Brief Life History of Jeremiah
When Jeremiah Cleveland was born in 1786, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, his father, Jeremiah Cleveland, was 40 and his mother, Mary Gentry, was 34. He married Elizabeth Moon on 24 December 1814, in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1866, in Fork Union, Fluvanna, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80.
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Sources (27)
- Jeremiah Cleveland in entry for Jeremiah Cleveland, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Jeremiah Cleveland, "United States Census, 1860"
- Cleveland, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
Spouse and Children
1786–1866 Male
1793–1876 Female
Children (9)
1814–1839 Female
1817–1887 Male
1819–1868 Male
1821–1896 Male
1822– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1746–1806 Male
1753–1810 Female
Siblings (10)
1772–1874 Female
1781–1862 Female
1783–1873 Male
1786–1866 Male
1787–1876 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 0
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
Age 2
1808
Age 22
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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