Liet. Joseph Moor (E)
Born 1720 Jul 21 Simsbury, CT
Died 1776 Nov 3
Father Benjamin Moor 1693-1745
Mother Eunice Phelps 1688-1732

Married
Mary Stevens
Born 1720
Died 1811

CHILDREN
1. Joseph Moore
Born 1739 Sep 3 Simsbury, CT
Died 1742 Oct Simsbury, CT
Age 3

2. Eli Moore
Born 1741 Dec 25 Simsbury, CT
Died 1759 Oct Simsbury, CT
Age 17 yrs

3. Joseph Moore
Born 1744 May 9 Simsbury, CT
Died 1827 Aug 5 Becket, MA
Married
Zibea Gillett
Born 1745/6 Feb 25 Simsbury, CT
Died 1818 Apr 14 Beckett, MA
8 Children all born Southwick, MA
Revolutionary Soldier (Regiment Colonel William Prescott)

4. Benjamin Moore
Born 1746 Nov 12 Simsbury, CT
DIed 1777 Sep 15 Simsbury, CT
Burial Baptist Cemetery Granby, CT FAG*63700181

5. Mary Moore
Born 1749 May 8
Died
Burial Granby Cemetery, Granby, CT FAG*82937796
Married
Martin Reed
Born 1743
Died 1815 Nov 26

6. Roger Moore
Born 1751 Sep 25 Simsbury, CT
Died 1836 Nov 7 Granby, CT
Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick, MA FAG 30238625
Married 1768 Dec 4 Granby, CT
Rosetta Hayes
Revolutionary Soldier
Roger lived his life in the house he was born in. His father built the house in 1751 and the
home was purchased by the Southwick Historical Society.
The house sits upon an area of land called the state line "jog" has been four towns, three
counties, two states and two colonies.

7. Reuben Moore
Born 1755 Jan 16 Simsbury, CT
DIed 1829 Southwick, MA
Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick MA FAG 31755214
Married
Lydia Town
Born 1776
DIed 1853 Oct 2 Southwick, MA
Reuben held many town offices in Granby, CT

8. Eunice Moore
Born 1757 May 23 Simsbury, CT
Died 1777 Sep 15 Simsbury, CT
Burial Baptist Cemetery FAG*63700227

9. Eli Moore
Born 1759 Jun 6 Simsbury, CT
Died 1821 Jun 12 Southwick, MA
Burial Southwick Cemetery, Southwick, MA FAG 30234452
Married
Eunice Wilcox
Born 1760

10. Infant Boy Moore
Born 1762 Jan 25 Simsbury, CT
Died 1762 Feb 10 Simsbury, CT

10. Samuel Moore Sr
Born 1764 May 24 Simsbury, CT
Died 1816 Nov 3 Mantua, OH
Burial East Lawn Cemetery, Manua, OH FAG 54104340
Married
Eunice Gillett
Born 1769 Nov 15
Died 1850 Oct 10 Mantua, OH
7 children

Lt. Joseph Moor(e) was a lieutenant fo a train band in Simsbury in 1775. He served in the revolution in Capt. Jonathan Buttolph's company. Eighteeth Regiment Connecticut Militia under Col. Jonathan Pettibone. The regiment marched to the defense of New York in Aug. 1776 whwew Lt. Moore was taken prisoner and died Nov 3 1776. He had been in prison 7 weeks. He was town clerk, deputy to the general court on the committee of correspondence in 1776.
He married Mary Stevens, who died Aug 21, 1811 (92 yrs) daughter of Thomas Stevens and Miriam Buel.

Sources

Born: July 21, 1720
Parents: Benjamin & Eunice (Owen) Moor
Wife: Mary Stevens
(Moor or Moore?)
Lieut Joseph Moor(e), buried in the Baptist Cemetery in North Granby, Connecticut, died November 3, 1776. He died as a prisoner of war in the former Hampden Hall Tavern (which was used as an officer's prison) at the southwest corner of Warren Street and Broadway in New York City.

Lee David Hamberg,
Director of Property
Southwick History Museum
(aka Southwick Historical Society, which owns the Lt. Joseph Moore House

Joseph Moor in the Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Joseph Moor
Birth Date: abt 1720
Age at Death: 56
Death Date: 1776
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: Connecticut
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Mary
FHL Film Number: 3335

Liet Joseph Moor
in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Name: Liet Joseph Moor
Age: 56
Birth Date: abt 1720
Death Date: 1776
Burial Place: Granby, Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Mary
Cemetery: Baptist Cemetery