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- There is no question whatever as to the antiquity of the English branches of the Cleveland family, which traces to one Thorkil de Cliveland, whose name appears in history about the time of the Normanconquest ; and from that time coming down through the centuries there were those bearing the surname in some of its various orthographical forms who were peers, dukes and earls, titles conferred by sovereigns as marks of royal favor, for deeds of valor in the wars or service to the crown in official station. With titles thjere also were coats-of-arms, some of them suggesting an ancient Welsh origin ; and while all of these marks of distinction were put away when the immigrant American ancestor crossed the Atlantic to the shores of this country, his numerous descendants look with satisfaction on these emblems of gentility in their family in ancient times. That which appears to be the accepted coat- of-arms of the Cleveland family of the branch under consideration in this place is thus described in Burke's "Peerage" : "Per chevron sable and ermine, a chevron engrailed counter- changed." Crest : A demi old man proper, habited azure, having on a cap gules turned up with a fair front holding in the dexter hand a spear, headed argent, on the top of which is fixed a line proper, passing behind him, and coiled up in the sinister hand." Burke gives no motto, but three such at least are inscribed on the scrolls accompanying the arms : "Pro Deo at Patria"—For God and Country; "Semel et Semper"—Once and Always ; "Vin- cit Armor Patriœ"—Love of Country Conquers.
Even greater antiquity is accorded the Cleveland family than that suggested in a preceding paragraph, if we may accept the conclusions of students whose researches have carried back into the remote ages antedating the Christian era to B. C. 55. to Cœsar, who led the Romans into Britain and subdued the aborigines, which conquest was made complete A. D. 72. Then the district now known as Cleveland,in Yorkshire, England, was given the name Caluvium, which name by the time of the Norman conquest, 1066, had become Cliveland—a name descriptive of the region—and in the course of time became Cleveland, as now known, the seat of the family in the north riding of Yorkshire.
Such in brief is a mere outline of pre-Amer- ican history of the Cleveland ancestor who transplanted the name into the fertile region of New England in the year 1635, and from whom has sprung a numerous family of descendants, now scattered from ocean to ocean, from the far north to the gulf on the extreme south : and towns and cities have been named in allusion to his descendants, while one who bears this honorable name has been twice elevated to the highest seat in our national government—in its character and dignity a seat as exalted as that of any foreign potentate.
(I) Moyses Cleaveland—Moses Cleveland —the common ancestor of all who bear this surname and are of New England origin, went from Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, to London, and thence sailed for America in the year 1635, landing at Plymouth or Boston, then being, according to family tradition, about eleven years old, for the court files in Woburn in 1663 state his age as thirty-nine. There are various traditions regarding his immigration to America, and the question never has been settled satisfactorily ; and we only know that he was a boy of less than twelve years when he came to this country. He settled in Woburn and was admitted freeman there in 1643, had lands granted him, was a member of the trainband, married and died there. He died January 9, 1701-02. He married, September 26, 1648, Ann Winn, of whom one tradition says that she was born in Wales, and another in England, about 1626, and died in Woburn before May 6, 1682. The 1ccords of b1rths, deaths and marriages for Woburn mentions their eleven children as follows: 1. Moses, born September i, 1651, died before October 30, 1717; married, October 4, 1676, Ruth Norton. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. 2. Hannah, born August 4, 1653 ; married, September 24, 1677, Thomas Henshaw, a soldier in King Philip's war. 3. Aaron, born January 10, 1655, died September 14, 1716; married (first) September 26, 1675, Dorcas Wilson; (second) about 1714-15, Prudence _____. He was a soldier in King Philip's war. 4. Samuel, born June 9, 1657 (see post). 5. Miriam, born July 10, 1659, died August 31, 1745; married, December 10, 1683, Thomas Foskett, son of John and Elizabeth (Leech) Foskett. 6. Joanna, born September 19, 1661, died March 12, 1667. 7. Edward, born May 20, 1664, died Pomfret, Connecticut, 1746; married (first) about 1684, Deliverance Palmer; (second) January 1, 1722, Zeruiah Church. 8. Josiah, born February 26, 1666-67, died Canterbury, Connecticut, April 26, 1709; married, about 1689, Mary Bates. 9. Isaac, born May 11, 1669, died Norwich, Connecticut, August 10, 1714; married, July 17-18, 1699, Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, widow of John Curtis and daughter of Samuel and Mary Pierce. 10. Joanna, born April 5, 1670, died Westfield, Massachusetts, March 18, 1758; married, May 28, 1690, Joseph Keyes. 11. Enoch, born August 1, 1671, died August 1, 1729: married (first) October 9, 1695, Elizabeth Counce; (second) July 9, 1719, Elizabeth Wright.
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