Individual Details
Peter Cleaver Jr.
(28 Oct 1697 - 7 Apr 1776)
This Peter Cleaver, jr., of Upper Dublin, is frequently mentioned as a road juror, etc.
Events
Birth | 28 Oct 1697 | Philadelphia, Pa | |||
Marriage | 4 May 1722 | Germantown Friends Meeting, Montgomery, Pennsylvania - Elizabeth Potts | |||
Land | 1734 | Upper Dublin | |||
Death | 7 Apr 1776 | Upper Dublin, Phila. Co, PA |
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Potts (1699 - 1762) |
Child | Mary Cleaver (1723 - 1744) |
Child | John Cleaver (1724 - 1804) |
Child | Isaac Cleaver (1727 - 1797) |
Child | Ezekial Cleaver (1729 - 1785) |
Child | Peter Cleaver (1730 - 1795) |
Child | Nathan Cleaver (1734 - 1809) |
Child | Elizabeth Cleaver (1739 - 1808) |
Father | Peter Cleaver (1667 - 1728) |
Mother | Gertrude Shoemaker (1669 - 1727) |
Sibling | Christina Cleaver (1696 - ) |
Sibling | Eve Cleaver (1699 - ) |
Sibling | Derrick Cleaver (1702 - 1768) |
Sibling | John Cleaver (1705 - 1773) |
Sibling | Agnes Cleaver (1707 - 1757) |
Sibling | Isaac Cleaver (1713 - 1799) |
Notes
Marriage
In the marrige record, Peter Cleaver, Jr. is described as "weaver" and Elizabeth Potts as daughter of David and Alice Potts, "seamstress." The marriage certificate was signed by fifty one witnesses, a majority of whom were relatives. They settled in Upper Dublin Township, now included in Montgomery County, wher he owned one hundred acres of land. (The Potts Family in Great Britain and America, 1901 - ThomasMaxwell Potts]Land
removed to Upper Dublin, and was there before 1734, as he is returned in the list of that year as owner of 100 acres of land.Death
He died in 1776, and mentions in his will his sons John, Isaac, Ezekiel, Peter, and Nathan, and his daughter Elizabeth.Burial: April 8, 1776, Horsham Meeting burying ground