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" BRITTEN," [" BRITTON," OR " BRITTAINE."] James, came not improbably in the "Increase" from London, 1635, aged 27, " if the custom record of the embarkation of James Bitton lost a single letter, which is not improbable." He subscribed the Town Orders for Woburn, in 1640, at Charlestown; came to Woburn to dwell soon after; was taxed there, 1645, in the first tax upon Record; and died 3 May, 1655. His widow, Jane, md. Isaac Cole, 1 Feb. 1658-9.
[Savage Geneal. Dict. : Town Rec. of Births, etc., etc.]
BROOKS. Henry, of Woburn, may have been the same as Henry Brooks of Concord, made freeman 14 March, 1639 a .. He is noticed in the Town Records as an inhabitant of Woburn, and a proprietor of land there, near Horn Pond, 10 Jan. 1652 b. He was one of the Selectmeu, 1669. His wife, Susanna, dying 15 Sept. 1681, he married Annis Jaquith, [a sister of Abraham Jaquith ?] 12 July, 1682; and died 12 April, 1683. In his Will, dated 18 July, 1682, he names wife Annis, and children Johu, Timothy, who was of Billerica, Isaac, aud Sarah, wife of Johu Mousall, who were then living a.
BROOKS. John Brooks married Eunice, dr. of Dea. John Monsall, 1 Nov. 1649. Their children were : (1) John, b. 23 Nov. 1650, died in 1653. (2) Sarah, b. 21 Nov. 1652; md. to Ephraim Buck. (3) Eunice, b. 10 Oct. 1655. (4) Joanna, b. 22 March, 1659; md. to David Roberts, 1678. (5) John, b. 1 March, 1664. (6) Ebenezer, b. 9 Dec. 1666. (7) Deborah, b. 20 March, 1669. (8) Jabez, b. 17 July, 1673. Eunice Brooks dying 1 Jan. 1684, John Brooks md. Mary Richardson, [widow of
a Savage's Geneal. Dictionary.
b T. R., vol. I., p. 17.
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Theophilus ?] 25 Feb. 1683-4. By Inventory of Will, he died 29 Sept. 1691. His widow died 28 Aug. 1704. a
Timothy Brooks md. Mary, dr. of John Russell, sen., 2 Dec. 1659. Their children were: (1) Timothy, born 10 Nov. 1660, and died soon. (2) Timothy, b. 9 Oct. 1661. (3) John, b. 16 Oct. 1662. c (4) Mary, born . ... and died 2 July, 1670, at Billerica, b to which town, subsequently to her birth, her parents had removed. Other daughters they had born to them at Billerica, one of whom married - Mason of Swansea.
Mary, wife of Timothy Brooks, died at Billerica, 15 Sept. 1680.
BROOKS. Isaac Brooks married Miriam Daniels, 10 Jan. 1665-6. Their children were: (1), Sarah, born 14 May, 1667; died soon. (2) Miriam, b. 29 May, 1668; died young. (3) Isaac, b. 13 Aug. 1669. (4) Henry, b. 4 Oct. 1671. (5) Miriam, b. 16 Dec. 1673. Isaac Brooks died 8 Sept. 1686. Descendants from the above three sons of Henry Brooks have been nu- merous. [Wob. Rec. of Births etc., etc.]
BRUSH or BRUCE. George Brush (whose descendants have long since spelt their name Bruce) is said to have been a Scotchman. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Clark, 28 Dec. 1659; and had by her : (1) William, b. 21 Nov. 1660, and died Jan. following. (2) William, b. 20 Oct. 1661, and died 3 Nov. 1661. (3) Elizabeth, b. 26 Jan. 1663. (4) Mary, b. 15 June, 1665; married to Walter Cranston, 4 June, 1683. (5) William, b. 28 April, 1667. (6) John, b. 18 June, 1670. (7) Elizabeth, b. 24 Aug. 1672. (8) George, b. 18 Jan. 1674, and died the same day. (9) Joseph, b. 11 Jan. 1674-5, and died 28 Feb. 1675-6. (10) Joseph, b. 29 Dec. 1676. (11) Samuel, b. 28 March, 1680. (12) Margery, b. 24 April, 1684; md. to Isaac Walker, 1705. (13) Lydia, b. 10 April, 1687. George Brush died 18 Aug. 1692. "Elizabeth Bruce, widow of George Bruce," died 13 Aug. 1700. [Savage's Genl. Dict. Town Recs. of Births, etc., etc.] "BERBEANE" or BURBEEN. John came, it is said, from Scotland; was a tailor by occupation; and married Sarah Gould, 16 April, 1660. Their children were : (1) Mary, born 2 July, 1661 ; died 20 July, 1733 ? (2) John, b. 9 Aug. 1663. c (3) James, born 15 May, 1668. "Old John Burbeen died 8 Jan. 1713-14, aged about 86 years [Gravestone]. Sarah, his wife, died 14 May, 1670." [Wob. Records of Births, etc : Gravestone.]
BURBEEN. I. James, son of John Burbeen, married Mary -. Their children were : (1, 2) Mary and Sarah, twins, born 6 March, 1694 : Sarah died 17 March, 1694. (3) James, b. 21 Ang. 1696. (4) John, b. 12 March, 1699 ; died 25 Aug., 1700. (5) Sarah, b. 17 June, 1701 ; married Rev. Tim- othy Walker, of Concord, N. H. d (6) Ruth, b. 28 March, 1708; md. to Mr. Jonathan Heywood, 1735. (7) Joseph, b. 3 March, 1712.
Mary, wife of James Burbeen, died 14 Oct. 1724: " Mr. James Ber- beane " died 4 September, 1729.
· Rec. of Births, etc., etc.
b Rec. of Births at Billerica.
c John Burbeen slain by the Indians near Dunstable, with B. Carter, and D. Baldwin, 5 Sept. 1724. Fox's Hist., p. 108.
d Bouton's Hist. Concord.
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BURBEEN. II. James, son of James and Mary Burbeen, md. Mary Richardson, 5 Sept. 1721. Their children were : (1) James, son of Mary (Richardson) Burbeen, born 11 July, 1722. (2) Paul, b. 6 Apl. 1724. (3) John, b. 9 Feb. 1725-6. (4) Mary, b. 6 July, 1729. (5) Sarah, b. 7 March, 1733.
BURBEEN. Mr. Joseph, son of I James and Mary Burbeen, was grad- uated at Harvard College, 1731; occasionally preached, but was never set- tled in the Ministry; by his wife Esther had : (1) Esther, born 29 May, 1738; md. to Jesse Wyman, 1760. (2) Bridget, b. 17 July, 1742. (3) Su- sanna, b. 11 Apr. 1746; md. to Hon. Timothy Walker, Judge, Concord, N. H.a Mrs. Esther Burbeen died about 30 March, 1776.b Mr. Joseph Burbeen died 1794. c
BURBEEN. Paul, son of II James and Mary Burbeen, was graduated at H. C. 1743 : died 1795.c [Wob. Records of Births, etc., etc.]
BUCK. Ephraim, son of Roger Buck of Cambridge, who came to this country in the "Increase," 1635, aged 18 years, settled at Cambridge, and had born there, by his wife Susanna, the above Ephraim, with five other chil- dren. His wife Susanna dying Sept. 10, 1685, he removed to Woburn, aud there died Nov. 10, 1693.
BUCK. His son, Ephraim Buck, was born at Cambridge, July 26, 1646; removed to Woburn, and was taxed there in the Meeting House Rate, 1672 : married at Woburn, Sarah, daughter of John Brooks, Jan. 1, 1670-1, and had by her : (1) Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1673. (2) Ephraim, b. July 13, 1676. (3) John, b. 1678-9, and died within a month after. (4) John again, b. Feb. 7, 1679-80 .. (5) Samuel, b. Nov. 13, 1682. (6) Eunice, b. July 7, 1685. (7) Ebenezer, b. May 20, 16:9. (8) Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1691. Ephraim Buck died Jan . . . . 1720-21. His descendants now living reside principally in Wilmington. [Woburn Records of Births, Marriages, etc. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
BUTTER (OR BUTTERS). I. William was an inhabitant of Woburn, 1666, where he was taxed in the Country Rate, 26 Aug. of that year. He appears to have died 13 Nov., 1692. " Widow Butter died at Watertown, 1701." II. William Butter or Butters, his son, by his wife Rebekah, had (1) William, born 18 Sept. 1689; died soon. (2) William, b. 24 May, 1691; died 1711. (3) Rebekah, b. 10 Oct. 1693; died - (4) Lydia, b. 11 June, 1695; md. to Ebenezer Carter, 1719. (5) Rebekah, b. 30 Aug. 1698; md. to William Hamblett, 1720. (6) Samuel, b. 21 June, 1703. (7) Mary, b. 28 July, 1705; md. to Samuel Johnson, Feb. 1725. (8) Jolını, b. 22 Oct. 1708. (9) .... daughter of William and Rebekah Butter, died 1711. (10) William, b. 8 April, 1713.
Samuel, son of II. William Butter, married Sarah Jaquith, 25 Jan. 1726. Their children were: (1) Sarah, b. 4 Nov. 1726. (2) Samuel, born 3 Nov. 1728.
The families of this name resided principally in those quarters of Woburn now known as Wilmington and Burlington. They were formerly
a Bouton's IIIst. Concord.
c Coll. Catalogue.
b Memoranda of Samucl Thompson, Esq.
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considerably numerous ; and many descendants still remain in both towns.
BUTTERFIELD. Benjamin, a subscriber at Charlestown to the Town Orders for Woburn, 1640; an inhabitant of Woburn shortly after; was taxed there in 1645; and by his wife, Anu, had several children born there ; as (1) Nathaniel, b. 14 Feb. 1642-3. (2) Samuel, b. 17 May, 1647. (3) Joseph, b. 15 Aug. 1649. In 1654, he removed to Chelmsford, where his wife, Ann, died 19 May, 1660; and he md. a second time, 3 June, 1663, Hannah, wid. of Thomas Whittemore of Malden. [Wob. Rec., Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
CARTER. Rev. Thomas. See Chap. IV.
CARTER. Mr. Samuel, eldest son of Rev. Thomas [see Chap. IV.] mar- ried Eunice, daughter of John Brooks, 1672; by whom he had : (1) Mary, born 24 July, 1673. (2) Samuel, b. 27 Aug. 1675; died 10 Sept. 1676. (3) Samuel, b. 7 Jan. 1677-8. (4) John, b. 14 March, 1680. (5) Thomas, b. 3 Apr. 1682. (6) Nathaniel, b. 7 Apr. 1685. (7) Eunice, b. 29 March 1687. (8) Abigail, b. May 1689. (9) Abigail, again, b. 30 May, 1690. IIe died 1693. His widow married John Kendall, for his 3d wife, subsequently to 1701. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., etc.]
CARTER. Timothy, third son of Rev. Thomas Carter, [See Chap. IV.] married, 3 May, 1680, Anna Fiske, daughter of David Fiske, of Cambridge Farms, i. e. Lexington; and by her had : (1) David, b. 17 Oct. 1681, died 22 May, 1736. (2) Timothy, born 12 July, 1683, and died the same year. (3) Anna, b. 17 July, 1684. (4) Timothy, b. 17 Oct. 1686. (5) Theophilus, b. 20 Oct. 1688. (6) Thomas, b. 14 Aug. 1690. (7) Abigail, b. 18 March, 1692. (8) Sarah, b. 24 Nov. 1694. (9) Elizabeth, b. 27 Aug. 1696; died 26 June, 1709. (10) Benjamin, b. 22 March, 1699; died soon. (11) Mary, b. 23 June, 1700; md. to Jasher Wyman 1721. (12) Martha, b. 22 July, 1702; md. to John Bruce 1721 ? (13) Benjamin again, b. 8 Nov. 1704.
Anna, wife of Timothy Carter, died 27 Jan. 1715-16. He died 8 July, 1727. [Town Records of Births, etc., etc.]
CARTER. Thomas, youngest son of Rev. Thomas Carter, married 1682, Margaret or Margery Whitmore, daughter of Francis Whitmore, of Cam- bridge. Their children were : (1) Mary, born 5 Oct. 1683; md. to Joshua Sawyer, jun., of Charlestown, 22 May, 1706. (2) Thomas, b. 13 June, 1686. (3) Eleazar, b. 20 Apr. 1689. (4) Daniel, b. 10 Aug. 1691. (5) Ebenezer, b. 24 Sept. 1695. (6) Ezra, b. 22 June, 1701.
" Margery, wife of Thomas Carter, died 5 Oct. 1734."
Descendants of Rev. Thomas Carter, bearing his name, were formerly very numerous, particularly in Wilmington, and in "Carter Row," so called, Burlington. And though, in the towns just mentioned, their number is now considerably diminished, they have not yet become extinct. By the following account of the family of the minister's grandson, Ebenezer, son of Thomas, and of the family of his great-great-grandson, William, son of ·Ebenezer, many, probably, in Wilmington and Burlington will be reminded of individuals of his posterity of whom they have heard, and of some whom they have seen and known.
Ebenezer Carter and Lydia " Butter," both of Woburn, married 15 Apr.
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1719. Children were: (1) Ebenezer, born 25 May, 1720. (2, 3) Lydia & Abigail, twins, b. 4 Jan. 1721-2. (4) Ezra, b. 2 May, 1723. (5) William, b. 28 Apr. 1725. (6) Nathan, b. 2 Jan. 1727-8.
William Carter of Woburn entered his intentions of marriage with Abigail "Butter" of Wilmington, 18 Jan. 1754. Children were: (1) William, b. 11 Sept. 1754. (2) Benjamin, born 2 May, 1756. (3) Jonas, b. 17 April, 1758. (4) David, b. 20 May, 1761. (5) Jonathan, b. 2 Nov. 1763. (6) Joshua, b. 22 Sept. 1765. [Wob. Records of Births, etc.]
CARTER. I. John Carter, usually distinguished in Woburn Town Book, as " Captain John," or "the Captain," was an early inhabitant of Woburn, having been a subscriber to the "Town Orders" in 1640. By his wife, Elizabeth, he had children as follows: (1) Elizabeth, b. 8 Aug. 1643, and died 20 Dec. 1653, or as the County Records have, 23 Feb. 1654. (2) Mary, born 8 March, 1646. (3) Abigail, b. 21 Apr. 1648. (4) Han- nah, b. 19 Jan. 1650-51; md. to James Convers, jun. (5) John, b. 6 Feb. 1652-3. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. John Carter, died 7 May, 1691, [aged 78 years, Gravestone.] Capt. John Carter and Elizabeth Groce were md. . . . . 1691. He died 14 Sept. 1692."
CARTER. II. John Carter and Ruth Burnham md. 20 June, 1678. Their children were: (1) Elizabeth, born 18 Sept. 1680; md. to Ebe- nezer Flagg, 1700. (2) Ruth, b. 18 Oct. 1681; md. to Josiah Wright, 1700. (3) Mary, b. 17 July, 1683. (4) John, b. 8 Aug. 1685; died 21 May, 1705. (5) Thomas, b. 3 July, 1687. (6) Abigail, b. 30 March, 1689; md. to Ralph Kendall, 1707? (7) Phebe, b. 11 June, 1691. (8) Joseph, b. 16 Feb. 1692-3. (9) Samuel, b. 31 Oct. 1694. (10) Esther, b. 21 Aug. 1696. (11) Josiah, b. 3 Aug. 1698. (12) Jabez, b. 17 Sept., 1700. (13, 14) Nathaniel and Benjamin, twins, b. 4 March, 1702. Benjamin, slain by the Indians near Dunstable, N. H., 5 Sept. 1724. (a)
Ruth, wife of Lieut. John Carter, died 11 Jan. 1723-4, (aged 55 years : Gravestone.)
Lieut. John Carter died 13 April, 1727, [aged 75 years : Gravestone.]
Deseendants in the male line of Capt. John Carter, once a numerous race, living in Woburn and Burlington, seem now to be almost extinct in both these towns. One of the 7th generation, William, a grandson of the late Mr. Jonathan Carter, yet lives in Burlington ; and there may be one or more living in Woburn; but if any remain there, it is apprehended they must be very few. [Wob. Records of Births, etc. (a) Fox's Dunstable, p. 108.]
CARTER. Joseph Carter, sen., was of Newbury, 1636; removed to Woburn, as Mr. Savage conjectures, (a) before 1659; was taxed there in the Country Rate, 26 Aug. 1666; lived with his son Joseph, jun., in Wy- man's Lane (so called), Woburn, on the old Billerica Road; and died in Charlestown, 30 Dec. 1676. (b)
Joseph Carter, jun., of Woburn, son of the preceding, currier, married Bethiah ...... and had (1) Bethiah, b. 8 June, 1671; md. to Roland Jones, 1695. (2) Susanna, b. 24 Feb. 1672-3. (3) Joseph, b. 28 Nov. 1674. (4) John, b. 26 Feb. 1676-7. (5) Abigail, b. 1 Feb. 1678-9. (6) Henry, b. 4
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Oct. 1683. (7) Faith, b. 28 Apr. 1688. (c) Joseph Carter, jun., of Wo- burn, currier, was deceased 29 May, 1706, leaving Bethiah, his widow. (c) [(a) Geneal. Dict. (b) Charlestown Records. (c) Wyman Papers, No. 66, Wob. Records.]
CHALKLEY. Robert Chalkley was of Woburn, 1645, where he was taxed in the Country Rate, 8 Sept. of that year ; but as his name is not on the List for the town rate assessed 22 Dec. 1646, he had doubtless before that time returned to Charlestown. He was made freeman 1647, and died in Charlestown, 2 Sept. 1672. By his Will, made 27 Aug. preceding, he gave all his estate to his wife Elizabeth, who died at Charlestown, 13 Oct. 1678.
[Woburn Rec. Colony Rec. Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
CHAMBERLAIN. Thomas Chamberlain, freeman, 29 May, 1644; taxed in Woburn, in the Country Rate, 8 Sept. 1645. By wife, Mary, he had borne to him : (1) Thomas, born elsewhere, possibly in England. (2) Sam- uel, born in Woburn, 7 Oct. 1645. (3) Mary, b. 30 Jan. 1649. He then removed to Chelmsford. [Col. Rec., Woburn Rec., Savage's Geneal. Dict.]
CLARK. William, a weaver by occupation, was of Watertown, 1631; made freeman, 1639; removed to Woburn not far from 1654, reference being made there by the Selectmen, 27 May, 1654, to a grant of land made to him by the town. He was taxed in Woburn in the Country Rate 26 Aug. 1666. By his wife, Margery, who accompanied him from England, he had borne to him in Watertown :
(1) Mary, born Dec. 10, 1640; md. 27 Dec. 1655 to William Locke, of Woburn.
(2) Elizabeth, b. 26 Nov. 1642; md. 1659 to George Brush [Bruce] of Woburn.
(3) Hannah, b. 13 Feb. 1646; md. 1667 to William Frissell, of Concord, who died 1684.
(4) Lydia, married and left a widow with two daughters.
William Clark died 15 March, 1682, aged 87; and his widow died 11 Oct. 1694, aged 95.
[Bond's Watertown, p. 159, Savage's Geneal. Dict., Mass. Colony Rec., Woburn Town Rec. Vol. I.]
CLEAVELAND. I. Moses Cleaveland (or Cleveland, as the name is now more usually spelled, in conformity, it is understood, to the mode of spelling it in England,) came to this country (says family tradition) with his master, a joiner, from Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk. He early took up his permanent abode in Woburn, as appears by the Town Records, which, under date of 3 Feb. 1648-9, mention a committee appointed to lay out the portion of land which had been promised him. He married Ann, daughter of Edward Winn (born in England) 26 Sept. 1648; and had by her the fol- lowing children, viz : (1) Moses, born 1 Sept. 1651. (2) Hannah, b. 4 Aug. 1653; married to Thomas Henshaw (pronounced at that day Hincher) 1677. (3) Aaron, b. 10 Jan. 1654-5. (4) Samuel, b. 9 June, 1657. (5) Miriam, b. 10 July, 1659; md. a Fosdick, or rather Foskett,a of Charles-
· Savage, in Geneal. Dict.
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town. (6) Joanna, b. 19 Sept. 1661, died 2 July, 1667. (7) Edward, b. 20 May, 1663. (8) Josialı, b. 26 Feb. 1666-7. (9) Isaac, b. 11 May, 1669. (10) Joanna, b. 5 Apr. 1670; md. a Keyes, of Chelmsford. (11) Enoch, b. 1 Aug. 1671. Moses Cleaveland, sen., died 9 Jan. 1701-2. No record of his wife's death has been observed.
II. Moses Cleaveland married Ruth Norton, 4 Oct. 1676; and had by her : (1) " Annah" [Anna, or Hannah?] b. 7 Nov. 1677. (2) Joseph, b. 31 March, 1686.
I. Aaron Cleaveland md. Dorcas Wilson, 26 Sept. 1675. Their children were : (1) Dorcas, b. 29 Oct. 1676; md. John Knight, 12 March, 1699.ª (2) Hannah, b. 18 Dec. 1678, died 13 June, 1679. (3) Aaron, b. 9 July, 1680. (4) Hannah, b. 2 June, 1687; md. a Beard.b (5) Moses, b. 24 Feb. 1689-90. (6) Sarah, b. 5 March, 1692; md. to Job Richardson, 1718? (7) Miriam, b. 9 July, 1694. (8) Isabel, b. 6 April, 1697; died 7 Dec. 1714. (9) Benjamin, b. 16 May, 1701.c (10) Ann, daughter of Aaron and Dorcas, b. . .. b
Dorcas, wife of Aaron Cleaveland, died 29 Nov. 1714. Soon after her death, he mnd. a second wife, Prudence, . . b; and died 14 Sept. 1716, aged, according to Gravestone, 62 years.
CLEAVELAND. II. Aaron, son of Aaron and Dorcas Cleaveland, a carpenter by trade, md. Abigail, . ... . and resided in Woburn till after the birth of his second child. He then removed; and took up his resi- dence, first, apparently, in Medford, then in Cambridge, after that, in Medford again; and subsequently in Charlestown. He was admitted 7 Oct. 1711, into the Church at Cambridge; and his mother, Dorcas, dying in his house there, in 1714, and his eldest son in 1716, they were both buried in Cambridge Graveyard. [See epitaphs on mother and son in Har- ris's Collection.] In 1720, his Church relationship was transferred from Cambridge to Medford church. But, even after that, he had one child at least, baptized in the church at Cambridge. He continued to reside in Medford or Charlestown, till 1738, when he removed with his family to East Haddam, Ct., where he bore the title of " Captain," and traded largely in land. Whether he remained there or not till his decease has not been ascertained.
His children by his wife Abigail having been born in different places, their births are not all recorded in one place. These were (1) Aaron, born at Woburn, 20 Oct. 1702, died at Cambridge, and was buried there in 1716. (2), Samuel, b. at Woburn, 17 May, 1704. In Vol. XLIII. p. 517, Registry of Deeds [for Suffolk ?], under date of 23 May, 1743, is a deed from " Samuel Cleaveland," of Boston, mariner, in which he calls Aaron Cleaveland his father. (3) Abigail, "daughter of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland," born at Medford, 10 May, 1706. [Medford Town Records.] (4) John, "son of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland," was baptized 7 Oct. 1711, in the First church of Cambridge, the same day his father was taken
· Cambridge Records. b Rev. O. A. Taylor, from papers in Probate Offlee.
· Removed from Woburn, 1722. Compare Woburn Records, Vol. V. P. 138, 143, 155.
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into that church. (5) Josiah, son of Aaron Cleaveland & Abigail his wife, was baptized in infancy, at Cambridge, 1 Nov. 1713. [Cambridge Ch. Records. ] He md. 1 Jan. 1735 [1735-6 ?], Joanna Porter, daughter of Rev. Aaron Porter, of Medford; owned the Halfway Covenant in 1736; and had a son born to him 12 Dec. 1736, whom he called Aaron. This Josiah Cleaveland removed to Haddam, Ct., about the same time his father did. In a paper in the Registry of Deeds, dated 28 Nov. 1738, he styles himself " Josiah Cleaveland, now of Millenton, in East Haddam, in the Colony of Connecticut and County of Hartford, late of Charlestown, in the County of Middlesex, Mass., Housewright," etc., etc. As late as 10 Feb. 1748-9, he had removed to Boston. (6) Aaron, born at Cambridge, 29 Oct. 1715, [Cambridge Town Records.] Of him, see more below. (7) John, son of Aaron and Abigail Cleaveland, was baptized in infancy, 18 July, 1717. (8) " Moses, son of Aaron and Abigail Cleaveland, was bap- tized, being an infant, 19 July, 1719." (9) "7 Jan. 1724, was baptized in infancy . . . . . of Aaron & Abigail Cleaveland his wife." [Cam- bridge Ch. Records.] The child then baptized, whose name was not recorded, may have been his daughter Mary, who married Elisha Clark, of Haddam, 17 Sept. 1741; and had four children by him, viz: (1) " Wate- rius," [Waters, or Waterhouse ?], b. 30 June, 1742. (2) Elisha, b. 23 Apr. 1744. (3) William, b. 19 Aug. 1746. (4) Mary, b. 4 Apr. 1749.
Samuel, 3d son, 4th child of Moses and Ann Cleaveland, first settlers of the name in Woburn, married, 17 May, 1680, Jane, daughter of Solomon Keyes of Chelmsford, and this, his first wife dying 4 Nov. 1681, he md. for his 2d wife, 23 May, 1682, Persis, dr. of Richard Hildreth of the same town. He resided there several years, and had several children born to him.a About 1693, he seems to have gone back to Woburn, where, 26 June, 1693, his dr. Elizabeth was born;b and very soon after, he removed with his family to Canterbury, Connecticut, and there had other children. He died probably 1736.a
Josiah, brother of the above Samuel Cleaveland, served in the Indian War: was of Chelmsford, 1691; and there, by his wife, Mary, he had sev- eral children born to him, as also afterwards at Canterbury, Ct., to which he removed.a According to Mr. Savage, he died 26 April, 1709.ª
In 1699, Samuel and Josiah Cleaveland, sons of Moses and Ann, were inhabitants of Plainfield, Ct., on the West Side of Quinabaug River, now Canterbury. Between 1699 and 1703, they were joined by their brother Isaac; [and doubtless, too, by their brother Edward.] In 1716, there were only 63 taxable inhabitants in all Canterbury, and of these 63 nine were Cleavelands; viz: (1) Samuel, whose property was estimated at £84: 00. (2) Samuel, jun., [son of Samuel?] at £48: 06. (3) Joseph [son of Samuel?] at £40: 00. (4) Edward, sen., [brother of Samuel and Josiah?] at £35: 00. (5) Edward, jun., [son of Edward, sen., ?] at £24 : 00. (6) Widow Cleaveland [supposed to be Isaac's widow] at £100: 00. (7)
· Savage's Geneal. Dict.
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Josiah, [son of Josiah, then deceased?] at £44: 00. (8) Joseph, jun., ? [who?] at £36:10. (9) Moses [son of Samuel, born, according to Mr. Savage, in 1695] estimated at £22: 00. These nine made one-seventh of all the inhabitants of the town, and owned one-eighth of all the taxable property.a
Enoch, youngest son of Moses and Ann Cleaveland, was a tailor by trade; lived successively at Sudbury, Framingham, and Concord, at which last-mentioned town he died, 1729, leaving a widow and three children. His widow, Elizabeth, died before 5 April, 1731; and his eldest son, Jona- than, of Acton, a tailor by occupation, administered on his father's cstate. [Letter of Rev. Oliver A. Taylor, Manchester, Mass.]
Many have been the descendants of " Moyses Cleaveland," who came to New England, the humble apprentice of a joiner, in 1635, and estab- lished himself in Woburn about 1648, that have done worthily in their day; have been distinguished not only by their position in society, but by their weight of character and influence, and by the usefulness of their lives. And although a place cannot be claimed for them here, as inhabitants of Woburn; yet it will be gratifying, it is presumed, to the present people of the town, to see some notice taken of them in this work, as descend- ants of one of the early settlers of the place.
1. Rev. Aaron Cleveland, great grandson of Moses and Ann, and son of Aaron and Abigail Cleveland, successively inhabitants of Woburn, Med- ford, Cambridge, Medford again, and Charlestown, and finally of East Haddam, Ct. was born 29 October, 1715. As this record of his birth is from Cambridge Town Records, and as the record of his baptism the next day, 30 Oct. 1715, is from the Records of the Church of Cambridge, it may be confidently presumed that Cambridge was the place of his birth; though it has been said by some that he was born in Medford. He entered Harvard College at sixteen years of age; was graduated, 1735; was set- tled over the church and people of Haddam, Ct., in July 1739; married, 4 Aug. 1739, Susannah, daughter of Rev. Aaron Porter, of Medford, born 1 March, 1716, and sister of Joanna Porter, born 22 March, 1719, whom his brother, Josiah Cleveland, had married, 1 Jan. 1735 [1735-6?]. Rev. Mr. Cleveland was dismissed from Haddam, 1746; installed over the South Church in Malden, about June 1747, and dismissed about Oct. 1750. We next hear of him at Halifax, Nova Scotia, whence he sailed for England ; received Orders in the Church of England at London, 1755, and was com- missioned, 1 July, 1757, by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in For- eign Parts, to take charge of the Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Dela- ware, in compliance with the request of that people. On his way to Bos- ton, to make arrangements for conveying his family to Newcastle, he stopped at the house of Dr. Franklin, in Philadelphia; was there taken sick, and died 11 Aug. 1757. His remains were interred in Christ's Church, Philadelphia. Ilis widow died at Salem, 1788. The Pennsylvania Gazette of 18 August, 1757 contained an obituary notice, in which was a warm culogium upon him, written by the editor, Dr. Franklin.
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