%eadnotat; ]> 5206moty Moore-Tyson Family Papers, 1803-1986 Finding aid encoded by JGW from an MSWord finding aid. 2004 Finding aid is in English. Moore-Tyson Family Papers, 1803-1986 Summary Papers 1803-1986 RG5/206 Moore-Tyson Family 1 box; 0.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu The Moore and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Robert Rowland Moore (1863-1934) was married in 1886 to Margaret Gittings Tyson (1859-1937). The collection contains secondary and genealogical information, photographs, diaries, and some miscellaneous papers descending in the Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, and Tyson families. It includes writings about Elisha Tyson and the Tyson family, a copybook and other material concerning Joseph Townsend, Mary Ellicotts diary of a journey to State of Ohio (1819) with secondary material on Ellicott City and the Ellicott family, and Tabitha B. Rowland Moores diary and copybook (1805-1815). BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL

The Moores and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Robert Rowland Moore (1863-1934) was married in 1886 to Margaret Gittings Tyson (1859-1937). She was descended from Elisha Tyson, prominent Quaker abolitionist, and George Ellicott of Ellicott City, Maryland. Robert Rowland Moore was descended from William Wilson Moore (1786-1855) who married Tabitha Brook Rowland (1790-1817) in 1808 at Motherkill Monthly Meeting, Md., and also from Joseph Townsend (1756-1841), who wrote an account of the Battle of Brandywine and subsequently moved to Baltimore.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains secondary and genealogical information, photographs, diaries, and some miscellaneous papers descending in the Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, and Tyson families of Maryland. It includes writings about Elisha Tyson and the Tyson family, a copybook and other material concerning Joseph Townsend, Mary Ellicotts diary of a journey to State of Ohio (1819) with secondary material on Ellicott City and the Ellicott family, and Tabitha B. Rowland Moore's diary and copybook (1805-1815).

Organization: Organized in four series: 1. Moore family; 2. Townsend family; 3. Ellicott family; 4. Tyson family.

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposit, Esther Leeds Cooperman (a descendant of the families), 1998, 2007.

Received divided into envelopes according to family: Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, Tyson. The photographs were labeled by Hadassah Moore Leeds and her daughter, Esther Cooperman. Photographs removed to FHL Picture Collection, PA 118. Copy of Life of Elisha Tyson (1825) removed to duplicates.

MATERIALS CATALOGUED SEPARATELY:

Moore-Tyson Picture Collection (PA 118):

Tyson Family: Tyson, Nathan (1787-1867), carte de visite; Tyson, Nathan, 8 x 10 oval ; Tyson, Martha Ellicott (1795-1873), carte de visite; Tyson, Henry, (1821-1897) 9x11 ; Tyson, Henry, oval 3-1/2 x 5; Tyson, Mary Gillingham (1825-1892), oval 3-1/2 x 5; Tyson, Martha Ellicott (married Robert Marshall), cabinet card; Tyson, Robert (husband of Martha Ellicott Tyson) ; Group picture, Eliz. Canby Rumford, Eliz. Tatnal, Alice Tyson, Hannah Tyson Simmonds; Home of Henry and Mary Tyson, Baltimore, MD.

Moore Family: Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Thomas), 1838-1906), 3 photographs, cabinet sized; Moore, William Wilson, (1837-1914), 3 photographs.

Townsend-Moore Family: Townsend, Richard, carte de visite; Hadassah Joanna (Townsend) Moore with her great-grandchildren. Digital scan, Hadassah Joanna Moore with great-granddaughter, Hadassah Joanna Moore (2 copy photos); Robert R. and Hadassah J. Moore, ca. 1895, cabinet card; Robert Rowland Moore, 2 cabinet sized; Hadassah Joanna Moore, 2 copies cabinet sized, 1 carte de visite; Robert Rowland Moore with his three sons, 6 x 9; Esther Moore (married Appleton), cabinet sized; Joseph Townsend Moore.

Life of Elisha Tyson, the Philanthropist. Baltimore: 1825. FHL books.

The Moore-Tyson family: ancestry of Robert Rowland Moore and Margaret Gittings Tyson of Sandy Spring, Maryland. New York: 1937. FHL books

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable:

Moore family Townsend family Ellicott family Tyson family Quakers -- Social life and customs Quakers -- Maryland Quakers -- Diaries -- 19th century Moore, Tabitha B. Rowland, 1790-1817 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at Swarthmore, and are not available through inter-Library loan.

Series 1: Moore Family, 1805-1914 Genealogical charts and information n.d. 1 folder 1 Moore family biographies and histories 1934, 1937 1 folder 1

Includes: biography of R. Rowland Moore by Beatrix Moore, 1934; biography of Margaret G.T. Moore and Estella Tyson Moore by M.E.L and [Hadassah Moore Leeds], 1937; short biographical note and newspaper obituary of Elizabeth Moore Mitchell; Notes on Farmers Club Meetings at Plainfield from 1844-1956.

Correspondence 1917 1 folder 1

Letter from Aunt Nannie Simmonds to her sister, Margaret G.T. Moore, February 1917, while both are in England, discusses war and a wounded [relative?]

Marriage certificate for William Moore and Tabitha Rowland 1808 1 folder 1

Marriage certificate, William Wilson Moore (1786-1855) and Tabitha Brock Rowland at Motherkill

Tabitha B. Rowland, diary and copybook 1805-1815 1 folder 1

Tabitha B. Rowland (1790-1817) diary (1812-1815) and copybook (drafts of letters while at Pleasant Hill Boarding School, 1805)

Typed excerpts from Tabitha's diary 1812-1815 1 folder 1 William W. Moore 1883,1908,1914 1 folder 1

William W. Moore (1837-1914), silver anniversary invitation, will, and obituary.

Moore family memorabilia 1894-96 & n.d. 1 folder 1

Memorabilia, primarily from the anniversary of R. R. and Hadassah in 1894 and Hadassah's 80th birthday in 1896.

Newspaper Clippings 1936-52 1 folder 1

Baltimore Sun about Thomas Moore, ice-box inventor, 4 mo 20 1952; newspaper clippings about 1936 wedding of Elizabeth Moore and Joseph Mitchell.

Moore Family Miscellaneous 1937 and n.d. 1 folder 1

Includes: two silhouette cards; empty stamp book with name, Miss Moore; war rationing materials of Elizabeth Moore Mitchell; Strawbridges and Clothier receipt; Distribution of possessions of Margaret G.T. Moore, 1937

Series 2: Townsend Family, 1803-1846 Biography of Joseph Townsend (1756-1841) n.d. 1 folder 1

Handwritten copy

ALS to Esther Townsend from Joseph Townsend 1803 1 folder 1

Autograph letter signed, concerning his father's death.

Joseph Townsend's commonplace book 1823-32 1 folder 1 Perpetual calendar, fragment of a letter n.d. 1 folder 1 Hallet E. Townsend copybook 1830 1 folder 1

An Account of the Battle [of Brandywine] by Joseph Townsend 1846 1 folder 1

Published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Series 3: Ellicott Family, 1819-1986 Mary Ellicott diary of a journey to State of Ohio 1819 1 folder 1 The Rise and Progress of the Town of Ellicott's Mills by John J. Tyson, 1810 1911 1 folder 1

Typescript, dated 1911. The Rise and Progress of the Town of Ellicott's Mills, by John J. Tyson, 1810, with cover letter and note by Lucy Fitzhugh.

Settlement of Ellicott's Mills 1871 1 folder 1

Booklet by Martha E. Tyson

Old Ellicott Family Burial Ground 1975 1 folder 1

Booklet by C. Ellis Ellicott, Jr.

Secondary material on George Ellicott House, Ellicott City, Md. 1986 1 folder 1 Series 4: Tyson Family, 1905-1985 Essay on Elisha Tyson by Lewis Rumford 1985 1 folder 1

Photocopy

Tyson Lineage and Arms by Emily Emerson Lantz 1905 1 folder 1

Typed

The Tyson Family 1973 1 folder 1

Compiled by Rose Clymer Rumford. Photocopy.

Tyson. Old Philadelphia Families. 1937 1 folder 2

Frank Willing Leach, CXX Tyson. MS.

Newspaper clippings n.d. 1 folder 2 Elisha Tyson, Baltimore and the Negro. 1975 1 folder 2

1975 thesis by Leroy Graham, Morgan State College. Photocopy.

Tyson Family Genealogical Material n.d. 1 folder 2

The Henry Tyson Line: Addendum III by J. Rush Marshall, 2005; The Elisha Tyson Family of Jericho Mills and Baltimore Town compiled by Hunter C. Sutherland, n.d.