Deacon Oliver Moore

1706 - 1774  (68 years)

• Name	Oliver Moore
  Birth	19 May 1706	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 4]
  Christening	1708	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3]
  Religion	14 Jan 1732/33 (26 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3]
  Both Oliver and Abigail were admitted to full communion in the First Church of Lancaster on 14 January 1732/33. About ten years later they were dismissed to the church in Chocksett in west Lancaster.
  Death	23 Dec 1774	Sterling, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 4, 6]
  Burial	Aft 23 Dec 1774	Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Gravestone of Deacon Oliver Moor Here lies interred ye Body of Deacon OLIVER MOOR, who deceased Decym. ye 23yd, AD. 1774, in ye 67yth. Year of his Age. Death is a Debt to Nature due, Which I have paid & so must you. Plot: Section S
  Siblings	6 brothers and 4 sisters
  + 1. Zerviah Moore,   b. 1700 ▻ Benjamin Houghton,  m. 28 Jul 1720   2. Joseph Moore,   c. 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Jonathan Moore,   c. 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Dec 1795, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 87 years) > 4. Deacon Oliver Moore,   b. 19 May 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 23 Dec 1774, Sterling, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 68 years) ▻ Abigail Houghton,  m. 18 Dec 1729   5. Maria Moore,   c. Aug 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 2 May 1798, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 89 years)   6. Hannah Moore,   c. 21 May 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   7. Amos Moore,   c. 17 Aug 1712, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1740  (Age ~ 27 years)   8. Dianah Moore,   c. 28 Feb 1714, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1774, West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 60 years)   9. Abraham Moore,   c. 31 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Nov 1773, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 56 years)   10. Isaac Moore,   c. 6 Sep 1719, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Nov 1773, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 54 years)   11. Jacob Moore,   c. 6 Sep 1716, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Moore,   b. Abt 1602, Henham, Essex, England d. 6 Jan 1673/74, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Amy Wells   d. After 1670  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20835
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Moore,   b. 19 May 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Feb 1742, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Hannah Sawyer,   b. 23 May 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 May 1765, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Abigail Houghton,   b. 7 Sep 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 9 Mar 1800, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1729	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 5, 7]
  	Marriage Record of Abigail Houghton and Oliver Moor
  Age at Marriage	He : 23 years and 7 months - She : 21 years and 3 months.
  Children	From 1730 to 1757  [1, 2, 3, 6]
  1. Abijah Moore (1730-1740) 2. Levi Moore (1732-1815) 3. Israel Moore (1734-1807) 4. Uriah Moore (1736-1736) 5. Abigail Moore (1737-1824) 6. Prudence Moore (1740-1804) 7. Jonathan Moore (1742-1816) 8. Hannah Moore (1746-1749) 9. Thankful Moore (1750-1807) 10. Oliver Moore (1757-1828)
  Family ID	F5262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon Oliver Moore(1706 – 1774) 2Jonathan Moore(1669 – 1742) 4Ensign John Moore(1628 – ) 8John Moore(Abt 1602 – 6 Jan 1673/74) 16 17 9Elizabeth Whale 18 19 5Ann Smith( – 10 Mar 1670/71) 10John Smith( – 1669) 20 21 11Alice 22 23 3Hannah Sawyer(1675 – 1765) 6Thomas Sawyer(1649 – 1736) 12Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 24John Sawyer(1582 – 15 Jul) 25 13Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 26John Prescott(1604/05 – 1681) 27Mary Platts( – 1678) 7Hannah Lewis(18 Mar 1648/49 – 1718) 14William Lewis( – 1671) 28 29 15Amy Wells( – 1670) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 May 1706 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Christening - 1708 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 18 Dec 1729 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Religion - 14 Jan 1732/33 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 23 Dec 1774 - Sterling, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 23 Dec 1774 - Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1112] Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. "Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LVII, 1903). [S1942] Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass, (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1904). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 50539726 Deacon Oliver Moor. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Abigail Houghton and Oliver Moor. [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1094] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863).