Edward Cleaver
Events
Date of Baptism: 6 May 1587.
Place of Birth: Hellidon, Northamptonshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register. No parents are given.
Date of Death: 8 October 1666.
Place of Death: Hellidon.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: uncertain.
Mother: uncertain.
No parents are given in Edward’s baptism record. Possible parents are William Cleaver and Isabel Childs (married in 1585, son John baptized 1589, son Richard baptized 1591), and Richard Cleaver and Alice Jaire[? entry difficult to read] (also married in 1585, on the same day as William and Isabel). Several other Cleaver children were baptized in the period with no parents given in the register.
Spouse: Elizabeth Watson. Married 1609 in Hellidon.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
William Cleaver (baptized 11 March 1609/10 in Hellidon)
Katherine Cleaver (baptized 30 August 1612 in Hellidon) married Richard Rawbone.
Mary Cleaver (baptized 13 May 1614 in Hellidon)
Thomas Cleaver (baptized 11 August 1616 in Hellidon - buried 26 May 1668 in Hellidon) married (1) unknown; married (2) Susanna.
Susanna Cleaver (baptized 10 September 1618 in Hellidon)
Evidence
from the Hellidon parish register:
1585
Willm Clever & Isable Childs maryed the xxijth of June
Richard Clever & Ales Jaire[?] maryed the xxijth of June.
1587
Edward Clever baptised the vith of May
1600
Isabell Cleaver buryed the xth of August
1609
Edward Clever and Elizabeth Watson maryed the xxvj [April/May/June?]
Willyam Clever the sonne of Edward and Elizabeth Clever was Baptised the xjth of March
1612
Kathren Cleaver the daughter of Edward Cleav[er] and Elisabeth was baptized the xxxth of August
1614
Marie Cleaver the daughter of Edward Cleaver and Elsabeth was baptized the xiijth of May
1616
Thomas Clever the sonne of Edward Clever & Elsabeth was baptised the xjth daye of August
1618
Suzanna Clever the daughter of Edward Clever and Elzabeth Clever baptized the xth daye of September
1639
Edward Cleaver churchwarden
1644
Elizabeth Cleaver the wife of Edward Clever was buried upon the 15th day of February Anno 1644
1666
Edward Cleaver buried the 8 of October 1666
References
Parish registers of Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 14 August 2018.