In 1652 he became the First Minister of the newly form town of Newtown. His wife was Margaret (Howell) Moore.∼"Rev. John Moore, the founder of this branch of the family, was of English birth, and was probably born about 1620. John Moore was in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1641. The same year he appeared as grantee of land at Southampton, Long Island. He married Margaret Howell, the daughter of Howard Howell, of Boston and Lynn, who was the leader of the colony which established the new town of Southampton on Long Island. It is conjectured that the marriage took place about 1641. He died at Newtown, Long Island, September 17, 1657, and was buried in the ancient town burial ground. His widow married Francis Doughty, the son of Rev. Francis Doughty.'

Ref: "Rev. John Moore of Newton, Long Island, and Some of His Descendants." Compiled by James W. Moore, Lafayette College, MCMIII.

Rev. John Moore b. 1620-25 England was a resident of Southampton, Hempstead and Newtown, Long Island. May 30 1644 he was a representative in the matter of the union of Southampton with the colony of Hartford; in October 1644, was appointed to collect subscriptions for students at Harvard College of which he was probably a graduate, and also served as deputy for Southampton to negotiate a union with the colonies; in the same year he attended a meeting of the General Count of Massachusetts and acted on a committee; between the years 1646 and 1649. He was permitted to preach in New England ; March 9 1649, was in the list of Freemen; from 1649 to 1651 was the second minster of Hempstead; September 25 1651, he wrote a letter to the magistrates in Holland from Hempstead in which he foreshadowed the fatal consequences of taking sides with the supporters of Charles II, and of arming the Indians; in 1652 was the first minister of Middleburg, afterward Newtown, Long Island; April 12, 1656 transacted the Indian purchase his purchase money £2; and on January 22 1657 was presented with the title to the town house by the inhabitants of Newtown in a public meeting. Rev John Moore married Margaret Howell, who was baptised in England in 1622, daughter of Edward Howell, one of the original "Undertakers" who settled in Southampton , Long Island. Edward Howell was born in Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1600. He came to America in 1639, was made freeman of Boston that year, removed to Lynn, where he had a grant of 500 acres, was a magistrate form 1640 to 1653, a member of the colonial legislature at Hartford, Connecticut form 1647 to 1653, and was the leader in the settlement of Southampton, the first English settlement in the state of New York. The Rev. John Moore died September 17, 1657

Source; Historic homes and institutions and genealogy and personal memoirs of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania by John Jordan Edgar Moore Green

Married Margaret Howell 1622 – 1670;
parents of:
John MOORE Jr 1642 –
Lydia MOORE 1643 – 1723
Gershom (Capt.) MOORE 1644 – 1691
SAMUEL MOORE SR 1645 – 1717
Joseph MOORE 1647 – 1726
Elizabeth MOORE 1655 – 1711

Regarding this cemetery:
"Some people buried in the [Presbyterian] church's original cemetery were moved there in 1901 from the old town burial ground (now the playground across from Newtown Athletic Field). These included three of our early ministers, Rev. Samuel Pumroy, (died 1744, responsible for making this a Presbyterian church), Rev. Simon Horton (died 1786), and Rev. Peter Fish (died 1810), also one of the first three Elders, Content Titus (died 1730) and the founder of the Deacons Fund, Philippe Duvineer, (died 1745). They were re-interred in one grave. Among others in the graveyard were Rev. Nathan Woodhull (died 1810), Rev. John Goldsmith (died 1854) and U.S. Congressman James Lent, (died 1833). It is unknown whether all were removed to Evergreens."

ref: The First Presbyterian Church of Newtown

Reinterment Old Newtown Cemetery, Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, see John Moore memorial #106779263

Rev. John Moore was a graduate of Harvard College. He was an independent Minister. He received the approval of the New Amsterdam Consistory to minister in New Amsterdam and was the minister of the church of Hempstead from 1649-1651 and in 1652 established a church in Middleburg.

The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became a English Territory in 1664 and renamed the Providence of New York and the township of Middleburg renamed Hastings and then renamed again as Newtown.
SOURCE: FAG member Miranda #47442646∼MOORE,

Rev. John, of Newtown LI
Believed to be buried here with parish in destroyed cemetery
No stone

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Name: Rev John Moore
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1620
Marriage Place: New England, USA
Death Year: 1665
Spouse: Margaret Moore