William Cleaver Sr. (1735 - 1809)

Born 20 Mar 1735 in Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Knight) Cleaver — married Aug 1756 (to 1763) in Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1809 at age 74 in Nelson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William Cleaver Sr. served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.

William Cleaver Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A065950.

Name

William Cleaver, Sr.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Birth

20 Mar 1730 Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ^[2][5]

Alternate: 1735

Marriage

1757^[2]

Service during the American Revolution

William Kleber (1730-1809) was a surveyor in Tyger`s Valley, Augusta County, Virginia in 1779. His wife is Hannah _____ Houston.^[6]

Residence

United States^[5]

1790 Middleton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States^[3]

1800 Nelson County, KY^[1]

Death

8 Aug 1809 Nelson, Kentucky, United States^[4][5]

Will

Nelson County Kentucky Records Volume I; page 1017, Will of WILLIAM CLEAVER, SR.,

“in a frail body,” gives to loving wife HANNAH CLEAVER one-third of all the personal estate, together with any grain and meal &etc. that ma be on hand at his death for family consumption. Wife shall have free and peaceable possession of one-third of the plantation whereon he now lives, to include the dwelling, during her life, and at her death, the plantation shall be sold to the best advantage at public or private sale as shall seem most advantageous to the heirs. Asks that all just debts be paid and that JOHN HUSTON reserve 20 pounds at the time the plantation is old [sic] and settle with the rest of the heirs. The remainder of the estate shall be equally divided among his children, BENJAMIN CLEAVER, WILLIAM CLEAVER, STEPHEN CLEAVER, DAVID CLEAVER, JAMES CLEAVER, and HANNAH CLEAVER, except $100.00 that his son James has already received is to be deducted from his share. Appoints son Stephen Cleaver and neighbor MICHAEL CAMPBELL as executors. August 28, 1805. BEN EDWARDS, BURR HARRISON, CYRUS TALBOT and JAMES SMILEY. witnesses. Probated December 14, 1807.”

William Cleaver. ^[7][8] Born ABT 1730, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. ^[9] BET 1704 AND 1742. ^[10] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using ABT 1730

Died ABT 1807. Nelson, Kentucky. ^[11]BET 1745 AND 1823. ^[12]Found multiple copies of death date. Using ABT 1807

Note: [Elizabeth Sallee.FTW]. 2 REFN: 262. JOHN W. POWELL. 237 GLENGARY GARTH. GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061. 301/768-8915

• "A FAIR AND HAPPY LAND" BY WILLIAM A. OWENS - NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE MIGRATION OF THE CLEAVERS FROM THE EAST TO KENTUCKY.
• WILL WRITTEN NELSON CO., KENTUCKY.

Marriage Husband William Cleaver. Wife @P92@. Marriage BEF 1764. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Kentucky Census
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Yates
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1790 Census
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Edmund West
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Sons of the American Revolution
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Kleber, William", Ancestor # A065950.
7. ↑ Source: #S-533313998
8. ↑ Source: #S-533313997
9. ↑ Source: #S-533313998 Date of Import: 10 Nov 2004
10. ↑ Source: #S-533313997 Date of Import: 10 Nov 2004
11. ↑ Source: #S-533313998 Date of Import: 10 Nov 2004
12. ↑ Source: #S-533313997 Date of Import: 10 Nov 2004
13. ↑ Source: #S-533313998

• Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=28228802&pid=297
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=270124&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 1734 Death date: 9 Aug 1809 Residence place: United States

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=243084&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 1734 Marriage date: 1757

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=243082&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 1730

• 1790 United States Federal Census

Census Place: Middleton, Middlesex, Connecticut

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1790usfedcen&h=22278&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence place: Middleton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

• Kentucky Census, 1810-90 Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=kycen&h=8836806&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence date: 1800Residence place: Nelson County, KY

• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Deaths (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepoold&h=535854&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Death date: 8 August 1809 Death place: Upper Marion, Montgomery, PA, USA

• Cleaver, William Jessup. Some of the Descendants of Peter Cleaver. Westfield, IN: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983. Page 33.

Footnotes

• Source: S-533313997 Hornbeck.FTW
• Source: S-533313998 Elizabeth Sallee.FTW