Deacon George Clark Cleveland

1804.

JOB WILLIAM 6 CLEVELAND (Job William 5 Deliverance 4 Palmer 3, Edward 2), d. Wethersfield, N. Y., July 7, 1870, a. 74, m. Dorset, Vt., Sept. 18, 1817, Almira Fenton, b. Wintenburg, Mass., Nov. 12, 1799, d. Wethersfield, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1886, da. Jonathan and Rosalinda (Lucus).

Ch. :

+5574 George Clark 7 Cleveland, b. July 27, 1818, East Hebron, N. Y.

+ 5575 Albert Lucas 7 Cleveland, b. July 23, 1820, East Hebron, N. Y.

+5576 Maria Susan 7 Cleveland, b. July 20, 1823, East Hebron, N. Y.

+5577 Eli Tuller 7 Cleveland, b. Feb. 9, 1825, East Hebron, N. Y.

+5578 Mariette 7 Cleveland, b. June 26, 1827, East Hebron, N. Y.

+5579 William Job 7 Cleveland, b. July 21, 1829, East Hebron, N. Y.

+ 5580 Hervey Seymour 7 Cleveland, b. June 18, 1831, East Hebron, N. Y.

+5581 Lorenzo Dow 7 Cleveland, b. July 7, 1834, East Hebron, N. Y.

+ 5582 Henry Jerome 7 Cleveland, b. Aug. 7, 1839, Wetherstield, N. Y.

5583 Helen Rosalinda' Cleveland, b. Aug;. 2, 1844, W., m. W., June 6, 1867, Percival Joiner, b. W., June 27, 1840, s. Andrew and Elizabeth (Walradt), 1. Weth. 1883, farmer.

Ch. b. W. : Allie May 8 Joiner, b. July 11, 1869; Andrew Cleveland 8 Joiner, b. Feb. 19, 1880.

Job William 6 Cleveland removed from East Hebron, May, 1836, to Wethersfield, a memorable 3-weeks journey by canal and river. All narrowly escaped being drowned in Genesee river, then swollen 20 feet, getting to York ; farmer. He was a soldier of 1812, in his country's service when the war closed.

Mrs. Almira (Fenton) Cleveland resided at Wethersfield after his decease.

Fenton ancestry: Fenton m. Miss Weber, she d.,_aged 99 years 11 months; Jonathan Fenton lived at New Haven, Conn., Boston, Mass., Dorset, Vt., and Batavia N.Y., by occupation a potter, m. Rosalinda Lucus.

Bibliographic information:

• The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of many of the husbands and wives, also a bibliography of the Cleveland family and a genealogical account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of other Winn families
• by Cleveland, Edmund Janes, 1842-1902
• Published 1899
• Topics Cleveland family, Cleveland, Moses, d. 1701 or 2, Cleveland, Alexander, fl. 1620, Wynn family, Winn, Edward, d. 1682, Cleveland, Horace Gillette, 1832-1888
• Volume 1
• Publisher Hartford, Conn., Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
• Pages 1092
• Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
• Language English
• Call number 1111252
• Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library
• Book contributor Boston Public Library
• Collection bostonpubliclibrary; americana
• Full catalog record MARCXML
• Page 764
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcleve01clev#page/765/mode/1up

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GEORGE CLARK 7 CLEVELAND (Job William 6, Job William 5, Deliverance 4, Palmer 3, Edward 2, Moses 1), m. 1st, Portage, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1843, Elvira Jane Clark, b. Manchester, Vt., Feb. 23, 1820, died Rockford, Ill., Oct. 25, 1849, da. Chester and Saviah (Mattison). He m. 2d, Orangeville, Wyoming co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1851, Pamelia Lewis, b. Orangev., Dec. 7, 1823, a da. Truman and Lucy (Porter).

Ch. b. Rockford, by 1st m.:

+ 12092 George Clark 8 Cleveland, b. Nov. 30, 1843.

Harvey Chester 8 b. Jan. 31, d. R., Aug. 27, 1846.

Merritt Fenton 8, b. Apr. 12, d. R., Oct. 26, 1848.

By 2d m.:

+ 12093 Frank Lewis 8 Cleveland, b. May 27, 1854.

Johnie 8 Cleveland, b. Dec. 1, 1856, d. Rockford, Jan. 5, 1858.

+ 12094 Edward Warren 8 Cleveland, b. Jan. 18, 1859.

+ 12095 Willis Porter 8 Cleveland, b. Aug. 19, 1861.

+ 12096 Carrie Elvira 8 Cleveland, b. Apr. 1, 1863.

Deacon George Clark 7 Cleveland was a poor boy when he went West, determined to establish himself. In July, 1843, he settled near Rockford, and commenced a new farm on land now a part of his beautiful homestead. For many years he diligently followed his business of farmer and stock raiser, and has been abundantly successful. Removed into Rockford, Apr.,. 1886, where he still resides (1897), and has retired on an ample competency. His son, Edward Warren* Cleveland, is managing his farm. Mr. George Clark' Cleveland- united with the First Congregational Church, Rockford, 1851, joined the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Rockford by letter, 1858, was elected to the office of Deacon, 1870, succeeded to the Eldership, 1885, and has long and acceptably filled both offices, and is senior member of the Board of Elders in term of service ; is highly esteemed in the community.

Elder Cleveland is a subscriber for this Genealogy.

Lewis ancestry of Pamelia Lewis : — William 1, came from England in the ship Lion, landing in Boston, Mass., Sept. 16, 1632, freeman, Nov. 6, 1632, member of the Braintree company which, Aug., 1633, located at Cambridge, Mass., removed to, and was an original proprietor of, Hartford, Conn., 1636, juryman and selectman, 1641, rem. to, and was a founder of, Hadley, Mass., 1659, represented Hadley in Gen. Court, 1662, and Northampton, Mass., 1665, S. Farmington, Conn., Aug. 2, 1683, at great age, m. Felix , surname conjectured to be Olcutt (because Thomas Olcutt of Hartford, in his will, leaves £1 to "brother William Lewis, Sr."), she d. Hadley, Apr. 17, 1671; Capt. William 2, born Eng. Recorder of Farmington, d. Aug. 18, i6qo, m. 2d, Mary Cheever 2; Nathaniel^, b. Farmington, Oct. t, 1676, m. ist, Abigail Ashley', b. Apr. 27, i68i; Nathaniel 3, b. F., Jan. 1, 1703, m. Rachel Kelsey 2, b. Wethersfield, Conn., Aug. 21, 1714; Oliver 5, b. Nov. 28, 1736, an officer in the British army in the French war, d. at Quebec, m. Hannah Eldridge, b. R. I., da. James and Elizabeth ; Oliver 6, b. F., Jan. 25, 1758, entered service, Aug. 19, 1776, Lt. Thomas Bidwell's co.. Revolutionary war, contracting builder, d. Ridgeville, Lorain co., O., Mar. 21, 1830, m. Lucinda North, da. David and Sarah of Northington, Conn.; Truman 7, b. New Hartford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1784. in active service war of 1812. commissioned ensign by Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins of N. Y., town officer, represented Genesee co. in Legislature, d. Warsaw, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1865, m. Lucy Porter 3, b. Mar. 6, 1705, died Dec. 13, 1866; Corinna 8, m. ELI TULLER CLEVELAND 7 +5577; Pamelia 8 Lewis m. Geo. Clark Cleveland 7. — Book XVIII of Genealogy of Lewis Familv. by Simeon Dunham Lewis, 1891, p. 30.

Porter ancestry . — Capt. John 1, b. prob. Farmington, Conn., 1746, of F., d. Apr. 14, 1792, m. Jerusha — . b. Dec. 20, 1746, d. Jan., 1828 ; Seth 2, b. Jan. 2, 1770, d. Apr. 17, 1831, m. May 3, 1792, Sarah Cowles-, b. Apr. 10, 1772, d. Nov. 19, 1819 ; Lucy 3 Porter m. Truman Lewis 7.

Cowles ancestry.-— Joseph 1, b. Oct. 18, 1747, d. May 29, 1789, m. Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1744; Sarah 2 Cowles m. Seth Porter 2.

Kelsey ancestry .—Arms — (Chelmsford and Thorp co., Essex, Eng., granted June 24, 1634). Sa. on a pile cotised or, 3 escutcheons gu. Crest — Two cubit arms erect, vested sa. cuffed or, holding in the hands ppr. an escutcheon or. . . . John 1., of Wethersfield. Conn., m. W., Nov. 23, 1704, Mary Buck 3; Rachel 2 Kelsey m. Nathaniel Lewis4.

Buck, Bucke, Book, Bouk ancestry :—3 arms : Bucke ; 13.- Buck: (Gloucestershire). Per fesse wavy ar. and sa. 3 bucks' attires, fixed to the scalp, counterchanged. Crest — A buck's attire ar, fixed to the scalp or. . . . Emanuel 1 (or Enoch) Bucke, of Wethersfield, m. Sarah; EzekieP, b. W., Jan. 15, 1650, m. W., Mar. 18, 1675, Rachel Andrews, born 1652, a da. John and Mary of Farmington, Conn.; Mary 3 Buck m. John Kelsey 1.

Ashley Ashly ancestry : — I arms : Ashley or Astlev ;I Ashley or Asheley ; 17.- Ashley : (Dorsetshire, Eng.). Az. a cinquefoil within a bordure engr. erm. Crest — A harpy ppr. . . . Robert 1, b. Eng., from Eng. to Roxbury, Mass., Springfield, Mass., 1639, m. Mary; David 2, b. June 8, 1642, of Westfield, Mass., m. Hannah Glover, a da. Henry of New Haven, Conn.; Abigail 3 Ashley m. Nathaniel Lewis 3.

Cheever ancestry: — Ezekiel 1, b. London, Eng., Jan. 25, 1614, it has been said that his father was a linen draper, though no Cheever was a member of the Draper's co. prior to 1637, tradition says that he was, when a boy, at St. Paul's school, came to Boston, Mass., June, 1637, to New Haven prob. spring of 1638, the noted schoolmaster of whom a long biography is in N. E. His. Gen. Reg., XXXIII : 164-192, Ezekiel, school teacher, and Richard of Boston, were cousins of the brothers: Abraham and Bartholomew of Boston, and Daniel of Cambridge. Ezekiel was uncle to Peter Cheever of Salem, Mass., m. 1st, Mary ; Mary 2 Cheever m, William Lewis 2.

Bibliographic information:

• The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of many of the husbands and wives, also a bibliography of the Cleveland family and a genealogical account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of other Winn families
• by Cleveland, Edmund Janes, 1842-1902
• Published 1899
• Topics Cleveland family, Cleveland, Moses, d. 1701 or 2, Cleveland, Alexander, fl. 1620, Wynn family, Winn, Edward, d. 1682, Cleveland, Horace Gillette, 1832-1888
• Volume 2
• Publisher Hartford, Conn., Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company
• Pages 1158
• Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
• Language English
• Call number 1111252
• Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library
• Book contributor Boston Public Library
• Collection bostonpubliclibrary; americana
• Notes pg 1746 is followed by 1746a and 1746b, then continues to 1747
• Full catalog record MARCXML
• Page 1496
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofcleve02clev#page/1496/mode/1up