His mother was the daughter of William Bellew, of Stockleigh Court, Devon.
[1] He seems to have retired from active duty before 1792, when Thomas Morgan, one of the founders of the Western Unitarian Society, is described as minister at Liskeard.
Priestley, who thought highly of Moore as an exegete, secured him as a contributor to the Commentaries and Essays, 1785–99, 2 vols., of the Society for Promoting the Knowledge of the Scriptures; the second volume is largely occupied with Moore's interpretations of passages in the Old Testament, commended by Alexander Geddes.
In 1789, Priestley then applied to Moore, through Michael Dodson, to take part in a projected version of the Bible.
[1] He published: Posthumous was: One of his pieces is in Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne's hymnal, the Book of Praise, 1863; others are in older Unitarian collections.