William Mooberry1,2

Family Chart
ID# 18279, (1752 - 1829)

Key Events:

Birth: 18 Sep 1752, Chester Co., Pennsylvania1,2
Marriage: 16 Oct 1788, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Ramsey (7 Feb 1767 - 27 Aug 1822)3,4
Death: 28 Jan 1829, Franklin Co., Ohio5,6
ChartsSelected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry

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Narrative:

     William Mooberry was born on 18 Sep 1752 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania.1,2
     On 28 Mar 1768 William obtained a warrant for 140 acres of land in Fawn Twp., York Co., Pennsylvania, adjoining lands of John Ralston and William Fullton.7
     William was in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War, serving as a baggage master. According to family lore, afterwards he was expelled from the Quaker Church because he would not admit that he had done wrong in going to war.1,8
     He was a farmer.1 He appears on the 1785 tax list for Fawn, York Co., when he was taxed on one horse, valued at £120.10s, for a tax of £1.3s.9 He appears on the 1787 tax list for Fawn, York Co., when he was taxed on 200 acres of land, two horses, and three cattle, valued at £149, for a tax of £1.15s. In 1789 the same land and horses, but 2 cattle, were valued at £191, and taxed £1.3s.9p.10,11
     William appeared on the 1786, 1793, and 1800 septennial census of Fawn, York Co., in Pennsylvania, which do not contain information about any other members of the household.12,13,14
     William married Elizabeth Ramsey on 16 Oct 1788 in Pennsylvania.3,4
     He appeared on the 1790 Federal Census of Fawn, York Co., Pennsylvania, with a household consisting of two males over 16 (himself and someone unknown), and two females (wife Elizabeth Ramsey and daughter Nancy), and two slaves.15
     William appeared on the 1800 Federal Census of Fawn, York Co., Pennsylvania, with a household consisting of four males under age 10 (sons William, Alexander and David and one unknown), one age 26 to 45 (himself), and one female age 26 to 45 (wife, Elizabeth.)16
     It appears that the family lived in southern York Co., Pennsylvania, but they took their children some 20 miles to St. James of My Lady's Manor, on the border between Baltimore and Harford Counties in Maryland, to be baptized. Presumably that was the nearest parish church.17 Their two daughters, Jane and Nancy, died in childhood. Nancy was scalded to death on the day of Jane's funeral.1
     William and Elizabeth and their sons William, Alexander, David, John and Samuel moved to Franklin Co., Ohio, in 1806, becoming one of the pioneer families there.1 They cannot be found in the 1810 and 1820 census records because most of the 1810 census for Ohio was destroyed in a fire, and the 1820 Franklin Co. census also has not survived.
     His wife died on 27 Aug 1822 in Franklin Co., Ohio.5,4
     William died on 28 Jan 1829 in Franklin Co., Ohio, at age 76.5,6

Children:
     Children with Elizabeth Ramsey:

  • Nancy Mooberry18,1 (10 Aug 1789 - bef 1800)
  • Jane Mooberry19,1 (21 Aug 1791 - bef 1800)
  • William Mooberry20,21 (18 Nov 1793 - )
  • Alexander Mooberry22,21 (23 Jul 1796 - )
  • David Mooberry23,1 (7 Oct 1798 - 9 Jul 1850)
  • John Mooberry24,21,2 (2 Feb 1801 - 4 Feb 1884)
  • Samuel Mooberry25,21 (17 Dec 1804 - )

Citations

  1. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345.
  2. [S3871] Mooberry application, National Society Sons of the American Revolution.
  3. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date and state.
  4. [S3871] Mooberry application, National Society Sons of the American Revolution, shows date.
  5. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 345, shows date, county, and state.
  6. [S3871] Mooberry application, National Society Sons of the American Revolution, shows date, city, as Columbus, and state.
  7. [S3885] Province of Pennsylvania to William Mooberry, warrent, 28 Mar 1768.
  8. [S3871] Mooberry application, National Society Sons of the American Revolution, includes transcription of statement of Robert C. Davis, Major General, Adjutant General, shows William Mooberry was forage master under Timothy Pickering, Quarter Master General.
  9. [S3882] Tax lists, York Co., Pennsylvania, 1785, pg 123, William Mooberry.
  10. [S3882] Tax lists, York Co., Pennsylvania, 1785, pg 14, William Mooberry.
  11. [S3882] Tax lists, York Co., Pennsylvania, 1785, pg 135, William Mooberry.
  12. [S3879] William Mooberry household, 1786 Pennsylvania Septennial Census, York Co., Pennsylvania, Fawn.
  13. [S3880] William Mooberry household, 1793 Pennsylvania Septennial Census, York Co., Pennsylvania, Fawn.
  14. [S3881] William Mooberry household, 1800 Pennsylvania Septennial Census, York Co., Pennsylvania, Fawn.
  15. [S3877] Wm. Mooberry household, 1790 U.S. Census, York Co., Pennsylvania.
  16. [S3878] William Mubery household, 1800 U.S. Census, York Co., Pennsylvania.
  17. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth records for David, John, Samuel, Ann, Jane, William, and Alexander Mooberry, and baptism records for David and John.
  18. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for Ann Mooberry.
  19. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for Jane Mooberry.
  20. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for William Mooberry.
  21. [S3846] Portrait & Biographical Album of Tazewell and Mason Counties, Illinois, pg 467.
  22. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for Alexander Mooberry.
  23. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for David Mooberry.
  24. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for John Mooberry.
  25. [S3876] "St. James Parish Register, Maryland, 1787-1815," Ancestry.com, birth record for Samuel Mooberry.