Samuel Cleaveland (1704 - 1753)

Born 17 May 1704 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Belcher) Cleaveland — married 22 Jun 1732 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 May 1753 at age 49 in Cape Breton, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Samuel was born on 17 May 1704 in Woburn, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. He was the son of Aaron Cleaveland II and Abigail (Waters) Cleaveland.

From Geneaology of Cleaveland and Cleveland Families Vol. 1 Considering his (Samuel) early life William wrote:

In Boston he was impressed on a British Man of War, which after making one cruise returned to Boston. The captain was dining with a family in some way connected with ours, when the lady of the house told him she had a favor to ask of him. He replied that if it was in his power he would grant it with pleasure. She told him it was to release Sam. Cleaveland. He said he would rather part with any two men on board, but as he had given his word, Sam. should be discharged. The ship was lying in King Road (now President Road) and Sam. was sent up in a boat with a coxswain and six men all of whom abused him on the way. As soon as he landed on the wharf he challenged any two of them to fight, when they all came upon him he flogged them handsomely.

Event: 1749 in Arrival.^[1]

Samuel died at the age of 49 on 17 May 1753 in East Jeddore, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

There are additional sources with no facts or date. Often these are sources for the baptism or marriage of children that mention the parents or father. This section can just be removed if you will be adding those children and using these sources there.^[2]

Notes from external profile

August 2001 email from Neil Holbrook Aikin, Neil_Aikin@@earthlink.net, page 35, 87-88

Issues to be checked

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Sources

Geneaology of the Cleaveland and Cleveland Families Vol. 1 SAMUEL CLEVELAND(4) (Aaron(3), Aaron(2), Moses(1), d. Shedore or Isidore (now Jeddore), Nova Scotia, May 17 1753, a. 49, killed by Indians, m. 1st, Boston, Mass., June 22, 23, 1732, Hannah Belcher, she d. bef. 1749, prob. a da. Richard and Ruth (Knight). He m. 2nd, prob. Boston, bef. 1749, Sarah, prob. Ruddock, da. John. Ch. prob., by 1st m., b. Boston or Charlestown, Mass.: 343 - Samuel(5) Cleveland, b. Apr. 27, 1733, Charlestown, d. prob. Halifax, N.S., 1758, prior to May27, unm. Became possessed of his portion of his father's estate but his name is not among the of Samuel(4). Suffolk, Mass., Reg. of Deeds LIII: 189-- "John Ruddock of Boston, shipwright, ap. May 27, 1758, adm. to Samuel(5), housewright, late of Boston , decd. 190--John Ruddock ap. guardian to John and Richard Cleveland minors under 14 yrs., son of Samuel, decd. rec. reads: LVI: 201, Samuel called shipwright "whereas real est. of wh. Samuel late of Halifax decd. intestate d. siezed of within this province and wh. by law belongs to his 3 brothers William Richard and John and his only sister Dorcas in equal parts cannot be divided without injury &c. Above property 2/3 of messuage or a tenenant only with land appertaining on Middle st., Boston; on petition whole was set off to William(5) +344 he paying the others. https://archive.org/details/TheGenealogyOfTheClevelandAndCleavelandFamilies/page/n105/mode/2up?q=aaron+Cleaveland+II

1. ↑ Event: Missing source ID S8. Citing: Page: Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1749; Page Number: 57 (accessed 23 September 2020)
2. ↑ Name: Missing source ID S1. Citing: Page: Ancestry Family Tree (accessed 23 September 2020)

See Also

• Author: Vickie Gibbons Title: Gibbons Family Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Gibbons Family Web Site CONT Family tree: vlgibbons2008 Media: 2205181-3 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC126 Page: Samuel Cleveland Event: Smart Matching Role: 3007415 Data: Date: 13 APR 2012 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
• Author: Deborah Gandy Title: Gandy/Maas Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Gandy/Maas Web Site CONT Family tree: Gandy Family Media: 78407531-7 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC127 Page: Samuel Cleveland Event: Smart Matching Role: 7025156 Data: Date: 13 APR 2012 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3. &nbsp. Capt. Samuel Cleveland, was in Nova Scotia periodically with his brother Joshiah. He was killed by natives at Jeddore on the southeast shore of Nova Scotia in 1753. Samuel & his brother Josiah came to Nova Scotia with Edward Cornwallis in 1749 to assist Cornwallis in establishing Hailfax. While "performing service for the (colonial) government", the boat which was captained (and partly owned) by Samuel was attacked by Indians at Jeddore on May 17, 1753. He and several others were killed and the boat was burned. The Nova Scotia Council granted his wife, Sarazh, 25 pounds as her share of the damages (probably for the boat, not for Samuel). She then married John Fillis of Holifax. PRIN MH:I387

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Genia DeZonia for creating WikiTree profile Cleveland-759 through the import of Genia Elizabeth DeZonia GEDCOM file.GED on Jul 6, 2013.

• Thank you to Heather MacKenzie for creating WikiTree profile Cleaveland-52 through the import of Mackenzie.ged on Jun 5, 2013.