Jonathan MOORE (1739-1814)

1 Jonathan MOORE^1,2 (1739-1814) [13866]. Born 7 Jul 1739.¹ Marr Susanna PARKMAN 13 Oct 1768.¹ Marr Anna HAMMOND aft 1768.³ Died 20 Apr 1814, Rochester, MA.²

From a biography of Jonathan Moore, son of Elijah Moore and Dorothy Learned. This is from a chapter entitled "Librarians of Harvard College" in Library of Harvard University Bibliographical Contributions edited by Justin Winsor, 1897.

"Jonathan Moore was born at Oxford, Mass., 7 July, 1769, the son of Captain Elijah and Dorothy (Learned) Moore. The father was for twenty-five years an inn-keeper of the town and a public spirited citizen. Jonathan graduated at Harvard in 1761, and obtained his A.M. in three years. He taught Greek and Hebrew for a time, and received from Yale an honorary A.M. in 1765. In September 1767, he became Librarian at Harvard, but at the end of the college year accepted a call to the church at Rochester (now Marion) Mass., where he was ordained 7 September, 1768. On the 1th of October following he married Susanna Parkman. He soon had many warm followers in his ministry but his changing theological views at last caused his separation from the church in 1792. A number of his parishioners withdrew with him and held services together for several years at his house. A memorandum by a nephew in 1808 would seem to indicate that he became a Baptist minister.
On the death of his first wife Mr. Moore married Anna Hammond of Newport, R.I, He died at home in Rochester, 20 April, 1814, having had five children. The historian of the town says, "He was of a social temperament and jocose in Manner.".

2 Elijah MOORE^1,4 (1702-1781) [4376]. Born 14 Mar 1701/02, Oxford, MA.¹ Marr Dorothy LEARNED 19 Jul 1733.¹ Died 17 Nov 1781.¹

3 Dorothy LEARNED^4,5 (1715- ) [4375]. Born 19 Jul 1715.^4,5

6 Ebenezer LEARNED^4,5 (1690-1772) [4373]. Born 31 Aug 1690.^5,6 Marr Deborah HAYNES 14 Oct 1714.^4,6 Died 15 Mar 1772.^4,5

12 Isaac LEARNED^4,7 (1655-1737) [1380]. Born 16 Sep 1655, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Co., MA.^4,7 Christened 5 Oct 1655, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA. Died 15 Sep 1737, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA.⁷

From: SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Publication -- No. 8 - COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN MASSACHUSETTS

LEARNED, CAPTAIN ISAAC, 1655-1737, Framingham, Mass. Served in Captain Nathaniel Davenport's Company, Narragansett Campaign, King Philip's War, 1675-6; wounded.

13 Sarah BIGELOW⁵ (1659- ) [4372]. Born 1659.⁵

7 Deborah HAYNES^4,5 (1690-1777) [4374]. Born 30 Jul 1690, Sudbury, MA.^4,5 Died 21 Aug 1777.⁴

Sources

1	"The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1903".

2	"Biography of Jonathan Moore from a chapter entitled "Librarians of Harvard College" in Library of Harvard".

3	"Estimated based on related dates and information".

4	Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882, "The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learened in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Larned".

5	"Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd".

6	"Though Silent They Speak by Johney Larned, 2005".

7	"Ancestry.com World Family Tree".