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About Aaron Cleveland
Aaron Cleveland served in King Philip's war, as did his brothers Moses and Samuel.
By trade a housewright, farmer and land speculator, he gave to his children the best educational advantages of that day.
He was made a freeman in 1680, and became a man of wealth and distinction, prominent in all public affairs.
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AARON CLEVELAND, second son and third child of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, b. in Woburn, Mass., Jan. 10, 1655, m. first, in Woburn, Sept. 26, 1675, Dorcas Wilson, probably dau. of John Wilson, who first appears upon the tax lists in Woburn, in the rate for the country, assessed Aug. 26, 1666. His two children, John Wilson, Jr., and Dorcas, must have been born before he came to Woburn, and he d. July 2, 1687. Aaron and Dorcas (Wilson) Cleveland had a family of ten children, as follows:
1. Dorcas, b. Oct. 29, 1676; m. John Knight.
2. Hannah, b. Dec. 18, 1678; d. June 13, 1679.
3. Aaron, b. July 9, 1680; m. Abigail Waters.
4. Hannah, (again), b. June 2, 1687; m. - Beard.
5. Moses,3 b. Feb. 24, 1690; m. Mary Johnson.
6. Sarah,3 b. March 5, 1692; m. Job Richardson.
7. Miriam,3 b. July 1, 1694.
8. Isabel,3' b. April 6, 1697; d. Dec. 7, 1714.
9. Ann, b. 1699.
10. Benjamin, b. May 16, 1701; m. Anna Church.
After the death of wife Dorcas, in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 29, 1714, he m, a second wife, Prudence but had no more children, and d. Sept. 14, 1716, aged, according to gravestone, 62 years.
Bibliographic information:
- Title A Genealogy of Benjamin Cleveland: A Great-grandson of Moses Cleveland, of Woburn, Mass., and a Native of Canterbury, Windham County, Conn
- Compiled by Horace Gillette Cleveland
- Publisher compiler, 1879
- Original from UC Southern Regional Library Facility
- Digitized Jan 29, 2016
- Length 260 pages
- Page 83
- https://books.google.com/books?jtp=83&id=C2hOAQAAMAAJ#v=onepage&q&f...
Biography
Birth: 10 JAN 1655/56 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA 1 Death: 14 SEP 1716 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA 2 Note: The death of an Aaron Cleveland is found in the Woburn VRs, "Sept. 14, 1746, 62y."--is this a typo?
Father: Moses Cleveland b: ABT 1624 in perhaps Ipswich, Suffolk, England Mother: Ann Winn b: ABT 1626 in England
Marriage 1 Dorcas Wilson b: 29 JAN 1656/57 in perhaps Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA Married: 26 SEP 1675 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA 3 Children Aaron Cleveland b: 9 JUL 1680 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA Moses Cleveland b: 24 FEB 1689/90 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA Miriam Cleveland b: 9 JUL 1694 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA Benjamin Cleveland b: 16 MAY 1701 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA
married September 26, 1675 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Buried in the 'Old First Burying Ground at Wobun, Mass. Gravestone inscription:
"Here Lyes the Body of Mr Aaron Cleaveland who Departed This Life September the 14th 1716 in ye 62nd year of his Age"
Footstone: "Mr Aaron Cleaveland"
http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/aaron-cleveland_29344983
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Aaron Cleveland's Timeline
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May 1, 1623
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St. Stephen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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May 1, 1623
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St. Stephen,Ipswich,Suffolk,England
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January 10, 1656
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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October 29, 1676
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1678 |
November 18, 1678
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1680 |
July 9, 1680
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1687 |
June 2, 1687
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1690 |
February 24, 1690
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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March 5, 1692
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Woburn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
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