The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-17
GOOD STOCK.
A SKETCH OF THE CLEVELAND FAMILY
Lineage Of Our Standard Bearer--whnt
Kind of People the Forefaters
of Grover Cleveland
Were,

There came to this country from Ips-
wich, Suffolk, England, In 1895, a car
penters appTentic by the name Of Moses
Cleveland. His master, Edward Wlnn,
was a honsewrlght Of experience and
skill for those days, aud after sOiourn
IN Boston and Vicinity for few years
he with young Cleveland became one OF
the pioneer settlers OF W0buTn, Mass,
In l0il, In 1913 young Cleveland was
made u freeman, and In 1913 he married
Ann VIM, the daughter Of Edward and
Joanna Winn, by whom he had family
OF III children, q sons and daughters.
One of the latter died young but the 9TH
era grew 10 adult age, married and had
families, Moses Cleveland filed sew
eral responsible positions in the
township to which no was elected by
his fellow t0wnsmen--and was much
respected, As the Old records show, he
died there January, 1902, In the S0th
year OF his age. His sons were as fol
lows Moses, jr, Aaron, Samuel, Ed.
ward, Josiah, Isaac and EnOch, The
daughters were Hannah, Miriam and
Joanna,
Ex Gov Cleveland, Of Hampton, Conn,
iaa lineal descendant OF the above Ed.
ward, az IL also Hon, 0restes Cleveland,
I New Jersey.
Gen. Moses Cleveland, for whom the
city OF Cleveland was named, descended
from the above Josiah. Lorenzo h.
Cleveland, late city architect of Chicago,
descended from Moses Jr. Gen. Alvin
Z, H0rey, late U, =, minister 10 Peru, de
scended from Samuel, Sc. The present
Governor OF the State Of New York, who
has Just been nominated 10 be- the stan.
dard bearer for the Democratic party In
the Presidential canvass OF 1854 il a
llneal descendent of Aaron Cleveland,
The second son Of the emigrant Moses
Cleveland.
In The old country NJ WOburn may
still be found tho tombstone Of this Aa.
ron Cleveland, His first wife was Dor
Gas, u daughter Of John Wilson, ana the
belle OF the place whore she lived. BY
her he had a large family ana among
the sons an Aaron Cleveland, for many
years resident Of East Had.
dam, Conn, TO which place no eml era.
ted from W0burn, and where he was
widely known ~ Capt. Aaron Cley nd.
His wife was an accomplished lady Of
Irish parentage--AbigaIl Waters by
name. A large family blessed this
union, and the family name Of Aaron
WAS perpetual d IN one Of their sons,
who became u celebrated divine and
married Sasannah, u daughter Of Rev
Aaron Porter, Of Bedford Mass, aud
whore he was Clergyman for several
years,
family Of cultivated sons and
daughters we're among the poor clergy
mans elrthly blessings. and the faith
er,s grandlathers, and greatgrandrath
er'a given name was peapetuatGd by 1
son Aaron Cleveland, Che distinguished
writer aud poet Of some celebrity IN
New England In his day. He married
Abiah, daughter Of William Hyde, Of
Norwich, Conn, for his frat wife, by
whom he had several children. 0nl
son, william Cleveland, became
tlyersmith OF Boston, and Married
Margaret, daughter OF Richard Falley
whose daughter emigrated to this coun
try from the Emerald lale about thl
middle OF the last century, william
Cleveland named one Of his sons Rich
ara Falley Cleveland who studied di
yinitN married Miss Anna Neale, Of Bal
lim0re, and was u much esteemed min
Iqter la Caldwell, New Jersey, when hi,
son, stephen Grover Cleveland, was borI
IN 1897 II g, CLEVELAND,
IL Hamilton street. Cleveland, o