Col. John Moore (1686-1749)
Shipping Merchant & Member of the Provincial 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. In business, 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.
