Joseph Cleveland

1689 - 1766

Sergeant Joseph Cleveland, son of Samuel Cleveland (q.v.), was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, July 18, 1689, died in Canterbury, Connecticut, March 11, 1766.  He married (first) in Canterbury, February 7, 1710-11, Abigail Hyde , born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 8, 1688, died in Canterbury, December 16, 1724, daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy (Kidder) Hyde.

He married (second) in Canterbury, March 31, 1725, Sarah Ainsworth or Ensworth, born in Plainfield, Connecticut, June 12, 1699, died June 21, 1761, daughter of Tyrall and Lydia or Sarah Ainsworth. Children, born in Canterbury by first wife: Ephraim, February 3, 1711-12; Jonathan, May 9, 1713; Benjamin, mentioned below; Dorothy, March 31, 1716; John, died March 5, 1754; Elijah, born January 5, 1720-21; Persis, 1723. By second marriage: Ezra, born 1726; Samuel,  June 7, 1730 .

Source:  Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.

---Submitted by Tina Hursh