Notes and Links

• m. Josiah Cleaveland* (1690-1750) on Aug. 7, 1710.
• Abigail and Josiah had 11 children all born at Canterbury CT:
  • Keziah Cleaveland; b. Nov. 26, 1711.
    • m. Joseph Morse.
  • Josiah Cleaveland; b. Apr. 4, 1713. A Lt. in the Amer. Rev.
    • m1. Sarah Lawrence.
    • m2. Johanna (Waldo) Brewster, daughter of Edward Waldo (1684-1767) of Windham CT, and his first wife, Thankful Demmuck, and widow of ___? Brewster. Edward married 2nd., Mary Paine (1685/6-1768), as her 2nd. husband. Mary is a sister to Abigail Paine (1686-1762), Josiah's mother.
  • Abigail Cleaveland; b. June 3, 1715.
    • m1. Benjamin Brown.
    • m2. John Adams.
  • Elisha Cleaveland; b. Jan. 7, 1716/7
    • m1. Esther Morse
    • m2. Ruth Paine; b. May 25, 1723, daughter of Solomon Paine (1698-1754) and Ruth Carver (1701-1731). Elisha and Ruth are first cousins to each other.
  • Lois Cleaveland; b. Dec. 11, 1718; d. Sep. 29, 1736, probably Canterbury CT.
  • Mary Cleaveland* (1720-1765)
    • m. William Bradford* (1718-1781, as his 2nd. wife.
  • John Cleaveland; b. Apr. 12, 1722. Grad. Yale, A.B. 1745, Chaplain in Amer. Rev., Minister at Ipswich MA.
    • m1. Mary Dodge
    • m2. Mary (Neale) Foster
  • Lydia Cleaveland; b. Feb. 16, 1723/4; d. Mar. 26, 1745, Canterbury.
  • Ebenezer Cleaveland; b. Dec. 25, 1725; Grad. Yale, 1748; Chaplain in Amer. Rev.; Minister at Rockport and Amesbury.
    • m. Abigail Stevens
  • Aaron Cleaveland; b. Nov. 27, 1727; Capt. in Amer. Rev. from CT.
    • m. Thankful Paine; b. Mar. 25, 1733; daughter of Elisha Paine (1693-1775) and Mary Johnson. Aaron and Thankful are first cousins to each other.
    • Aaron and Thankful had a son, Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806), who was the founder of Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Moses Cleaveland; b. Apr. 18, 1730; Jan. 1, 1741, Canterbury CT.

Brief Biography:

Through her grandmother, Mary Snow* (c1630-1704), Abigail Paine is descended from Mayflower passenger, Stephen Hopkins*.

References:

• The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, by E. J. Cleveland and H. G. Cleveland, pub. by Case Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford CT, 1899.
• See the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 6 - 2nd . Ed. - Stephen Hopkins, pub. by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995.
• Descendants of Governor William Bradford, by Ruth Gardiner Hall, under auspices of the Bradford Family Compact.
• Bradford Genealogy by Faith Bradford
• A Line of Bradfords 1460-1988 by Bradford Stone