Ezekiel Cleaver (1729 - 1785)

Born 4 Apr 1729 in Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1785 at age 56 in Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Ezekiel was a Friend (Quaker)

Ezekiel Cleaver was born to Peter Cleaver, Jr. and Elizabeth (Potts) Cleaver in Upper Dublin, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1729^[1].

On January 10, 1755 at Horsham Meeting in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he married Mary Lewis, daughter of Ellis Lewis and Mary Tyson. They had eight children, whom they raised on a 140 acre farm in Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County^[2]. His name is listed in the Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Battalions and Index List.

He passed away in April of 1785, leaving a will that names his children and leaves to son Ezekiel, Jr. 200 acres on which he had constructed a saw mill ^[3].

Name

Ezekiel /CLEAVER/^[4][5]

Ezekiel 1 /Cleaver/^[6]

Ezekiel 1 /Cleaver/^[7]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Ezekiel /CLEAVER/.

Birth

04 FEB 1729

Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA^[8]

04 FEB 1729

Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA^[9]

04 FEB 1728

Upper Dublin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA^[10]

04 FEB 1728

Upper Dublin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA^[11]

04 FEB 1729

Upper Dublin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA^[12]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 04 FEB 1729

Death

18 APR 1785

Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA^[13][14][15]

MAY 1785^[16]

Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 18 APR 1785Array

Marriage

FAM

@I592@

@I600@

@I588@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I603@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I604@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I605@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I606@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I607@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

@I608@

to Father: Natural

to Mother: Natural

24 SEP 1722

Bristol, Philadelphia, PA^[17]

Sources

• Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

1. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Abington Monthly Meeting
2. ↑ Bean, Theodore W., 1884, History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, p. 858, 864
3. ↑ Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Book of Wills, Vol. I-II, 1784-1808, p. 35-36
4. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel CLEAVER
5. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth 1 POTTS
6. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel 1 Cleaver
7. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel 1 Cleaver
8. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel CLEAVER
9. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel CLEAVER
10. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel 1 Cleaver
11. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel 1 Cleaver
12. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth 1 POTTS
13. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel CLEAVER
14. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel 1 Cleaver
15. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth 1 POTTS
16. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Ezekiel CLEAVER
17. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth 1 POTTS

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Allen McGrew for creating WikiTree profile Cleaver-393 through the import of McGrew_2010-01-09_2013-03-22.ged on Mar 22, 2013.

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