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From: "Terry L. Birch" <>
Subject: Re: [PADDOCK] Indiana Paddocks
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:14:25 -0700


See below:

> Rebecca Paddock m. on 9/27/1801 in Mercer Co, KY to Jacob Moore
> Jacob Moore, b. 3/1776 in Augusta, VA (more contested territory, both VA
> & PA claimed this area in 1776!); d. 3/27/1872 in Clay Co, Indiana
> Children:
> *Reuben Paddock Moore, b. 1793
> *Thomas Moore, b. 4/14/1795
> *Jacob Jackson Moore, b. 6/27/1799 in KY; d. 1858 in KS
> Sarah Jane Moore, b. 9/4/1804 in Mercer Co, KY; d. 3/15/1886 in
> Willsburg, OR
> Hannah Jane Moore, b. 12/12/1812
> David Kapp Moore, b. 3/27/1815
> Nancy Ann Moore, b. 12/8/1823
> George Washington Moore, b. 1832
> Margaret Moore, b. 1836
>
> *I feel these dates are either off or there was another wife before
> Rebecca Paddock. If Rebecca was born in 1782, I find it hard to believe
> that she had her first child in 1793. She would have been 11 years old.
> But, have been unable to prove or disprove any of these birthdates. :((

Not only would I question the first three children. I can't help but wonder
about the last two, Rebecca would have been 50 at George Washington's birth
and 54 when Margaret was born! An exceptional child bearing age for that
era.

Terry

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