was born May 31, 1788, in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada into a Quaker family. [1] [2] [a] His parents were Rachel Stone and Samuel Moore. His father, born in New Jersey, [2] [4] named him after his friend Lindley Murray. [1] Before Lindley's birth, Samuel Moore, his wife, and their children had lived in the United ...
In the United States, Joseph Moore taught the theory of evolution at the Quaker Earlham College as early as 1861. [68] This made him one of the first teachers to do so in the Midwest. [ 69 ] Acceptance of the theory of evolution became more widespread in Yearly Meetings who moved toward liberal Christianity in the 19th and 20th centuries. [ 70 ]
This category includes people who were notable in the Province of New Jersey prior to the era of American Revolution.That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of New Jersey in the American Revolution, instead of this category.