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Note: It looks very likely that Sampson is the father of Thomas Moore. 1. Sampson Moore and ancestors consistently lived in East Nottingham and Lower Oxford, and sometimes it appears that their property was interchangeably listed between the two townships. Thomas the father of Charles lived in Lower Oxford. Some other Moores were there but not multiple Thomas's around; this name was outright unusual among Moores in Chester County. 2. Sampson had a son Thomas b 1820 - 1822, from the county poor school children's list, about whom nothing further is known. Thomas Moore the father of Charles lwas born between 1820 and 1825. 3. Name coincidences, such as Williiam G. the son of Sampson and the son of Thomas; the name Mariah also ran in the family, as did the name Francis. 4. William G. also became an iron/ steel worker. 5. Sampson Moore was not doing very well; though he owned a small amount of land and a small amount of animals, at times he and his children lived in poverty. His children were educated at public expense, or were eligible to be, and at one point he was insolvent. This is consistent with the record of Thomas Moore. Actually, this is well proven by census, Chester County school records, and DNA. I have seven Ancestry DNA matches to descendants of Sampson's daughter Phoebe, who married Jacob Foulkrod; to three of their daughters. ------------------------------------------ DNA helps prove that Sampson Moore married Ruth L. Metcalf. -I share Midkaff matches at 23andMe in common with my half first cousin once removed, Doug Smith. Doug Smith strongly appears to descend from Bessie Mae Moore but not from her husband, leaving me sharing only my Dehart and Moore lines with him. My Dehart line ancestors consistently lived further north in what became Berks and Dauphin Counties. (Charles Moore and Carrie Dehart married in Highspire, just east of Harrisburg.) - extensive Metcalf and Sidwell DNA matches, some of each of them independent of each other, make it clear I'm descended from both families, which intermarried a half dozen times early in their history. - All lines of my family tree are well traced and no other line of my ancestry that isn't German contains the holes my Moore line has. They don't fit somewhere else. - The Metcalf and Sidwell families lived in the southwestern corner of Chester County and southeastern corner of Lancaster County near my Moores, and no other ancestors of mine lived there. - Thomas Curtis's family lived in East Nottingham, as did the Moores, and the same places were nearby; places like Peach Bottom, and Hopewell. Other Metcalfs and Sidwells lived in West Nottingham and Little Britain. - Their daughter Ruth's dates of birth and death correspond closely to Ruth L. Moore's, and there is no report of whether she married. - There are very few people named Ruth in the Metcalf or Sidwell families. It probably isn't a different Ruth. - It must be a descendant of a Metcalf-Sidwell marriage (there were a number of them) who married a Moore, which couldn't have happened before 1780. That means, for instance, that it is not John Moore, wife unknown, who married a Metcalf/ Sidwell, and such a person didn't have time to have married and had a child who then was Ruth L. - The children of Thomas Curtis Midcalf were not very observant Quakers as adults and often joined other churches. The lack of records on what happened to Ruth suggests she married out of meeting. - This may not be the only marriage between this Moore family and this Metcalf family. My records have the undocumented statement that Sampson's sister Azenath allegedly "married a Metcalf and went to Ohio". Knowledge on this family seems to come from scantily kept family records like letters. The most common immediate destination of migrating Midkiff/ Metcalfs was Ohio. I have Ancestry level evidence that Moores and Metcalfs share DNA in common. Ancestry tells you who you "match" but does not let you see the segments. 23andMe also decides for you who you "match" but also lets you see the segments. 23andMe mushes together several factors including segment location to decide who you "match" and doesn't always get it right. Ancestry's conclusions go wrong in the same ways that 23andMe's do. If Metcalfs married into my Moore family, it would be Moores who carry the Metcalf and Sidwell DNA segments to me; it would be the same DNA segments. A lot of different lines of Metcalfs and Sidwells and even other related Metcalf families share the same DNA segments with me, so they may have come down your line as well. If they did, it will prove that a Metcalf/ Sidwell married a Moore ancestor. I need to see the actual locations of the DNA segments. I have plenty of locations of Metcalf and Sidwell DNA segments from 23andMe and Gedmatch, but none from Moores. ---------------------------------------------------- Entries from the poor school children's list for Lower Oxford and East Nottingham. Not all are Sampson's children; another family is represented. This is a list of children age 6-12 who required schooling at public expense (beginning 1806). There is also an index of bills submitted by teachers, some at area schools, for teaching them. Moore Lower Oxford. Sally A. (10), David (8), Katina (6). 1823. Book 1816-1825. P 284. Moore Lower Oxford David (11), Hugh (7). 1827. 1826-1829. Moore. Lower Oxford. William (10), Rachel (8), Thomas (6). 1827. 1826 - 1829. Moore. East Nottingham. William (10) Rachel (8) Thomas (6). Moore. East Nottingham. Thomas, Sampson. 1832. 1832. p 57. Moore. East Nottingham. Susan (7). 1832. 1832. p 57. Moore. East Nottingham. Susan, Phebe. 1833. 1833. 56. Moore. Lower Oxford. Susan, Phebe. 1834. 1834-1836. Moore Mayr Lowe Oxford Keziah (10) 1835 134-1836 Moore Mary Ann Lower Oxford David (10), Sarah Ann (12), Catherine (8) 1825 1816-1825 Moore Mary Ann Lower Oxford Darah Ann 913), Hugh (7), David (11). 1826. 1826-1829. Moore, Mary Ann Lower Oxford. Hugh (8) 8128 1826-1829. Moore, Mary Ann Lower Oxford. Hugh (9) 1829 1826-9 Moore Sampson. East Nottingham. Mary Ann (7), William (6). 1823. 1816-1825. 281. Moore, Sampson. Lower Oxford. Rachel (5), William (7) Moore Sampson Lower Oxford. William (9), Rachel (7), Thomas 6). 8126. 1826-1829. Moore Sampson. Lower Oxford. Susan (10), Phebe (8), 1835, 1834-1836. Moore Sampson. Lower Oxford. Susan (11), Phbebe (9) 1836. Tax Only. Moore Samson. East Nottingham. Mary Ann, William. 1822. 1826 - 1825. 259. Moore Samson Lower Oxford. Mary Ann (9) William (8), Racel (6) 1825 1816-1825. 339. Moore Samson. East Nottingham. Rachel (9), Thomas (7). 1829. 1826 - 1829. It appears as if Sampson Moore lived in Lower Oxford 1824 until 1836 and in East Nottingham 1822, 1829, which doesn't make sense. Sampson Moore, East Nottingham, 1830 census. 1 M <5 1 M 10-14 1 M 40-49 1 F <5 1 F 5-9 1 F 10-14 1 F 15-19 1 F 20-29 1 F 30-39 1820 Census. 2 M < 10 1 M 26-44 2 F <10 1 F 16-25 1790 Census Phebe Moore (this name seems to run in that family), living in East Nottingham and the only one found there. 1 M >16 2 F 1830 U.S. Federal Census. East Nottingham, Chester, PA. 1 M < 5 1 M 10-14 1 M 40-49 (b 1780 - 1789) 1 F 5-9 1 F < 5 1 F 10-14 1 F 15-19 1 F 20-29 1 F 30-39. East Nottingham Census: 1820 Sampson Moore 2 males under 10 2 females 10-16 East Nottingham 1 male 26-45 1 female 16-26 1830 Sampson Moore 1 male 5-10 1 female under 5 East Nottingham 1 male 10-15 1 female 5-10 1 male 40-50 1 female 10-15 1 female 15-20 1 female 20-30 1 female 30-40 1840 Sampson Moore 1 male 5-10 1 female 10-15 East Nottingham 1 male 20-30 2 females 15-20 1 male 50-60 1 female 20-30 1842 William Moore Son of Sampson Moore ? East Nottingham (Pennsylvania State Census) 1870 Sampson Moore Living with John and Rachel Kimble West Nottingham West Nantmeal which is where several MOORES also lived, including James MOORE who married Elizabeth WHITEHILL, half sister of James Bradshaw WHITEHILL. James MOORE is also believed to be related to John and Sampson MOORE. The MOORE information came from a book about William MOORE of Augnacloy by Edwin N. MOORE, a copy of which is in the Chester County Historical Society. I have a problem with some of the research in this book, and suspect that the Sampson MOORE of East Nottingham and James MOORE of West Nantmeal are nephews of John MOORE (d. 1729) and that John's brother Sampson was the father of Sampson of East Nottingham who married Phoebe Gray and that James MOORE was the son of another brother James who would be John and Sampson's other brother. But that is another story. In 1833, a portion of East Nottingham was taken to form Oxford borough. Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records. Sampson Moore 76. Ruth 5. From Chester County PA Marriages and deaths published in the Village Record. Village record, death notice. Moore -- On May 11, at the residence of John T Kible, West Nottingham township, Sampson Moore, aged 94? years and 2 months."
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