Moody Family Genealogy by Sarah Moody Alvord 1916 - Wiltshire, Engl. > WI & KS
For those searching for the Wiltshire, England MOODY's this old genealogy that was graciously copied for me many years ago now and I just dug up while trying to find something else.
Thought I would try to type a few pages of the earliest stuff.
Introduction-
In this record of what may be called the Wilthsire branch of the Moody family, no attempt has been made to carry out the side lines in the earlier generations as the material available is too fragmentary to be of much value.
It would be interesting to know something of the origin of the family but with any information obtainable in this coutnry, so far as I have been able to ascertain, little can be done in this direction.
The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval of Scotland, whose Mother was a MOODIE, is the author of a book called "The Moodie Book", privately printed and distributed in 1906.This book deals exclusively with the Moodie family in Scotland.From a copy placed in the Public Library in New York city, I find that the Scotch family was divided into two branches, known as the Moodies of Cocklaw and the Moodies of Melsetter.
They were evidently of good position and prominent in Colonial service, holding official and military positions in India, South Africa and Canada.In several instances they have married into noble families.
The author carries their ancestry back in two lines, one of which he traces to Robert "The Bruce", King of Scotland from 1305 to 1329 and the others to King James, I, II, III, IV and V reigning from 1424 to 1542.
As this ancestry in the earlier generations was in the female line, the Moodies entering by marriage, it cannot be claimed by the English family but without doubt the Moody's of England and the Moodie's of Scotland are of the same origin.
From another source I find that about 1640, Sir Henry Moody was employed by the King of England as an Ambassador to treat with certain Indian tribes.
Whether he was sent to America for this purpose, or had previously settled here, does not seem certain, but he probably remained as he is spoken of as being, at a lter period, a prominent citizen of eastern Massachusetts.
(*My Note* This Sir Henry Moody was from Wiltshire, England and his mother was the Lady Deborah Moody).
Genealogy of the Moody Family
The earliest known records of this branch of the Moody family are found on the register of the parish church at Upton Lovel, a small village on Salisbury Plain in the county of Wiltshire, England.These records date back only to 1653.
First Generation
1. John MOODY, Sr. died at Upton Lovel, April 1658 (MY NOTE...I would guess he was born around c1600)
Second Generation
2.- John Moody son of above John, married Elizabeth ANDREWS in 1654.He died in 1682.They had 8 children, dates of baptism on register as follows:
John 1655
Edmund 1657
Robert 1659
Elizabeth 1662
Ruth 1664
Richard 1668
Susanna 1670
Mary 1674
Third Generation
4- Edmund MOODY, 2nd son of John, with his wife (name not known), moved from Upton Lovel in 1684 to the parish of Horningsham in the same county where he purchased a life-hold estate from Lord WEYMOUTH the ancestor of the Marquis of Bath.They had one son, Edmund born 1686, who was early left an orphan and brought up by two maiden aunts named Parsons.(My Note- perhaps Parsons was Edmund's wifes maiden name).
Fourth Generation
II- Edmund son of Edmund born at Horningsham in 1686 married Miss JESSER of Frome Woodlands in 1707.
They had 6 children
Edmund, Thomas, William, John, Robert, daughter not named.
They eldest son Edmund Moody resided in the city of Bath and became very wealthy.Thomas the second son occupied for many years a farm of over one thousand acres in the parish of Chittern, Wiltshire.
Fifth Generation
John- son of Edmund and wife Jesser - was born at Horningsham in 1720 inherited his father's estate and resided there until 1776. He married Ezit EDWARDS, of an adjacent parish.They had 7 children.
John b. 1753, William b. 1756, James b. 1759, Joseph b. 1761, Ezit b. 1765, Thomas b. 1767, Charles b. 1769.
The family moved from Horningsham to Seymours Court at Beckington, Somersetshire in 1776.
This was the manor house of the parish of Beckington, Somersetshire and the farm comprised four hundred acres of land.The house was at some early period used as a Monastery. Barrett in his "History of Somersetshire" speaks of it as being "worthy of note".
It was for a long period owned by the Seymour family and at one time the home of Lord Thomas Seymour.
John MOODY died in 1798 and his wife Ezit in 1780.
The last of their 6 sons died in 1847 their average age being about 80 years old.
Sixth Generation
Thomas Moody 5th son of John was born at Horningsham in 1767 and moved to Seymours Court in 1776 with his parents.
He succeeded his father as lease-holder of the estate and in 1792 married Anna CROSS of Maiden Bradley.
They had 9 children all born at Seymours Court.
John b. 1793, Edmund b. 1794, George b. 1796, Ezit b. 1798, Mary b. 1799, Charles b. 1801, Elizabeth b. 1804, Thomas b. 1806, and Anna b. 1807.George died unmarried in 1819 and Mary in 1807.Thomas Moody died in 1838 and his wife Anna in 1811.
Seventh Generation
John eldest son of Thomas married Elizabeth FRANCIS. They had 9 children: John Thomas MOODY b. 1817, Thomas John MOODY b. 1818, George b. 1820, Elizabeth b. 1822, Georgianna b. 1824, Sarah b. 1826, Jane b. 1828, Mary Ann b. 1830 and William Francis Moody b. 1834.
George died in 1823.
John Thomas Moody married his cousin Sarah MOODY.
Thomas John Moody married Ann Maria UNDERHILL.
Elizabeth married James POTTER, Georgianna married Ethan Ferris BISHOP.
Sarah married William STILLMAN.
Jane married William HADDOCK.
Mary Ann married Arthur HADDOCK.
William Francis Moody married Jennie NICHOLS.
John Moody with his family came to AMERICA in 1830 being the first of this branch of the Moody family to leave England.
They resided for a short time in New York city, also in New Haven, finally settling in Bridgeport in 1834. (she is talking about CT.)
Edmund second son of Thomas married Eleanor HOSIER of Laverton, Somerset in 1822.They had 4 children:
Edmund b. 1823
Sarah b. 1824
Bessie b. 1826
Charles Edwin MOODY b.1836
Edmund married Susah Sarah BUTLER
Sarah married her cousin John Thomas MOODY (mentioned above)
Bessie married Peter KLUMB
Charles Edwin Moody married 1st to Mary TOWNSEND, 2nd to Jennie SWAINSON and 3rd to Miss SWAINSON.
Edmund Moody came to America in 1852 with his wife and children, Bessie and Charles then unmarried.
They lived in Bridgeport, CT until 1855 when they went to WISCONSIN. Edmund died in 1865 and his Eleanor in 1879 in Milwaukee, Wisc.
Ezit Moody daughter of Thomas married her cousin William MOODY.They came to America with her brother John in 1830.William Moody died in 1832 leaving one daughter.
Mary born 1829 who married Philemon BULKLEY.Mrs. Moody afterwards married Philemon CARPENTER of New Rochelle, NY.They had 2 children:
Anna E. b. 1839 (surnames Carpenter??)
Robert P. b. 1844.
Anna married James GRENZEBACH, Robert married Martha J. CHRYSTAL.
Charles son of Thomas married his cousin Eliza MOODY.They had 4 children: William, Frank, Jane, Eliza.None of this family left England and only Eliza is now living.
Elizabeth daughter of Thomas married William HOSIER brother of Eleanor.They had 2 sons - Joshua and William.
William was drowned in WISCONSIN, July 1857, while in America on a visit to his Aunt and Uncle's.
Thomas son of Thomas married Arabella NEW and they had 12 children all born in England.
Frank Cross MOODY, Arabella, Thomas (died in infancy), Robert, Thomas, Frederick William, Margaret, Louis Joseph, Edward, Edith, Alice, Katherine.
They came to America in June 1857 going directly to KANSAS and have many descendants in KANSAS and neighboring states.
Frank and Arabella died soon after the family came to America.Robert and Thomas died in 1915, Louis Joseph Moody died in 1916.
Thomas, Sr. died in 1901 and his wife Arabella died in 1894.
Anna daughter of Thomas, married James BOURNE.They had 7 children: Ezit, James, Mary A., Emily, John, Annie, Elizabeth J. BOURNE.
The family remained in England with the exception of John BOURNE, who came to America about 1866.He went first to Milwaukee and later to Kansas where he married his cousin Margaret MOODY.
John, James and Ezit have died.Mary and Elizabeth are not married and live in London.
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If there was anymore to this genealogy, I do not have it...this is the end of the copy that I have.
I hope this helps someone to find their MOODY connections in the mid-West.