Individual Details

Marriage

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Military

On 26 December 1836, widowSarah Cleveland, age given as 79 years and resident of Constantia, New York,made application for a pension based on her husband John’s service in theRevolution. John Cleveland enlisted in the company of Capt. Betts, regiment ofCol. Zebulon Butler in January 1777 and served a term of three years dischargedin 1780. In 1781, he served as Ensign in the regiment of Col. Zebulon Butler.Sarah was married to John Cleveland at Stamford, Connecticut in the month ofOctober 1776 by the Rev. Mr. Dibble. John Cleveland died in Vermont in 1824. Sarah’solder sister by nine years, Elizabeth Bates then in her 86th year,provided a statement in support of her application stating the marriage was inthe Fall of 1776 when Sarah was nineteen. James Cleveland of Oswego County alsoprovided a statement. On 26 December 1836, Sarah authorized Peter Hartwell toact as attorney of her behalf. Ambrose Todd, Episcopal clergyman of Stamford,reported the record of the marriage of John Cleveland and Sarah Scofield as 7August 1777. After their marriage, John and Sarah resided in New Fairfield,Connecticut, Smithfield in Madison County, New York, and Oswego County, NewYork. In 1817, John Cleveland went to Canada on a business venture and died inVermont in 1824. Sarah was allowed a pension.On 13 April 1844,Nehemiah Cleveland heir-at-law of John Cleveland made application for abounty-land patent. On 26 April 1844, Hannah Cleveland aged fifty-five years reportedshe was well acquainted with Ensign John Cleveland and his family having livedwith the family for several months in New Fairfield. She knew all his childrenand they were Nehemiah, James, John, and Sarah. On 29 April 1844, John Strykerof the surrogate court of Oneida County, New York certified that evidence hadbeen presented that the only children of Ensign John Cleveland were Nehemiah,James, John, and Sarah wife of Abiathar Buck, and these were the only heirs-at-lawof John Cleveland. On 11 July 1845, Asahel C. Howe reported he was wellacquainted with the family. John Cleveland was a poor main who supported his familyby labor. Mr. Howe reported that John Cleveland left the area of Madison Countyin 1816 or 1817 and was later reported to have died. On 12 July 1845, NehemiahCleveland elaborated on what was known of the fate of his father. He frequentlywent to Canada and Vermont to look after a debt due to him. He finally left in1817, and his fate or exact time of his death was unknown, but he was believedto have died in 1824 or 1825. On 19 May 1851, heirs-at-law of Sarah Cleveland(these all children of son Nehemiah who was then deceased) named Willis G. Wadeto act of their behalf: Marietta Parker, Wellington Cleveland, ByingtonCleveland, Washington Cleveland, and Adelia Matthewson).The pension file alsocontains multiple statements related to a service confusion between twodifferent men named John Cleveland who served in the Connecticut line, with thepension of John Cleveland married to Sarah Scofield not being of the correctamount for an officer due to the confusion. The other John Cleveland in questionwas the spouse of Mary Pierce and statements were provided by Jay Hathaway, ason-in-law of John and Mary Cleveland, to help clear up the confusion.[1] [1] U. S.Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case W16535and BLW 23234-150

Biography

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