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Moore, Samuel (1742-1822) during colonial times lived in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. During the American Revolution he was loyal to the British cause and removed to the British lines in New York. Following the war, he went in the exodus of New York to Nova Scotia and married Rachel Stone. The couple settled in Wilmott Township, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. In 1811 Samuel returned to New Jersey they in 1816 settled in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Upper Canada. Includes three generations of descendants in Oxford, Elgin and Norfolk Counties, and in Illinois and Indiana and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Janes, Brandon, Parker, Miller, Howland, Johnson, Grant. 

Moore, Edward (1802-1863) and his wife Elizabeth Brooks lived in Aldborough Near Hull, Yorkshire, England and came to Townsend Township, Norfolk County in the early 1840s, settling near the village of Villa Nova. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Brant Counties, and Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Slaght, Kitchen, Bertran, Marlatt, Porter. 

Moore, Jedediah (c. 1770-1811) and his wife Rachel came from the United States to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1804. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surname included: Anscomb. Henry Alexander Moore (1830-1910), relationship unknown, and his wife Catharine Mary Brandow lived near Walsingham Centre, Walsingham Township, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Andrews, Mudford, Drake. 

Moote, Johan (John) Anthonius (1740-1822) came from Phalz, Germany (see the map at the right) and lived in the area of Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, New York where he married Anna Margaretha Eckert (1762-1851). The couple lived Stone Arabia. In the early marriage and baptism records the surname was spelled “Muth”. John and Margaret Moote moved to the Niagara area of Upper Canada about 1800 and settled in the southeast corner of Clinton Township, Lincoln County east of the hamlet of Tintern on the Niagara Escarpment above Lake Ontario. This borders on Gainsborough Township in the south and Louth Township, Lincoln County and North Pelham Township, Welland County in the east. Their children lived in Clinton and Gainsborough Townships, Lincoln County, Canborough Township, Haldimand County, in Esquesing Township, Halton County, West Oxford Township, Oxford County, Ontario and the Town of Porter, Niagara County, New York. Descendants lived in Lincoln, Welland, Halton, Haldimand, Grey and other counties in Ontario and in New York, Michigan, Missouri, California and elsewhere in the United States.

Descendant surnames included: Awrey, Huntsman, Wiers, McCainsh, Hipple, Honsberger. Stirtzinger, Sprague, Crow, Martin, Tallman, Aulph, Hewitt, Lesdow, Ricker, Hodges, Barker, Coverdale, Shunk, Greenman, Reed, Scott, Cook, Carter, Guy, Wood, Reel, Morgan, Shorthill, Crossman, Ryder, Dawdy, Hack, Stevens, Ostrosser, Haist, Zimmerman, McKeague, Dellenbaugh, Moyer, Keelan, Gardner, Cassie, Stephens, Hibbard, Hutt, Fry, Emmett, Coon, Wardell, Book, St. John, McNinch, Diffin, Ellis, Whiteside, Shearer, Marsh, Boyer, Heeson, Pyron, Kilborne, Donaho, Stutz, Overholt, Gram, Bradley, Redsell, Trout, McKenney. Jones, Rugg, Wilson, Beamer, Sensabaugh, Davis, Brooks, Marlatt, Weaver, Henrley, Hall, Burkholder, Walker, Parsons, Burns, Cheeseman, Phelps, Stroud, Chapman, Sullivan, Carmody, Conner, Triplett, Dalby, Oates, Morris, Rodgers, Monson, Ryder, Brown, Gillan, Meredith, Wilds. Burningham, Berquist, Brey, Cobb, Garrold, McBride, Wills, Claus, Lane, Watt, Hildreth, Williams, Thomas, Moore, Lampman, Misener, Pierce, McNair, Hicks, England, Bird, Miles, Hoffmeyer, Scribner, Sanders, Gibson, Hall, McCumber, Dunsworth, Journeaux, Maiville, Strother, Gilson, Wenger, Pluess, Farmer, Jensen, Nealis, Kirkham, Morrin, Nivens, Fish. 

Morick, William (c. 1810-1889) came from Germany by 1842 when he married Anna Bagly. They lived in Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County near the village of Renton then in Walsingham Township. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Jewell, Leitch, Boughner, Grigg. 

Morningstar Part One: The Jacob Morningstar Family

Morgenstern, Johann Jacob (1740-1824) was born on 1 Jan 1740 in Zweibrücken, a town in the Dutchy of Pfaltz and principality of Bayern (Bavaria), Germany. This is located a short distance north of the border of Alsace, France. His parents Johannes and Anna Martha (Braun) with two sons left for America on the ship St. Andrew. Johannes died at sea and his widow and sons arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on 9 Sep 1749.

Jacob Morningstar married on 30 Sep 1768, Sarah Brunner who was born in Washington County, Maryland in April 1747 and purchased two tracts of land in Frederick County (now in Washington County), Maryland. In 1774, Jacob received a warrant on an acreage in Milford Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania and continued to be taxed there until 1793. Jacob and Sarah Morningstar then came to Upper Canada (Ontario) and farmed in Lots 17 and 18 Broken Fronts in the southeast angle of the Niagara River Concession, Willoughby Township near the village of Black Creek. This was located just south of the Niagara River and ran as far south as Townline Road on the boundary of Bertie Township.

Includes six generations of descendants in Welland, Lincoln and Lambton Counties and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Sherk, Everett, Nease, Barnhart, House, Cusack, Spedding, Bearss, Leidy, Kraft, Johnson, Neff, Reynolds, Augustine, Morgan, Davis, Nicks, Oram, Lindsay, Hutchinson, Osterle, Meyer, Thomson, Kube, Webster, Hyde, Herrington, Prest, Hill, Holden, Winfer, Baker, Amidon, Yockey, Trusler, Buvens, Randall, Hughes, Leggett, Dell, Davison, Moss, Leslie, Shank, Pardee, Ayliffe, Buck, McKillop, Countryman, Badder, Cable, Oxley, Rae, Hawkins, Haggerty, Harper, Shisler, Koteskey, McCurtain, Berry, Gosen, Hosmer, Nelson, Ingersoll, Fares, Cowan, Richardson, Misener, Day, Willets, Stewart, Rogers, Webb, Young, Lee, Brown, Carter, Cramer, Matthews, Hewitt, Freiert, Pringle, Waters, Gallerno, Fields, Frost, Robson, Tobias, Willmes, Clark, McIntyre, Stoltz, Wilson, Hulsebos, Carlson, VanOrnum, Carpenter, Furnival, Lofland, Baughman, Skeels, Lamb, Ramseyer, Guild, Vroman, Smith, Falls, Jacobson, Westhoff, Miller, Luce, Beachey, Nettle, Russell, Kelly, Russell, Henderson, Kirkpatrick, Heitger, Pollitt, Hartzler, King, Oswald

Morningstar Part Two: The Johannes Morningstar Family

Johannes (Jean) Morgenstern (c. 1773-1832) was born about 1773 in Dörrenbach, a municipality in the German district of Sudiche Winstrasse in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. This is located north of the commune of Wissembourg, Alsace, France. Following their marriage, Johannes Morgenstern and his wife Catherine Schweiger (1765-1838) lived in Oberseebach, a part of the commune of Seebach, Alsace in north-eastern France. This is located about nine kilometers south of Wissembourg and the border with Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Alsace and neighbouring Lorraine were long subjects of dispute between France and Germany. During the period of Johannes and Catherine Morgenstern, it was in French hands as it is today.

The couple lived out their married lives in Oberseebach and died there but many of their children immigrated to Upper Canada (Ontario) sometime between 1826 and 1829 and settled in the south part of Willoughby Township, Welland County near a hamlet today called Snyder but during its early years known as New Germany.

In the 1852 and 1861 Censuses of Canada, family members gave their birth place as France. In 1852 their surname was spelled “Morgenstern” and by 1861 they adopted the surname “Morningstar.” In 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war, Alsace was captured by Germany and incorporated as an imperial territory of that nation. From that time many family members reported their birth place as Germany and nationality German. 

Morrison, Jacob (c. 1750- c. 1823) during the American Revolution served as a Corporal in the King’s American Regiment and following the war settled in York County, New Brunswick. He came to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1806 and settled near the village of St. Williams. Includes children in Norfolk County. 

Moss/Morse, John (c. 1755-1834) served during the American Revolution in Butler’s Rangers. Later he settled in Malahide Township, Elgin County, then late in life in Woodhouse Township. Includes children. One page biography. 

Moulton, Asa Harris (1808-) and his wife Mary Misener farmed in Wainfleet Township, Welland County, then settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County by 1881. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County. Descendant surnames included: Field, Ponting, Yokum, Franklin. 

Muckle, John (c. 1750) during the American Revolution served in British General Burgoyne’s Army then in Jessup’s Rangers. He settled in Niagara Township, Lincoln County then about 1796 moved to Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes children in Norfolk County. 

Mudge, Elijah (1792-1877) came from Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York to Townsend Township by 1812 and married Olive Corlis. They pioneered in Wayne County, Michigan for a time then returned to Upper Canada living in Oxford, Brant and finally Norfolk Counties. They were in Charlotteville Township by 1841 then Middleton Township by 1850. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Oxford Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Hadcock, Wright, Campbell, Upthegrove, Coatta, Bell, Karr, Cross, Hamilton. 

Mulkins, Thomas Jefferson (c. 1802-1856) and his wife Ruth Lamson came from New York State to Upper Canada about 1830 and settled in Simcoe, Norfolk County by 1836. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk, Algoma and York Counties, and in New York and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Newberry, Clarke. Booth, Boulter. 

Muma, Jacob (est.1750-) and his wife Betsey came from Germany and lived in Pennsylvania and New York then arrived in Ontario by 1800, settling in Crowland Towship, Welland County. Their son Christian Muma (1779-1863) lived in Norfolk County from 1805 until after 1810 then settled in South Dumfries Township, Brant County. Three of his nephews settled in Windham Township during the 1860s to 1880s. Includes four generations of descendants in Welland, Norfolk and Brant Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Furtney, Ames, Pinkham, LaPierre, Sauermann, Lawton, Mannen, Schooley, Cutler, Wilber, Eastman, Bearss, Morningstar, Stockford, Barnes, Hartsell, Mathews, Innis, Holder, Landrigan, Willson, Hill, Finn, Warner, Collins, Johnson, Perkins, Detweiler, Kester, Sitter, Fockner, Busby, Colborn, Goodrich, Stevens, Wilson, Maidment. 

Murphy, Charles (c. 1795-) came from Ireland to Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1828 when he married Jane Oakes. The couple settled near the village of Normandale. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and elsewhere. Descendant surname included: Billington. 

Murphy, Patrick (c. 1819-) and his wife Nancy came from Ireland to Canada in 1843 and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of Langton. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County. 

Murphy, Timothy served as a blacksmith in the Indian Department during the American Revolution then settled at Fort Detroit while it was in British hands. He settled in Walsingham Township in 1791, among the earliest settlers. Timothy lost his property entitlement and later lived in Amherstburg, Upper Canada. Three page biography . 

Murtland, William (1817-1903), and his brothers John Murtland (1824-1907), Richard Murtland (c. 1823-1900) and Joshua Murtland (1831-1910) lived in Woodhouse, Townsend and Walsingham Townships, Norfolk County. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk, Bruce and Grey Counties and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Bailey, Davis, Sperling. Unknown relationship: William Murtland (c. 1809- ) lived in Grey County, then late in life lived at Port Dover in Woodhouse Township. Includes children. 

Mutrie, John (1796-1870) was born in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland to William Mutrie and his wife Euphemia Jenkins. John’s father was an Excise Commissioner for the port of South Leith north of Edinburgh. John’s grandfather William Mutrie/Moutray and his wife Alison Gibson lived in Edinburgh and their children were baptized in St. Cuthberts Parish Church.

John Mutrie and his wife Janet (Wilson) immigrated with their family to Nichol Township, Wellington County, Upper Canada in 1829 and settled on a 107 acre farm south of the hamlet of Ennotville. Their oldest son William Mutrie (1817-1881) and his wife Jean Beattie lived on a farm in Eramosa Township north of the hamlet of Barrie Hill. Second son John Mutrie Jr. (1818-1889) and his wife Elizabeth Fiddes lived on the Mutrie homestead in Nichol Township. The third son of John and Janet Mutrie named James Mutrie (1824-1881) married Maria Martin and farmed in Pilkington Township, Wellington County then in 1867 settled in Greenock Township, Grey County west of the village of Pinkerton.

The genealogy includes ancestry in Scotland and seven generations coast to coast in Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames include Croft, McIntosh, Sunter, Forester; Jupp, Jago, Lowe, Dunlop, Renkolt, Frederick, Kelly, Kinniburgh, Megaw, Fleming, Hart, Crawford, Earl, Shaw, Johnson, Bolton, Beattie, McClure, Arnold, Zolls, Schempp, McGuire, McConnell, Morden, Secord, Berry, Draper, Sutherland, Cruikshank, Moffatt, Smith, Stevens, Littler, Weekes, Campbell, Allen, Crow, Weeks, Hodgins and many more.

Myers, Peter P. (c. 1776-1867) brought his family from Catskill, Greene County, New York to Upper Canada by 1826 and settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County northwest of the village of St. Williams. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk County and in Saskatchewan. Descendant surnames included: Van Wagner, Watts, Hicks.