Elizabeth Woolnough (mtDNA)
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Status summary
As of September 28, 2020
- Page created for Elizabeth Woolnough, wife of Richard More
Background
Biography
The life of Richard More reads like a soap opera. His mother, Katherine Moore, married her first cousin, Samuel Moore, at Shipton, Shropshire, England 4 Feb 1610. She had four children baptized there (Eleanor, Jasper, Richard & Mary). The father divorced Katherine, accusing her of having a long standing affair with a man named Jacob Blakeway. While Samuel Moore claimed he was not the father of the children, he was able to take the children away from their mother and had made an agreement with John Carver and Robert Cushman to have the children taken aboard the Mayflower.
Richard was the only one of the More siblings to survive to adulthood. He married at Plymouth 20 Oct 1636 Christian Hunt, and soon after moved to Salem (in Massachusetts Bay Colony) where he became a mariner. Richard made several voyages to England and there are a variety of records on both sides of the Atlantic charging Richard with extramarital affairs. While he was still married, the following record undoubtedly pertains to him: "Richard Moore of Salem in New England Maryner and Elizabeth Woolno of Lymehouse" married at St. Dunstan's Stepney, Middlesex, England 23 Oct 1645Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
It is believed Richard More was the father of Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth (mentioned above).
Second Generation
While speculative, an Elizabeth More of an appropriate age was in Salem, where she married about 1660 Richard Clarke (a shipwright). They soon moved to Southampton, Long Island, but it is currently unknown if they had any children.
mtDNA Results
It is currently unknown whether Elizabeth More, supposedly the daughter of (Capt.) Richard More and Elizabeth Woolnough, ever had any children.
References and External Links
Familypedia.com article on Richard More
Lindsay, David, Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger among the Pilgrims 2007
Sherman, Robert M., Robert S. Wakefield and Lydia D. Finlay. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations vol. 15 More 1997, Plymouth, MA General Society of Mayflower Descendants
