The Generations of the Mooring Family - From England to Texas
John Mooring (emigrant, a tanner and buyer of leather 51)
b. before 1652 England 41
m. before 1666 43 to Jane ___ 42,44 in England 45
d. after 1703 31
Jane b. before 1666 England 43,45
Jane d. after 1696 44
Migration: before 1652, he was transported from England to Virginia by a Thomas Greenwood 41,37; before 1667 returned to England twice and transported his wife to Virginia 45,47
Children: Christopher 52
Christopher Mooring (son of John & Jane) 52
b. 1667-8 36 Surry Co., VA 24
m. Mary Simmons 38 (daughter of William Simmons) Surry Co., VA 24
d. about 1753 Surry Co., VA 39
Mary d. before 1751 Surry Co., VA 40
Migration: made a trip back to England before 1710 48 ; he owned an estate in England all his life (willed to his sons in 1751) 39
Children: John, Christopher, Jane, William, Mary, Lucy 39
John Mooring (son of Christopher & Mary) 39
b. before 1718 10 Surry Co., VA 24
m. 1) before 1739 to Anne ___ 34 at Surry Co., VA 24
2) after 1739 but before 1750 to Elizabeth ___ 32,33 at Surry Co., VA 24
d. after 1759 NC 33
Anne d. after 1739 but before 1750 32,34
Migration: Surry Co., VA to Johnston Co., NC by 1757; to Dobbs Co., NC by 1759 32,33,35
Children: John 27
John Mooring (son of John & Anne) 27
b. before 1736 23 Surry Co., VA 24
m. 1) before 1756 to Jane Little 25 at Surry Co., VA 24
2) Sarah Harris 26 at Surry Co., VA 24
d. ca. 1800 Pitt Co., NC 20,29,21
Sarah d. after 5/1801 29
Migration: Surry Co., VA to Beaufort Co., NC about 1756; to Pitt Co., NC in 1762 49
Children: William, Christopher, John, James, Nancy, Elizabeth, Susannah 30,21
William Mooring (son of John & Jane) 30,13
b. before 1755 15 Surry Co., VA 16
m. before 1787 18 to Elizabeth ___ 17,19
d. after 1810 12 but before 12/1817 19 Pitt Co., NC
Elizabeth b. 1756 - 1774 15
Elizabeth d. after 1827 17
Migration: Surry Co., VA to Beaufort Co., NC about 1756; to Pitt Co., NC in 1762 49 (with parents)
Children: John 28, Hardee 53, another son and three daughters 15
John Mooring (son of Wm. & Eliz.) 28
b. 1787 NC 8 Pitt Co. 16
m. before 1810 22 to Susannah Staton 9,3,11 (daughter of Arthur Staton and Charlotte Llewelyn)
d. after 1821 11
Susannah b. 1790 NC 8
Susannah d. after 1821 11
Migration: Pitt Co., NC to Edgecombe Co., NC about 1810 14,22
Children: F. Gray, Charlotte Elizabeth, Arthur Staten, William Lewelling, Smitha Jane, Llewelyn Staten, James Ashley, Guilford M., John Hardy 50
Llewelyn Staten Mooring (son of John & Susannah) 50
b. 2-12-1815 North Carolina 1,4
m. 12-19-1833 at Edgecombe Co., NC to Sarah Wilkinson 2,5 (daughter of Charles Wilkinson and Sarah Little 3,46)
d. 10-19-1875 1,5 buried on family farm, Grimes Co., TX
Sarah b. 10-17-1816 North Carolina 1,4
Sarah d. 8-9-1892 1,5 buried on family farm, Grimes Co., TX
Migration: Edgecombe Co., NC to Sumter Co., AL by 1835 3,4; to TX in 1841 3,6; inGrimes Co., TX in 1850 4
Children: Mary Susan, William Patrick, Margarett Elizabeth, Penninah Jane, James Seth Little, Charles Gray Little, Nancy Ann Eugenia, Nancy Leweling, Sally Ann Louisa, Silva Dealtha, Virgina Blake, John Berrian, Martha McGown 4,5,7
Sources:
1. tombstone
2. Edgecombe Co., NC marriage records
3. letter of Mattie Mooring to Ross Hall
4. 1850 Grimes Co., TX census
5. family birth, marriage and death records
6. 1845 Republic of Texas land grant - Goliad District File # 3-5
7. Mooring family bible
8. 1850 Edgecombe Co., NC census
9. 1826 Edgecombe Co., NC deed
10. assuming he was at least 20 when he recorded a 1738 Surry Co., VA deed - book 8 p. 876
11. 1821 will of Arthur Staton, Edgecombe Co., NC
12. 1810 Pitt Co., NC census
13. 1800 Pitt Co., NC deed book F p. 577
14. 1809 Pitt deed and 1810 Edgecombe deed
15. 1800 Pitt Co., NC census
16. location of parents at the time
17. 1827 deed Pitt Co., NC book EE p. 279
18. 1850 Edgecombe Co., NC shows son John b. 1787
19. 1817 widow got dower grant, Pitt Co., NC deed book AA p. 250
20. 1800 Pitt Co., NC census does not show John, only his sons
21. 1800-01 Pitt Co., NC deeds book F p. 577, book O p. 544, 522, 511, 532, 524
22. 1810 Edgecombe Co., NC census
23. assuming he was at least 20 years old in 1756 when he bought land in Beaufort Co., NC
24. location of family since emigration
25. 1756 will of Wm. Little Beaufort Co., NC
26. DAR lineage book
27. mentioned in the will of his grandfather Christopher in 1751
28. John appears in Edgecombe Co., NC around 1805-10 where he shows up in the 1810 census. But whose son is he? He presumably came from a Pitt Co., NC Mooring family. In the 1800 Pitt Co. census, the families were headed by William, Christopher and John. In 1800, William had 3 sons: 2 b. 1791-1800, 1 b. 1785-90 (see #15); in 1810, he shows only 2 sons: 1 b. 1795-1800 and 1 b. 1785-1794 (see #12). John was b. 1787 (see #18), so he would fit the missing son. Williamâs brother Christopher had sons (see #15) but presumably left the region with his sons ca. 1801 (see Pitt Co., NC deed book P p. 143). Williamâs brother John also had sons (see #15) but they were too young and were still in Pitt Co. in 1810 (see #12). So, John must have been the son of William.
29. 1801 Pitt Co., NC deed book P p. 104
30. âChronicles of Pitt Co., N. C.â, p. 531
31. John appears in Surry Co., VA Tithables lists through 1703.
32. 1750 Surry Co., VA deed (book 6 p. 118)
33. 1759 Surry Co., VA deed (book 7 p. 510)
34. 1739 Surry Co., VA deed (book 9 p ?)
35. 1757 Surry Co., VA deed (book 7 p. 295)
36. not of tithable age (16) in 6/1682 VA tithable lists, but of tithable age in 6/1683, Surry Co., VA Tithables Lists
37. âEarly Virginia Immigrants, 1623 - 1666â
38. Surry Co., VA wills of Wm. (1693) & Eliz. (1695) Simmons and other court records
39. 1751 will of Christopher Mooring - Surry Co., VA will proved 3/1753
40. not mentioned in husband's will Surry Co., VA 1751
41. 1652 grant by Thomas Greenwood for transport of John
42. 1672 Surry Co., VA deed
43. latest birthdate of son Christopher (see #36)
44. 1696 Surry Co., VA court record
45. 1687 grant for transportation of wife - Surry Co., VA Patent book 7 p. 603
46. Mormonâs Ancestral File
47. didn't transport son Christopher (b. 1667-8) (see # 36)
48. 1710 Surry Co., VA grant for importation of himself to VA
49. 1756 Beaufort Co.,NC deed and 1762 Pitt Co., NC patent
50. Marriage of Jane in Edgecombe Co., NC mentions father John; will of James A. Mooring in Sumter Co., AL 1874 mentions all these siblings except John Hardy; 1850 Pitt Co., NC census shows two children of these parents; Bible of Arthur Staton Mooring lists some siblings
51. Surry Co., VA court records 3/1692 said that John Mooring âof good integrity, skill and knowledge in the well tanning & currying of leather is appointed searcher or byer of leather for this countyâ
52. John (father) and Christopher (son) were the only Moorings in Surry Co., VA records until the 1740âs; 1683 Surry Co., VA tithables list
53. In 1817, Elizabeth got dower grant of 100 A for being widow of William - Pitt Co., NC deed book AA p. 250.
In 1818, Hardee sells land to John formerly belonging to William, decâd - Pitt Co., NC deed.
In 1827, Elizabeth (widow of William) lives on land called âHardee Mooring tractâ - Pitt Co., NC deed book EE p. 279.
Therefore, Hardee is surely a son of William and Elizabeth.
Acknowlegements
Much of this data came from Alice Martinez and her niece Linda Cox (and whoever they got their data from).
charlie avis
cavis@flash.net
8/1/00