488 APPENDIX. 



Mint under President Washington. His memory is specially maintained in our local 

 annals by the bequest of lands bordering on the Susquehanna river, which he made to 

 the city of Philadelphia in trust for the purpose of supplying poor housekeepers with 

 fuel. 



No. II. — Page 64. 



William Moore, of Moore Hall, and his Origin. 



As to the origin of the Moore family, of America, the first of whom 

 I have any information is Sir John Moore, who had for his family seat 

 Fawley, in Berkshire, England. This gentleman was passed to the 

 order of Knighthood by Charles I., King of England, on the 21st day 

 of May, 1627; probably as a reward for some iinportant services ren- 

 dered to the country and to the crown. The motto on his coat of arms 

 was: "Nihil utile quod non honestum." 



He was, beyond a doubt, a monarchist in politics and a churchman 

 in religion, as he lost both his fortune and his life in those revolutionary 

 excitements — produced more by a blind and ignorant religious bigotry 

 than a love of rational liberty — which deprived the unfortunate monarch 

 of his crown, and brought him to an ignominious end upon the scaffold. 

 It was a sacrifice professedly made to establish the rights of his subjects, 

 and the freedom of conscience in religion. But the light which suc- 

 ceeding events have thrown upon the character of the agents, and of the 

 sufferers in that tragedy, has led many to contemplate it as a case of 

 martyrdom in the cause of God and his church. 



Sir John Moore was succeeded by his son. Sir Francis Moore, 

 who was the father of John and James Moore, who came to America 

 and settled in South Carolina about 1680, where James remained 

 and became Governor from the year 1700 until 1703, when he was 

 deposed. 



"Drake" informs us that in 1719 he undertook an expedition against 

 Florida, which was a failure. This expedition caused the first issue of 

 paper money in America, under the name of Bills of Credit. 



John Moore, it appears, came with his wife and family to Philadel- 

 phia some time prior to 1700, and became the king's collector at that 

 port; this we know from his commission, which is before me, dated 

 1703, signed by Evelyn, etc. He had several children when he came 

 to Philadelphia, and as we are informed by his will, bearing date No- 

 vember 16, I 731, had seven at his death. 



