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Lot Essay
The monogram M over RE is that of Robert and Elizabeth Moore of Philadelphia.
Robert Moore, a native of the Isle of Man, was a merchant or shopkeeper in Philadelphia. Information is rather scarce on both Robert Moore and his wife Elizabeth. The Philadelphia Register of Wills owns a copy of his Last Will and Testament, dated August 9, 1754, which divided his estate between his wife and his eldest son, William Moore. Both Robert and his wife died soon after the will was signed in August 1754.
Their son William Moore (d. 1793) married Sarah Lloyd, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Kearney Lloyd and great-granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd, President of the Provincial Council, in 1757. William and Sarah's only daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. 1764) married Franois de Barbe Marbois of Paris (1745-1837), who was created a Marquis by Napoleon. The late 19th century French control marks on the salver indicate that it descended in this line of the family. (Moore of Moore Hall, unpublished research notes, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
Robert Moore, a native of the Isle of Man, was a merchant or shopkeeper in Philadelphia. Information is rather scarce on both Robert Moore and his wife Elizabeth. The Philadelphia Register of Wills owns a copy of his Last Will and Testament, dated August 9, 1754, which divided his estate between his wife and his eldest son, William Moore. Both Robert and his wife died soon after the will was signed in August 1754.
Their son William Moore (d. 1793) married Sarah Lloyd, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Kearney Lloyd and great-granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd, President of the Provincial Council, in 1757. William and Sarah's only daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. 1764) married Franois de Barbe Marbois of Paris (1745-1837), who was created a Marquis by Napoleon. The late 19th century French control marks on the salver indicate that it descended in this line of the family. (Moore of Moore Hall, unpublished research notes, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania)