Benjamin Moore 837771 224224367 2008-07-07T21:47:25Z TheGerm 610905 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/75.4.63.88|75.4.63.88]] to last version by NawlinWiki (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) {{otheruses4|the American bishop|the British biochemist|Benjamin Moore (biochemist)|the theatrical director|Benjamin Moore (Managing Director)|the American paint company|Benjamin Moore & Co.}} [[Image:Benjamin Moore (Bishop).jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Right Reverend Benjamin Moore]] '''Benjamin Moore''' ([[1748]] &ndash; [[1816]]) was the second [[bishop]] of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New York]]. He was the father of [[Clement Clarke Moore]] by his marriage to Charity Clarke. Having attended King's College, he also served as its acting president during the first year of the [[American Revolution]] and, later, president of its successor, [[Columbia College of Columbia University| Columbia College]] (now [[Columbia University]]). Charity Clarke was the older sister of Mary Clarke, married twice, to Richard Vassal, a planter in [[Jamaica]], and to [[Sir Gilbert Affleck]], 2nd [[Baronet|Bt]] (&ndash; [[1808]]), who by her first marriage had one daughter, Elizabeth Vassal, married to [[Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Baronet]] ([[1719]] &ndash; [[1800]]), later divorced, and secondly to [[Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland|Henry Richard Vassal-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland]]. In turn they were the daughters of Maj. Thomas Clarke, a retired British veteran of the [[French and Indian War]], and wife Mary Stillwell, who was the younger sister of Anna Stillwell, married to Theodosius Bartow, the parents of Theodosia Bartow, first wife of [[Aaron Burr]], [[Vice President of the United States of America]] ([[1756]] &ndash; [[1836]]).<ref>[http://www.wargs.com/family/ancestry.html Ancestry of William Addams Reitwiesner (* 1954)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Maj. Thomas Clarke was the proprietor of the house "Chelsea", at the time a country estate, and of much of its neighborhood, the which gave its name to the surrounding neighborhood of Chelsea, Manhattan. Clarke named his house for a hospital in London that served war veterans. 'Chelsea' was later inherited by Thomas Clarke's daughter, Charity Clarke Moore, and ultimately by grandson Clement and his family. Of note: as a girl, Moore's wife, Charity Clarke, wrote letters to her English cousins that are preserved at Columbia University and show her disdain for the policies of the English Monarchy and her growing sense of patriotism in pre-revolutionary days. Benjamin Moore's nephew, [[Nathaniel Fish Moore]], was later also president of Columbia. ==External links== * [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/bmoore/ Documents by and about Moore] {{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[Columbia University|President of King's College]]|before=[[Myles Cooper]]|after=[[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]]|years=1775 &ndash; 1776}} {{succession box|title=[[Columbia University|President of Columbia College]]|before=[[Charles Henry Wharton]]|after=[[William Harris (academic)|William Harris]]|years=1801 &ndash; 1810}} {{succession box|title=[[Episcopal Diocese of New York|2nd Bishop of New York]]|before=[[Samuel Provoost]]|after=[[John Henry Hobart]]|years=[[1815]] &ndash; [[1816]]}} {{end box}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Benjamin}} [[Category:1748 births]] [[Category:1816 deaths]] [[Category:People from New York City]] [[Category:Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] [[Category:Episcopal Bishops of New York]] [[Category:Columbia University alumni]] [[Category:Columbia University faculty]] {{US-Christian-clergy-stub}} {{Anglican-bishop-stub}}