Mordecai Cloud

Male 1741 - 1818  (76 years)


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  • Documents
    The Will of Mordecai Cloud
    The Will of Mordecai Cloud
    Mordecai Cloud of East Bradford
    Will written 17 June 1814 and Proved on 23 May 1818
    Provides for wife Jane.
    To daughter Mary, WIDOW OF ZIBA WOLLERTON, $300.
    To Rachel, Jane, Rebecca and Elizabeth Woodward, children of daughter Sarah, who is deceased, $300, to be divided.
    To daughter Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Kennedy, $300.
    To daughter Hannah, wife of William Dowlin, $300.
    To son William, "my plantation in E. & W. Bradford, subject to his mother's life interest.
    Remainder to son, William.
    Executor: William Cloud, son.
    Witnesses: David Lewis and Joshua Weaver.

    Source:
    Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
    The Will and Last Testament of Jason Cloud, written 1776
    The Will and Last Testament of Jason Cloud, written 1776
    Jason Cloud, Will proved 20 Jan 1781
    To son Jason: Horse, saddle, and bridle; a total of around 425 acres of land in West Nantmeal, Chester, PA.
    To son Mordicai: Plantation of 375 acres in Caln, Chester, PA; household furniture, stock and the rest of Jason's personal estate.
    To daughter Alice, widow of Henry Thompson: Five pounds and the use of the house and two acres that she now lives in until her death.
    To Sarah, wife of William Davis: One hundred Pounds.
    To grandson Augustine Cloud (Alias James), the reputed son of Jason's son Abraham who is deceased: Ten Pounds to be given him when he is twenty-one years old; schooling until he is sixteen and then to be bound to an apprenticeship.
    To grandsons Nathan and David Coope, sons of daughter Grace Coope, deceased: Five Shillings.
    Executor: ? Taylor

    Source:
    Ancestry.com. Chester County, Pennsylvania, Estate Papers, 1714-1838 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

    Histories
    The Cloud Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware - A Pedigree of William Cloud of Calne, Wiltshire, England
    The Cloud Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware - A Pedigree of William Cloud of Calne, Wiltshire, England
    An excerpt from the book, "Genealogical Notes of the Cloud Family," by William Cloud. A detailed gathering of documents, notes and pedigrees of the Cloud family in a 202 page document.

    Source:
    The Valuable Work of Thomas Maxwell Potts by Janice G. Cloud, Cloud Family Historian and Editor; North Carolina Digital Collections; http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p15012coll1/id/65908
    The Cloud Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware
    The Cloud Family of Pennsylvania and Delaware
    The Family Group of Mordecai Cloud listed in the book, "Genealogical Notes of the Cloud Family," by William Cloud. A detailed gathering of documents, notes and pedigrees of the Cloud family in a 202 page document.

    Source:
    The Valuable Work of Thomas Maxwell Potts by Janice G. Cloud, Cloud Family Historian and Editor; North Carolina Digital Collections;
    Genealogical notes of the Cloud family, founded by William Cloud
    Genealogical notes of the Cloud family, founded by William Cloud
    A compilation of family history records and documents concerning the original immigrant William Cloud. Through the 202 page history, the descendants of William through is six children are discussed. Written by Thomas Maxwell Potts who was born in 1836, it was published in 1912 and has multiple sources of information about the Cloud families of Pennsylvania.

    Source:
    Genealogy Collection, Digital Collections; State Library of North Carolina.

  • Name Mordecai Cloud 
    Born 11 Nov 1741  Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1818  Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3893  Bird-Metcalf
    Last Modified 27 May 2016 

    Father Jason Cloud,   b. 1 May 1681, Calne, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1781, East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Mother Sarah Bishop,   b. Abt 1704, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Mar 1726  Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Musgrave,   b. 1745,   d. 1839  (Age 94 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Cloud,   b. 1776, East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, British America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1844, Sadsbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. Sarah Cloud,   b. Abt 1778, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Elizabeth Cloud,   b. Abt 1780, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     4. William Cloud,   b. Abt 1784, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1826, East Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Hannah Cloud,   b. 1785, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1866, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 27 May 2016 
    Family ID F1579  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Nov 1741 - Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1818 - Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States Link to Google Earth
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