Mary (Kinney) Cleveland (1772 - 1855)

Born 25 Nov 1772 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Phillips Cleveland — married 28 Nov 1792 in Abington, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1855 at age 82 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont, United States

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Biography

MARY KINNEY, born at Pomfret, 25 Nov 1772 daughter of Amos Kinne and Esther Utley;^[1] Mary died at Coventry, 12 Jul 1855;^[2] married at Pomfret, Connecticut, 30 Nov 1792,^[3] ELIJAH PHILLIPS CLEVELAND, born at Pomfret, 6 Aug 1764 son of Jonas Cleaveland and Prudence Phillips;^[4][5] Elijah died at Coventry, Vermont, 26 Feb 1845.^[6][7]

Elijah served from Connecticut for the last three years of the Revolution and was discharged at West Point. He returned to Connecticut after the war and married Mary Kinne in November 1792. In January 1793, the family made its way to Hanover, New Hampshire.^[8] The family was there about five years before moving on to Vermont.

In 1810, the household of Elijah P. Cleveland was five persons at Waterford, Vermont: one male 45 and over, one female 26 to 44, one male under 10, one male 10 to 15, and one female under 10.^[9]

Children

Elijah Phillips Cleveland and Mary Kinney were parents of three children.^[10]

i ELIJAH CLEVELAND,^[11] b. at Hanover, NH, 29 Jun 1795; d. at Coventry, VT, 16 Jul 1883;^[12] m. 1st at Waterford, 10 Oct 1816, MARIA FARRINGTON, b. at Pomfret, CT, 19 Jan 1794 daughter of Isaac and Esther (Gay) Farrington; Maria d. at Coventry, 26 Jan 1839. Elijah m. 2nd at Newbury, VT, 26 Nov 1839, MARY ANN BARTLETT, b. at Bath, NH, 11 Feb 1811 daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Parker) Bartlett;^[13] Mary Ann d. at Coventry, 5 Mar 1865. Elijah m. 3rd at Manchester, NH, 4 Oct 1866,^[14] MARY JANE LIVINGSTONE BUTTERFIELD, b. at Grafton, NH, 2 Nov 1829 daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Warren) Butterfield; Mary Jane d. at Coventry, VT, 12 Jun 1884.

ii MARY CLEVELAND,^[15] b. at Waterford, VT, 31 Dec 1800; d. at Irasburg, VT, 5 May 1882; m. at Waterford, 28 May 1822, SHUBAEL CHURCH, b. at Waterford, 26 Nov 1796 son of Parley and Zerviah (Jacobs) Church; Shubael d. at Irasburg, 4 Feb 1862.

iii AMOS KINNEY CLEVELAND,^[16] b. at Waterford, 26 Sep 1806; d. at Coventry, VT, 6 Sep 1887;^[17] m. at Waterford, 19 Jan 1831, BETSEY WOODS, b. at Waterford, 21 Oct 1810 daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Farwell) Woods; Betsey d. at Coventry, 26 May 1883.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F771-46K : 7 January 2020), Mary Kinney, 1772.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFV7-4MN
3. ↑ Connecticut Church Record Anstracts, Volume 090, Pomfret, p 66; Mary Kinney of Pomfret married Elijah Phillips Cleveland of Brooklyn Nov. 30, 1792
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F742-3MN : 7 January 2020), Elijah Phillips Cleveland, 1764.
5. ↑ Cleveland, Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families, p 176, p 385
6. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFV7-WXH : 19 February 2021), Elijah P Cleveland, 1845.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211334453/elijah-phillips-cleveland: accessed 12 January 2023), memorial page for Elijah Phillips Cleveland (1766–26 Feb 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211334453, citing Coventry Village Cemetery, Coventry, Orleans County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064).
8. ↑ Livingston, Portraits of Eminent Americans, Volume IV, p 145; includes a detailed biography of son Elijah Cleveland.
9. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 368; Image: Vtm252_64-0303; FHL Roll: 0218668
10. ↑ Family of Elijah Cleaveland in Wateford VT town Records https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8999-RG33?cc=1987653&wc=32Z1-4WP%3A324710401%2C1583520909%2C1583520908
11. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LR-WLN
12. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWF-B6R
13. ↑ The 1853 will of Daniel Bartlett of Newbury, Vermont includes a bequest to daughter Mary Anne Cleveland; Vermont Probate, Orange County, Probate Records Box 74113, Will of Daniel Bartlett
14. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL6N-R12
15. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L4-3LS
16. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LR-WL6
17. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWF-Y8S

• Cleveland, Edmund Janes, and Horace Gillette Cleveland. 1899. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Hartford, CT: Printed for the subscribers.
• Livingston, John. 1854. Portraits of Eminent Americans Now Living: With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions. Volume IV. New York, NY: Cornish, Lamport & Co.