Deacon John Moore House
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Deacon John Moore House
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| Location: | 37 Elm Street, Windsor, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates: | 41°51′5″N 72°38′45″W / 41.85139°N 72.64583°WCoordinates: 41°51′5″N 72°38′45″W / 41.85139°N 72.64583°W |
| NRHP Reference#: | 77001416[1] |
| Designated NHL: | August 29, 1977 |
The Deacon John Moore House is a historic home in Windsor, Connecticut.
John Moore was the son of Thomas Moore. Both men were born in England and moved to Windsor. They arrived from England on a ship called the Mary and John and landed in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630 with two prominent ministers of the time, John Maverick and John Warham. [2] In 1635, part of the group moved to Windsor, Connecticut, but the Moores remained in Dorchester until 1639.
In 1651, John Moore was ordained a deacon. He was made deputy governor of Connecticut under John Winthrop. Moore had one son named John Moore Jr, and four daughters: Elizabeth Moore (married to Nathaniel Loomis); Abagail Moore (married to Thomas Bissell); Mindwell Moore (married to Nathaniel Bissell); and Hannah Moore (married to John Drake Jr.). [3]
In addition to being a deacon, John Moore was also a successful woodworker. He was, and still is, known for using the foliated vine design, which depicts vines and blossoms carved in shallow relief with flat surfaces. There was a network of families in Windsor who dominated the woodworking trade, and John Moore was considered to be at the center. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ First Church Dorchester Atheneum, 26 November 2006
- ^ William Richard Cutter, ed (1912). Genealogical and family history of western New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation,. 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Co.. p. 690. http://books.google.com/books?id=mMQLAAAAYAAJ.
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