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Holyoke Academy
Louisville Ky, July 18^th, 1883.

Warner L. Baylor, Esq.
Petersburg, Va.

Dear Sir,

Your letter dated
14^th. and mailed 16^th, of this month re=
ceived. I thank you for the notes
continued in your letter.

Col. William Aylett of King W^m. who
married in 1766 Mary daughter of
Col. James Macon and his wife Elizabeth
Moore - was my great-grandfather.

I have in my possession the portrait
of Mrs. Elizabeth Macon nee Moore
daughter of Augustine Moore by his
2^dn. wife Elizabeth Todd, widow
of Henry seeton, Esq.

Miss Elizabeth Moore, Moor, or More
as I have seen the name spelt, mar:
ried 1^st. a Mr. Lynn Lloyd who was
alive in 1737. He dying she married

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James Macon. Mr. Lloyd must have
died shortly after 1737; for Augustine
Moore in his will dated Januay 20^th
1742 mentions his grand-daughter Elizabeth
Macon. Col. Macon died between
July 22^nd and December 15^th 1768,
as shown by old papers found among the
papers of his son-in-law Col. W^m Aylett.
I have the will of Mrs "Elizabeth Macon
of the Parish of Saint John in the county
of King William, widow." This will of
my great-great-grand mother is dated
September 10^th, 1779. Her daughter Mrs.
Mary Aylett, her grandson Philip Aylett,
her granddaughter Elizabeth Aylett and
her son-in-law Col W^m Aylett are men=
tioned. Her other son-in-law Bar:
tholomew, - the brother of Mrs. Gen^l Wash=
ington - is mentioned. Also her grand-
daughter - Anne Claiborne, daughter of
Bartholowmew Dandridge - and wife of
W^m Dandridge Claiborne, is mentioned.

In regard to the name of Augustine
in the Moore family, I do not think

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that it comes from Col Augustine
[illegible], as I remember to have seen
suggested in the Standard by some
writer some two or three years since.
The father of Col Augustine Moore of
Chelsea King W^m. Co was Basil Moore,
the son of Thomas Moore and his wife
dauther of Sir Basil Brooke.

This I learned in 1858 while searching
over papers of my great-grand-father,
Col W^m. Aylett.

A few years ago, I found this ac:
count of the descendants of Sir Thomas
Moore. - Sir Thomas More¹ left three
daughters and one son John² More,
who married Miss Anne Cresacre

Children of John More

I Thomas³ (the elder) born in the house at
Chelsea August 8^th 1531. m. Mary Scrope
II Augustine³ who died unmarried
III Edward ³ born 1536
IV Thomas³ (the younger) who became a minis-
ter of the Protestant Church, and left
three sons Cyprian, Thomas and Constantine

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V Bartholomew³ who died early.
Thomas³ More born in the house at Chelsea
August 8^th 1531 m^d Mary Scrope a
niece
of Henry, Lord Scrope of Bolton
Issue
Cresacre⁴ More baptized 1752 [illegible]
d. of Thomas Gage Esq.
Issue
Thomas⁵ More [illegible] of Sir
Basil Brooke.
Issue
Basil⁶ more - lived till 1702 and had numerous progreny.

I think that Augustine Moore of
Chelsea King William was one
of the sons of this Basil More of Chelsea
England : for it is not likely that there
were two Basil Mores sons of two
Thomas Mores who married daughters
of a Sir Basil Brooke.

A grandson of Sir Thomas More was
named Augustine - as shown above.
There was a tradition among the elder
Moores of Chelsea that Augustine
Moore was a descendant of Sir Thomas.
I think that the presumption is very strong
that the tradition is correct

Find out if you can who was the father of
Col. James Macon. Let me know about the Ber=
nards and Todds.

Truly your friend,
W^m Winston Fontaine.