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in 1657; selectman in 1662; was given the homestead and other land of his father at Bev- erly, leased back to his parents for the nominal rental of a kernel of corn yearly during their lives ; his wife Elizabeth was daughter of Rev. William Walton, graduate of Emanuel Col- lege in 1621, receiving his A. M. in 1625 and having Seaton parish in Devonshire before coming to America, settled at Hingham, Wey- mouth and Marblehead, where he was minis- ter. Roger Conant, son of Richard and Ag- nes, father of Lot Conant, mentioned above, was baptized at Budleigh, England, April 9, 1592, came to Plymouth about 1622, and re- moved soon to Nantasket ; was recommended by friends in England to the Western Ad- venturers as a successor to Mr. Thomas Gard- ner at the Cape Ann Colony, and took charge there in 1625. On the failure of the colony at the end of a year, he with others removed to Naumkeag, later called Salem. Conant is conceded by many to be the first governor of Massachusetts Bay, followed by Winthrop, who brought more settlers to Naumkeag, which Conant virtually founded. He was ad- mitted freeman May 18, 1631 ; was town offi- cer, deputy to the general court; his son Roger was the first child born in Salem.
Children of Lieutenant Benjamin and Re- becca (Conant) Cleaves, born at Beverly : I. Bethia, July 25, 1720, baptized November 25, 1721. 2. Benjamin, January 4, 1721-22, died at Beverly, August 16, 1808. 3. Joshua, Feb- ruary 2, 1723-24, mentioned below. 4. De- borah, born January 10, 1725-26. 5. Rebecca, February 29, 1728. 6. Lydia, August 29, 1731. 7. Joseph, baptized March 24, 1733-34. 8. Andrew, born October 1, 1735.
(IV) Captain Joshua, son of Lieutenant Benjamin Cleaves, was a farmer in Beverly, a prominent citizen. He was a soldier in the revolution from the second parish, in Captain Caleb Dodge's company, on the Lexington alarm. He was drafted by Captain Woodbury, notwithstanding the fact that he was fifty- three years old, for three months in Colonel Henry Herrick's regiment, and asked to be excused on the ground that he already had a son and apprentice in the army and had con- tributed money to the support of the Conti- nental army. He was released from service by the council August 22, 1777, but later was captain in Woodbury's regiment. He married (first) February 26, 1746-47, Elizabeth Put- nam, who died in 1760. He married ( second) April 22, 1761, at Beverly, Huldah Perley, of Boxford, born February 13, 1731, at Boxford, daughter of Thomas and Eunice Perley. Her
brother Enoch, born May 19, 1749, went to Maine with his nephew, Benjamin Cleaves, mentioned below. (Sce Perley family.) Chil- dren of first wife, born at Beverley: I. Na- than, July 11, 1748. 2. Nathaniel, September 20, 1750, soldier in the revolution. 3. Eliza- beth, October 30, 1752. 4. Mary, May 21, 1755. 5. Joshua, January 15, 1758. Children of second wife : 6. Huldah, born January 28, 1762. 7. Joshua, August 13, 1763. 8. Benja- min, April 13, 1765, died August 20, 1765. 9. Eunice, born February 27, 1767. 10. Ginger, December 28, 1769. 11. Benjamin, 1773, men- tioned below. 12. Joshua, baptized June II, 1775. 13. William, baptized September 27, 1778.
(V) Benjamin (2), son of Joshua Cleaves, was baptized in Beverly, September 5, 1773, died February 17, 1837. He removed from Beverly to Bridgton, Maine, with his uncle, Enoch Perley, where grants of land had been made to revolutionary soldiers. He married Susanna Woodbury, and raised a family, some of all of whom settled near him. Children : I. Thomas, born June 13, 1799, mentioned be- low. 2. William W., 1801. 3. Benjamin, 1805. 4. Mary B., November, 1808; married, Octo- ber 28, 1830, Enoch Deering ; children : Enoch and William A. Deering. 5. Nathan, married Nancy A. Mclellan ; children : Angela M., Emily D. and Martha W. 6. George L., mar- ried Mary Strout ; child : Annie M.
Susanna Woodbury, wife of Benjamin (2) Cleaves, was descended from the immigrant, William Woodbury through the following line :
(2) Nicholas, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Patch) Woodbury, was baptized at South Petherington, in 1618, came to America with his parents, and died at South Beverly, Massachusetts, May 16, 1686. He married, about 1652, Anna Paulsgrave, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, who died June 10, 1701. Their children were: Joanna, Abigail, Nicholas, Isaac, Joseph and Andrew (twins), and Ben- jamin.
(3) Andrew, sixth child and fourth son of Nicholas and Anna ( Paulsgrave) Woodbury, was born November 9, 1665, and died before 1703. He married Emma Elliot, who married, July 3, 1703, for her second husband, Rev. Thomas Blowers, second pastor of the church at Beverly. The children of Andrew and Emma Woodbury were: Joanna, Andrew and William.
(4) Captain Andrew (2), second child and elder of the two sons of Andrew (I) and Emma (Elliot) Woodbury, was born Novem-
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ber 14, 1691, and died March 7, 1757. The house he built is still standing on Dane street, Beverly. He married, August 19, 1730, Jo- anna Dodge, who was styled "Madame." She died March 23, 1805, aged ninety-two. He and four of their children died of vellow fever within the space of six months. The children of Captain Andrew and Joanna (Dodge) Woodbury were: Mary, Rebecca, Rachel, An- drew, Joanna, Hannah, William, Anna and Joshua.
(5) William (2), seventh child and second son of Captain Andrew (2) and Joanna (Dodge) Woodbury, was born February 19, 1750. He served in the revolution. He mar- ried, February 2, 1772, Susanna Boyles, by whom he had Andrew, Susanna, William, Larkin and Caleb.
(6) Susanna, second child and only daugh- ter of William and Susanna ( Boyles) Wood- bury, was born January 11, 1781, and died February 14, 1855, aged seventy-four years. She married Benjamin Cleaves, of Bridgton, Maine. (See Cleaves.)
(VI) Thomas, son of Benjamin (2) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, Maine, June 13, 1799, died there March 21, 1881, a'ged eighty-one years. He was a citizen whose character and attainments won the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens, and he occu- pied many positions of public trust. He was a man of great influence, rare sagacity, excel- lent judgment and of the strictest integrity. He was one of the men who, as a member of the historic legislature of 1851, placed upon the statute books the world famous "Maine Liquor Law." He married, December 27, 1827, Sophia Bradstreet (see Bradstreet), born in Bridgton, November 21, 1804, died September 16, 1882, aged seventy-seven years. This lovely woman's death was sudden but calm, a fitting ending of a long and noble life. They were both members of the First Congre- gational Church of Bridgton, and intimately identified with the progress and history of Bridgton. She was the daughter of Daniel Bradstreet, of Bridgton. Children: I. Rob- ert A., born July 16, 1832. 2. Nathan, Janu- ary 9, 1835. 3. Thomas P., January 7, 1838. 4. Henry Bradstreet. 5. Mary Cleaves Mason. All are further mentioned hereinafter.
(VII) Robert Andrews, eldest son of Thomas and Sophia ( Bradstreet) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, Maine, July 16, 1832. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and attended North Bridgton Academy. He has always resided in Bridg- ton, and was for many years employed in mer-
cantile pursuits, being one of the prominent merchants of the town, and identified with Bridgton's growth and prosperity. He mar- ried (first) Louisa C., daughter of Royal and Harriet Senter; (second) Hattie J., daughter of A. M. Nelson, of Bridgton; (third) Abbie E., daughter of John Dennett, of Bridgton, who died January 9, 1888. Children of Rob- ert A. and Abbie E. Cleaves: Carrie Walker Cleaves and Royal Senter Cleaves.
(VII) Judge Nathan, second son of Thomas and Sophia (Bradstreet) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, January 9. 1835. He died at his residence in Portland1, Maine, on Monday morning, September 5, 1892. He fitted for college at the Portland Academy, and entered Bowdoin College in 1854, graduating in 1858. Selecting the law as his profession, he stud- ied with Hon. Joseph Howard and Hon. Sew- ell C. Strout, and was admitted to the bar in Cumberland county in 1861. He opened an office in Bowdoinham, Maine, and subse- quently removed to Portland and formed a partnership with the late Hon. Joseph How- ard, and later formed a law partnership with his brother, Hon. Henry B. Cleaves. In 1865 he married Caroline, the daughter of Judge Howard. Mrs. Cleaves died in 1875. They had no children.
He was many times honored with public office, being city solicitor of Portland in 1869; representative to the legislature in 1871 and in 1875 ; judge of the probate court from 1876 to 1880; and surveyor of the port of Portland for four years. He was connected with many business enterprises and corporations, and a director in many of the banking and financial institutions of the state. He actively practiced law for a period of more than thirty years, and obtained prominence in the profession he loved. Memorial exercises were held by the Cumberland Bar Association before the Su- preme Judicial Court, and the following ap- propriate resolution was adopted and placed on the records of the Court :
"Resolved, That the members of the Cum- berland Bar have heard with a deep sense of personal grief and loss the news of the sud- den illness and death of their distinguished associate member, Hon. Nathan Cleaves, at the very summit of his professional career ; that his contemporaries at the Bar during their lives will cherish the memory of his unvarying courtesy, his dignity of professional bearing and demeanor, his pure life and character, his eminent legal attainments, his fine training and. capacity in all matters pertaining to his pro- fession, his exceptionally good forensic judg-
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ment, tact and skill and the rare and excellent traits and qualities of his mind and heart; and, cherishing this memory of him ourselves, we write also this brief memorial of him, that they who come after us in the profession, to a late posterity, may remember him as one of the models and ornaments of his own times."
(VII) Thomas Perley, third son of Thomas and Sophia ( Bradstrect) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, January 7, 1838. He was educated in the common and high schools of Bridgton and vicinity, and at Oxford Normal Institute, South Paris, Maine. Adopting the law as his profession, he entered the office of Hon. Ed- ward Fox and Frederick Fox, of Portland, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. Hc opened an office in Brownfield, Maine, and early took high rank in his profession. He has held many positions of public trust. In 1862 Mr. Clcaves was elected assistant secretary of the senate of Maine, and re-elected in 1863-64. In 1865 he was elected secretary of that body and continued in office by successive elcctions for five years. He was elected senator from Oxford county, serving two terms. Recogniz- ing his ability and high standing, Hon. Lot M. Morrill, senator from Maine, selected him as chief clerk of the appropriation committec of the United States senate ; and Mr. Cleaves and his family removed to Washington. Through all the successive changes in the senate of the United States, he has continued to serve in this responsible position for nearly thirty-six years, and has been closely associated with the late Senator Allison, of Iowa, Senator Hale, of Maine, and other distinguished sen- ators who have served on this important com- mittee. He married Elizabeth A., daughter of Russell Lamson, of Bridgton. They have two sons : Charles Russell Cleaves and Frederick Henry Cleaves.
(VII) Henry Bradstrect, fourth and young- est son of Thomas and Sophia ( Bradstreet) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, February 6, 1840. He attended the public schools, and the North Bridgton and Lewiston Falls academies. He enlisted from the town of Bridgton as a private soldier in the civil war, served in the Department of the Gulf under General Banks, was with General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and remained in active service under General Grant until the surrender of General Lee. During his service he was promoted to first lieutenant, and at the close of the war was offered a commission in the regular army by Secretary of War Stanton. He was admit- ted to the bar in 1868, practiced in Bath one year, then removed to Portland, forming a law
partnership with his brother, the late Judge Nathan Cleaves. He served two terms as a member of the legislature of Maine; was elected city solicitor of Portland; served as attorney-general of Maine for five successive years ; and was elected governor of Maine in 1892, and re-elected by nearly forty thousand majority in 1894. At the close of his adminis- tration as governor, both branches of the legis- lature, irrespective of party, accorded to him the unusual 'distinction of passing public reso- lutions in recognition of his distinguished ser- vices to the state, and commending his "up- right, honest and dignified administration," further declaring "He retires from the high office he has so ably and faithfully filled, with the confidence, respect and affection of the whole people." Upon retiring from the office of governor he resumed the practice of his profession at Portland. He was at once re- tained as counsel by many of the leading busi- ness interests of the state, and tried before the courts many important cases, being gencral counsel for the Maine Central Railroad Com- pany, the Washington County and the Somer- set Railways, associate counsel of the Boston & Maine Railroad and attorney for various other business and financial interests. The most notable case ever tried in the state, and one that excited much interest throughout the country, was the Chandler will case, in which Governor Cleaves appearcd as senior counsel for the heirs. The American Board of Com- missioncrs for Foreign Missions, under a will executed by the testator, claimed the entire estate, nearly a million dollars, while it was claimed in behalf of the heirs that they were entitled to one-half of the estate by a subse- quent codicil of the testator, though it was executed while he was under guardianship. The contention of Governor Cleaves was sus- tained by the supreme court of Maine, and the validity of the codicil upheld.
Governor Cleaves is intimately connected with many of the great business interests of the state, being a director of the Maine Cen- tral Railroad Company, Somerset Railway Company, Union Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany, Portland National Bank, Union Safe De- posit & Trust Company, Consolidated Elec- tric Light Company, president and director of the Portland Publishing Company, Eastern Dredging Company and Leadville Water Com- pany, and associated with other financial and business institutions.
(VII) Mary Cleaves, youngest child of Thomas and Sophia (Bradstreet) Cleaves, was born in Bridgton, and enjoyed the superior
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educational advantages of that town, which has been noted for its advanced position in the cause of education. She was a successful teacher in the schools of Bridgton for several years; was a member of the First Congrega- tional Church, and always took a deep interest and prominent part in the social and religious welfare of the community. She resided at Bridgton with her parents, until their decease, when she removed to Portland. She married William W. Mason, President of the Port- land National Bank, son of the late Jeremiah M. Mason, of Limerick. Mrs. Mason is a person of rare intellectual gifts, nobleness of character, of engaging manner and endears herself to all.
The line of Bradstreet BRADSTREET sketched below is de- scended from one of the earliest recorded settlers of this name in New England, his landfall being in 1634. An earlier immigrant of this name was Simon, who came over in the fleet with Winthrop, 1630, and afterward won distinction as Gov- ernor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. From those two are descended most of the New England Bradstreets.
(I) Humphrey Bradstreet came from Ips- wich, England, in the ship "Elizabeth," Wil- liam Andrews, master, the last of April, 1634, bringing with him his wife Bridget and chil- dren as follows: Hannah, aged nine; John, aged three; Martha, aged two ; and Mary, aged one year. At that time his age is given as forty years, and that of his wife as thirty years. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he received a considerable grant of land on the north side of Egypt river, his being the most northerly grant made by the town of Ipswich ; the northerly boundary of this farm was the southerly boundary of the town of Rowley, settled in 1639, and in 1784 the farm for the convenience of its occupants was set off from Ipswich to Rowley. From the loca- tion of this farm, after the Rowley settlement, the Bradstreets were associated almost wholly with Rowley, having their membership in the Rowley church, burying their dead in the Rowley cemetery, and training with the Row- ley military company. In the following lists of children, where not otherwise stated, the births are from Ipswich records and the bap- tism from the Rowley church record. Hum- phrey Bradstreet was made a freeman May 6, 1635, and was a representative for Ipswich to the general court in the same year ; he died in
the summer of 1655. His will, dated July 21, 1655, proved September 25, 1655, directs, among other things, that son Moses is to have ·the home farm after the decease of his mother ; son John is to have the farm at Muddy river. His wife Bridget Bradstreet died in Novem- ber, 1665. Her will is dated October 16, 1665. The children of Humphrey and Bridget Brad- street were: Hannah, John, Martha, Mary, Sarah, Rebecca and Moses, the subject of the next paragraph.
(II) Captain Moses, youngest child of Humphrey and Bridget Bradstreet, was born in 1643. He was a man of substance and in- fluence, and was a captain of the military com- pany. His will, dated August 16, 1690, proved September 30, 1690, mentions a ship, his home farm, lands in Haverhill and other property of his. He married, March 11, 1662, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Bridget Harris of Row- ley. After her death he married (second) Sarah, widow of Samuel Prime, of Rowley, and daughter of Samuel Platts. The dates cannot be found. Samuel Prime died March 18, 1684. She died before 1697, Moses Brad- street's gravestone, the oldest in Rowley bury- ing ground, bears the following inscription :
HERE LYS WHAT WAS MORTAL OF ye WORTHY CAP. MOSES BRAD- STREET DESEASED AUGUST ye 17, 1690, & IN ye 47th YEAR OF HIS AGE. FRIENDS & RELATIVES YOU MIGHT BEHOLD A LAMB OF GOD FITT FOR THE FOLD
The children of Moses Bradstreet were : John, Moses, Elizabeth, Humphrey, Na- thaniel, Hannah, Samuel (died young), Bridget, Aaron, Samuel (died young) and Jonathan.
(III) Moses (2), son of Captain Moses (I) and Elizabeth (Harris) Bradstreet, was born October 17, 1665; and died December 20, 1757. He succeeded to one-half the an- cestral homestead and all the buildings there- on, and was a farmer. His will, dated De- cember 19, 1737, proved January 9, 1738, pro- vides, among other things that his son Na- thaniel shall have the homestead. He mar- ried (first), July 19, 1686, Hannah, daugh- ter of John and Jane (Crosby) Pickard, of Rowley. She was born in Rowley, and died January 3, 1737, aged sixty-seven years. He married (second), October 20, 1737, Dorothy (Sewall) Northend, widow of Ezekiel North- end, of Rowley. She died June 17, 1752. The
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children of Moses and Hannah ( Pickard) Bradstreet were: Elizabeth, Hannah, Bridget, Moses, John, Nathaniel (died young), Na- thaniel and Jane.
(IV) Lieutenant Nathanicl, seventh child and youngest son of Moscs (2) and Hannah ( Pickard) Bradstrcct, was baptized Novem- ber 18, 1705, and dicd December 2, 1752. He had the farm his father left, and also acquired other lands. His will was datcd November 30, 1752, and proved December 25, 1752. It provides that wife Hannah shall have "that land which was in my uncle John's division;" son Moses to have most of the estate, and so on. He married (first) April 19, 1727, Han- nah, daughter of Ezekicl and Dorothy (Scw- all) Northend, of Rowlcy. She was born January 31, 1703, and died April II, 1739. He married (sccond) August 15, 1739, Han- nah. daughter of Thomas Hammond, of Ips- wich. She was baptized in Rowley, July, 1716, and died between October 26, 1787, the date of her will, and May 7, 1792, the date when it was proved. Lieutenant Bradstreet was the father of thirteen children. Those by the first wife were: Moses, John (died young), Han- nah (died young), Hannah, Nathaniel, Ezekiel, Nathaniel (died young), and Jane. Those by the second wife were: Nathaniel, Elizabeth, John, Mary and Sarah.
(V) Nathaniel (2), eldest child of Lieuten- ant Nathaniel ( I) and Hannah ( Hammond) Bradstreet, was baptized June 20, 1740, and died March 28, 1806, aged sixty-six years. His home was in Ipswich, just over the Rowley line, and was formerly a Hammond place. His will was dated January 2, 1804, and probated May 7, 1806. He married, December 7, 1762, Phebe, daughter of Eliphalet and Ruth ( Pick- ard) Jewett, of Rowley. She was born in Rowley, April 13, 1741, and died December 18, 1815, aged seventy-four years. Their chil- dren were: Elizabeth, David, Daniel, Nathan, Phebe, Mary, Nathaniel, Sarah and Hannah.
(VI) Daniel, third child and second son of Nathaniel (2) and Phebe (Jewett) Brad- street, was born in Ipswich, and baptized March 13, 1768. Hc removed from Rowley, Massachusetts, to Bridgton, Maine, where he settled and died October 20, 1816, aged forty- nine years. His wife, Betscy A. Bradstreet, died July 2, 1831.
(VII) Sophia, daughter of Daniel and Bct- sey A. Bradstreet, was born in Bridgton, Maine, November 21, 1804, died September 16, 1882, aged seventy-seven years. She married Thomas Clcavcs, of Bridgton. (See Cleaves Family.)
PERLEY Allan Perley, the immigrant an- cestor, was born in 1606, in Wales or England, camc from St. Albans, county Herts, England, in the ship "Planter," in 1635, and dicd in Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts, December 28, 1675. The name is also spelled Apperley (Ap, son of). He set- tled first in Charlestown Village, Massachu- setts Bay, in what is now called Button End, Woburn. Hc removed to Ipswich and later to Topsfield, Massachusetts, selling his house and land on High strect, at Ipswich, to Walter Roper, September 3, 1652. He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1642. He dicd December 28, 1675. His will was made June 23, 1670, and November 16, 1671, and proved February 3, 1675-76, bequeathing to wife Susanna, sons John, Samuel, Thomas, Timothy; daughters Sarah and Martha; son Nathaniel deceased. He owned land at the time of his death in Es- sex, Rowley and Boxford. He married, in 1635, Susanna Bokcsen, who died at Ipswich, February 11, 1692.
(II) Thomas, son of Allan Perley, was born at Ipswich in 1641 and died at Boxford Sep- tember 24, 1709; married July 8, 1667, Lydia Peabody, born 1644, died April 30, 1675, daughter of Lieutenant Francis and Mary (Foster) Peabody, of Topsfield. Her mother was daughter of Reginald Foster. (See Fos- ter.) The line has been traced in England. Foster and Perley came over in the same ves- sel from the same parish. Lydia joined the church at Rowley, was admitted by letter at Boxford, February 21, 1702-3. Perley set- tled in Rowley and bought much land ; in 1687 the largest taxpayer except his brother-in-law, John Peabody. His home was on the Isaac Hale place. He was admitted freeman May 23, 1677; deputy to the general court 1689- 92-93, 1700-02; selectman 1690-94-99, 1701- 4-9; constable in 1688; juror; moderator in 1693, 1701-4-6-7-9; quartermaster of Boxford military company in 1688; lieutenant 1681. His home was in the town of Boxford, and May 9, 1704, he was elected on a committee to determine the town line. Children : Thomas, Jacob, Lydia, Mary, Hepzibah and Sarah.
(III) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Perley, was born at East Boxford, Septem- ber 27, 1668 (or 1670) ; died November 13, 1745; married Sarah Osgood, of Andover, born November 4, 1675, died at Boxford, Sep- tember 23, 1724, daughter of Captain John and Mary (Clement) Osgood. Her mother was accused of witchcraft and pleaded guilty to save her life. He married (second) May 15, 1727, Elizabeth ( Porter) Putnam, of Dan-
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vers, who died October, 1746, widow of Jo- seph Putnam, and mother of General Israel Putnam. Perley was town clerk from 1712 to 1723; surveyor 1723; juror; moderator 1726- 27; selectman 1697-99, 1701-4-7-9-14-20-27 ; deputy to the general court 1703-9-18-19; schoolmaster in 1712. He was ensign of the militia company ; lieutenant January 17, 1717; captain in Colonel John Appleton's regiment. His will was dated September 21, 1745, proved November 25, following. Children: Lydia, Mary, Hepzibah, Moses, Sarah, Thomas.
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