Moses <?> Gordon
08 June 2013
Generation 1
1. Moses <?> Gordon (Rn=38880), who was born 12 October 1735 at Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts and died before January 1840 at 104 years of age.
He married about 1769 at Essex County, Massachusetts or Bedford County, Pennsylvania ? Barbara <?> ? Gordon (Rn=40121).
First Residence - - Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts. Second Residence - - Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Third Residence - - Bethel Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Will - - His will was dated 21 March 1826
and proved 27 January 1840. Source [Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts: Births page 288, 296, Marriages page 235, 240, Deaths page 145, 148] Source [Pennsylvania Genealogy and History Volume 29 Winter 1993 Number 1 page 29: Your
Family Tree]
Children of Moses <?> Gordon and Barbara <?> ? were as follows:
+ 2. i. John <Moses> Gordon (Rn=38894), who was born about 1764 and married Mary <?> ? Gordon (Rn=40123).
3. ii. David <Moses> Gordon was born about 1766).
4. iii. James <Moses> Gordon was born about 1768).
5. iv. Philip <Moses> Gordon was born about 1770).
+ 6. v. Moses <Moses> Gordon (Rn=38896), who was born 17 May 1772 and married Mary Jane <Ensign> Truax Gordon (Rn=40125).
7. vi. William <Moses> Gordon.
8. vii. Margaret <Moses> Gordon was born about 1780).
9. viii. Elizabeth <Moses> Gordon Kirk was born 1781) {James was born 1777)}.
Generation 2
2. John <Moses> Gordon (Rn=38894), who was born about 1764 at Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania and died before March 1826 at 62 years of age.
He married Mary <?> ? Gordon (Rn=40123).
First Residence - - Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Source [Family History Library Ancestral File 4.19 11 January 2001]
Children of John <Moses> Gordon and Mary <?> ? were as follows:
10. i. William <John> Gordon was born about 1788).
11. ii. John <John> Gordon was born about 1790).
12. iii. James <John> Gordon was born about 1792).
13. iv. Sarah <John> Gordon was born about 1794).
14. v. Betsy <John> Gordon was born about 1796).
+ 15. vi. Moses <John> Gordon (Rn=38895), who was born 05 April 1798 and married Mary <?> Peck Gordon (Rn=40124).
16. vii. Elizabeth <John> Gordon was born about 1806).
17. viii. William <John> Gordon was born 1810) [Christina Peck was born 1815)].
6. Moses <Moses> Gordon (Rn=38896), who was born 17 May 1772.
He married 1796 Mary Jane <Ensign> Truax Gordon (Rn=40125), who was born 12 July 1778 and died 22 January 1864 at Fulton County, Pennsylvania at 85 years of age, a daughter of Ensign Stillwell <LaRue> Truax (Rn=59624) and Mary <?
> Smart Truax (Rn=59625). Source [The Truax/Truex Genealogy Project by Jennifer Smith and Anita B Bradford 929.273 T761sj page 52]
Children of Moses <Moses> Gordon and Mary Jane <Ensign> Truax were as follows:
18. i. Stillwell <Moses> Gordon was born 1798).
19. ii. Philip <Moses> Gordon was born 1802) [Mary Gale].
20. iii. William <Moses> Gordon was born 1805).
21. iv. Lemuel <Moses> Gordon was born 1807) [Martha ?].
22. v. Rebecca <Moses> Gordon was born 1809).
23. vi. Sarah <Moses> Gordon Kirk was born 1813) {James J was born 1806)}.
24. vii. Elizabeth <Moses> Gordon Kirk was born 1817) {James S was born 1814)}.
25. viii. Martha <Moses> Gordon was born 1818).
26. ix. John <Moses> Gordon was born 1818).
27. x. Jane <Moses> Gordon was born 1818).
28. xi. Mary <Moses> Gordon was born 1820).
Generation 3
15. Moses <John> Gordon (Rn=38895), who was born 05 April 1798 at Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
He married Mary <?> Peck Gordon (Rn=40124), who was born 30 November 1797.
First Residence - - Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Source [Family History Library Ancestral File 4.19 11 January 2001]
Children of Moses <John> Gordon and Mary <?> Peck were as follows:
29. i. Peter <Moses> Gordon was born 1824) [Malinda Hill].
30. ii. Susannah <Moses> Gordon Bishop was born 1828) {William was born 1822)}.
31. iii. William <Moses> Gordon was born 17 July 1830) [Mary Sipes].
32. iv. Job <Moses> Gordon was born 1832).
33. v. Henry <Moses> Gordon was born 1835) [Martha Ann Snyder was born 1845)].
34. vi. David <Moses> Gordon was born 1837) [Margaret Ann Waltz was born 1847)].
35. vii. Rachel <Moses> Gordon Kirchner was born 1839) {Jacob}.
36. viii. Eliza <Moses> Gordon Shives was born 1841) {Andrew}.
37. ix. Mary Jane <Moses> Gordon Snyder was born 1859) {John}.
38. x. Moses <Moses> Gordon was born 1861) [Abigail Bishop].
39. xi. John <Moses> Gordon was born 1864) [Mary Peck].
40. xii. Margaret <Moses> Gordon Souders was born 1867) {George}.
41. xiii. Amanda <Moses> Gordon Snyder was born 1871) {James}.
42. xiv. Mary <Moses> Gordon Knable was born 1874) {William Trout was born 1866)}.