The PARISH RECORDS were sent to the local Bishop. These records have been transcribed by the LATTER DAY SAINTS (MORMONS)
and can be viewed at:
www.familysearch.com
Claims that the family originally came from one small village South Perrott on the Dorset/Devon/Somerset borders
might be supported by the following early references to people with our name:
John Cleel Birth: About 1514 South Perrott, Dorset
William Cleel Birth: 13 APR 1572 South Perrott, Dorset, Father: Thomas Cleel Mother: Alice Bridell
William Cleal Marriage: About 1673 South Perrott, Dorset, Spouse: Mary
William Cleal Christening: 31 MAR 1680 South Perrott, Dorset, Death: 28 SEP 1729 Father: William Cleal Mother: Mary
Roger Cleal Christening: 11 JAN 1683 South Perrott, Dorset Father: William Cleal Mother: Mary
John Cleel Birth: 12 MAY 1616 South Perrott, Dorset, Father: Richard Cleel
Spouse: Florence Pooke Marriage: 28 APR 1640 South Perrott, Dorset
John Cleel Birth: 19 NOV 1643 South Perrott, Dorset, Father: John Cleel Mother: Florence Pooke Death: 18 JAN 1644
John Cleal Birth: 31 MAY 1675 South Perrott, Dorset, Father: Richard Cleal Mother: Shebbeck Graham
John's Death: 29 APR 1728 Spouse: Thomasin Marriage: About 1700 South Perrott, Dorset
They may well fit into our family, but how/where we don't yet know - do you ??
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THE EARLIEST WE KNOW OF 'OUR' CLEAL FAMILY
JAMES CLEAL married Jane (surname not known) sometime before 1755.
He died in 1787 in Somerset, England.
Jane Cleal died in 1814 at Horton, Ilminster, Somerset
Their children: James (c.1750s), Jane (c.1755), Joseph (1757), Benjamin (1761) and Betty (Bettey)
Tax records show James owned property that went to Jane and then Jane gave some of these lands to Jacob.
When Jacob married one of the witnesses was a Joseph Cleal. Joseph also lived in the same town as James and Jane.
At different times the family name is spelt Cleale. From 1766 (when the Land and Property tax records began in Broadway) James owned
two properties in Horton , Somerset. One called GOODWIN'S (later known as GOODEN'S) and MATHER'S (later known as Matthew's ).
GOODWIN'S was taxed for 0-2-9 1/4 and MATHER'S was taxed at 0-3-9. James also had a property with a James Mico in 1781 and 1782
and between 1781, and 1785 he owned one other unnamed property in Horton, for which he paid 0-15-0 in taxes.
He also had a property in Beer Crocombe (unnamed) which he had from 1782 (tax was 0-4-7 1/3). In 1789 this property passed
to a Mrs. Cleal (noted as Jane Cleal in the 1792 records) who kept the property until 1805, at which stage it was probably sold.
This property in Beer Crocombe was occupied during this time by William Soulman. The two properties in Horton were still owned
by James Clealin the 1780's when the records recommence and both properties passed on to Jane Cleal in 1789.
It is from this information that I believe James Cleal died in 1788.
Spouse Notes: It appears that Jane and Jame's children were christened in the CofE. Jane took over all James's properties in around 1788.
By 1791 she also owned an additional property in Horton called 'SAVIDGES'. She kept all the properties in Horton until 1811, when both GOODEN'S
and MATTHEW'S became the property of Jacob Cleal. In 1814 Jane's property SAVIDGES is listed as the Late Jane Cleal's
and it is occupied by a J. Matthews. From 1815-1827 these details remained the same.
In 1828 the Late Jane Cleal is written as the Late John Cleal (spelling mistake ?) and it is occupied by a Sam Lock.
Research: The Land and Property tax records for Broadway on film No: B.F.A 1526798, item 22. Tax was paid at 4 shillings in the pound.
There are many missing years in these records. The years included on this film are 1766, 1767, then is a jump to 1781. Most years from 1781 - 1831
are all there with the exception of 1786 and 1788 which are missing. The parishes included on this film were Ashill, Beer Crocombe, Broadway, Bulstone, Donyatt, Mary St. Buckland, Ilminster , Horton, Hilcombe, Hatch - Beauchamp , Fivehead.
These are parishes which surround Broadway and for many have share land and boundaries.
John Cleal of Sth Perrott married a Catherine Cox 1714 of Hasibrough
John Cleal of Lamyett married a Mary Arnold - 1765 in Bruton
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