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Josiah CLEAVELAND

Josiah CLEAVELAND

Male 1690 - 1750  (59 years)


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  • Name Josiah CLEAVELAND
    Birth 7 Oct 1690  Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male
    Death 9 Feb 1750  Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Josiah Cleaveland was a man of wealth and prominence in both town and church at Canterbury.

      Excerpts from his will (Plainfield, Conn. Probate rec. B, 136-141) (some punctuation, spelling and capitalization modified for clarity):
      "In ye name of God Amen. Ye 28th day of December A.D. 1750, I, Josiah Cleaveland of Canterbury, in ye co. of Windham, Colony of Connecticut in New England, having for a long time been exercysed with infirmities of body, but now of perfect mind and memory, blessed be God. Therefore calling to mind ye mortality of my body do make & ordain this my last will & testament as followeth. ... Item * to my daughter Abigail Adams, 250 pounds. ... * Item, I give to my grandson Benjamin Brown a yearling horse colt & saddle & gun & so much of bills of credit old tenor as together with said colt * amount to 100 pounds, provided he lives here and takes ye care of business until May next...."
    Person ID I72785  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2011

    Father Josiah CLEAVELAND,   b. FEB-26-1666/67, Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1709, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Mother Mary BATES,   b. 8 May 1667, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1743, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F30971  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail PAINE,   b. 5 Jan 1686, Eastham, Barnstable Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1762 (Age 76 years)
    Marriage 7 Aug 1710  Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Abigail CLEVELAND,   b. 3 Jun 1715, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1782, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +2. John CLEAVELAND,   b. 11 Apr 1722, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1799, Ipswich, Essex Co, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Aaron CLEAVELAND,   b. 27 Nov 1727, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1785, Canterbury, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F30974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S2496] Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899), (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies), p. 48.

    2. [S2496] Edmund Janes Cleveland, The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families (1899), (http://www.archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies), p. 79.