1George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage and Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol. 3, p. 1295 (1909).
"(II) Sergeant Samuel, third son and fourth child of Moses and Ann (Winn) Cleveland, was born in Woburn, June 9, 1657, and died in Canterbury, Connecticut, March 12, 1735-36. He was a soldier in King Philip's war and held the rank of sergeant, serving in 1675 under Major Simon Willard, and in 1676 under Captain Joseph Sill. He was made freeman in 1689-90, and lived in Chelmsford, Massachusetts; returned to Woburn in 1693 and in the same year removed to Canterbury, Connecticut. In the latter town he took a prominent part in public affairs and was one of the men selected for considering "all that may tend to the good well fare of this town." Sergeant Cleveland married (first) in Chelmsford, May 17, 1680, Jane Keyes, born in Newbury, Massachusetts, June 24, 1660, died November 14, 1681, daughter of Solomon and Frances (Grant) Keyes. "Serg. Solomon Kwies from England, of Newbury, Mass., 1653, he and his brother Joseph took up land in Chelmsford 1664-5, town clerk, tything man, his old homestead still stands in Westford, Middlesex co., Mass.; married Oct. 2, 1653, Frances Grant." Samuel Cleveland married (second) May 23, 1682, Persis Hildreth, born in Chelmsford, February 8, 1660, died in Canterbury, February 22, 1698, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Hildreth. He married (third) July 25, 1699, Mrs. Margaret Fish. Samuel Cleveland had nine children: 1. Jane, born about 1681, died Southborough, Massachusetts, April 12, 1745; married 1702, Colonel William Ward. 2. Persis, born April 21, 1683; married October 24, 1706, Thomas Hewitt. 3. Samuel, born January 12, 1684, died Canterbury, October 1, 1727. 4. Ephraim, born April 10, 1687, died Canterbury, March 13, 1711. 5. Joseph, born July 18, 1689, died Canterbury, March 11, 1766; married (first) February 7, 1710-11, Abigail Hyde, born Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 8, 1688, died Canterbury, December 16, 1724; married (second) March 31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth, or Ensworth, born Plainfield, Connecticut, June 12, 1699, died, Canterbury June 21, 1761 6. Elizabeth, Born June 26, 1693; married (first) April 21, 1717, John Ensworth; married (second) May 2, 1733, Christopher Huntington. 7. Mary, born June 14, 1696, died March 11, 1766; married October 5, 1719, Joseph Ensworth. 8. Abigail, born April 23, 1700, died February 23, 1717-18. 9. Timothy, born August 25, 1702, died January 19, 1784.".