Margaret Louise Falley CLEVELAND

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Margaret married Norval Baldwin BACON on 18 Sep 1873 in Mercy, Holland Patent, New York. Norval was born on 01 Nov 1837 in East Hamilton, Madison County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York

Richard married Anne NEAL on 10 Sep 1829 in Baltimore, Maryland. Anne (daughter of Abner NEAL and Barbara REED) was born on 04 Feb 1806 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 19 Jul 1882 in Holland Patent, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Manlius, Onondaga Co., New York
• Census: 1860, Living in Trenton, Oneida Co., New York

Notes:

"The Cleveland Genealogy" - Deacon William Cleveland resided first at Norwich, where he learned the trade of silversmith, watch and clockmaker. His farm was on Bean Hill. His jewelry shop, the first house south of the Methodist E. Church, is still remaining, now A.A. Adams' tavern. Here he manufactured spoons; on the back of the handle of which the name CLEVELAND was embossed in bold, handsome letters. Specimens still exist; one of these spoons was presented to his great grand-daughter Ruth, a daughter of President Grover Cleveland; an account of the presentation appeared in '"The Sun, N.Y., Feb 6, 1893" - Soon after marriage he set up in business at Worthington, Massachusetts. He removed to Salem where he remained in business a few years thence went to New York. However, he lived most of his life at Bean Hill, an outskirt of Norwich.
He died while visiting Hon. Lewis F. Allen, his son-in-law and cousin as well.

William married Margaret FALLEY on 19 Dec 1793 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of Richard FALLEY, Jr. and Margaret HITCHCOCK) was born on 25 Nov 1766 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Aug 1850 in Black Rock (near Buffalo), New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abner married Barbara REED. Barbara was born about 1771/2; died on 18 Jun 1834 in Baltimore, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: German Quakeress of Germantown, Pennsylvania

Aaron married Abiah HYDE on 12 Apr 1768 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. Abiah (daughter of James HYDE and Sarah MARSHALL) was born on 27 Dec 1749 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 Aug 1788 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard Falley and Ann Lamb

Notes:

Name:
He served as ensign in Capt. Park's company, Col. Donaldson's regiment: also as Lieutenant in the same company and regiment, in 1775. Later in the year a report was made by a committee appointed to consider the expediency of appointing him as an armorer, setting forth that he was a complete master of the business, recommending that he be employed in said capacity and be allowed 40 shillings per month in addition to his pay as ensign. He went to Boston with a company of seventy men on hearing of the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775. He took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and was a witness to the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne to Gen. Gates at Saratoga, October 17, 1777. In a list of officers dated 1776, his name appears as first lieutenant in Capt. Jedediah Southworth's company, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regiment. As first lieutenant, with other officers in Capt. Josiah Smith's company, he was granted beating orders by the Provincial Congress on April 11, 1776, for enlisting men to serve in a regiment to fortify the town and harbor of Boston. He was further granted beating orders for Hampshire County, Mass.

Mr. Falley was the son of Richard and Anna (Lamb) Falley, and was born in Cushing, Jan. 31, 1740; died in Westfield, Mass., Sept. 3, 1808. He married Margaret Hitchcock at Westfield, Dec. 24, 1761 or 1762. She was born may 25, 1741; died in Volney (now Fulton), New York, Feb. 11 or 18, 1820. At the age of sixteen he was a drummer in the French and Indian war, and at the capture of Fort Edwards, on the Hudson, was made prisoner by the Indians, adopted by an Indian chief, taken to Montreal, and was finally bought by a woman for sixteen gallons of rum, and by her was sent home to Westfield.

He lived in the old Mt. Tekoas homestead in Westfield, and in a secluded ravine close by, unobserved by the British soldiers, he made the celebrated Falley muckets for the American army. One of the muskets, with "R.F." engraved on it, is still extant, and was presented to President Cleveland a few years before his death. The old foundations of the gun factory are still standing. Nearby is the site of the Falley glassworks. Mrs. Thomas B. Mosely of Westfield, a descendant of the Falleys, owns a solid glass rolling pin, a wine glass and goblet, all made in the Falley glass factory nearly 150 years ago.

The old gunmaker lies in the ancient moss-grown Mechanic street cemetery inWestfield, where Gen. William Shepard, another Revolutionary patriot, is buried. A few years ago a fund was raised to put the cemetery in repair, to which fund his great-granddaughter, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, made a contribution. A few months before her death Miss Cleveland visited the Isle of Guernsey, seeking information concerning the Falley family. The name is Norman-French, and was originally spelled Failley, but later was corrupted to the present form of spelling. During her absence in Europe I wrote Miss Cleveland at her New York address for additional information concerning her family, but no reply was made to my communication. Lieutenant Falley was for many years superintendent of the armory at Springfield, Mass., and was noted as a man of powerful physique and great strength. One of his chief claims to fame is that he was the great-grandfather of President Cleveland. All his children were born in Westfield or Springfield.

Richard married Margaret HITCHCOCK on 14 Jan 1762 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Margaret was born on 25 May 1741 in Springfield, Massachusetts; died on 20 Mar 1820 in Volney (Now Fulton), New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Samuel Hitchcock and Ruth Stebbins