TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3-8

INTRODUCTION 9

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MY OWN RESEARCH 10

EARLY RESEARCHERS 11

THE STORIES OF THE MOORMAN FAMILY 12-17

• Clan Johnston/e in America 12

• Ancestry of Captain Christopher Clark 13

• Anthony Roots and Branches 13

• Charles Moorman on the Male Line 13

• Some Colonial Virginians 13

• Moorman Descendants of Zachariah of Isle of Wight 13

• James Clark, Mansfield, Christopher Clark: and Allied Families 14

• Moorman Family 14

• The Quaker Yeoman 15

• Zachariah Moorman and Mary Candler: History… 15

• Original Calendar for Zachariah Moorman 16

• Revised Calendar for Zachariah Moorman 16

ATTEMPTS TO RESEARCH VITAL STATISTIC RECORDS FOR THOMAS MOORMAN AND ZACHARIAH MOORMAN 17

• Clues from Secondary Sources 17

Source 1: Ancestry of Captain Christopher Clark 17

Source 2: Moorman Descendants of Zachariah of Isle of Wight 17

Source 3: The Quaker Yeoman, Vol.22., No.2 18

• Primary Sources: Isle of Wight Parish and Non-Conformist Records 18

Source 1: Isle of Wight parish and non-conformist records 19

Source 2: Familysearch.org 19

Source 3: Colonial Virginia Connections 19

Source 4: The Moorman Family of Virginia 19

• Conclusions That Can be Drawn from the Lack of Vital Statistic 20

FIRST GENERATION: THOMAS MOORMAN I /LAND RECORDS, THE BONA NOVA SHIP RECORDS OF 1619 AND JAMESTOWN CENSUS 1624 20

• Land Records 20

Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800 20

• Bona Nova Passenger Thomas Moreman 21

Source 1: https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/bonanova.html 21

Source 2: Captain John Huddleston of the Bona Nova 21

Source 3: Hodge-Podge of Moorman and Candler 21

Source 4: Virginia Magazine of Genealogy, Vol 33, No.1 23

Source 5: Jamestown City, VA Census –1624 23

Source 6: Thomas Moorman, Grocer of Warwickshire 23

Source 7: Ancestry.com, Thomas Moorman 24

SECOND GENERATION: ZACHARIAH MOORMAN 26

• Thomas Moorman in Referenced Story of Zachariah Moorman 26

• Additional Online Research Completed on Thomas Moorman I 27

• Oliver Cromwell and the Irish Campaign 27

Source 1: The Cromwell Association Online Directory 27

Source 2: New Model Army 27

Source 3: Cromwell in Ireland, Library of Ireland 27

Source 4: Soldier, the Cromwell Museum 27

Source 5: Ancestry.com., Some Research 28

• Possible Conclusions 28

• Ship Records 29

Source 1: A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists… 29

Source 2: Some Emigrants to Virginia Memoranda 29

Source 3: United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records 29

Source 4: Familysearch.org. 29

Source 5: Complete listing of Early Virginia Immigrants… 31

Source 6: Ancestry.com. 31

Digitized Sources on Ancestry.com 31

Source 1: The American Genealogical Biographical Index… 31

Source 2: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index… 32

Source 3: Ancestor Bibliography Register, National Society of Colonial Dames… 32

Source 4: The Compendium of American Genealogy… 33

Source 5: Historical Southern Families 33

Source 6: Family Data files and other compiled files 33

• Looking for the Ship Glasgow 33

Source 1: Olive Tree Genealogy 34

Source 2: My Heritage.com 34

Source 3: Ships from Scotland to America, 1628-1828 34

Source 4: Virginia Emigration and Immigration, Colonial Records 34

• Land Records 35

Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800 35

• Was Zachariah Moorman a Quaker? 35

• English Quaker Records 36

• Description from Early Quaker Records in Virginia 36

• South Carolina Quaker Records 38

• Summary for Zachariah Moorman Research 39

THIRD GENERATION: THOMAS MOORMAN II 39

• Thomas Moorman as Zachariah Moorman’s Son 39

• Primary and Compiled Sources for Thomas Moorman 40

Source 1: Vestry book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721 40

Source 2: Thomas Moorman of New Kent Co. and Elizabeth ???? 40

Source 3: St. Peter’s Parish Registers, New Kent County, Va. 41

Source 4: New Kent Co., Virginia St. Peter’s Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786 42

• Land Records 42

Source 1: Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800 42

Source 1: (Digitized) Cavaliers and Pioneers… 43

• Compiled Sources with Primary Records and Secondary Sources 44

Source 1: The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy 44

Source 2: Moorman Descendants of Zachariah of Isle of Wight 44

Source 3: Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors, Vol. 1 45

Source 4: Thomas Moorman of New Kent Co. and Elizabeth ???? 45

Source 5: Francis Clark of Louisa County, Va. and His Descendants 46

Source 6: Moorman Family 47

FOURTH GENERATION: ANDREW MOORMAN 48

• Overview Story about Andrew Moorman 48

• Commentary on Quaker Records 53

Source 1: Quaker Records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia 1739-1793, overview of Moormans 53

Source 2: A History of Lynchburg’s Pioneer Quakers and Their Meeting House 53

Source 3: Quaker Records of Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Virginia 1739-1793, p.5 54

• Entries for Some of Andrew Moorman’s Children in Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting Registers, Hanover County, Va. 54

John Moorman, Son of Andrew 54

Benjamin Moorman, Son of Andrew 55

• Cane Creek Monthly Meeting Records on the Moormans 56

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1 56

• Compiled Virginia Church Records, Land records, Tithe Lists, Wills, and Deed Books with Primary Sources 57

Source 1: St. Peter’s Parish Register, New Kent County, Va. 57

Source 2: Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800 57

Source 3: Early Virginia Families Along the James River, Vol.1 57

Source 4: Colonial Land Office, Library of Virginia, Archives 58

Source 5: Goochland Deed Book, Vol. 1., p. 30 58

Source 6: Goochland Order Book, I., Goochland County, Va. 58

Source 7: Goochland Order Book, I., Goochland County, Va., Abstracts 58

Source 8: Hanover and Goochland Counties; Deeds and Transactions 58

Source 9: Goochland County, Virginia Land Records, (compiled) 58

Source 10: Goochland County, Virginia, Tithe Lists 1735-1747 59

Source 11: Brunswick County, Virginia Land Records 59

Source 12: Goochland County Virginia Wills & Deeds 1736-1742, p.74 59

Source 13: Goochland County Virginia Wills & Deeds 1736-1742, p.66 59

Source 14: Brunswick County, Virginia Land Records 59

• Moorman Move to North Carolina and a Compiled List of Land Records with Primary Sources in North Carolina 60

Source 1: Anson County North Carolina Deed Abstracts 60

Source 2: Primary records found in Francis Clark of Louisa County, Va. and His Descendants. 60

• Secondary Records and Family Histories 61

Source 1: Commentary in Francis Clark of Louisa County, Va. 61

Source 2: Moorman Family 61

Source 3: The Quaker Yeoman, Vol. 22., Number 3 62

Source 4: The Quaker Yeoman, Vol. 22., Number 2 63

GENERATION FIVE: THOMAS MOORMAN III 63

• Land Records in Virginia for Thomas Moorman 64

The Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, abstracts 64

• North Carolina Land and Other Records 65

• Thomas Moorman (1715-1782), Douglas Tucker 65

• Additional Manuscripts with Land Records Quoted 67

Source 1: Francis Clark of Louisa County, Va. and his Descendants 67

Source 2: Anson County, North Carolina Abstracts 68

Marriage Reference for Thomas Moorman 68

The Will of Francis Clark, Louisa County, Va. 68

The Will of Thomas Moorman 68

Quaker Records from William Wade Hinshaw 69

Source 1: The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol 1, Cane Creek 69

Source 2: The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol 1, Deep River Monthly Meeting 71

GENERATION SIX: MILLEY MOORMAN 71

• Summary of Milley Moorman’s Life 71

• Vital Statistics on Milly Moorman and Her Family 73

Source 1: Genealogical Records, J. Milton Sanders 73

Source 2: Ancestry.com: Cane Creek Monthly Meeting 73

Source 3: Ancestry.com: Cane Creek Monthly Meeting 74

(2nd original marriage entry)

Source 4: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1 75

• Second Marriage to John Ellison in 1800

Ancestry.com: US Quaker Records 1681-1735 76

• Third Marriage to Louie or Luis Tomlinson

Ancestry.com: US Quaker Records 1681-1735 76

• Death

J. Milton Sanders, Genealogical Records 76

APPENDIX 77-90

• Register of St. Peter’s Parish, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary and Andrew Moorman Entries 78

• Library of Virginia, Original Land Entry for Andrew Moorman, 1725 79

• Richmond County Court, N.C., Will for Thomas Moorman III 80-81

• J. Milton Sanders, Genealogical Records, 1838, Fly Leaf of Book 82

• J. Milton Sanders, Genealogical Records, Birth of Milley (Moorman) Sanders 83

• J. Milton Sanders, Genealogical Records, Death of Milley (Moorman, Sanders, Finally Tomlinson) 84

• Cane Creek M.M. Registers, Orange Co., N.C., Original Marriage Record of John Sanders and Milley Moorman 85

• Deep River M.M. Registers, Guilford Co., N.C., Original Entry of Family of John and Milley Sanders 86

• Deep River M.M. Registers, Guilford Co., N.C. Enlarged Entry for Family of John and Milley Sanders 87

• Deep River M.M. Registers, Guilford Co, N.C., Original Marriage Record for Milly Sanders and Second Husband, John Ellison 88

• Deep River M.M., Guilford, N.C., Original Marriage Record for Milly Sanders and Second Husband, John Ellison Enlarged 89

• Deep River M.M., Guilford, N.C., Original entry of Milley (now) Tomlinson’s visit from Highland Co., Ohio 90