Enoch Moore (loyalist turned rebel)

Enoch Moore (April 16, 1779– August 1841) was involved in political matters in British North America, and was convicted of high treason and sentenced to hang.

Even though he was raised in a Loyalist and Quaker home, Moore was elected Captain of the rebels at Malahide, Ontario, during the Rebellions of 1837.

[4] Court records show that Enoch was arrested and jailed in London on Dec. 21, 1837, convicted of high treason, sentenced to death, then reprieved on May 19, 1838.

His brother, Elias Moore, was released after a short stay in jail because the key witness absconded.

Moore and his wife and nine of their 11 children immigrated to the United States in July 1840, settling in Ogle County, Illinois.