William Moore

William Moore (1776-1844) and his wife, Eleanore, were members of the church at Stogumber (at that time known as Stoke Gomer), Somerset, under Robert Humphrey. Moore studied for a time at Sutcliff’s academy at Olney before completing his training at Bristol Academy. He and his wife were appointed as BMS missionaries to India in 1803, along with the Rowes, Bisses, and Mardons. They all sailed to Serampore from Bristol (via America) in December 1803. After working in Serampore and Bankipore (near Patna), the Moore’s settled at Digah in Bihar, were they formed a new church in March 1812. Mrs. Moore (the former Eleanor Hurford of Taunton) died in August 1812, after which William Moore married Hannah Biss (d. 1818), whose husband, John, had died in 1807. Moore retired in 1839 and died in 1844. See Cox, History, 1:137, 150-151; “Sutcliff’s Academy,” 277; DEB.