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William Cloud[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

Male 1648 - 1720  (72 years)


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  • Name William Cloud 
    Born Jul 29, 1647 OR 1648  Calne, Wiltshire parish, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1720  Chester county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Notes 
    • Father gave him 100 acres of purchased land.  He was residing on Naaman's Creek for sometime, in Caln in 1715.
      Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
      CLOUD, WILLIAM. Caln. Cordwainer 2.
      November 19, 1716/7. December 16, 1720. A. 105.
      To wife Grace, my plantation etc. during life and after her decease, to son Jason also all personal estate. To son Joseph ?5 and wearing apparel. To son Richard, son William and daughters Susanna and Ann 5 shillings each. Executors: wife and son Jason.
      Witnesses: Thos. Pierson, Aaron Mendenhall.
    Person ID I52230  mykindred
    Last Modified Aug 17, 2018 

    Father William Cloude,   b. Jul 08, 1621, Devizes, Wiltshire parish, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Aug 25, 1702, Concord, Chester county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 81 years) 
    Mother Susan James,   b. Mar 26, 1623, Calne, Wiltshire parish, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1663, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married Jun 07, 1647  Calne, Wiltshire parish, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16, 17] 
    Family ID F18668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grace Willis,   b. Jun 09, 1658, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y 
    Married Aug 04, 1676  Blackland Mill, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 18, 19, 20] 
    • This is the certificate of marriage for William Cloud and Grace Willis, performed August 4, 1676 at Calstone near Calne, Wiltshire, England. William was the son of William Cloud and Susan James and came with his father to the colonies about 1682.)
      The transcription is from the Cloud Family Association Journal Volume V, numbers 1 - 4) (1982-1983), p 18.

      the 4 Day of the Aight mo 1676
      from this time these are to sartefe to home so ever it may consarne yt Willim Cloud of Calne Junier & grase Welles of Casan dafter of ye widow Weles bouth frends of the meting of Calne who are consenting have manifest thaier intentes of mariage Savarall times to the metings Acording to goo Our er
      and now Att Blake Land meett: Beeing in John Fryes(?) hows have taken and Rasevd Ach other In marige in the prasence of god & Before thase wittnesis & all so have promised in the prasence of god & Beefore his pepell to Bee fiithfull one to another & to leve to gather acording to the Ourdinance of god Ase man & wife during thaier Apynted time the man one his part to be a faithfull & loving husban the woman one hare part to Be A faithfull loving & Obadient wife Ase god Pepell in All ages walked one towards Ach other in the Statt of mariages in witness heare to wee have soubscribe ouer Names.
      (signed)
      William Cloud
      Grace Cloud
      Susan Cloud
      Jane meate/Amats
      (?) Arthur Cloud (?)
      John Meate or Neate
      Edward Bayley
      John Fry Senr
      John Fry Junr
      Robert Card
      Willam ( ? )
      John Willis Margery Willis
      William Tylor
      Margrary Noyes
      Sarah Smith
      Mary Fry
      (at) Calstone near Calne (England).
    Children 
     1. Joseph Cloud,   b. circa 1677, Chester county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1728, Pextan, Chester county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
     2. Richard Cloud,   b. circa 1680, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1718, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
     3. Jason Cloud,   b. May 01, 1681, Calne, Wiltshire parish, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1787, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 105 years)
     4. William Cloud,   b. 1683, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 16 Sep 1728  (Age 45 years)
     5. Susanna Cloud,   b. 1685, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1715  (Age 30 years)
     6. Esther Cloud,   b. 1687, Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F18665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    Map of Chester county, Pennsylvania, p. 1    		Map of Chester county, Pennsylvania, p. 1
    Map of Chester county, Pennsylvania, p. 2    		Map of Chester county, Pennsylvania, p. 2
    Cloud, R.E.    		Cloud, R.E.
    Genealogy, Kernion

  • Sources 
    1. [S896] Gedcom - Ferguson, Bonnie.

    2. [S898] Gedcom - Thompson, Linda.

    3. [S1088] Kernion, George C.H. - Genealogy of the Cloud Family (1924).

    4. [S1180] Cloud Family, by Potts, Thos. Maxwell, pp 13 - 22.
      The second generation William Cloud.

    5. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Vol . XX, Nos. 1 & 2, p 30.
      The William Cloud Family of England and America.

    6. [S1128] Gedcom - Shirley, Raymond.

    7. [S1553] Gedcom - Johnson, Beth.

    8. [S1550] Gedcom - Raschke, Elaine.

    9. [S1852] Gedcom - Smith, Miriam E.

    10. [S1853] Gedcom - Goodloe, Carla.

    11. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Chester Co,. Pennsylvania Will Abstracts 1714-1777. (CFJ-p.17) -- from Cloud Family Journal (Volumn XIII, #1).

    12. [S905] History of Chester County, Pennsylvania.

    13. [S1014] Chester Co,. Pennsylvania Will Abstracts 1714-1777.

    14. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Vol. XX, Nos. 1 & 2, p 30.

    15. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Vol IV, No. 4, p 58.
      Philip William Cloud, "The English Ancestry of William Cloud, Immigrant to Pennsylvania.

    16. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, Vol. XX, Nos. 1 & 2, p 30.
      The William Cloud family.

    17. [S916] Parish Records, Calne, England.
      Eight children (6 singles and 1 set of unnamed twins).

    18. [S2030] Cloud Family Association Journal, 17.
      Date and place.

    19. [S756] Marriage Certificate.
      States "4th day 8th month 1676".

    20. [S1180] Cloud Family, by Potts, Thos. Maxwell, p 13.
      Marriage record for William Cloud and Garce Willis.