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Samuel Moore (c. 1759–?)

Samuel Moore (c.1759- ), from Leith, Scotland, was an able seaman when he arrived at Sydney aboard the Supply in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He was discharged to sick quarter's at Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia) on 12 August 1790. The muster of the Pandora records that Moore was picked up at Batavia prior to the ship being wrecked in August 1791.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 250

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'Moore, Samuel (c. 1759–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-samuel-31518/text38974, accessed 29 March 2024.

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c. 1759
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland

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