[7] The couple's first son, named Augustine Moore to honor his grandfather, may not have married and definitely died before 1760, when his brothers Bernard and Thomas inherited his lands pursuant to the terms of their late father's will.
The couple's third son Bernard Moore married Lucy Ann Hebbard Leiper of Chester County, Pennsylvania, whose father was a medical doctor and whose mother's brother was Maryland Governor William Smallwood.
To purchase additional slaves to farm this land, Moore borrowed money from fellow planters, including Daniel Parke Custis and William Claiborne.
In 1761 Moore sought to acquire an iron forge, and borrowed money from his brother-in-law John Robinson, who was speaker of the House of Burgesses and one of the representatives from King and Queen County.
[13] Voters in New Kent County first elected Bernard Moore as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses in 1744, since Thomas West died, and re-elected him until 1758, when Peter Robinson succeeded to that part-time position.
[17][18] In the last session of the House of Burgesses, this man's son Augustine Moore replaced Phillip Whitehead Claiborne, who had died before taking office.
[20] Bernard Moore Jr. also followed his father's career path as a politician, and was elected in 1782 to represent King William County in the Virginia House of Delegates.