Margaret Falley

Great Grandmother of President (Stephen) Grover Cleveland.

Margaret Hitchcock, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Stebbins) Hitchcock was born in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, 25 May 1741; married in Springfield, Hampden, Masschusetts 14 January 1762, Lieutenant Richard Falley. Following the death of her husband in 1808, she removed with her son Daniel and his wife Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's father, James Holland (aka Mulholland) to Oswego Falls, New York, in 1813.

Children of Richard and Margaret (Hitchcock) Falley, all born in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts:

1. Lovisa, b. 3 December 1762; married Medad Fowler; died in Westfield 29 April 1849 2. Frederick, b. 2 January 1765; died unmarried in Ohio, 5 July 1828 3. Margaret,b, 25 November 1766, married 19 December 1793, William Cleveland; died new Buffalo, NY 10 August 1850. 4. Richard, b. 15 September 1768 5. Russell, baptized 14 October 1770, married Pamella Chapman. 6. Daniel, b. 27 December 1772; d. 10 January 1773 7. Daniel, b. 15 November 1773 8. Ruth, baptized 10 December 1775; married Stephen Allen 9. Lewis, baptized 3 May 1778 10. Samuel, baptized 15 October 1780; married Ruth Root 11. Alexander, baptized 18 May 1783

Source: New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1954, Volume CVIII Pages 96-105

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