Edward Moss

1610 - 1685  (75 years)

• Name	Edward Moss
  Born	1610	, Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	MPNT-BB
  Buried	1685	, York, Virginia
  Died	1 Jul 1685	, York, Virginia
  Person ID	I39210	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Richard Moss,   b. 1585, Lancaster, Lancashire, England ,   d. Bef 1670, England  (Age < 84 years)
  Family ID	F26585	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ann Belt,   b. Abt 1614, , Lancashire, England ,   d. , York, Virginia
  Married	1630	, England
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Moss,   b. 1631, , Lancashire, England ,   d. 1678, , Old Rappahannock, Virginia  (Age 47 years) + 2. Robert Moss,   b. 1633, , Lancashire, England ,   d. 1689, , Old Rappahannock, Virginia  (Age 56 years) + 3. William Henry Moss, I,   b. 21 Apr 1633, , England ,   d. 21 Apr 1685, , Old Rappahonnock, Virginia  (Age 52 years)   4. Moss + 5. Edward Moss, Jr.,   b. Abt 1637, , Lancashire, England ,   d. 17 Dec 1716, , Old Rappahannock, Virginia  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F14386	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Edward Moss was the first Moss to emigrate to America. His name was first recorded in the York County, Virginia Court in 1625. However, other references give a much later date of 1644 for is residence in York County, Virginia. The most logical explanation for the difference in dates is that Edward Moss, being only 15 when first coming to America, may have returned to the colony of Virginia during the English Civil War (1642-1649), where he lived only a short time before his death. Little else is known about Edward Moss except that he was a member of the Anglican church. The exact number of children born to Edward and Ann (Belt) Moss is uncertain. On 20 November 1654, the sons of Edward, the immigrant, -- William, Thomas, and Robert - were given a grant of 800 acres in Old Rappahonnock County (now Lancaster), Virginia, for transporting 16 persons to the Virginia County. ---------- Reference: RootsL, Scott A. McElfresh, 1994.