Parents & Ancestors of Mary Grace Cleve (m. Augustus Farlin House)
JAMES CLEVE & MARY IRELAND John Cleve and Charlotte Lear Joseph Ireland & Mary Elizabeth Symonds William Edwin Cleave & Martha Smeardon John Ireland & Joanna Ninnis Robert Cleave & Mary Coaker
Mary Grace’s parents were James Cleve (born in England on April 25, 1822 and baptized May 29, 1822 in Widecombe in the Moor, Devon) who was a wagon maker and later a laborer born in 1822 and Mary Ireland Cleve born July 25, 1819/1821/1822. 1819 date is on her tombstone. There is a listing of Mary Ireland marrying James Cleave in 1841 in Devon, England in the Newton Abbot District. Also not confirmed.
James Cleve’s father may have been John Cleve (December 12, 1786 in Lidford, England to January 17, 1860) and his mother Charlotte Lear (born in Buckland, England on April 1, 1792.)
Charlotte Lear’s father was John Lear (1761 in Buckland in the moor, Devon, England to July 19, 1851 in Devon, England). Her mother was Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Leaman (1765-1827). According to Bucklandinthemoor Parish Records Collection, they were married in 1777 or 1781 and may have had 12 children.
According to Ancestry. Com John Lear’s parents were John Lear (1728-1815) and Mary Hamlyn (1723-1808).
John Cleve and Charlotte Lear married on April 9, 1812 in Buckland in the Moor, Devon. They had ten children. In 1841 England Census, John Cleave (50) and wife Charlotte (45) lived in Newton Abbot in Devon, England with William listed as Wheelwright (20), James listed as carpenter (15), Robert (15), Moses (11). In an 1851 England Census, John Cleave (age 65) lived with wife Charlotte Cleave (58) with one child in Newton Abbot in Moreton Hampstead in Devon, England in the parish of Widecombe in the Moor. He is listed as being a carpenter. In the same census, a John Cleave (33) is also listed as being a carpenter; since the listings are one after the other, I assume the second John Cleave is son of the first John. John Cleave “late of Widdecombe-in-the Moor in the Country of Devon” died on or about January 17, 1860, and his will was probated on February 2, 1861. His effects were under 200 pounds. [England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995]. Charlotte died in October 1857 in Newton Abbot, Devon.
Possible parents of John Cleave were William Edwin Cleave (November 19, 1751/December 28, 1752-1810) and Martha Smeardon (1754 to 1744/1810). They married on February 15, 1776 or 1777 and had ten children.
Possible parents of William Cleave are Robert Cleave (Clive) (1721-1744 in Devon) from Styche, Shropshire, England and Mary Coaker (1725-). They married on October 18, 1746.
MARY IRELAND’S BIRTH AND FAMILY (mother of Mary Grace Cleve) Joseph Ireland & Mary Elizabeth Symons There is a listing in Devon, England that Mary Ireland was baptized on August 8, 1819, and that her parents were Joseph Ireland and Mary Elizabeth Symons. In the 1821 England Census, Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Ireland and their eight children age 20 to 2 lived in Devon, England. (There is a record of a couple of this name moving to Cincinnati, Ohio.)
Mary Elizabeth Symons’ parents were John Symons (1778 to October 2, 1840) and Jane (Jenny) Oliver (1774-1842), both living in Devon, England.
Joseph’s father, John Ireland (born on September 8, 1761 & baptized on August 16, 1765 in Ashburton, Devon, England and died on September 2, 1842 in Westminster, England) married Joanna Ninnis (b. about 1766 or 1767 in Devon, England) in Ashburton, Devon, England on January 15, 1788. They may have had eight children. In 1841, John Ireland is listed as connected to St. Thomas Parish, in Devon, England. His father might have been Solomon Ireland and his mother may have been Thamazin. OR his father might have been Thomas Ireland (1720-) and his mother might have been Sara Soper or Elizabeth. Thomas and Sara were married in Devon, England on October 31, 1743. (TOO MUCH UNKNOWN)
Devon or Devonshire is a county located in South west England. The north and south coasts of Devon have cliff and sandy shores. The English Channel abuts Devon to the south while the Bristol Channel lies to the north. The inland terrain is rural and hilly. “About 25 percent of the country is heath or moorland, providing rough grazing mainly on Exmoor and Dartmoor. Dairy cattle are most important in eastern, northwestern, and southern Devon, and Devonshire clotted cream is still produced. Beef cattle are raised throughout, especially in the south and west. Sheep are important throughout the county, including Dartmoor and Exmoor, with the exception of eastern Devon” (“Devon,” Encyclopedia Britannica).
James Cleve and Mary Ireland (parents of Mary Grace Cleve) had eight children: John 1842, Ledorah-1844, Mary 1848, and Matilda-1849, Robert (1852), Henry (1855), Sarah A (1857), Moses (1859) and Ida (1860). They immigrated from England around 1850. In the 1850 census, James Cleave (28) and Mary Cleave (28) lived in Millcreek, Ohio. The children ranged from one to eight. His occupation is listed as a carpenter. Robert Cleave is listed as living with them, perhaps a brother. In the 1860 Census, James’s occupation is listed as a wagon maker, and the family lives at 113 East Cleveland Post Office in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. In the 1870 Census Mary (48) is listed as a house keeper. In the 1880 Census, James (57), wife Mary (58) and children Frank (19) and Mina (16) live at 199 Artario Street, in Cleveland, Ohio, and his occupation is listed as carpenter. James Cleave died on February 5, 1888 in Cleveland, Ohio and was buried in East Cleveland Township Cemetery. In 1892, Mary Cleave, widow of James, is listed as living at 1012 Payne Avenue. Mary Ireland Cleave died on December 18, 1895 at age 76 and is buried in the East Cleveland Township Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.