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Richard More Family
Richard More was the only surviving Pilgrim
child of four that Commander Samuel More(1), his father had put aboard the Mayflower in
the Care of Carver, Winslow and Brewster. Why would a father commit four young
children to such a hazardous undertaking? The tale is a woeful one.
Samuel More, the childrens' father was
married at the tender age of 16 to his third cousin Catherine More, the heiress of
Larden, then 23, "presumably in order to keep that property in the family(1). Four
children were born and baptised as Samuel's before he became aware of "the common
fame of the adulterous life of said Katherine More with one Jacob Blakeway(1)."
He also came to note the resemblance between most of the children to the said Jacob
Blakeway.
Subsequent to a divorce proceeding by
Catherine and her rejection of the children, Samuel ultimately arranged with "honest
and religious people"(1) to transport them into the new world; to see that they were
properly lodged, maintained fed and clothed; that at the end of seven years they should
have 50 acres apiece. It was his desire to remove them from "these partes,"
where "great blotts and blemishes may fall upon them(2)."
Sadly only one child, Richard, survived. With
a marred paternal heritage and a mother who callously abandoned him, he nevertheless
arrived in the New World with a heritage that traced to Malcolm III, King of Scotland
1058-1093(1)
 | [2] Richard More bp. Shipton, Shropshire Eng, 13, Nov 1614, died in Salem after
19 March 1693/4 but before April 1696. He married Christian Hunt (or Hunter)
born England ca. 1615, died Salem, 18 March, 1676 aged 60. He married second, Jane (
) Crumpton, b. abt 1631, died Salem 5 or
8 October, 1686, aged 55. Children bp. Salem, all by first wife, Christian
 | Sameul, bp. 1642, living 1650, no further record |
| Thomas bp. 1642, living 1650, no further record |
| Caleb bp 1644, d. Salem 4, Jan 1678/9 age 34, unmarried |
| Joshua bp 1646 living 1660, no further record |
| Richard bp 1647 |
| Susanna bp 1650 |
| Christian bp 1652 |
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| Richard married by 1673, Sarah ________, living Salem 19 June, 1691.
Richard More, Jr. was called "Marriner" He was commander of the
William and Mary which left Boston for Barbados in 1670, and was master of the Hopewell on
a voyage to Barbadoes and back in 1676/7 Children born in Salem:
| Samuel born 15 Nov. 1673, died as infant |
| _________, no further record |
| Thomas bp 1 June 1679, no further record |
| Christian bp Aug. 1681, no further record |
| Sarah bp Jan 1683/4, no further record |
| Caleb bp 15 April 1688, no further record
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| Susanna More married first, prob. Salem, ca 1675 Samuel Dutch, mariner,b.
ca 1645, d. July 1693. She married seond between July 1693 and 6 January 1695/6
Richard Hutton of Wenham. She married third, intentions Wenham, 11 April,
1714, John Knowlton. Children "Dutch" bp. in Salem
| Barbara, 1677,died as infant |
| Susanna, 1679, died young |
| Susanna bp. 22 Sept 1683 |
| Christian, 1689, died young
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| Christian More, died Salem, 30 May, 1680, age 28. She married in Salem 31
August, 1676, Joshua Conant, mariner, b. Salem 15:4m:1657, died there bet. 11 July 1702
and June 1705. Joshua was the son of Joshua and "Seeth" (Gardner) Conant.
Child (Conant) born Salem to Christian and Joshua
| Joshua, 12 May 1678, no further record
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[1] New England Historical &
Genealogical Register 124:85, The Royal Descent of a Mayflower Passenger, Sir
Anthony Wagner
[2] Mayflower Families Through Five
Generations 2:121, Richard More
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