David (last name spelt Cleaton in the birth record of Swarthmoor Quaker Monthly Meeting) was born 12 Jun 1661 at Gleaston, Lancashire.[1][2] There are several Quaker birth records for him: one names his mother as Margaret.[3]
↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841, LANCASHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Swarthmore [Swarthmoor], RG6/1267, FindMyPast and accompanying image
↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQDF-ZFJ : 11 December 2014), David Cleaton, 12 Jun 1661, Birth; citing p. 16, Swarthmore, Lancashire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841, LANCASHIRE: Quarterly Meeting of Lancashire, RG6/1616A, FIndMyPast and accompanying image
↑ 4.04.1 New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, New England Historic Genealogical Society website
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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