Martha CLEAVES^[1]

1681 - 1725  (~ 43 years)

• Name	Martha CLEAVES
  Birth	c.1681	Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2]
  Baptism	24 Jul 1681	Beverly, Essex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 3]
  	Martha and her siblings, John and Eleanor, were baptized on 24 July 1681 at the First Parish Church in Beverly.
  Gender	Female
  anecdote	31 May 1701	Beverly, Essex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  	On 31 May 1701, Martha was admitted to the membership of the First Church of Beverly.
  Death	13 Feb 1725  [5]
  	Martha died on 13 February 1745. According to her headstone she was "in the 44th year of her age," which means that she was 43 years old.
  Burial	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  	Her body was interred at the South Burying Ground in Concord, Massachusetts.
  Person ID	I2701	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William CLEAVES,   b. Abt 1650   d. 27 Jan 1714/1715, Beverly, Essex Co, MA (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Martha EDWARDS
  Marriage	Abt 1675  [6]
  Family ID	F4429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lot CONANT,   b. c.1679, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 20 Sep 1767, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age ~ 88 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1698	Beverly, Essex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [7]
  	"Lot Conant Junr & Martha Cleause Both of this Towne ware marriad by the Revernd Mr. John Hale Minister of the Gospele in This place on ye sixteenth day of may in ye year of our Lord God 1698".
  Children	1. Robert CONANT,   b. 26 Apr 1699, Beverly, Essex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 27 Mar 1773, Stow, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 73 years)   2. Andrew CONANT,   b. c.1702   d. After 3 Jan 1765 (Age ~ 62 years)   3. William CONANT,   b. c.1707   d. 21 Apr 1756, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age ~ 48 years)   4. Dinah CONANT,   b. c.1710   5. Ezra CONANT,   b. c.1712   6. John CONANT,   b. c.1713   d. 26 Aug 1756 (Age ~ 42 years)   7. Martha CONANT,   b. 10 Jul 1716, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 5 May 1795 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S5129] Augustus A. Galloupe, extractor and annotator, Galloupe, The Register of Baptisms of the First Church in Beverly 1667 - 1710, ((Boston: Research Publication Company, 1903)), p. 16. [S1692] Martha Conant stone inscription, South Burying Ground, Concord, MA. [S4259] Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. 2 vols., ((Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1906 - 1907)), Vol. 1, p. 75. [S106] Frederick Odell Conant, M. A., compiler, Conant, A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887., ((Portland, ME: Privately printed by the Press of Harris & Williams, 1887)). p. 174. [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 435. [S4490] Donald S. Kenny, "Martha Edwards, First Wife of William Cleaves of Beverly, Massachusetts: A Correction to Torrey's New England Marriages", NEH&GR, Vol. 155, Apr 2001, Martha Edwards. [S5128] Augustus A. Galloupe, transcriber, Galloupe, Early Records of the Town of Beverly, Essex County, MA, ((Boston: Eben Putnam, 1907)). p. 65.