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Moore, John, ca. 1790
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John Moore was born c. 1790, son of John Moore and Hannah Copeland, and a direct descendant of the Honorable Samuel Moore, an early civil leader in New Jersey. He apprenticed as a cooper at the age of 14. In 1814 he married Sarah Hall and shortly after settled in Marksboro, New Jersey. They had eight children.