AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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| John Cleaveland | ||
| Born: 11 Apr 1722 | ||
| Married: 1st to Mary Dodge 15 Jul 17 47 Ipswich, MA 2nd 28 Sep 1760 to Mary Neale Foster
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| Died: 22 Apr 1799 Ipswich, MA | ||
FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
1st Mary Dodge
2nd Mary Neale Foster
CHILDREN with Mary Dodge
1. Mary Cleaveland b. 10 Jul 1748
2. John Cleaveland b. 06 Jan 1749-50
3. Parker Cleaveland b. 14 Oct 1751
4. Ebenezer Cleaveland b. 19 Mar 1754
5. Elizabeth Cleaveland b. 25 Jan 1757
6. Nehemiah Cleaveland b. 26 Aug 1760
7. Abigail Cleaveland b. 28 Dec 1762
8. Eunice Cleaveland b. 17 Jul 1767
9. Lois Cleaveland b. 17 Jul 1767
Reverend John Cleveland , was one of the most prominent members of the
family, was a distinguished divine, a public-spirited man, and a powerful writer
and speaker. Attended Yale College, 1741 to 1745-- was expelled before he
graduated because of sympathies for the Separatists movement of which his uncle,
Elisha Paine, was leading. // Was in the French and Indian War, 1756-60; entered
Continental Army 19 May 1775, was Chaplain at Cambridge during Boston siege.