Complex sentence: Moore was born in Newtown, New York, in 1748, the son of Samuel Moore and Sarah Fish Moore and the great-grandson of John Moore, the first Independent minister allowed in New England.
Split into simpler sentences: Moore was born in Newtown, New York, in 1748, the son of Samuel Moore and Sarah (Fish) Moore. He was the great-grandson of John Moore, the first Independent minister allowed in New England.