Rev. Aaron Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland

By Deshler Welch

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In 1747 Rev. Cleveland moved to Massachusetts, where he was pastor of South Church in Malden until 1750,[1] when he took an active part in the emigration from New England for the settlement of Nova Scotia. At Halifax in 1750, he established the first Presbyterian church in Canada. The Scottish Calvinists became its directors, overriding the New Englanders, and in 1755 Cleveland went to London, where he received holy orders.

Cleveland returned to America as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. During the return voyage the vessel ran aground at Nantucket Shoals, and he lent his muscular aid to the sailors with good results, but a wave inflicted an injury upon his strong frame,[1] from the effects of which he never recovered. He was rector of the church in Newcastle, Delaware, but visiting Philadelphia for medical treatment, when he died under the hospitable roof of his friend, Benjamin Franklin. A tribute to his character appeared in Franklin's newspaper.

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Rev. Aaron Cleveland, great grandson of Moses and Ann and son of Aaron and Abigail Cleveland, successively inhabitants of Woburn, Medford, Cambridge, Medford again, and Charlestown and finally in East Haddam, CT was born October 29, 1715. As this record of his birth is from the Cambridge Town Records, and as the record of his baptism the next day, October 30, 1715, is from the Records of the Church of Cambridge, it may be confidently presumed that Cambridge was the place of his birth; though it has been said by some that he was born in Medford. He entered Harvard College at sixteen years of age; was graduated in 1735; was over the church and people of Haddam, CT in July 1739; married Aug 4, 1739, Susannah, dau of Rev. Aaron Porter of Medford, born Mar 1, 1716 and the sister of Joanna Porter b. Mar 22, 1719 whom his brother, Josiah Cleveland had married Jan 1, 1735 (1735/6?). Rev. Mr. Cleveland was dismissed from Haddam 1746; installed over the South Church in Malden about June 1747, and dismissed about October, 1750. We next hear of him at Halifax, Nova Scotia, whence he sailed for England; received orders to the Church of England in London, 1755 and was commissioned July 1, 1757 by the Society for the Propagating the Gospel in Foreign parts to take charge of the Episcopal Chruch in Newcastle, Delaware in compliance with the request of that people.

On his way to Boston, to make arrangements for conveying his family to Newcastle, he stopped at the house of Dr. Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia; was there taken sick and died Aug 11, 1757. His remains were interred in Christ Church, Philadelphia. His widow died at Salem 1788. The Pennsylvania Gazette of August 18, 1757 contained an obituary notice in which was a warm eulogium upon him written by the Editor, Dr. Benjamin Franklin.

From History of Woburn

Biography

~ Rev. AARON CLEVELAND ~ Father: Aaron Cleveland Mother: Abigail Cleveland Married (04 Aug 1739, Medford, Middlesex, MA): Susannah Porter Cleveland

(B: 26 Apr 1716, Medford, MA - 01 Mar 1788, Salem, Essex, MA)

Daughter: 1. Stephen Cleveland (Born: 1738, Norwich, New London, CT -08

Oct 1801; Burial: Charter St. Cemetery, Salem, Essex, MA); 2. Susannah Cleveland (Born: 1741, Norwich, New London, CT - 1788, MA); 3. William Cleveland (Born: 1742/1744, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT - 30

Dec 1815, Salem, Essex, MA; Burial: Charter St. Cemetery, Salem, Essex,

MA) first married (23 Nov 1783, Salem, Essex, MA): Elizabeth Barton (B: 28

Sep 1765 -12 Jul 1805) married: Elizabeth Bartow; 4. Rev. Aaron Cleveland; 5. Dorcas Cleveland (Born: 1746, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT - Deceased,

Salem, Essex, MA); 6. George Cleveland (Born: Jul 1747, Malden /Medford, Middlesex, MA or

East Haddam, Middlesex, CT - Aug 1924, MA); 7. Margaret (Cleveland) Hiller (B: 24 Jun 1748, Medford, MA - 30 Apr 1804,

Boston, Suffolk, MA) -married (31 Oct 1770, Salem, Essex, MA): Major

Joseph Hiller (B: 24 Mar 1747/48, Boston, Suffolk, MA - 09 Feb 1814,

Lancaster, MA or Salem, Essex, MA) Major, Revolutionary War; First

Collector of Taxes, Salem Custom House, Salem, MA (App. by President

Washington); Converted to the New Church, 1784, by James Glen's visit to

Boston, Suffolk, MA; One of the earliest readers of Swedenborg 8. Lucy Cleveland (B: Aug 1749, Medford, Middlesex, CT - 20 Aug 1787)

married (11 Oct 1767, Salem, Essex, MA): Samuel Blyth; 9. Abigail Cleveland (B: Abt 1756, Medford, Middlesex, CT -20 Aug 1787)

married (07 Oct 1805, Salem, Essex, MA): Thomas Hartshorn; 10. Elizabeth Cleveland (B: Abt 1758, Medford, Middlesex, CT - Deceased)

married (07 Oct 1805, Salem, Essex, MA): Nathaniel Roper;

Burial: Aug 1757, Christ Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Spouse: Susannah Porter Cleveland (1716 - 1788) Children: Stephen Cleveland (1738 - 1801)* Aaron Cleveland (1744 - 1815)* Margaret Cleveland Hiller (1748 - 1804)* Burial: Christ Church Burial Ground Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Glenn Ellis Record added: Mar 17, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 67049191[1]

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Aaron Cleveland (29 October 1715 – 17 August 1757 Philadelphia) was a clergyman. He established the first Presbyterian church in Canada. He was a great great grandfather of United States President Grover Cleveland.

Biography

His father was also named Aaron Cleveland. At the time of the Aaron's birth his father was making a modest living as a publican in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Aaron was born, and also working in construction. His father would later become a militia captain and a man of some wealth.[1] The son graduated from Harvard in 1735. He was a man of great physical strength and activity, and the best skater, swimmer, and wrestler in the college in his day. In 1739, he was made pastor of the church in Haddam, Connecticut, where his father possessed landed property. In this year, he also married Susannah, the daughter of Aaron Porter of Medford, Massachusetts.[1]

The preaching of George Whitefield produced a great impression on his mind, and led to subsequent changes in his religion. In 1747 he moved to Massachusetts, where he was pastor of South Church in Malden until 1750,[1] when he took an active part in the emigration from New England for the settlement of Nova Scotia. At Halifax in 1750, he established the first Presbyterian church in Canada. The Scottish Calvinists became its directors, overriding the New Englanders, and in 1755 Cleveland went to London, where he received holy orders.[2]

Cleveland returned to America as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. During the return voyage the vessel ran aground at Nantucket Shoals, and he lent his muscular aid to the sailors with good results, but a wave inflicted an injury upon his strong frame,[1] from the effects of which he never recovered. He was rector of the church in Newcastle, Delaware, but visiting Philadelphia for medical treatment, when he died under the hospitable roof of his friend, Benjamin Franklin. A tribute to his character appeared in Franklin's newspaper.[2]

Aaron Cleveland was the first minister for St. Matthew's United Church (Halifax) in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[3] He is the great grand father of the president of United States Grover Cleveland.[4]

Family

While in England, Aaron Cleveland became satisfied that the original spelling of the family name was “Cleveland,” as he and his descendants have since written it, while other American branches of the family generally retain the form “Cleaveland.”

As noted above, in 1739 Aaron Cleveland married Susannah Porter, who in addition to being the daughter of Aaron Porter was the granddaughter of Major Sewall of Salem, Massachusetts. Among their descendants were:

• Stephen Cleveland (1740 East Haddam, Connecticut – 1801 Salem, Massachusetts), a naval officer. He went to sea at the age of fourteen, was taken by a British press-gang in Boston in 1756, and kept in service until 1763. Soon after the Declaration of Independence he was commissioned a captain in the navy, and brought from Bordeaux valuable munitions of war. His commission is supposed to have been the earliest issued by the American government.
• * * * Stephen's son, Richard Jeffry Cleveland, a U. S. vice-consul at Havana, Cuba, 1829–1834. He wrote an autobiographical work entitled Voyages and Commercial Enterprises (Boston, 1850). Richard Jeffry's son Horace Cleveland published Voyages of a Merchant Navigator of the Days that are Past, compiled from the journals and letters of his father, and was a noted landscape designer. Richard Jeffry's son Henry Russell Cleveland (1809 – 12 June 1843) was an author. He graduated at Harvard in 1827, and became one of the band called the “Five of Clubs,” his associates being Charles Sumner, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Cornelius C. Felton, and George S. Hillard. He published: an edition of Sallust's works, with English notes (New York); Remarks on the Classical Education of Boys, by a Teacher (1834); Life of Henry Hudson in Jared Sparks's “American Biographies” series; and review articles and addresses. A selection from his writings, with a memoir by George S. Hillard, was printed privately (Boston, 1844).
• Aaron Cleveland (3 February 1744 Haddam, Connecticut – 21 September 1815), who pursued multiple vocations. His father's early death deprived him of the privilege of a college education, but he pursued his studies while apprenticed to a manufacturer in Norwich, Connecticut. At the age of nineteen, he produced a poem, “The Philosopher and Boy,” in which he refers to his botanical pursuits. In 1779, he was a member of the provincial legislature of Connecticut. Late in life, he became a Congregational pastor near Hartford, Connecticut. Aaron, Jr., was twice married. Aaron Jr.'s son William Cleveland (b. 20 December 1770) was a grandfather of President Grover Cleveland. Aaron Jr.'s son Charles Cleveland (21 June 1772 Norwich, Connecticut – 5 June 1872 Boston), after civil-service and business careers, ultimately became a clergyman in Boston noted for his philanthropic activities. Aaron's daughter Sarah married David Low Dodge, founder of the New York Peace Society.

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