MOFFITT FAMILY
William Moffatt was born
about March 10, 1663 in Scotland (or Ulster, Ireland) and died January 16,
1747 in Killingly, Windham, CT [an original
proprietor], he was at one time living in Salem. He married about
1692 in Newbury, Essex County, MA to Mehitable Cloyse daughter
of Thomas Cloyes. She was born about 1674 in Falmouth, CT (or Watertown, Suffolk,
Massachusetts)
and
died May 3, 1754 in Killingly.
William's son Enoch Moffitt
who was born about 1708 in Killingly and died July 1765 in Gloucester, Rhode
Island.
Enoch married Elisabeth
Firman(Fairman) on February 2,
1726.
He married
about February 2, 1732 in Killingly, CT to Elizabeth Child who was born September
10, 1708
in Woodstock, Windham County, CT to Lt. John
Childe and Elizabeth Wales. He purchased land at Killingly
in 1729. They had several children in Killingly:
Lemuel born June 25, 1735
in Killingly, Windham, CT, died
August 18, 1816 (Recently, a Lemuel Moffitt descendant brought his powderhorn
from the French/Indian war to the Antiques Roadshow. This is the link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200705A35.html)
Mehetable born May 3, 1738, Killingly, Windham, CT
Isaac born September 4,
1739 Killingly, died August 26, 1812
in Oxford. (my ancestor)
Alathea born February 19, 1742 in Killingly.
Bezaleel and Abigail born July 17, 1745 In Killingly.
Enoch married before 1755
to Hannah and to them was born a son, Enoch on May 7, 1755 in Killingly,
Windham Cty, CT.
If anyone has better information
on the above, please share. Enoch Jr. may have married an Elizabeth also
and had a child, Abigail b: Jun3 17, 1783
in CT and d: July 14, 1835 in Huron, OH. She married Eliphalet Wright Day
who was born August 6, 1784 in Killingly, Windham Cty, CT. They had Lovila
A. Day born July 25, 1803 in Connecticut. This information from Click
Here.
Isaac Moffit born September
4, 1739, son of Enoch Moffitt Sr. and his first wife, Elizabeth married Sarah
Learned (or Larned)
on September 28, 1761. She was the daughter of Captain
John Larned who was in 1766 of South Gore and his wife, Hephsibah
Smith. She and Isaac later settled on a part of her father's farm
in the west part of Oxford, living for a number of years in the
cleft of a rock roofed in and later built a house near the rock,
afterward owned by Jesse Bigelow. Isaac died August 26, 1812 at
age 72 and Sarah died September 23, 1822 at age 84. Their children:
Elihu Moffitt born 1767 married Lydia Conant and died June
3, 1819.
Lemuel Moffitt born January 20,
1768 in Charlton, Massachusetts, died June 14, 1830, m. Lucy Amidown daughter
of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Amidown.
Rufus Moffitt
Hannah Moffitt married David Daggett
I had a Jeremiah Moffitt listed as a brother in this family
but his death date is before his siblings were born. In fact,
his dates would indicate that he was a brother to Enoch, son of
William Moffitt.
My information comes from Oxford Vital Records, the History
of Oxford, the Clan Moffat Society and LDS records.
All clans have their own heraldic
crest and
motto. The Moffat motto in Latin is: Spero Meliora, the English
translation is, "I hope for better things". It is thought
this motto was chosen for the Moffat Clan's very early connections
with the church. The Coat of Arms is actually the sole property of the Chief. No one may
use the Coat of Arms for his or her own purposes. This Chief's
right is protected by law in Scotland. Clan members are descendants
of the Chief and are therefore allowed to wear a crestedbadge
that is encircled by a STRAP AND BUCKLE bearing the Chief's Motto.
The strap and buckle is the sign of the clansmanand demonstrates
his membership in his Chief's Crest within it.
The Arms of Moffat of That Ilk
consist of the Shield, Helmet, Mantling, Crest and Motto. A Crest must have
a shield, without
a shield the crest means nothing. The Moffat shield is that of
the ancient Lords of Annandale. The Annandale shield was adopted
in1190, about the time of the Third Crusade. Several very old
Annandale families bear the same basic shield, one to mention
is thatof St. Andrew's. The Lord Lyon's own words about the Moffat
Shield was that, "This is a shield of extreme antiquity." Hisexplanation
went on to say the fewer the changes to a shield the greater its antiquity. The
Moffat shield bears no changes
at all.
The Bruce shield also bears no changes so you can make your
own estimation as to the age of the Moffat shield.
The likeness of the Moffat crested badge appears on this page.
It is not the Crest of the Clan Chief. Only Madame Jean Moffat
of that Ilk has the right to use the Moffat Crest.
The late Moffat Chief, Francis Moffat, chose a plant badge
for use in the Spring of 1987. The Plant is a Cloud Berry, or
a Raspberry sprig may be substituted since the cloud berry is
hard to find. The plant sprig may be placed behind a Cap Badge.
The badge and plant were submitted by: Stephen Moffett to Clan
Moffat.
There are two other sources
for Moffitt information: Clan
Moffat and http://www.tartans.com/but
their page is not affiliated with my page here. If you have questions about
my page it is important to direct those questions
to me at the contact link below.
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