Moon of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Greene County, Georgia

The Moons followed the Quaker Trail, residing in areas where Quakers lived before moving on to Bedford County, Virginia, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Frederick County, Virginia, Orange County, North Carolina and Columbia County, Georgia.

James Moon (est. b. ca 1650) of Bucks County, Pennsylvania married Joan, who was deceased in, as per the following deed (which also establishes a son, James):

Bucks County, Pa Deed Book A, Vol. 1, p. 195.

Bond of James Moon of Bucks Co., planter, and James Hill of Burlington, N. J., yeoman, bound unto Phinehas Pemberton and Randolph Blackshaw for 100 pds. James Hill, et al, administer the estate of Joan Moon, wife of James Moon, containing 125 acres, until James Moon shall come to the age of 21 years. Wit: Thomas Lambert, Henry Margerum and Joseph Crop. Recorded: 20th day, 10th month, 1688.

The following deed without a date, was no doubt recorded later, as it was not acknowledged until 11 December 1706 and recorded 18 December 1706. Joan Moon was already dead, so the date was prior to 1688.

Bucks Co., Pa Deed Book A, Vol. 3, p. 283

James Moon, Sr. of Bucks Co., yeoman, and his wife, Joan Moon, to Roger Moon, son of James Moon for love and affection, 125 acres lying by the line of Samuel Dark. Wits: Jonathan Cooper, Joseph Kirkbride and William Paxson.

Notice that it was James Moon, Jr. who sold the above tract of land, as follows:

Bucks Co., Pa Deed Book A, Vol. 3, p. 44.

Deed of James Moon, Jr., the son of James Moon of Bucks Co., yeoman, 120 acres adjoining the land of Samuel Darke, land of Randle Blackshaw, and land of James Hill, for 50 pds. paid by his father, James Moon. Acknowledged 4 June 1701. Wit: James Snowden, Henry Margerum, William Biles. Recorded: 23 April 1701.

The Last Will and Testament of James Moon was dated 20 January 1711, probated 9 January 1713, Bucks Co., Pa. (He named all his children, plus granddaughters: Sarah Curtis and Elizabeth Moon. Issue:

James Moon (oldest), not 21 in 1688. Est. birth ca 1676 in Bucks Co., Pa m. Jan 1696 in Bucks Co., Mary Wilsford. Issue:
A. Simon Moon chr. 11 April 1700 Bucks Co., Pa, d. Nov 1748 Frederick Co., Virginia m. in the Philadelphia Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa on 27 September 1721 Leurey Humphrey. His LWT dated 11 Nov 1748 probated 7 Feb 1748 Frederick Co., MD. Issue:

a. James Moon b. ca 1720 Bucks Co., PA

b. Jacob Moon b. ca 1722 Frederick Co., VA d. 1793 Greene Co., Ga m. Mildred Cobb (ca 1745) See below.

c. Richard Moon b. 1724 Hopewell Quaker Meeting, Frederick Co., Virginia, d. February 1795 Hancock Co., Ga. m. Susannah Beeson on 4 February 1746.

d. Mary Moon b. ca 1726 m. Henry Bowen who was named in the LWT of Simon Moon. Henry Bowen's LWT dated 8 May 1778, probated 1784 Frederick Co., Va. (Named children: Henry, John, Jacob, Mary, Hannah, Margaret, Jean, Ann, and Pris (Hill).

e. Hannah Moon b. 2 February 1729 Chester Co., Pa, d. Orange Co., N. C. m. 1748 William Brown.

f. Rachel Moon b. ca 1730.

g. Margaret Moon b. ca 1730 m. Thomas Brown on 10 June 1748.
Jonas Moon.
Jasper Moon.
Mary Moon.
Sarah Moon.
Roger Moon m. Ann Nutt. This information is from a marriage which occurred between William Janney and Elizabeth Moon , (b. 16 Oct 1719), daughter of Roger and Ann (Nutt) Moon on 26 July 1739 at the Falls, Bucks Co., PA.
Isabel Moon, not named in father's LWT. However, the LWT of her husband, John Lucas, dated 9 August 1748, probate 25 August 1748 names his brother-in-law: James Moon, and nephew: Robert Margerum.

Jacob Moon (ca 1722-1793) was apparently a Quaker, as he was discovered in Middle Creek Meeting, Berkley Co., now West Virginia). In fact, Jacob Moon, a Friend, founded (1775) the Village of Arden, which he'd named for his former village in Virginia. Earlier, on 8 May 1760, he bought some land in Albemarle Co., Virginia (Deed Book 3, p. 249-251)from Henry Martin. He married Mildred Cobb of Georgia, a daughter of Bishop Cobb. Issue:

A. Susannah Moon b. ca 1740 m. Thomas Cobbs 7 January 1756 in Columbia Co., Ga. A Columbia Co. deed dated 8 April 1799, "Thomas Cobbs of Buckingham County, Virginia appoints Thomas Cobbs, Sr. of Columbia County as my attorney to recover from Michael Gilbert of Hancock County, all that part of the estate of Jacob Moon, deceased, to which I am entitled as one of the heirs of said Moon." Note: Wrightsboro was located in Columbia Co. (now McDuffie), which was once a quaker village.

B. Patsy Moon b. ca 1748 Frederick Co., Va m. Charles Martin

C. Jacob Moon, Jr., Captain, Revolutionary War Soldier, b. ca 1750 d. 9/1781 Bedford Co., Va from wounds he'd received at Guilford Court House, North Carolina. m. Nancy Ann Ammons in 1778. She was born 1 Jul 1760 New Kent Co., Va. LWT of Jacob Moon dated 2 March 1781, probated 24 September 1781 Bedford Co., Va, named his brothers, William and Archelaus. Nancy must have married again, because there is a marriage record in Bedford County dated 9 February 1784 of Samuel Hancock to Nancy Moon.

D. Archalaus Moon b. ca 1754 m. Ann Anderson on 29 Dec 1784

E. Pleasant Moon b. ca 1756

F. Jesse Moon b. ca 1758 d. Oct. 1780 Bedford Co., Va

G. Sally Moon b. ca 1760 m. Silas Moorman.

H. William Moon b. 26 Nov 1770 m. Charlotte Digges on 3 Nov 1793

This may be the same William Moon who left a LWT 1810 in Elbert Co., Ga. who named his children: Robert, William H., Boller, Pleasant, Archelaus, John, Sally Green Power, Susannah Power and Martha Blake; also mentioning the orphans of his deceased sons, Jacob and Jesse. The Will names wife as Sarah.