 1738 - 1820 (81 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Moors |
| Born |
30 May 1738 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
1820 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A. [1] |
| Notes |
- He held many positions of trust and responsibility in Groton and represented the town in the Gen. Court for nine years. (Green's Histories)
He was commissioned as adjutant in Col. James Prescott's regiment.
He was in Capt. Benj. Bancroft's Co. in the same regiment.
He commanded a company at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He may have commanded Asa & Francis White who were also in that battle.
He was commisssioned as a Capt. under Co. Wm. Prescott's regiment.
He came back after the Rev. War ended.
Military Campaigns:
1758 Campaigns at Louisburg & Cape Breton.
09.March.1774 Groton, Middlesex County, MA.
18.June.1775 Bunker Hill, Middlesex County, MA
01.January.1776 Commissioned in Continental Army
--Woodman, Avis Jones, Includes other Ancestors Appearing in Moors Gen., Waltham, MA 1979, page 4.
Property: Paternal Estate on road leading to Ayer Groton, Middlesex County, MA about 1781
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| Person ID |
I5223 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2010 |
| Father |
Abraham Moors, b. 11 Jan 1692/93, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts , d. 03 Mar 1780, Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Gilson, b. 26 Dec 1691, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 04 Dec 1770, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
21 Nov 1717 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts [2] |
| Notes |
- Abraham and Elizabeth had nine children: six sons ans three daughters. Three sons died in young adulthood, and may not have married.
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| Family ID |
F1742 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S04566] Series of Papers on Andover Families, Abbott, Charlotte, Moar Fam. - p. 3 of 27.
QUAY 2
- [S04458] Vital Records of Groton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849: Vol. I - Births, Groton, Town of, (Essex Institute, Salem MA; 1926), Vol II, pp 74 & 117.
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