Individual Details
John Cleveland
(28 Feb 1735 - 15 Feb 1818)
Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, Vol 3 page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online: John Cleveland was born in Canterbury, CT 28 Feb 1735, died Upper Coos, Colebrook, Coos Co., NH, 15 Feb 1818, married Canterbury, 17 Feb. 1762, Betsey Downer of Windham, CT, born Hebron, CT, 17 Apr. 1739, died Colebrook, Nov 1822, daughter of Caleb Downer. He was in the French and Indian War; under Gen. James Wolfe at taking of Quebec, Can., 13 Sept 1759. John Cleveland, before the Revolution, moved up the Connecticut River to Bath, Grafton Co., NH, lived there many years, farmer. He and his wife are buried at Upper Coos. Children were born in Canterbury.
From Wikitree Cleveland-653:
John Cleveland was apparently born to Abigail out of wedlock. We will probably never know who his father was. Abigail later married John Adams and had ten children.
Connecticut Town Birth Records pre-1870 US Sons of the American Revolution Applications 1889-1970 Find A Grave Memorial# 43500788 Connecticut Town Marriage Records pre-1870
Paternal relationship to John Cleveland (Cleveland-2242) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905 and her cousin Andy Bowers (Bowers-5174) GEDmatch A139622. The most recent common ancestors are Aaron Cleveland II (Cleveland-49) and Abigail (Waters) Cleveland (Waters-1562). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.0, based on sharing 27.1cM across 7 segments.
Maternal relationship to Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905, and her cousin David Smith (Smith-98238) GEDmatch A202481. The most recent common ancestor is Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 5.0 based on sharing 25.3cM across 6 segments. Note, David Smith (Smith-98238) is descended from Abigail (Cleveland) Adams second relationship with John Adams (Adams-4646).
Maternal relationship to Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905, and her cousin Robert Wallach (Wallach-30) GEDmatch A953202. The most recent common ancestor is Josiah Cleveland (Cleveland-651). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 6.0 based on sharing 19.0cM across 6 segments.
From Wikitree Cleveland-653:
John Cleveland was apparently born to Abigail out of wedlock. We will probably never know who his father was. Abigail later married John Adams and had ten children.
Connecticut Town Birth Records pre-1870 US Sons of the American Revolution Applications 1889-1970 Find A Grave Memorial# 43500788 Connecticut Town Marriage Records pre-1870
Paternal relationship to John Cleveland (Cleveland-2242) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905 and her cousin Andy Bowers (Bowers-5174) GEDmatch A139622. The most recent common ancestors are Aaron Cleveland II (Cleveland-49) and Abigail (Waters) Cleveland (Waters-1562). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 7.0, based on sharing 27.1cM across 7 segments.
Maternal relationship to Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905, and her cousin David Smith (Smith-98238) GEDmatch A202481. The most recent common ancestor is Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 5.0 based on sharing 25.3cM across 6 segments. Note, David Smith (Smith-98238) is descended from Abigail (Cleveland) Adams second relationship with John Adams (Adams-4646).
Maternal relationship to Abigail (Cleveland) Adams (Cleveland-656) is partially confirmed by a GEDmatch test between Judith Ann (Slifko) Plumery (Slifko-3) GEDmatch A003905, and her cousin Robert Wallach (Wallach-30) GEDmatch A953202. The most recent common ancestor is Josiah Cleveland (Cleveland-651). Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 6.0 based on sharing 19.0cM across 6 segments.
Events
| Birth | 28 Feb 1735 | Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, British America |  |  | |
| Military | 13 Sep 1759 | and was in the French and Indian War; under Gen. James Wolfe at taking of Quebec City, Can. | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Nov 1762 | she is of Windham, Conn., Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, British America - Elizabeth "Betsey" Downer | | | |
| Death | 15 Feb 1818 | Upper Coos, Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire, United States | | ||
| Burial | 18 Feb 1818 | Columbia Bridge Cemetery, Colebrook, Coos, New Hampshire, United States | | | |
| LDS Family Tree ID | K2H2-BF6 | ||||
| WikiTree | Cleveland-653 |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Betsey" Downer (1739 - 1822) |
| Child | Martha Cleveland (1763 - 1836) |
| Child | John Cleveland (1764 - 1809) |
| Child | Abigail Cleveland (1766 - ) |
| Child | Downer Cleveland (1768 - 1787) |
| Child | Caleb Cleveland (1770 - ) |
| Child | Anson Cleveland (1772 - ) |
| Mother | Abigail Cleaveland (1715 - 1782) |
Notes
Birth
Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online: John Cleveland was born in Canterbury, CT 28 Feb 1735.Burial found at Find a Grave: John Cleveland b. Feb. 28, 1735 d. Feb. 15, 1818, Columbia Cemetery, Colebrook, Coos Co., NH.
LDS Family Search shows a John Cleveland born 27 Feb 1734, Canterbury TWP, Windham, CT, mother Abigail Cleveland.
Military
Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online.Marriage
From "A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland, etc" by Horace Gillette Cleveland dated 1879, page 239, found at Heritage Quest Online: the Township Records of Canterbury, CT shows the marriage of John Cleaveland and Betsey Downer on 17 Nov 1762.See "The Downers of America, with Genealogical Record" by David R. Downer dated 1900, page 38: Elizabeth daughter of Caleb Downer and Martha Smith, born ?, married 17 Nov. 1762, John Cleveland, at Scotland.
Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online: John Cleveland married Canterbury, 17 Feb. 1762, Betsey Downer of Windham, CT.
Death
Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online: died Upper Coos, Colebrook, Coos Co., NH, on 15 Feb 1818, buried at Upper Coos.Burial
Burial found at Find a Grave: John Cleveland b. Feb. 28, 1735 d. Feb. 15, 1818, Columbia Cemetery, Colebrook, Coos Co., NH.Per "The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families..etc." by Edmund James Cleveland dated 1899, page 2281, found at Heritage Quest Online: John Cleveland, before the Revolution, moved up the Connecticut river to Bath, Grafton Co., NH, lived there many years, farmer. He and his wife are buried at Upper Coos.
Endnotes
1. Edmund James Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families: ect (Hartford, Conn.: Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1899), Vol 3 page 2281 item 18656; digital images, my e-book, Heritage Quest Online ( : accessed .
2. , Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection) (n.d.), Vol. Canterbury page 53; connecticut vital records to 1870 (online database: americanancestors.org, new england historic genealogical society, 2011.) from original typescripts, lucius barnes barbour collection, 1928, AmericanAncestors.org ( : accessed .
3. Edmund James Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families: ect (Hartford, Conn.: Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1899), Vol 3 page 2281 item 18656; digital images, my e-book, Heritage Quest Online ( : accessed .
4. Dorothy M. Titus, Titus Family in America: Eleven generations of the direct line from Robert Titus I to Dorothy Madalene Tittus and Bursley Howland Titus XI (Weston, Mass.: Published by the editor Percy Hobart Titus, July 1943), page 3 note 2; my ebook, Heritage Quest Online, Los Angeles Public Library online ( : accessed .