Edward Cleveland, Son of Moses

An excerpt from The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families: An Attempt to Trace, in Both the Male and Female Lines, the Posterity of Moses Cleveland [and] of Alexander Cleveland with Numerous Biographical Sketches; and Containing Ancestries of Many of the Husbands and Wives, Also a Bibliography of the Cleveland Family and a Genealogical Account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of Other Winn Families, Volume 1:

Edward Cleveland (Moses), b. Woburn, Mass., May 20, 1664?, d. Pomfred Windham Counnty, Connecticut, August., ab. 26 or Sept., 1746, m. 1st, perhaps in North Kingstowne, Washington County, Rhode Island, prob. ab. 1684, Deliverance Palmer, b. ab 1665, d. Canterbury, Connecticut, June 7, 1717, daughter of Benjamin Palmer*.  He m. 2d, Canterbury, Jan 1, 1722, Zeruiah Church.
* [Note: Still trying to verify the name of Deliverance Palmer's father]

Children probably born in North Kingston:

Deliverance Cleveland (son), b. ab. 1684 (mentioned in will of Edward)
Edward Cleveland, b. ab 1686 (mentioned in will)
Palmer Cleveland, b. ab. 1688   "   "
Abigail Cleveland, b. ab 1694  "        "
Isaac Cleveland, b. ab. 1697     "    "
Samuel Cleveland, b. ab 1700    "         "
Mary Cleveland, b. ab 1704    (not mentioned in will)
George Cleveland, b. ab. 1706   "   "
Elizabeth Cleveland, b. ab. 1709   "  "

See Edward Cleveland's will here.

Captain Benjamin Palmer

NEHGS

Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

From this Palmer ancestry site (Benjamin was the son of Walter and Rebecca (Short) Palmer):

Capt. Benjamin Palmer was born on 30 (3) 1642 in Charlestown He was baptised on 6 (4) 1640 in the First Church in Charlestown. He died on 10 Apr 1716 in Stonington.   He married an unknown wife in Antigua.

In his diary, Thomas Minor says, " [On 8 May 1681] I received Brother Benjamin his Letter from Antego ... about the .10th. of Agust .1681 Benjamin palmer brought whome his wife ". [Ref, p. 166]

On 5 Jun 1684 he agreed to a division of his father's lands which was to have been done by his mother, but she had not. [Ref, p. 27]

Benjamin gave his land in Stonington to his nephews Daniel Palmer, Esq., Moses Palmer, yeoman, and Jonathan Palmer by a 17 Feb 1715/6 deed. His nephew Jonathan was to have land adjoining Benjamin's brother Jonathan's land when he was 20. Daniel and Moses were to care and provide for Benjamin thereafter. [Ref, p. 27-8]

Ancestry Of Deliverance Palmer? Not So Fast.

From The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families: ...... (Volume I),  Palmer ancestry of Deliverance Palmer (wife of Edward Cleveland) (Page 48) :

Palmer ancestry of Deliverance Palmer: --...PALMER: {Sussex, Eng.  Ralph Palmer possessed estates in Sussex, Eng, 1307}.  ....Hon. Walter (1) b. Eng. ab. 1585 of Charlestown, Mass., 1629...settled at Stonington, Conn....m. 2d ab. 1632 Rebecca Short....Capt. Benjamin (2) Palmer b. Charlestown, May 30, 1642, d. Stonington, Apr.10, 1716.

Palmer heraldry is included, but not transcribed.

This source indicated that because Benjamin Palmer, son of Walter and Rebecca (Short) Palmer, deeded his lands to his two nephews, he probably did not have children.  That does not bode well for identifying Capt. Benjamin (2) Palmer as Deliverance Palmer's father.

Deliverance (Palmer) Cleveland's entry at FindAGrave cites as her parents Captain Benjamin Palmer and Bethia Mowry.  Other sources indicate that Deliverance was the daughter of George Palmer and Bethia Mowry.  This message indicates problems with the second set of probable parents and poses the possibility that Deliverance's parents were Benjamin Palmer and Elizabeth Green.

So, even though I've identified Deliverance Palmer as my 8th great-grandmother, a positive identification of her parents still eludes me.