Ancestry of
Clement Clarke Moore

Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Benjamin Moore

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• • Father of Clement Clarke Moore — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Moore 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Fish   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Oct 1748 
  • Birth Location:
  • Newtown, Queens, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Feb 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenwich Village, New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Charity Clarke
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Apr 1778 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York 
  • Child:

  Clement Clarke Moore (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • President of Columbia College (1801-1811)

• Sources for Benjamin Moore

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/11/2015).
  • ² New York, U.S., Marriage Index, 1600-1784, Marriage record for Benjamin Moore and Charity Clarke.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/08/2017).
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Benjamin Moore (bishop)", (accessed 09/10/2015).