Adin CLEVELAND & Mary CONYERS

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Adin CLEVELAND
Mary CONYERS

These CLEVELANDs have a common ancestry with President Grover CLEVELAND — see chart.

Husband: Adin / Addin / Addan / Addon / Aden / Adden⁶ CLEVELAND / CLEAVELAND
Birth: 3 Dec 1777, Washington Co., NY
Death: 3 Jan 1833, presumably in Jefferson Co., KY
Father: Amaziah⁵ CLEVELAND [Enoch⁴, Deliverance³, Edward², Moses¹]
Mother: Sarah MARVIN

There are scriptural names Addan and Addon (meaning "humble") and Adin (meaning "slender"); it's hard to know which of these names our subject's was intended to be, but in his son, Benjamin's, biography, his given name is spelled "Adin."

Note: the LDS IGI has a family of CLEVELANDs whose father is shown as Alexander (mother unknown) and whose children — Levi, Addin, Elijah, Jesse, John, and Ezer — are shown as born in the 1770s and early 1780s of Jefferson Co., KY. The 1770s is extremely early to be in Kentucky, and the births were more likely elsewhere, but the location supplied suggests they ended up later in Jefferson Co., KY. We do, indeed, find an Addin and an Ezer CLEVELAND in Jefferson Co., KY, in the 1810 census. After 1810, Ezer disappears, and we find Addin as the only CLEVELAND in Jefferson Co., KY, in the 1820 and 1830 censuses. So, it seems clear that the compiler of these data was referring to our subject, so the problem becomes: Is Adin's father really Amaziah CLEVELAND? Or is his father really Alexander CLEVELAND? Are Amaziah and Alexander actually the same person? Adin appears to have changed his name to Adam in later years. So did Amaziah change his name to Alexander? Both having gotten tired of having an "oddball" name.

Marriage: ca. 1809/10 — this is a very early marriage for Mary! Was she Adin's second wife?

Wife: Mary CONYERS
Birth: 15 Nov 1787, VA
Death apparently: 1860-70, Sullivan Co., IN

Children — born in Jefferson Co., KY:

1. Nancy Ann CLEVELAND, b. 4 Jul 1811; m. 2 Jan 1827, Jefferson Co., KY, James Dean RAMSEY; 1850 Census, Lawrence Co., IN
2. Benjamin CLEVELAND, b. 16 Mar 1813; 1850 Census, Sullivan Co., IN
3. William CLEVELAND, b. 3 Apr 1815; m. 25 Aug 1836, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH, Eliza Harr RIDDLE (1817-)
4. George CLEVELAND, b. 22 Jan 1817; m. 29 Sep 1840, Jefferson Co., KY, America CASY/CASEY; 1850 Census, Jefferson Co., KY
5. Jesse Marvin CLEVELAND, b. 21 Dec 1818; d. 20 Sep 1882; m. Rachel Ann RUARK (1821-); 1880 Census, Terre Haute, IN

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Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): subjects' marriage not found, but I did find one of the children's marriages:

Ramsey, James Cleveland, Nancy 2 Jan 1827 Jefferson Co.

2. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1800 Kentucky and Virginia censuses were destroyed. For Kentucky, tax lists are substituted on this CD, where available. Based on this CD, which includes at least some Jefferson Co., KY, tax lists, there were no CLEVELANDs (or variations) in Kentucky, nor was there an Amaziah or Alexander CLEVELAND (or variation) anywhere.

3. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 3; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 KY Jefferson Co. p. 33 Ln. 24 Addin Cleveland 00010-00100-01

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Adden (b. 1777)

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = Mary (b. 1787)

1 slave all ages in or bef. 1810 = ?

The only other CLEVELAND (or variation) in the county is Ezer CLEVELAND (said to be son of Alexander CLEVELAND).

4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 19; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 KY Jefferson Co. p. 54 Ln. 27 Adam Cleveland 400010-10010-0-100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

4 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Jesse (b. 1818)
= George (b. 1817)
= William (b. 1815)
= Benjamin (b. 1813)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Adden (b. 1777)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Nancy (b. 1811)

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Mary (b. 1787)

1 person engaged in agriculture

"Adam" is the only CLEVELAND (or variation) in the county.

5. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23-24 of 38; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Jefferson Co. pp. 130B-131A Ln. 27 Adam Cleveland 002 210 010 - 000 100 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Jesse (b. 1818)
= George (b. 1817)

2 males 15-19 1810-1815 = William (b. 1815)
= Benjamin (b. 1813)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = ?

1 male 50-59 1770-1780 = Adden (b. 1777)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Nancy (b. 1811)

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Mary (b. 1787)

"Adam" is the only CLEVELAND (or variation) in the county.

6. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #15-16 of 44; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 KY Jefferson Co. Northern Division pp. 197B-198A Ln. 22 Mary Cleveland 000 010 - 000 000 011 0100000 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = George (b. 1817) or Jesse (b. 1818)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Mary (b. 1787)

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = ?

1 person employed in agriculture

Mary is listed next to her son, William CLEVELAND (10001-00001 | 0001000; no slaves). The only other CLEVELAND (or variation) in the county is "Ohio" CLEVELAND. Checking other sources, Ohio CLEVELAND (b. 1809) is said to be the son of Alexander CLEVELAND, whose

7. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #65-66 of 106): District No. One, Jefferson Co., KY, p. 206B/409, 456/466, enumerated 25 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Greenville Proctor 59 M Farmer 15,000 Ky

Eliz          " 54 F "

Fenton        " 22 M Laborer "

Allen         " 20 M " "

R S/L         " 16 M " "

Wm            " 12 M "

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Mary Cleveland 60 F 900 Va

8. 1860 Census Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #10 of 34): Carlisle P.O., Jefferson Twp., Sullivan Co., IN, Roll 298 (Book 1), p. 779, PN 73, 504/506, 27 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Benj Cleavland 49 M Farmer 2100 1100 Ky

[Benjamin's wife and six children]

Mary Cleavland 73 F Virginia

9. 1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com): not found, at least not indexed here as being in Indiana under the name Mary CLEVELAND / CLEVLAND / CLEAVELAND / CLEAVLAND.

10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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