Hugh Moore - Hughs family in Scotland to Ireland. From various records through the Freemasons and family letters held by the Hawkins.

I have discovered most of the Siblings of Alexander and am looking for locations of them. I have his father confirmed as Hugh Moore and his mothers last name as Bowden. I have identified Hugh had at least 2 brothers James and William. Hugh and his brothers were born in Scotland and the family moved to Bally Black, Newtownards, Down, Ireland at a point when Hugh was a child. Hugh was reared in Bally Black and that family farm was sold around 1820 by “old Snaffy Moore” (that will be fun to research).
The Father Hugh was a Tavern Keeper 1823-1845 in Conway Square, Newtownards, Ireland, with the help of his brother -James and one of Hughs sons John. (John Moore stayed in Ireland as a member of the Militia). Hugh died in 1865 in Newtownards. He may have had a daughter Jane (a spinster) living with him at that time, unconfirmed but some records show a Hugh Moore’s will in the next town with Jane in it. Brothers James and William “moved away” after 1945 with the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. Unk where they went.
I have Records from the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Ireland that have tons of pages of Monthly minutes from Hugh and Alexanders Lodge, from the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. They are a little difficult to read because they are written as meeting minutes with themselves intended as the readers, thus there is a lot of lost context there. The family dissolved one lodge #985 and formed a new one #195 in Conway Square when they made the 5 mile move north from Bally Black, Newtownards. Records show Alexander joined in 1818 and Hugh in 1820. The Grand Lodge in Ireland confirmed that the age to join back then (as now) was still 21 years old. Thus it helps to place Alexanders date of birth to prior to 1798. Alexander stated on this Naturalization papers that he arrived in the US before the age of 18, and that is not true according to the records.
Notes state that the Mason’s meetings were held at Hugh’s residence from 1823 to 1845. They might have been held in the Tavern as it would have been common for Hugh to have lived in the building in the back or upper level. I can’t wait to research the tavern location and history.