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Monday, September 12, 2016

2016 WEEK 31: JOHN MOORE 3RD OF LANCASTER & BOLTON MA. PT2

Compared to the files of his father and grandfather, the probate file of John Moore is practically a work of art, The handwriting on most of the documents is neat and easy to read. Here's the first page detailing how the estate will be divided  It shows John 3rd owned 13 properties covering 369 acres and valued at 624 pounds, 6 shillings and 6 pence. This includes the properties he had given his sons before his death  :


Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) CASE NUMBER: 41411 Page16
The estate inventory counted  9 pieces of land totaling  228 acres and worth  512 pounds, 10 shillings:

Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) CASE NUMBER: 41411 page 19



The thing that strikes me about the first three John Moores in my family tree is how land wealthy they all were. John Jr and John 3rd owned over 300 acres which really is a lot of land.

I'll eventually post a transcription of John 3rd's probate file.     

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