CLEVELAND




{Much more on Cleveland to come; this is just a segment I transferred over from the SMITH page.]

Mrs. Kate Horton (Cleveland) Smith's ancestors were among the early New England colonists and her line of descent is as follows:
(I) Moses (or Moyses) Cleveland, born in Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, about the year 1624; settled in Woburn; died in that town, Jan. 9, 1701-02. He was the common ancestor of all the Clevelands or Cleavelands of New England orogin. He married in Woburn, July 26, 1648, Ann Winn, born in Wales about the year 1626, died in Woburn prior to May 6, 1682. Their children were:
Moses, Hannah, Aaron, Samuel, Miriam, Joanna, died at the age of six years; Edward, Josiah, Isaac, Joanna, Enoch.

(II) Edward, seventh child and third son of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, was born in Woburn, May 20, 1664, died in Pomfret, Conn., in 1746. His first wife, whom he married in North Kingston, Rhode Island, about 1684, was Deliverance, born about 1665, died in Canterbury, Conn. June 7, 1717, daughter of Benjamin Palmer. At Canterbury, Jan. 1, 1722, he married (second) Zeruiah Church.
Children:
Deliverance, Edward, Palmer, Abigail, Isaac, Samuel, Mary, George, Elizabeth.

(III) George, son of Edward and Deliverance (Palmer) Cleveland, was born in North Kingston, [R.I.}, about 1706-07, died Oct. 2, 1756 at Fort William Henry, N.Y., while serving as armorer in the French and Indian war. He married, in Walpole, Mass., about 1730, Sarah, born in 1707, died in Walpole, May 2, 1793, daughter of John and Mary Hall.
Children, all born in Walpole:
John, Mercy, Edward, George, Aquilla, David, Sarah, Samuel.

(IV) David, fifth son and sixth chld of George and Sarah (Hall) Cleveland, was born in Walpole, May 1, 1744. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war; also served in the war for national independence and was stationed in Boston. For many years he resided in Dover, Mass., and his death occurred in that town April 14, 1820.
He married (first) in Dedham, Mass., April 10, 1773, Rachel, born there Aprl 19, 1750, died in Dover, March 12, 1799, daughter of Hezekiah and Jemima Allen, and the maiden surname of her mother was probably Kingsbury. David Cleveland married (second) Mrs. Keziah (Mason) Allen, widow of his first wife's brother, and she died in Pawtucket, R. I., about 1847, having married her third husband, General Crane.
David Cleveland's children, all of his first marriage and born in Dover, were:
Ira, died young; David, Cyrus, George, Gad, Rachel, Martha or Patty G., Mary, Hitty.

(V) Ira, third son of David and Rachel (Allen) Cleveland, was born in Dover, Dec. 21, 1777. He resided on a farm in Milford, Mass., and died there August 6, 1852. He married, in Dover, April 3, 1801, Mehitable, born in that town Aug. 8, 1777, daughter of Captain Ebenezer and Hannah (Allen) Battelle.
Children:
1. Ira, born Feb. 1, 1802; married Frances M. Whitney.
2. Mehitable Battelle, born March 6, 1804, died in 1889, unmarried; lived in Milford 1849 to 1884.
3. Alinda, born in Milford, Jan. 3, 1807, died Nov. 10, 1831, unmarried.
4. Reuel Allen, born in Milford, Mass., June 7, 1809, died Jan. 25, 1885, unmarried.
5. Almira, born in Milford, April 2, 1812, died Feb. 25, 1835.
6. Warren Augustus, mentioned below.

(VI) Warren Augustus, son of Ira and Mehitable (Battelle) Cleveland, was born in Milford, Nov. 15, 1816. From 1833 to 1864, he resided in New York City, where he conducted a mercantile agency. About 1860 he engaged in manufacuring, and in 1863 acquired extensive copper mining interests in Vermont, becoming vice-president, secretary, treasurer and superintendent of the Vermont Copper Mining Company. In 1864 he was appointed superintendent of both of these properties, and removing to West Fairlee he managed them with marked ability until compelled to retire on account of ill health. He died in Sheldon, Vermont, June 7, 1872.
Mr. Cleveland married, in Malone, New York, Sarah Catherine McChesney, born in Potsdam, this state, March 19, 1821, daughter of Robert and Orpha (Horton) McChesney. Of this union there were two children:
1. Kate Horton, previously referred to as the wife of J. Ovette Smith. (See Smith).
2. Mary Battelle, born Aug. 8, 1850, died Oct. 8 of that year.


SECOND ENTRY:

Moses or Moyses Cleveland or Cleaveland - the common ancestor of all the Clevelands or Cleavelands of New England origin, came when a youth from Ipswich, Suffolk county, England. There is no definite account of his ancestry or date of his coming to America. Family tradition hs it that he sailed from London, England, and arrived in America in 1635; that he was born in Ipswich, England, about 1624 (the court files at Woburn, Mass. state he was thirty-nine years of age in 1663).
In 1643 he was made a freeman of Woburn. He became a man of some prominence in New England and was identified with the political movements of his day. He was admitted to full communion in the First Church of Charlestown, Mass., March 1, 1690. He died at Woburn, Jan. 9, 1701-02.
He married, in Woburn, Sept. 26, 1648, Ann Winn, who died in Woburn prior to May 6, 1682.
Children, all born in Woburn, Mass.:
1. Moses (2), a volunteer in King Philip's war; settled at Edgartown, Mattha's Vineyard, then removed to Southold, New York; married Ruth Norton, and had eight children.
2. Hannah, married Thomas Henshaw; wounded in battle with the Indians, and died from the effects. Seven children.
3. Aaron (ancestor of President Grover Cleveland), was a soldier in King Philip's war. His gravestone is still to be found in good preservation in Woburn "Old First Burying Ground." He married Dorcas Wilson; ten children.
4. Samuel, see forward.
5. Miriam, married Thomas Foskell (Fosdick), five children.
6. Joanna, died young.
7. Edward, married (first) Deliverance Palmer; (second) Zeriuah Church; nine children.
8. Josiah, married Mary Bates, twelve children.
9. Isaac, married Mrs. Elizabeth (Pierce) Curtis, widow of John Curtis; four children.
10. Johanna, married Joseph Kees; two children.
11. Enoch, married (first) Elizabeth Counce; (second) Elizabeth Wright; four children by first marriage.

(II) Sergeant Samuel, son of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, was born in Woburn, Mass., June 9, 1657, died at Canterbury, Conn., March 12, 1735-36. He married (first) Jane Keyes; (second) Persis Hildreth, born in Chelmsford, Feb. 8, 1660, died at Canterbury, Conn., Feb. 22, 1698, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth. He married (third) Mrs. Margaret Fish, widow of John Fish.
Child by first marriage:
Jane.
By second marriage:
Persis, Samuel, Ephraim, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary.
By third marriage:
Abigail and Timothy.

(III) Joseph, son of Sergeant Samuel and his second wife, Persis (Hildreth) Cleveland, was born in Chelmsford, Mass., July 18, 1689, died in Canterbury, Conn., March 11, 1766. He was known as sergeant or Mr. to distinguish him from his cousin, Captain Joseph. He married (first) Feb. 7, 1710-11, Abigail Hyde, born in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 8, 1688, died in Canterbury, Conn., Dec. 16, 1724, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Kidder) Hyde. Married (second) March 31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth.
Children by first marriage:
Ephraim, Jonathan, Benjamin, Dorothy, John, Elijah and Persis.
By second marriage:
Ezra and Samuel.

(IV) Elijah, youngest son of Joseph and Abigail (Hyde) Cleveland, was born at Canterbury, Conn., Jan. 5, 1720-21, died at Hillsdale, Columbia county, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1794. He removed to Columbia county, N.Y., 1750, owned and cultivated a farm there until his death.
He married, 1748, Alice, born in Plainfield, Conn., April 19, 1731, died in Hillsdale, N.Y., June 12, 1799, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Jewett) Lawrence.
Children:
Joseph, Lucinda, Asa or Asahel, John, Abigail, Sarah, Waitstill, see forward, Daniel and Amy.

(V) Waitstill, son of Elijah and Alice (Lawrence) Cleveland, was born at Hillsdale, Columbia county, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1764. He was a farmer of Summit, N.Y., where he died Feb. 17, 1815.
He married, Jan. 5, 1792, Martha (Patty) Taber, born 1765, died 1815.
Children:
Stephen, Amy, Abraham Taber, see forward, Lemuel, Waitstill (2), Anna (2) and Martha.

(VI) Abraham Taber, son of Waitstill and Martha (Taber) Cleveland, was born Jan. 8, 1797, died in Greig, Lewis, N.Y., July 18, 1862. He was a farmer of Columbia county, later of Lewis county, N.Y.
He married, Feb. 10, 1820, Mary, born Dec. 8, 1800, died at Greig, Sept. 2, 1861, daughter of Uriah and Mary (Wiltse) Adams.
Children, first two born in Columbia county:
1. David Wiltse, born Sept. 15, 1825, died July 27, 1851; unmarried.
2. Lemuel Wilson, July 16, 1830, died June 13, 1863, unmarried.
3. Caroline Ann, June 14, 1834, at Canaan, N.Y., see forward.
4. Uriah Adams, at Greig, N.Y. March 7, 1841.

(VII) Caroline Ann, only daughter of Abraham Taber and Mary (Adams) Cleveland, married, in 1852, Ezra Lonas (see Lonas III).

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