Robert More

Born 8 July 1772 at Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Died 19 February 1849 at Prattsville, Greene County, New York

Robert was the second of eight children born to John More and Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor More. When he was six-weeks old, he immigrated with his parents and brother to America. They made their home first at New York City where his father was assisting a friend in a grocery store. The following spring, the family relocated to a site near to where today is known as Hobart, New York. In June 1777, due to the unrest that would become the Revolutionary War, the family relocated to Catskill, New York. In 1786, the family set out to return to their first home but settled Moresville, New York instead. Moresville today is known as Grand Gorge. Robert married to Susanna Fellows about 1793, presumably at Moresville. They made their home about three miles away where Robert had cleared land and built a log cabin for his bride. Robert and Susanna were the parents of nine children; David Fellows More, twins Lois More and Elizabeth More (both of whom died in infancy), Alexander More, Edward A. More, William More, Henry Fellows More, James More, and Lois Ann More. His wife died in 1824 and Robert married next to Mary “Polly” Moffatt in 1825, location unknown. Robert and Mary had no children. Robert lived most of his adult life on his farm which he had added to over the years until he owned about 430-acres. In 1832, Robert relocated to Prattsville, New York where he had purchased a fine farm. He was a staunch Presbyterian and remembered as honest and upright. He was gentlemanly and unassuming. He was small in person but, like a native Highlander, he was agile and sturdy. Robert is John More Association, head of the Robert line, cousin #2 and is my fifth great-uncle. He is buried in a family plot in Upper Cemetery at Prattsville.

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