Judy's Ancestors - Person Page 98

Luke Chapman

M, #2426, b. 1739, d. 21 January 1816

Parents

Father	Robert Chapman (b. 1707, d. MAYBE 1779)
Mother	Elizabeth Taylor (b. 19 June 1710, d. 1745)

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Birth	1739¹
Death	21 January 1816	At age ~77 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. One source says dead by 1790 but there is a findagrave for a Luke Chapman born about the right time who died in Pennsylvania and whose wife as a Leah who is named on the gravestone.^2,3

Misc	1754	Married. Sophia Woodin wid. of Charles Conaway and dau. of John and Mary Wooden or is it Leah (1725-1806)that we see on findagrave?^2,4
Property	1755	Bought 132 a. Morgan's Tent Resurveyed from George Ogg in 1755.²

Last Edited

2 July 2024

Citations

[S4019] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117099972/luke-chapman: accessed 02 July 2023), memorial page for Luke Chapman (1731–21 Jan 1816), Find a Grave Memorial ID 117099972, citing Chapman Cemetery, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Donna Bergman (contributor 47498467).
[S3602] Chapman in Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." pages 103-105 plus biblio. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.
[S5588] Barnes, R. W. (1989). Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759. United States: Genealogical Publishing Company. Searched on ancestry 5/8/2023.
[S4004] "Chapman, Elizabeth-." Wife of John Dettor https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/14517560/person/120092668139/media/136b61c1-37d2-4d65-a639-4e879757a4f5?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Jul. 2023.

Records from a Chapman family bible quoted in a newspaper request for information about the family. OCRed the article as best I could., Comments by JN
This was difficult to read. I have a Robert Chapman, Sr., dying in 1749 not 1740 as it appears. The 0 could be a 9.

Margit I have as Margaret, wife of Robert Chapman, Jr. I have no last name.

Nathan is who I call William Nathan and his wife is Rebecca Griffith in my tree.

I think the generatoins are mixed up and with repeats of names could cause confusion. But could confirm what we think we know from elsewhere...

See image of the newspaper article.

Daniel Chapman

M, #2427, b. 1752, d. 1753

Parents

Father	Robert Chapman (b. 1707, d. MAYBE 1779)
Mother	Margaret Douglas (b. about 1715, d. 1790)

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Birth	1752
Death	1753	At age ~1.^1,2

Last Edited

29 June 2024

Citations

[S3547] "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." Page 104. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.
[S4004] "Chapman, Elizabeth-." Wife of John Dettor https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/14517560/person/120092668139/media/136b61c1-37d2-4d65-a639-4e879757a4f5?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Jul. 2023.

Records from a Chapman family bible quoted in a newspaper request for information about the family. OCRed the article as best I could., Comments by JN
This was difficult to read. I have a Robert Chapman, Sr., dying in 1749 not 1740 as it appears. The 0 could be a 9.

Margit I have as Margaret, wife of Robert Chapman, Jr. I have no last name.

Nathan is who I call William Nathan and his wife is Rebecca Griffith in my tree.

I think the generatoins are mixed up and with repeats of names could cause confusion. But could confirm what we think we know from elsewhere...

See image of the newspaper article.

James Chapman

M, #2428, b. 1738, d. 1772

Parents

Father	Robert Chapman (b. 1707, d. MAYBE 1779)
Mother	Elizabeth Taylor (b. 19 June 1710, d. 1745)

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Birth	1738
Death	1772	At age ~34.^1,2

Last Edited

2 July 2024

Citations

[S3547] "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." Page 104. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.
[S5706] "Jun 03, 1906, page 13." The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/372698965/?match=1&terms=Dettor%20and%20Hutson. Accessed 26 Jun. 2024., See PDF of the article (OCRed):Chapman - The_Baltimore_Sun_1906_06_03_13 -OCR.pdf

Helen Chapman

F, #2429, b. 18 June 1753, d. 10 February 1823

Parents

Father	Robert Chapman (b. 1707, d. MAYBE 1779)
Mother	Margaret Douglas (b. about 1715, d. 1790)

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Birth	18 June 1753	I think there is a typo somewhere with the 1763.^1,2
Marriage	1778¹
Death	10 February 1823	At age 69.^1,3,4
Burial		At Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gamber, Carroll, Maryland, United States.²

Last Edited

1 July 2023

Citations

[S3547] "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." Page 104. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.
[S4005] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83954923/hellen-gorsuch: accessed 01 July 2023), memorial page for Hellen Chapman Gorsuch (19 Jun 1753–10 Feb 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83954923, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Gamber, Carroll County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Becky (contributor 47351951)., Tombstone says she died 10 Feb 1823 at 69 years 7 months and 22 (days). That means she was not born in 1763.
[S4004] "Chapman, Elizabeth-." Wife of John Dettor https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/14517560/person/120092668139/media/136b61c1-37d2-4d65-a639-4e879757a4f5?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 1 Jul. 2023.

Records from a Chapman family bible quoted in a newspaper request for information about the family. OCRed the article as best I could., Comments by JN
This was difficult to read. I have a Robert Chapman, Sr., dying in 1749 not 1740 as it appears. The 0 could be a 9.

Margit I have as Margaret, wife of Robert Chapman, Jr. I have no last name.

Nathan is who I call William Nathan and his wife is Rebecca Griffith in my tree.

I think the generatoins are mixed up and with repeats of names could cause confusion. But could confirm what we think we know from elsewhere...

See image of the newspaper article.
[S5706] "Jun 03, 1906, page 13." The Baltimore Sun at Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/372698965/?match=1&terms=Dettor%20and%20Hutson. Accessed 26 Jun. 2024., See PDF of the article (OCRed):Chapman - The_Baltimore_Sun_1906_06_03_13 -OCR.pdf

Thomas Gorsuch

M, #2430, b. 11 April 1752, d. 23 November 1814

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Birth	11 April 1752¹
Marriage	1778²
Death	23 November 1814	At age 62.¹
Burial		At Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gamber, Carroll, Maryland, United States.¹

Last Edited

1 July 2023

Citations

[S4006] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83954865/thomas-gorsuch: accessed 01 July 2023), memorial page for Thomas Gorsuch (11 Apr 1752–23 Nov 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83954865, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Gamber, Carroll County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Becky (contributor 47351951).
[S3547] "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759." Page 104. Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/224405:48162?indiv=try&h&pid=380111446725&db. Accessed 4 May. 2023.

Aquilla Chapman

M, #2431, b. 25 September 1796, d. 6 October 1884

Parents

Father	Nathan Chapman, Junior (b. 1778, d. about 1811)
Mother	Jane Van Cleave (b. 1779, d. after 1850)

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Birth	25 September 1796	In Henry, Kentucky, United States.¹
Marriage	22 December 1825	In Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, United States.
Death	6 October 1884	At age 88 in Litchfield, Sherman, Nebraska, United States.¹

Residence

1840

In Lawrence, Indiana, United States.

Last Edited

6 October 2023

Citations

[S3551] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25546360/aquilla-chapman: accessed 04 May 2023), memorial page for Aquilla Chapman (25 Sep 1796–6 Oct 1884), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25546360, citing Litchfield Cemetery, Litchfield, Sherman County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by Vanessa (Dina Chapman)Daniels (contributor 46957839).

John Chapman

M, #2432, b. 1797, d. 19 October 1841

Parents

Father	Nathan Chapman, Junior (b. 1778, d. about 1811)
Mother	Jane Van Cleave (b. 1779, d. after 1850)

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Birth	1797
Death	19 October 1841	At age ~44 in Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.¹

Misc

17 September 1826

Married Mary Ann McKim in Indiana, United States.²

Last Edited

5 May 2023

Citations

[S3557] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94574620/john-chapman: accessed 05 May 2023), memorial page for John Chapman (16 Nov 1797–19 Oct 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94574620, citing Springdale Cemetery, Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Sharon Kay Dean (contributor 46847728).
[S3556] "John Chapman in the Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810." 2001 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3042605:60282?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 May. 2023.

Robert Chapman

M, #2433, b. 2 September 1798

Parents

Father	Nathan Chapman, Junior (b. 1778, d. about 1811)
Mother	Jane Van Cleave (b. 1779, d. after 1850)

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Family: Rachel Bland (b. 1806, d. 1870)

Son	George W. Chapman (b. 1826)
Daughter	Nancy Jane Chapman (b. 1827, d. 1911)
Daughter	Rhoda Chapman (b. 1830)
Son	Nathan J. Chapman (b. 1833)
Daughter	Phoebe Chapman (b. 1834)

Birth	2 September 1798	In Henry, Kentucky, United States.¹
Marriage	about 1824

Residence	1830	In Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.²
Residence	1850	In Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.³
Misc	1850	VanCleve family living with them in Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana, United States. Household Members (Name) Age James Vancleve 24 Nancy J Vancleve 23 Mary M Vancleve 5 Robert Vancleve 0³
Residence	1860	In Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.⁴
Occupation	1860	Farmer.⁴
Residence	after 1870	In Lancaster, Jefferson, Indiana, United States.¹

Last Edited

17 May 2023

Citations

[S3558] "Robert Chapman in the 1870 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20525102:7163?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 May. 2023.
[S3689] "Robert Chapman in the 1830 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2265145:8058?indiv=try&h&pid=18259915588&db. Accessed 17 May. 2023.
[S3560] "Robert Chapman in the 1850 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1978819:8054?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 May. 2023.
[S3559] "Robert Chapman in the 1860 United States Federal Census." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8687690:7667?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 5 May. 2023.

Orpha Chapman

F, #2434, b. 1804, d. 1846

Parents

Father	Nathan Chapman, Junior (b. 1778, d. about 1811)
Mother	Jane Van Cleave (b. 1779, d. after 1850)

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Birth	1804
Marriage	21 January 1836	In Jennings, Indian Territory, United States.¹
Death	1846	Jennings County, Indiana at age ~42.

Last Edited

5 October 2023

Citations

[S3686] "Orpha Chapman in the Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802." 1850 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/46057:2087?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 17 May. 2023.

Nathan Chapman

M, #2435, b. 16 January 1808, d. 4 November 1875

I see no evidence that this Nathan is a son of Nathan Chapman b1778 and Jane Van Cleave b1779. If Jane Van Cleave remarried in 1806, this Nathan is not a son of Nathan b1778 and Jane Van Cleave. Also inconsistent is his birth place in Tennessee.

Parents

Father	Nathan Chapman, Junior (b. 1778, d. about 1811)
Mother	Jane Van Cleave (b. 1779, d. after 1850)

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Birth	16 January 1808	In Tennessee, United States. He reports in census that he was born in Tennessee¹
Death	4 November 1875	At age 67 in Sullivan, Missouri, United States.¹

Misc

8 April 1830

Marries Aurellia Dawson in Sangamon, Illinois, United States.²

Last Edited

5 October 2023

Citations

[S3688] "Nathan Chapman in the Sullivan County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1852." 1953 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2737:6064?indiv=try&h&pid=18259916708&db. Accessed 17 May. 2023.
[S3687] "Nathan Chapman in the Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860." 1920 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/678795:60984?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 17 May. 2023.

Charlotte J. Chapman

F, #2437, b. 1851

Parents

Father	William Henry Chapman (b. 17 June 1804, d. 14 August 1889)
Mother	Elizabeth Weir (b. 18 August 1807, d. 1 June 1869)

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Birth

1851

In Missouri, United States.¹

Residence

1865

In Jackson County, Kansas, United States.¹

Last Edited

18 May 2023

Citations

[S216] "Wm H Chapman in the Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855." 1925 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&h=3091830&pid=160143876037&dbid=1088. Accessed 6 Jul. 2021.

Aaron Van Cleave, Jr.

M, #2438, b. about 1745, d. 1813

Aaron Van Cleave was born about 1745 in New Jersey. He married Rachel Brent/Bent & moved to Ky. in 1775. Among his children were sons: Aaron, Cary, Burdet & John. The latter married Sarah Van Cleave (daughter of Benjamin Van Cleave & Ruth Munson) and resided in Washington County, Ky.
From the Van Cleave Story.

Parents

Father	Aaron Van Cleave (b. about 1711, d. 1780)
Mother	Rachel Janse Schenck (b. 19 February 1708/09, d. about 1780)

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Family: Rachel Brent (b. 1747, d. 1823)

Daughter	Elenor Van Cleave (b. circa 1778)
Son	John Brent Van Cleave (b. circa 1780, d. 1825)
Son	Joseph Van Cleave (b. circa 1783, d. circa 1852)
Daughter	Elizabeth Van Cleave (b. circa 1784)
Daughter	Rachel Van Cleave (b. circa 1786)
Daughter	Mary Van Cleave (b. circa 1788)
Son	Benjamin Aaron Van Cleave (b. circa 1790, d. circa 1865)
Son	William D. Van Cleave (b. circa 1792)
Son	Samuel Baird Van Cleave (b. circa 1797, d. circa 1865)
Son	Cary Allen Van Cleave (b. 23 August 1802, d. 14 May 1865)

Birth	about 1745	In New Jersey, British Colonial America.^1,2,3
Marriage³
Death	1813	In Washington County, Kentucky, United States.²

Residence	1775	In Kentucky, British America. Moved to Kentucky.¹
Residence	1787	In Kentucky. Gun accident⁴
Will	11 November 1813	In Washington County, Kentucky, United States.^5,6

Last Edited

28 May 2024

Citations

[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S3583] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112644854/aaron-van_cleave: accessed 06 May 2023), memorial page for Aaron Van Cleave Jr. (1745–1813), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112644854, citing Thomas Burying Ground, Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Bill Van Cleave (contributor 47060542).
[S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
[S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
[S3579] Central Kentucky Researcher, Volume I, January 1971. "Will of Aaron VanCleave." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/3632551/person/318455721/media/2f8f7af8-8aef-4a0d-a8ad-c24d5bc8d433?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 May. 2023.
[S3580] "Green County, Kentucky Circuit Court Record." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/3632551/person/318455721/media/48cc017c-c2bb-48f4-a672-af56d2ad5efa?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 May. 2023.

Rachel Brent

F, #2439, b. 1747, d. 1823

Parents

Father	John Brent
Mother	Elizabeth Deal

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Family: Aaron Van Cleave, Jr., (b. about 1745, d. 1813)

Daughter	Elenor Van Cleave (b. circa 1778)
Son	John Brent Van Cleave (b. circa 1780, d. 1825)
Son	Joseph Van Cleave (b. circa 1783, d. circa 1852)
Daughter	Elizabeth Van Cleave (b. circa 1784)
Daughter	Rachel Van Cleave (b. circa 1786)
Daughter	Mary Van Cleave (b. circa 1788)
Son	Benjamin Aaron Van Cleave (b. circa 1790, d. circa 1865)
Son	William D. Van Cleave (b. circa 1792)
Son	Samuel Baird Van Cleave (b. circa 1797, d. circa 1865)
Son	Cary Allen Van Cleave (b. 23 August 1802, d. 14 May 1865)

Birth	1747	In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.^1,2
Marriage³
Death	1823	At age ~76 in Loretto, Washington, Kentucky, United States.^4,1

Property

9 November 1812

Received from her father on 9 November 1812.⁵

Last Edited

15 May 2024

Citations

[S3582] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112644947/rachel-van_cleave: accessed 06 May 2023), memorial page for Rachel Brent Van Cleave (1745–1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 112644947, citing Thomas Burying Ground, Loretto, Marion County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Bill Van Cleave (contributor 47060542).
[S5355] http://kykinfolk.com/marion/groupsheets/AaronII.pdf. Accessed 5/15/2024., For references and descendants, see PDF:
Van Cleave Aaron b1745 Descendants of.pdf
[S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
[S3580] "Green County, Kentucky Circuit Court Record." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/3632551/person/318455721/media/48cc017c-c2bb-48f4-a672-af56d2ad5efa?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 May. 2023.
[S3581] "Rachel Brents VanCleave." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/19565852/person/182191512411/media/10bf09da-8fa5-4574-9ed2-c94783747f33?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 May. 2023.

Aaron Van Cleave

M, #2440, b. about 1711, d. 1780

Aaron Van Cleave, son of Isabrant Van Cleef & Jan Van Der But, and his wife, Rachel Schenck, both died in the year 1780 in North Carolina, at the Forks of the Yadkin River. Aaron & Rachel Schenck Van Cleave had eight children, six of whom were early pioneers of Kentucky.
from Van Cleave Story

Aaron Van Cleave was the first to spell his name Van Cleave, English for Cleef. Aaron was at one time a Captain of a sea going vessel in the coast-wise trade and many clippings are found in the Boston Weekly News and the New York Weekly Post-Boy.
from Gosney Family Records.

Aaron Van Cleave b1704 from findagrave

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Parents

Father	Isbrandt Van Cleef (b. 17 July 1678, d. 13 January 1728)
Mother	Jannetje Aertse ("Jane") Vanderbilt (b. 17 September 1682, d. 1728)

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Family: Rachel Janse Schenck (b. 19 February 1708/09, d. about 1780)

Son	Samuel Van Cleave (b. 1735)
Son	Cary Van Cleave (b. about 1737)
Son	Cornelius ("Cory") Van Cleave+ (b. about 1738, d. about 12 May 1812)
Son	John Van Cleave+ (b. 1739, d. May 1812)
Son	Benjamin Van Cleave+ (b. 15 November 1741, d. 27 July 1819)
Son	William Van Cleave+ (b. about 1743, d. 1788)
Son	Aaron Van Cleave, Jr.+ (b. about 1745, d. 1813)
Son	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave+ (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Daughter	Jane ("Big Granny") Van Cleave+ (b. 16 October 1749, d. 10 March 1829)

Birth	about 1711	In Staten Island, New York, British America. Wikitree has his birth 1711 based apparently on a SAR submission which has it as 1710. But the date in WIkitree is 26 July 1711 which is apparently in some private ancestry family tree.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}
Marriage	24 September 1734	In Princeton, New Jersey, British America.^1,2,3,5,8
Death	1780	At Forks of the Yadkin River in North Carolina, United States.^1,5,6,9
Burial		. Aaron was the leader of a group who meet for religious services at Dutchman’s Creek Meeting House, which is the Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran Church. And that is the cemetery Aaron and Rachel are buried in.¹⁰

Misc		DNA Matches - good. 7/5/2024 Scott's DNA on Dessie Anderson 9 matches Below and add one for Jane, both parents 6/7/2024 Judy's DNA on Dessie Anderson 1 match under both parents under Benjamin 6/7/2024 Scott's DNA on Dessie Anderson Benjamin 2 both parents William 5 - 1 Benjamin Kimsey, 4 both parents Aaron - 1 both parents
Misc		Additional children? It is stated in the Draper Manuscripts by Moses Boone (son of Squire Boone and Jane Van Cleave Boone), that his Grandparents (Aaron Van Cleave and Rachel Schenck Van Cleave) had 7 sons when they migrated from New Jersey to North Carolina. No records have been found for the two missing sons. There is a gap between the date of marriage (1734) for Aaron and Rachel and the birth of their eldest surviving son John (1739) for two additional sons. According to the Dutch naming system, which Aaron and Rachel followed, the names for these two sons would be, Isa (born 1735, died circa 1753) and Cornelius (born 1737, died circa 1753). - John Van Cleave b1739 findagrave Also, is there a Samuel and a Thisgen? Is there a Cary and a Charity?¹¹
Religious Affiliation		Aaron Van Cleave was affiliated with Dutch Reformed.¹²
Misc		IMPORTANT! Wikitree entry for Aaron Van Cleave b1711.
Baptism	26 July 1711	In Staten Island, New York.^13,13
Occupation	16 October 1737	Chimney Viewer.¹³
Occupation	1744	Operating a shipping company in New York. Aaron Van Cleave - Sloop Tiverton^13,14
Residence	1 May 1750	In North Carolina, British America. Forks of the Yadkin River.^3,13
Property	21 February 1764	640 acres at the "Forks of the Yadkin" for 80 pounds on 21 February 1764 in North Carolina, British America.^15,16,17,13
Residence	1768	The Jersey Settlement in Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.¹⁸
Military	1779	Served as juror.¹⁹
Residence	1780	In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.^20,21

Last Edited

5 July 2024

Citations

[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S3566] "Rachel Schenck in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560." 1900 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1067941:7836?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 6 May. 2023.
[S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
[S3607] "Aaron Van Cleave in the Family Data Collection." Births https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/926383:5769?indiv=try&h&pid=240092127393&db. Accessed 9 May. 2023.
[S3608] "Aaron Van Vancleave in the Family Data Collection." Individual Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4867327:4725?indiv=try&h&pid=240092127393&db. Accessed 9 May. 2023.
[S3609] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24096348/aaron-van_cleave: accessed 9 May 2023), memorial page for Aaron Van Cleave (1704–1780), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24096348, citing Joppa Cemetery, Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Marie & Dale V. (contributor 46627636).
[S3628] Ledley, Wilson V. The Van Cleef Family. Polyanthos, 1976. Viewed at archive.org 5/8/2023.
[S5346] "Rachel Janse (Schenck) Van Cleave (1708-abt.1779)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Schenck-214. Accessed 13 May. 2024., See for more information and sources:
Schenck Rachel Janse (1708-abt.1779) WikiTree.pdf
[S5285] Wisda, G. G., Wisda, G. (. (1940). Gosney Family Records: 1740-1940, and Related Families. United States: Lew M. O'Bannon publishing Company. Downloaded from
https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G002872.pdf
5/7/2024.
[S5565] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34290623/john-van_cleave: accessed June 10, 2024), memorial page for John Van Cleave (1739–12 May 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34290623, citing Rykers Ridge Cemetery Old, Central, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S5359] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34290623/john-van_cleave: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for John Van Cleave (1739–12 May 1812), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34290623, citing Rykers Ridge Cemetery Old, Central, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362)., Memorial stone photo on findagrave site
[S3563] "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660." 1980 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ6W-XL7. Accessed 6 May. 2023.
[S5437] "Aaron Van Cleave (1711-1795)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Cleave-22#_note-2. Accessed 28 May. 2024., See PDF - it includes a lot of information.
Van Cleave Aaron (1711-1795) WikiTree.pdf
[S5445] "The name of Aaron Van Cleave's." Genealogy.com https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vancleave/652/. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
[S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
[S5360] "Deeds, 1753-1962; indexes, 1753-1962; ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998Q." QSMC https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998Q-QSMC. Accessed 15 May. 2024., See image...
[S5361] "The Boone Tract in Davie County." Dncr https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2016/02/21/boone-tract-davie-county. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
[S3616] "Aaron Vancleve in the North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790." 1890 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17252633:3566?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 9 May. 2023.
[S5365] "DAR Genealogical Research Databases." Services https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A200432. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
[S3615] "Aaron Vancleve Sr in the U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660." 1820 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/129267:2234?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 9 May. 2023.
[S5356] "Ancestor Series." Order of the Indian Wars of the United States http://www.oiwus.org/vancleave.htm. Accessed 15 May. 2024., See the attached PDF:
Van Cleave - The Hardships of John Van Cleave and Family.pdf

Mary Hill

F, #2441, b. 1730, d. 1778

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Family: Cornelius Daugherty (b. circa 1729, d. 1800)

Son	George H. Daugherty
Daughter	Ann Daugherty
Son	William Daugherty
Daughter	Isabel Daugherty
Son	Christopher Daugherty
Son	Abraham Daugherty
Son	Robert Daugherty
Son	Alexander Daugherty
Son	Thomas Daugherty
Son	Noble Daugherty+ (b. about 1773, d. about 1843)

Birth	1730
Marriage		According to online trees, they had an unbeliavable number of children, starting when Mary would have been 8 years old... So I'm not adding children. He may have had a wife named Agnes. Daugherty Family (see in sources) says he had children with Agnes after Mary Hill died.¹
Death	1778	At age ~48.

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5 May 2023

Citations

[S2361] The Daughertys. The Advocate Messenger, Danville, Kentucky, Sept 4, 2005, page D2. newspapers.com. Accessed 9/19/2022, See image file:
The Daughertys - The_Advocate_Messenger_Sun__Sep_4__2005_OCR.pdf

Noble Daugherty

M, #2442, b. about 1773, d. about 1843

Parents

Father	Cornelius Daugherty (b. circa 1729, d. 1800)
Mother	Mary Hill (b. 1730, d. 1778)

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Family: Jane Van Cleave (b. 1771)

Son	William Daugherty (b. 1803, d. 1880)
Son	Andrew ("Drury") Daugherty (b. 1807, d. after 1860)

Birth	about 1773	In Rockbridge, Augusta, Virginia, British America.
Marriage	April 1796	"Noble and Jane Dougherty" are mentioned several times in William Van Cleave's will. The problem is both Noble Daugherty and Nathan Chapman cannot have married the same Jane VanCleave at the same time and had children during the same time period. So who are these Jane VanCleaves? See Daugherty's of Kentucky for the Noble story.¹
Death	about 1843	In Washington, Kentucky, United States.

Residence	BY 1800	.²
Misc		Married Jane VanCleve. The problem is both Noble Daugherty and Nathan Chapman cannot have married the same Jane VanCleave at the same time and had children during the same time period. So who are these Jane VanCleaves? See Daugherty's of Kentucky for the Noble story.
Residence		.
Residence	1820	In Washington, Kentucky, United States.³

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17 May 2023

Citations

[S3646] "Will." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/26584393/person/12452117722/media/07d86897-ff36-4941-910b-df67d9abfa5a?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 15 May. 2023., Note about the will from here: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/6868770/person/-1211912456/media/0a864018-bd68-4c51-84b9-7257ce3885c4

Mercer County-Will Book 1-page 75
William Vancleve--Names wife, Abigail. Children, Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, John, Ebenezer and William. Son Jonathan and his sister, Sarah, deceased. Daughter, Phebe Harris. Exec's., Friend, William Crow, and my wife, Abigail. Written Sept. 2, 1786. Witnesses, Thomas and William Gilmore, Rachel Vancleve and Katherine Anderson. Proved Feb. Court 1788.
[S3692] Daughertys of Kentucky. Posted 22 Jun 2015 by Amanda Campbell on ancestry.com. Downloaded 5/2023.
[S3647] "Household of Noble Daughrity, 'United States Census, 1820'." Familysearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TF5-5LT. Accessed 15 May. 2023.

Rev. Ralph Van Cleave

M, #2443, b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798

Ralph Van Cleave was born on May 10, 1747 in New Brunswick, Monmouth County, New Jersey and died on September 15, 1798 in Shelby County, Kentucky. He and Lydia Combs (1746-1823) were married in 1768 in Rowan County, North Carolina. Ralph and Lydia moved to Kentucky in about 1785. They likely would have traversed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky.

His children included: Betsey (killed by Indians on 23 May 1790), Joseph, Jesse, Benjamin (married Nellie Foye; in 1813 at the Battle of the River Raisin he disappeared), Jane (married Nathan Chapman 1796) & Mary (never married)

From the Van Cleave story and In Their Own Words by Coons.

References

Ancestors

Parents

Father	Aaron Van Cleave (b. about 1711, d. 1780)
Mother	Rachel Janse Schenck (b. 19 February 1708/09, d. about 1780)

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Family: Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

Daughter	Elizabeth ("Betsy") Van Cleave (b. about 1775, d. 23 May 1790)
Daughter	Rachel Van Cleave (b. circa 1777)
Daughter	Jane Van Cleave+ (b. 1779, d. after 1850)
Daughter	Mary Van Cleave (b. about 1782)
Son	Joseph Van Cleave (b. 31 December 1783, d. April 1846)
Daughter	Achsah Van Cleave+ (b. 5 October 1786, d. August 1824)
Son	Jesse Van Cleave (b. 20 August 1787, d. 25 June 1873)
Son	Benjamin ("Pretty Ben") Van Cleave (b. 1789, d. 22 January 1813)
Son	Thomas G. Van Cleave (b. between 1791 and 1792, d. 2 April 1856)
Daughter	Hope Van Cleave (b. about 1793)

Birth	10 May 1747	In Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America.^1,2,3,4,5
Marriage	1768	In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.^1,2,6
Death	September 1798	At age 51 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.^2,6,7,8

Misc		Additional children? Additional children? A number of other children are often listed but I see no evidence that they belong to this family, nor that they don't belong...
Misc		Parents: Father Aaron van Cleave and Rachel.^9,3
Religious Affiliation		Rev. Ralph Van Cleave was affiliated with Presbyterian minister.^10,11
Misc		Petition signed by Ralph Van Cleave.¹²
Misc		DNA Matches. May 2024 Scott's baby tree has a link to William H Van Cleve (1743-1786) with 6 children including TWO DIFFERENT Jane Van Cleave people. Some of the common ancestors are not, but most seem to be William Van Cleave and Abigail Frost. _____________________ April 2024 ZERO with Ralph Van Cleave! The one with Achsah is ONLY with Lydia Combs. and Achsah is called half. 2024. 21 matches. 20 with Jane and 1 with Achsah, no one else... This is confused by most people having Jane Van Cleave all wrong! There is no doubt at this point of the Van Cleave relationship, especially with Scott's small tree, so the issue is generation. Dubious ancestor would be of course his wife's line, the Lydia Combs line. This is the end of where we can go with Ancestry, so we can't prove this connection this way.
Baptism	10 May 1747	At First Reformed Dutch Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey, British America.²
Residence	1775	In Kentucky, British America. "Sometime during the first half of the Revolutionary War [1776-1779] the five Van Cleave brothers, Aaron, Benjamin, John, Billy, Ralph and their sister Jane emigrated to the territory of Kentucky. This was a vast wilderness inhabited by ... Indians and wild beasts, the prowling panther, the wild cat and the catamount, huge buffalo, deer and elk, as well as bear. It was the perfect paradise for the hunter and those fond of adventure. ... Their mode [of] travel is not given but it is evident that they traveled on horseback, carrying their bedding on pack horses, probably some road [sic] and some walked part of the time. It was a long journey, crossing the mountains into the territory of Kentucky. They camped at night along the trail. There is but one incident given during the entire trip. One morning as the women were getting breakfast by the campfire, a deer dashed up and stood near the fire, so, Aaron, son of Benjamin snatched up his brother's (Sammy) 'little shot gun' and taking a rest between the forks of a small tree, shot the deer. The distance was short and it fell dead. This is the only incident remembered of the entire journey."^13,4
Residence	1789	In Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.¹⁴
Misc	23 May 1790	Daughter Betsy killed by Indians in Kentucky, United States.^15,8
Residence	after 1790	In On the Buckskin Creek, Kentucky, United States. After the war, John Sr. received a land grant for his bravery at Floyd's Defeat and the subsequent battles with Indians. John and his brothers, Benjamin, William and Ralph settled together on the Buckskin Creek, Kentucky. Afterward, John moved to Shelby County and in 1794 was apparently living near Benjamin on Clear Creek below Shelbyville. On October 9th, 1811 John moved with his son John Jr. and his family to Jefferson County, Indiana where he died in the spring of 1812.¹⁶

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1 June 2024

Citations

[S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
[S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S3628] Ledley, Wilson V. The Van Cleef Family. Polyanthos, 1976. Viewed at archive.org 5/8/2023.
[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S5331] "Ralph Van Cleave in the Family Data Collection." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/926765:5769?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 12 May. 2024., This is for Ralph Van Cleave. Father's name was Aaron.
[S3693] Coons, M. Coons Philip M., and Philip M. Coons. In Their Own Words: Hoosier Ancestor and Family Journeys. Illustrated edition. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2010. page 6. 5/19/2023, https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Their_Own_Words/K9k4wI7QYtEC
[S4013] "Ancestry.com." Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48581/images/KYCourtRecsI-000324-96?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 2 Jul. 2023., See image of page
[S5441] "Ralph Van Cleave (1747-1798)." WikiTree FREE Family Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Cleave-72. Accessed 28 May. 2024., See PDF:
Van Cleave Ralph (1747-1798) WikiTree.pdf
[S3643] “Jan Van Cleef : A Partial Genealogy of His Descendants in America”, 1931. Downloaded May 12, 2023. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/231837-jan-van-cleef-a-partial-genealogy-of-his-descendants-in-america
[S3652] Excerpts are from: "A HISTORY of KENTUCKY BAPTISTS," from 1769 to 1885, by J H Spencer of Cincinnati, OH. 1886; vol 1, p287. "William VanCleave." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/4428982/person/-410501558/media/c7d1e453-5758-438c-9a84-22cef9c628bd?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 15 May. 2023.
[S5332] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed May 12, 2024), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S4012] "petition from North Carolina circa colonial period." Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/37430463/person/20327991146/media/6b1f73a1-c947-4b24-8a3f-3e45159ca2eb?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 2 Jul. 2023.
[S5352] "John, Benj, Wm, Aaron." Genealogy https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vancleave/478/. Accessed 15 May. 2024., Van Cleave stories from "the elders" posted on geneology.com in 2002.
Also in PDF form:
Van Cleave - the elders II - Genealogy.com.pdf
[S4014] "Ralph Vancleave in the Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787." 1890 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8512385:3549?indiv=try&h&pid=432252774914&db. Accessed 2 Jul. 2023.
[S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
[S5356] "Ancestor Series." Order of the Indian Wars of the United States http://www.oiwus.org/vancleave.htm. Accessed 15 May. 2024., See the attached PDF:
Van Cleave - The Hardships of John Van Cleave and Family.pdf

Lydia Combs

F, #2444, b. circa 1748, d. 1808

References

Ancestors

Parents

Father	Robert Combs (b. before 1703, d. 27 September 1781)
Mother	Mary Roberts (b. about 1690, d. 1781)

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Family: Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)

Daughter	Elizabeth ("Betsy") Van Cleave (b. about 1775, d. 23 May 1790)
Daughter	Rachel Van Cleave (b. circa 1777)
Daughter	Jane Van Cleave+ (b. 1779, d. after 1850)
Daughter	Mary Van Cleave (b. about 1782)
Son	Joseph Van Cleave (b. 31 December 1783, d. April 1846)
Daughter	Achsah Van Cleave+ (b. 5 October 1786, d. August 1824)
Son	Jesse Van Cleave (b. 20 August 1787, d. 25 June 1873)
Son	Benjamin ("Pretty Ben") Van Cleave (b. 1789, d. 22 January 1813)
Son	Thomas G. Van Cleave (b. between 1791 and 1792, d. 2 April 1856)
Daughter	Hope Van Cleave (b. about 1793)

Birth	circa 1748	In New Jersey, British Colonial America.¹
Marriage	1768	In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.^2,1,3
Marriage	21 July 1808	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.^1,4,5,6
Death	1808	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.

Religious Affiliation		Lydia Combs was affiliated with Dutch Reformed.¹
Misc		DNA Matches. May 2024 None now. What about all these other siblings? How could this be wrong... We had William once, but I am convinced... Weak. One with Joseph and one with "Achsah". Did Lydia also marry a Van Meter? I have her married to a Stanton. Oct 3, 2023 Only one with Achsah now and matches only with Lydia. 2024 Scott has two, only matching with Lydia.
Misc		Parents. A lot of people have Robert Combs and Mary Roberts but no one seems to have any evidence for them. Now we have DNA evidence for it... ___________________ familysearch has a Thomas ) Combs (1695-1757 and Kezia Liming (1724-1760) with children Dinah (1744 - )and two Lydia... (1749-1808) and (1750-1831) one marrying Ralph Van Clefe and one marrying Joshua Norton. This is VERY suspicious... I think someone tried to place one of the Lydia's in this family. ____________ 6/2024 I don't understand this. Who is Jesse? Neither date of marriage explains the date & year of birth recorded for Jesse, this couples eldest son, given by several sources.Personally, I tend to believe that Jesse was probably b 3/27/1816, but that would leave me to argue that he was only 16 1/2 years old at the time of his 1st marriage, and that Elizabeth Combs/Coombs & Nancy Griffin were probably twins born 18/19 Nov 1816/17.As there is no conclusive evidence of either being the case, I will have to leave it to others to find an explantion for Jesse's year of birth in relationship to his parent's marriage.
Residence	29 August 1800	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.⁷

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12 June 2024

Citations

[S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S3578] Gosney Family Records, 1740-1940, and related families, page 259-262. Downloaded from ancestry.com 5/6/2023., See images of pages 259-262
[S3693] Coons, M. Coons Philip M., and Philip M. Coons. In Their Own Words: Hoosier Ancestor and Family Journeys. Illustrated edition. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2010. page 6. 5/19/2023, https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Their_Own_Words/K9k4wI7QYtEC
[S4199] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785." 1979 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WD-8Q7. Accessed 11 Aug. 2023.
[S4200] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785." 1979 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F474-724. Accessed 11 Aug. 2023.
[S5442] "Ancestry.com." Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48581/images/KYCourtRecsI-000324-96?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
[S4201] "Lidia Vancleave in the Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799." 1801 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/28639:3720?indiv=try&h&db. Accessed 11 Aug. 2023., See image of page. Lots of Vancleaves in Shelby Co, 2 in Garrard and 1 in Washington Co.

Elizabeth ("Betsy") Van Cleave

F, #2445, b. about 1775, d. 23 May 1790

Ralph or Rutliff VanCleve (whose name is given in the two different ways, so it is not known which is correct) had a daughter, Betsey VanCleve, who, when she was about 20, was killed by Indians on the 23 May, 1790, when returning from Church. Miss VanCleve ran over a quarter of a mile before the Indians overtook and captured her. She was tomahawked and scalped, and though still living when found was insensible and died very soon after. A complete description of this Indian fight is given in the sketch on Moses Boone, son of Squire, and a nephew of Daniel Boone. (See No. 139.)

Parents

Father	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Mother	Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

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Birth	about 1775	In Rowan County, North Carolina, British America.¹
Death	23 May 1790	Killed by Indians in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. A group of family and friends were surprised by hostile Indians near Boone's Painted Stone Station. Elizabeth was thrown from her horse, ran, but was captured by the Indians, tomahawked and scalped. __________ Betsey VanCleve, who, when she was about 20, was killed by Indians on the 23 May, 1790, when returning from Church. Miss VanCleve ran over a quarter of a mile before the Indians overtook and captured her. She was tomahawked and scalped, and though still living when found was insensible and died very soon after. A complete description of this Indian fight is given in the sketch on Moses Boone, son of Squire, and a nephew of Daniel Boone. (See No. 139.) From North America, Family Histories^2,1,3

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20 June 2024

Citations

[S3588] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215778536/elizabeth-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betsey” Van Cleave (1775–23 May 1790), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215778536; Burial Details Unknown, As was the custom no headstone nor indication of a grave was established due to the Indians digging up the bodies and mutilating them.; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S2994] Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Joseph Van Cleave

M, #2446, b. 31 December 1783, d. April 1846

Parents

Father	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Mother	Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

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Birth	31 December 1783	In Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.¹
Death	April 1846	At age 62 in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.¹

Misc

24 December 1805

Married Mary Allen, the daughter of Stephen Allen in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.¹

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7 May 2023

Citations

[S3589] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215780045/joseph-n-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Joseph N. Van Cleave (31 Dec 1783–Apr 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215780045; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).

Jesse Van Cleave

M, #2447, b. 20 August 1787, d. 25 June 1873

Parents

Father	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Mother	Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

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Birth	20 August 1787	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.¹
Death	25 June 1873	At age 85 in Andrew County, Missouri, United States.¹

Misc

30 August 1807

Married Lucy (Hubbard) Goodman in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.²

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12 May 2024

Citations

[S3590] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138743671/jessee-vancleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Jessee VanCleave (20 Aug 1787–25 Jun 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138743671, citing Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Country Club Village, Andrew County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Visiting the Past (contributor 47553472).
[S5333] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138743671/jessee-vancleave: accessed May 12, 2024), memorial page for Jessee VanCleave (20 Aug 1787–25 Jun 1873), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138743671, citing Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Country Club Village, Andrew County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Visiting the Past (contributor 47553472).

Benjamin ("Pretty Ben") Van Cleave

M, #2448, b. 1789, d. 22 January 1813

Benjamin served in the War of 1812. He enlisted August 15, 1812, and mustered in on October 14, 1812, as a Private, in Captain Bland Ballard's Company, in the 1st Rifle Regiment of Kentucky Militia. Benjamin was killed in the Battle of the Raisin River in the Michigan Territory.

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Father	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Mother	Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

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Birth	1789	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.¹
Marriage	19 October 1809	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.^2,3,4
Death	22 January 1813	In 1813 at the Battle of the River Raisin at age ~24 in Monroe, Michigan Territory, United States.^2,5,1

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12 May 2024

Citations

[S3594] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215804832/benjamin-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Benjamin “Pretty Ben” Van Cleave (1789–22 Jan 1813), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215804832; Burial Details Unknown, Killed in battle.; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S3592] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-SQGC. Accessed 7 May. 2023., A source file exists. Ralph Van Cleave certifies that Eleanor has no parents living in the state. The spelling of her name appars to be Ellenor (actually, spelled twice, not quite the same way)and the last name does look like Floy.
[S3593] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-2PSH. Accessed 7 May. 2023., Source file available with this record. Ralph Van Cleave certifies that Eleanor has no parents living in the state. The spelling of her name appars to be Ellenor (actually, spelled twice, not quite the same way)and the last name does look like Floy.
[S3591] "River Raisin Battle Facts and Summary." American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org/learn/war-1812/battles/river-raisin. Accessed 7 May. 2023.

Ellenor Floy

F, #2449, b. 11 August 1789

She may be a Floyd, but apparently no one has connected her up to the Floyd family.

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Birth	11 August 1789¹
Marriage	19 October 1809	In Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.^2,3,4
Burial		At Appel Cemetery in Mahaska County, Iowa, United States.

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She later married John Edward Godby (1779-1862.)

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7 May 2023

Citations

[S3595] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31808797/ellen-godbey: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ellen Floyd Godbey (11 Aug 1789–11 Aug 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31808797, citing Appel Cemetery, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Linda Cain (contributor 46847685)., Tombstone photo exists, I can't read if there is a birth date on it.
[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf
[S3592] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-SQGC. Accessed 7 May. 2023., A source file exists. Ralph Van Cleave certifies that Eleanor has no parents living in the state. The spelling of her name appars to be Ellenor (actually, spelled twice, not quite the same way)and the last name does look like Floy.
[S3593] "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797." 1954 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-2PSH. Accessed 7 May. 2023., Source file available with this record. Ralph Van Cleave certifies that Eleanor has no parents living in the state. The spelling of her name appars to be Ellenor (actually, spelled twice, not quite the same way)and the last name does look like Floy.

Mary Van Cleave

F, #2450, b. about 1782

Mary Van Cleave, born circa 1782, in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was seduced by (Joseph) Teague, and gave birth to Levi Van Cleave (born September 1, 1799, in Shelby County, Kentucky).

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Father	Rev. Ralph Van Cleave (b. 10 May 1747, d. September 1798)
Mother	Lydia Combs (b. circa 1748, d. 1808)

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Birth

about 1782

In Rowan County, North Carolina, United States.¹

Misc		Never married, but... **Mary Van Cleave, born circa 1782, in Rowan County, North Carolina. She was seduced by (Joseph) Teague, and gave birth to Levi Van Cleave (born September 1, 1799, in Shelby County, Kentucky).^2,1
Misc	1 September 1799	Birth of a child: Levi Van Cleave in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. She was seduced by (Joseph) Teague, and gave birth to Levi Van Cleave (born September 1, 1799, in Shelby County, Kentucky¹

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11 August 2023

Citations

[S3587] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156617676/ralph-van_cleave: accessed 07 May 2023), memorial page for Ralph Van Cleave (1747–Sep 1798), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156617676; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Allan Wenzel (contributor 47403362).
[S3562] The Van Cleave Story. Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E. Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953. Published in Kentucky Pioneer Genealogy and Records, Vol. 9, Society of Kentucky Pioneers (Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1988), 79-85. Downloaded 5/5/2023 from https://wckyhistory-genealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Jerry20Long20-20Van20Cleave20Story.pdf, This article was published in Genealogy Newspaper Columns of Robert E.
Turman, Tri-State Genealogical Society, McDowell Publications, Owensboro, Ky., 1981, pp.70-76, originally appeared in the Sullivan Union, Sullivan, Indiana, about 1953.

See attached PDF:
The Van Cleave Story.pdf