GENEALOGY OF CLEAVES FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH

Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire"
located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/

Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire;
Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907

Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim 
that these genealogies are accurate.

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CLEAVES

Nathan Cleaves, b. July 11, 1748, came to Mont Vernon and settled before the
[American] Revolution. He was a tailor by trade, and owned and occupied the farm
now Jesse S. Trow's.  He d. Aug 25 1812, age 64. His wife, Sarah, d. July 1, 1817
age 67. His children were:
1. *Dr. Nathan Cleaves, b. Mont Vernon
2. Betsey, b. Mont Vernon, m. Oct 2, 1796, Samuel Clark of Hopkinton [NH], had
several daughters.
3. *Nathaniel, b. Mont Vernon 1778
4. Dorcas, b. Mont Vernon, m. John Kelso of New Boston [NH], had several children
5. *Joshua, b. Mont Vernon
6. John, b. Mont Vernon, lived with his brother Joshua, was never married.

Dr. Nathan W. Cleaves, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mt. Vernon 1773,
studied his profession with Dr. Benj. Jones of Lyndeboro' [NH], settled in
Antrim [NH] in 1793, and d. there in 1807, age 33. His fever was caused by a
ten-mile walk on snow shoes to visit a sick woman. He m. Jennie Hopkins of
Antrim.  Ch: Dorcas W. m. James Jameson, June 1812, d. in 1848. She was the
mother of Nathan W. C. Jameson, who is the father of Nathan C. Jameson of
Antrim, a Democratic politician of much noe.  2nd ch, Robert Hopkins m.
Anne Jameson, Sept 24 1818, lived where his father died, was killed by a fall,
Dec. 1843, left five ch.; Dr. C. left four other ch; Solomon, John, Luther and
Calvin.

Nathaniel, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mont Vernon, m(1) Hannah Bradford,
April 10, 1794; m(2) Relief, dau of Dea. Ephraim Barker, Jan 1806. He lived in
Amherst [NH] many years. He d. in Mont Vernon, Dec 16, 1850, aged 72. Children:
1. Miranda, d. April 1803, age 5 years.
2. James Barker, b. Constable NY, Sept 7, 1820, d. Amherst [NH] Nov. 18, 1850;
m. Joanna, dau of Capt. Daniel and Dolly (Hastings) Hartshorn of Amherst. She was
b. 1824, m(2) -- Torrey, he d. Waltham, Mass. April 9, 1867, one ch. Lucy.
Nathaniel Cleaves had other children

Joshua, son of Nathan and Sarah Cleaves, b. Mont Vernon 1787, was a farmer, lived
on his father's farm, m. Elizabeth Lincoln of Leominster, Mass. He d. Jan 13, 
1868, age 80.  She d. Nov 4, 1856, aged 72. Ch. b. Mont Vernon:
1. Elizabeth, b. 1808, d. Jan 17, 1840, age 32 years, 6 mos.
2. Nathan, graduate Dartmouth College, studied medicine, located in Mexico,
and at Rio Grande, Mexico, was shot by two negroes, Feb. 1849. His age was 30.
3. *William Lincoln, b. April 11, 1821
4. Lydia Ann, b. June 8, 1823, m. June 8, 1843, Charles B. Tuttle of Amherst 
[NH]. Had several ch. She d. Milford [NH] July 26, 1866.
5. Augusta, b. April 1826, a teacher, m. Benj. C. Jones of Chicago [IL];
had one daughter, d. Chicago IL June 5, 1894, age 68 years, 2 months.

William Lincoln Cleaves, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Lincoln) Cleaves, b. Mont
Vernon, April 11, 1821, farmer, lived on his father's farm, also dealer in
lumber; m. Dec. 8, 1856, Harriet, dau of Rufus and Ann (Blanchard) Crosby of
Milford [NH]. She was b. March 3, 1832 in Milford. He d. Sept. 26, 1860.
One child:
1. William C., b. Milford [NH] Jan 12 1861, farmer, res. with mother, is unm.


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