Capt. Ephraim Cleveland

1740 - 1827  (79 years)

• Name	Ephraim Cleveland  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	20 Aug 1740	Canterbury, Windham Co., CT
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between 1820 and 1827	Naples, Ontario Co., NY
  Notes	Captain Ephriam Cleveland dwelt first at Canterbury, and then in Windham. He was taken prisoner in the French war by the Indians, held captive 3 years and escaped. He was in the Revolutionary army. During the Revolution, Ephriam and Mark Watkins were captured by Indians who pulled out all their hair, tied them to stakes and prepared to burn them. An old squaw who had befriended them interfered and by her entreaty the Indians let her have Ephriam in place of her son who was killed in the war. He and Watkins afterward often went hunting with the Indians and later were trusted to go alone a few times, and then escaped. From that time Ephraim was bald, and wore an eel-skin cap. Ephriam removed from Connecticut to Massachusetts, thence to Ontario County, New York, soon after 1783, with his son Ephriam and was one of the first settlers on Naples; he lived on Naples Flats. Ephraim Cleveland had a second wife, name unknown, married about 1819.
  Person ID	I6285	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Capt. Timothy Cleveland,   b. 25 Aug 1702, Canterbury, Windham Co., CT ,   d. 19 Jan 1784, Canterbury, Windham Co., CT  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Hyde,   b. 1702, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA ,   d. 19 Aug 1769, Canterbury, Windham Co., CT  (Age 67 years)
  Married	Abt Jan 1727/28	Canterbury, Windham Co., CT
  Family ID	F2798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Griffin,   b. 16 Mar 1743/44, Hampton, Windham Co., CT ,   d. Bef 1815  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1766	Hampton, Windham Co., CT   [1]
  	They had six children, all born at Windham, Conn.
  Children	1. Mary Cleveland,   b. 30 Mar 1768, Windham, Windham Co., CT ,   d. Unknown   2. Franklin Cleveland,   b. 13 Aug 1779, Windham, Windham Co., CT ,   d. Unknown
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F2793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Miss [--?--],   d. Unknown
  Married	Abt 1819
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F32938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 6 Mar 1766 - Hampton, Windham Co., CT  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S143] The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, George Chandler, (1872), p. 111 (Reliability: 3).