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Cleaver Family Crest and Name History

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Where did the English Cleaver family come from? What is the English Cleaver family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cleaver family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cleaver family history?

The saga of the name Cleaver follows a line reaching back through history to the days of the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It was a name for someone who worked as a person who worked with wood. The surname is derived from the Old English word cleofan which means to cleave or split.

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Cleaver Early Origins

Before the last few hundred years, the English language had no fast system of spelling rules. For that reason, spelling variations are commonly found in early Anglo-Saxon surnames. Over the years, many variations of the name Cleaver were recorded, including Cleever, Cleaver, Clever, Kleever, Kleaver, Cleevar, Cleavar, Cliver, Cleiver, Clivar, Cleevor, Clearvor, Cleevare, Clevenger, Kleevare, Cleavare, Kleavare and many more.

First found in Norfolk where some say they held a family seat well before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.

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Cleaver Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cleaver research. Another 389 words(28 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1332, 1379, and 1790 are included under the topic Early Cleaver History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Cleaver Early Notables

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The Great Migration

To escape oppression and starvation at that time, many English families left for the "open frontiers" of the New World with all its perceived opportunities. In droves people migrated to the many British colonies, those in North America in particular, paying high rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Although many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, those who did see the shores of North America perceived great opportunities before them. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Research into various historical records revealed some of first members of the Cleaver family emigrate to North America:

Cleaver Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century

Phillipp Cleaver, who landed in Virginia in 1637

Tho Cleaver, who arrived in Virginia in 1653

Henry Cleaver who settled in Barbados in 1680 with his servants

Cleaver Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century

Charles Cleaver settled in New England in 1744

Charles Cleaver, who arrived in America in 1744

James Cleaver, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1746

Edward Cleaver, who came to America in 1759

Thomas Cleaver settled in Maryland in 1775

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Contemporary Notables of the name Cleaver

Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944), United Methodist pastor and the U.S. Representative for Missouri
Gerald Cleaver (b. 1963), African-American jazz drummer
Kathleen Neal Cleaver (b. 1945), American professor of law
Christopher William "Chris" Cleaver (b. 1979), English football midfielder
William Cleaver (1742-1815), English churchman and academic, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
Gerald B. Cleaver, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Baylor University
Harry Cleaver (b. 1944), Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas
William "Billy" Cleaver (1921-2003), Welsh international rugby player
Richard Cleaver AM, CBE (1917-2006), Australian politician
Hughes Cleaver (1892-1980), Canadian politician, Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons

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References

Bardsley, C.W. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6).
Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Dunkling, Leslie. Dictionary of Surnames. Toronto: Collins, 1998. Print. (ISBN 0004720598).
Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Humble, Richard. The Fall of Saxon England. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-88029-987-8).
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The Cleaver Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cleaver Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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