TENTH GENERATION

520. Thomas Moorman ⁽⁵²⁾⁽³⁰²⁾⁽²⁶⁹⁾ was born in 1658 in Ireland.⁽³⁰³⁾⁽²⁶⁹⁾⁽³⁰⁴⁾ Butts and Stanley show his birth in Isle of Wight on 1649.

Tucker shows birthplace in Ireland while his father was serving there in the military. He was Signed a petition in 1677 in New Kent Co., Virginia.⁽³⁰⁵⁾ He died in 1705 in Green Springs, Louisa Co., Virginia.⁽³⁰⁶⁾⁽²⁶⁹⁾⁽³⁰⁷⁾ Green Springs was not settled until after 1723 1650-60 Born in England.

1669 Sailed in the Ship Glasglow with his father to Barbados

1670 Sailed to Charlestown and then moved to Virginia with his father.

1671 Was a vestryman of St Peter's Parish, New Kent County and was living with his wife, Elizabeth, and three children. Lived in Kent Co., Virginia. Seems to have died there.

1686 Daughter Mary was baptized in St Peter's Church, Nansemond Co., Virginia.

1689 Son Andrew was baptized in St Peter's Church, Nansemond Co., Virginia.

1690 Son Charles born in Green Springs, Louisa Co., Virginia
NOTE: CHARLES COULD BE A BROTHER OR SON DEPENDING ON SOURCE.

SEE: A HISTORY OF LYNCHBURG'S PIONEER QUAKERS AND THEIR MEETING HOUSE, Douglas Summers Brown

SEE: THE MOORMAN FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, in Wm. and Mary Quarterly 2 ser vol 12, pg 177-180, Charles O. Paulin

SEE: "Our Kin" The Genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia by Mary Denham Ackerly and Lula Eastman Jeter Parker.

Flags: Foreign Born=Y He was married to Elizabeth Clark in 1683 in New Kent Co., Virginia.⁽³⁰⁸⁾

521. Elizabeth Clark⁽⁹¹⁾⁽³⁰⁹⁾⁽³¹⁰⁾⁽²⁶⁹⁾⁽³¹¹⁾ was born before 1670.⁽³¹²⁾ Name Clark is questionable. Frederick J. Henderson gives her the name Elizabeth Simpson.

Doug Tucker states: "I think Elizabeth Simpson was a widow when she married Thomas Moorman (1658-1705). Whether her maiden name was Clark is pure conjecture. She definitely was not the daughter of Christopher Clark, who was born in 1681 and whose only wife was Penelope Johnson who he married about 1708. Some sources suggest that Elizabeth Clark Simpson might have been the daughter of Micajah Clark and Sally Ann Moorman, the parents of Christopher Clark. However, Micajah Clark and Sally Ann Moorman did not marry until 1680. Elizabeth Simpson and Thomas Moorman were married by 1684 and the birth of their oldest son, Charles, in 1684 is recorded in the Blissland Parish Register. The birth dates of Mary (1686) Thomas (1788) and Andrew (1789) are also registered in local parish registries. There is no question about birth order or even baptismal dates.

Quaker Yeoman (Stanley) shows Elizabeth to be daughter of a Christopher Clark and Sarah. It states Christoper's father was "Edward Clarke the ancient planter". Doug Tucker's comments follow: The "Christopher Clark, son of Edward Clark, ancient planter" connection is incorrect. That Edward Clark's descendants settled in Middlesex Co., VA and there is no known connection with the Clark's of New Kent Co. Early researchers were guilty of "stretching" in their search for a Virginia-based parent for the Christopher Clark who married Penelope Johnson."

Children were:

i. Mary Moorman⁽³¹³⁾⁽³¹⁴⁾ was born in 1684 in New Kent Co., Virginia.⁽³¹⁵⁾ She was baptized on 29 Apr 1686 in St. Peter's Church, Nansemond Co., Virginia.⁽²⁶⁹⁾ Same source lists both New Kent Co., and Nansemond Co., Virginia She died in Green Springs, Louisa Co., Virginia.⁽³¹⁶⁾ Flags: Foreign Born=N
260 ii. Andrew Moorman.
iii. Charles Moorman I⁽³¹⁷⁾⁽²⁶⁹⁾ was born about 1690 in Green Springs, Louisa Co., Virginia.⁽²⁶⁹⁾ He died in 1757 in Camp Creek MM, Louisa Co., Virginia.⁽²⁶⁹⁾ Charles is also listed as a brother or a son of Zachariah Moorman, depending upon the source.

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