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Families covered: Moyer of Pitsey Hall

                               
Lawrence Moyer (d before 1597, "reputedly a mariner")
1. James Moyer of Lee, Essex (b c1585, d before 02.03.1638, Captain, master mariner)
  m. Lidia (a 1636, probably sister of Nathaniel Goodladd)
  A. Lawrence Moyer of Low Leighton (b c1608, d c1685, Captain)
m. Frances (a 1682)
  B. James Moyer (b c1612, d 09.05.1661)
  m. (20.04.1663?) Hannah (Rapier?) (a 1682)
  i.+ issue - William (bpt 12.06.1677, d 16.08.1677), Elizabeth (bpt 20.01.1680)
  C. Samuel Moyer of Pitsey Hall, Essex (b c1610, d before 03.08.1683, MP, alderman of London, judge) the first mentioned by BEB1841
m. Rebecca Thorold (sister of Charles Thorold)
  i. Sir Samuel Moyer of Pitsey Hall, Sheriff of Essex, Bart (bpt 26.09.1643, d 17.04.1716)
  m. (02.03.1670/1) Rebecca Jolliffe (b 09.01.1650, d 28.01.1723/4, dau of John Jolliffe or Jolley of London, sister (not dau) of Sir William)
  a. Rebecca Moyer (bpt 11.01.1672, dsp before 1722)
  m. (24.04.1710) Edward Pauncefort (MP)
  b. Mary Moyer (b 08.11.1675, d 07.1722)
  m. (24.07.1711) Charles Samborn Le Bas of Pipwell Abbey
(1) Rebecca Le Bas (d 16.01.1765)
  m. (16.10.1735) Simon Harcourt, 1st Earl Harcourt
  c. Elizabeth Moyer (b 16.03.1678/9, dsp 30.03.1758)
  m. _ Jenyns or Jennings (d before 1722)
  d.+ other issue (d young) - Samuel (bpt 12.08.1673), Samuel (bpt 24.06.1674), John (b 11.12.1676), Lawrence (bpt 06.05.1684)
  ii. Lawrence Moyer of London then Low Leyton, Essex
m. (1677) Martha Boothby (dau of William (sb Walter?) Boothby of Tottenham High Cross)
  a. Benjamin Moyer 'of Low Leyton' of Pitsey Hall (bpt 10.01.1683, d 29.05.1759)
  MGH (NS5 vol 1 (1916), p192) shows Benjamin's marriage to Frances Worthington, mother of Lydia & Catherine. It looks as though he was father of John & Samuel by an earlier marriage.
  m1. ??
  (1)+ issue - John (b c1702?, d 11.01.1773), Samuel (d young)
  m2. (after 05.1735) Frances Worthington (widow of Thomas Boothby) ## see here ##
  (3) Lydia Heathcote (d 14.08.1822)
  m. (27.10.1764) John Heathcote of Connington Castle (d 29.07.1795)
  (D) Catherine Heathcote (d (unm?) 1831?)
  b. John Moyer (bpt 16.02.1692, youngest son)
  m. Frances Brewster (dau of Edward Brewster)
  c. Martha Moyer (a 1682)
  m. Thomas Thorpe
  d. Lidia Moyer (b 10.10.1681, a 1682)
  m. Peter Hartop
  e.+ other issue - Samuel (bpt 18.06.1686, d 07.04.1687), Edward (bpt 04.09.1689), Katharine (bpt 09.1691), Frances (bpt 28.02.1694)
  D. William Moyer
  E. Anna Moyer (a 1636, 1661)
  m. Nicholas Hurlestone (d before 26.12.1665, Captain, mariner of Rotherhithe)
  i. Lydia Hurlestone (a 1661) who possibly married ...
  m. John Ruffin of Newington
  ii. Rebecca Hurlestone (a 1661) who possibly married ...
  m. William Thornburgh
  iii.+ other issue - Nicholas (a 1661), Richard (a 1661), Annah (d by 1661), Alice (d by 1661), Sarah (a 1661), Elizabeth (a 1661)
2. Samuel Moyer of Lee (d c1618, mariner)
  A. Robert Moyer (b c1602, a 1650)

Main source(s): a schedule kindly provided by a regular contributor (CV, 11.02.17 & 22.04.20) based largely on BEB1841 ('Moyer of Petsey Hall'), TCB (vol 4, 'Moyer or Mayer of Pitsey Hall', p185), 3 wills (from www.marinelives.org)
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