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Mary (Elderkin) Cleveland (1736 - 1783)

Mary Cleveland formerly Elderkin
Born in Norwich, New London, Connecticutmap
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Wife of — married 20 Feb 1754 [location unknown]
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Died at age 46 in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
Profile last modified | Created 29 Dec 2010
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Biography

Mary Elderkin, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Story) Elderkin, was born on 9 Dec. 1736 at Norwich, New London, Connecticut.[1][2][3][4]

She married Benjamin Cleveland,[2] son of Benjamin, on 20 Feb. 1754.[3][1]

She and Benjamin moved to Horton, Nova Scotia in 1759 or 1760.[2]

Mary died in April 1783 at Falmouth, Nova Scotia.[3]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Martin E. HollickThe 1899 Cleveland Genealogy: Some Additions and Corrections
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Vol. I. CHAPTER: Part I, Surnames C-D. PAGE: 56. This material is based on Cleveland and is in error.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries of many of the husbands and wives, also a bibliography of the Cleveland family and a genealogical account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of other Winn families by Cleveland, Edmund Janes. 1899. Page 123,4. An Archive.org book. The parents of Mary in Cleveland are in error.
  4. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77J-4LB : 3 December 2014), Mary Elderkin, 09 Dec 1736; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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Elderkin-131 and Elderkin-12 are not ready to be merged because: Norwich Ct Vital records indicate Mary was born to Joseph Elderkin and Mary Story Dec 9, 1736.
posted by Pam (Lacy) Hatton

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