Re Rev. John Moore, a native of England, birth occurred between the years 1620 and 1625. Subsequently he was a resident of Southampton, Hempstead and Newton, Long Island. May 30. 1644, he was a representative in the matter of the union of Southampton with the colony of Hartford; in October, 1644, was appointed to collect subscriptions for students at Harvard College, of which he was probably a graduate, and also served as deputy for Southampton to negotiate a Union with the New England colonies; in 1646 he attended a meeting of the general court of Massachusetts, and acted on a committee; between the years 1646 and 1649 was permitted to preach in New England; March 9, 1649, became a full freeman; from 1649 to 1631 was the second minister of Hempstead; September 25, 1651 he writes a letter to the magistrates in Holland from Hempstead; in 1652 was the first minister of Middleburg, afterward Newton, Long Island; April 12, 1656, transacted the Indian purchase, the purchase money being £2; and on January 22, 1657 was presented with the title to the town house by the inhabitants of Newton in a public meeting.