Col. John Moore (1686-1749)
Shipping Merchant & Member of the King's Council, of "White Hall" New York
He lived at "White Hall" Moore's-Folly-on-the-Hudson, New York, on which the U.S. Military Academy of West Point was established in 1802. He was in partnership with Stephen DeLancey. In 1731, the Common Council directed DeLancey & Moore to send their ship Beaver to London to obtain two new fire engines, the first in the City of New York.
