Brief Life History of Elisha
When Elisha Cleveland Jr. was born on 24 August 1743, in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Elisha Cleveland, was 26 and his mother, Ruth Paine, was 20. He married Hannah Webber Gardner on 27 January 1784, in Haverhill, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 28 September 1828, in Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 85.
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Sources (18)
- Elisha Cleveland in entry for Elisha Cleveland, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Elisha Charland, "United States Census, 1800"
- Elisha Cleveland, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1743–1828 Male
1758–1850 Female
Children (6)
1780–1873 Female
1786–1810 Male
1788–1845 Male
1792–1857 Female
1800–1862 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1717–1815 Male
1723–1788 Female
Siblings (10)
1743–1828 Male
1744–1800 Female
1746–1929 Male
1747–1797 Male
1749–1816 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 33
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 38
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 45
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in Devon, Essex, or the North Yorkshire, formed from the genitive plural (clifa) of Old English clif ‘bank, slope’ + land ‘land’.
Americanized form (and a rare Norwegian variant) of Norwegian Kleveland or its variant Kleiveland, and also of Kleven or its variant Kleiven.
History: Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th president of the US, was the fifth child of a country Presbyterian clergyman. His father, Richard Falley Cleveland, a graduate of Yale College and of the theological seminary at Princeton, was descended from Moses Cleaveland who arrived in MA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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