Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Charles Cleapor
1770 - 1822 (~ 51 years)-
Name Charles Cleapor [1] Birth Apr 1770 New Jersey 
[2] Gender Male Death 22 Feb 1822 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina [2] Burial 23 Feb 1822 St. Philip's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina [2, 3] Person ID I20003 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN Last Modified 14 Dec 2018
Children + 1. Caroline Cleapor, b. Abt 1794, of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina d. 1 Jul 1854, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 60 years)Family ID F12395 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Dec 2018
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Notes - Slaveowner and sail-maker. His will, dated 12 Feb 1822 and proved on the 25th of the same month, names his "negro Workmen Viz. Jim, Joe Alonzo, Daniel, Jack, and Kelly," directing that they be "left under the particular direction and management of my Copartner Nathaniel Fields, the proceeds of their copartnership to be divided between Fields and Charles Cleapor's wife. Unfortunately neither his will nor the record of his probate give his wife's actual name. The probate document does, however, confirm that his primary business was sail-making.
The 1822 city directory for Charleston (included in Charleston, South Carolina City Directories: For the Years 1816, 1819, 1822, 1825, and 1829 ed. James William Hagy, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996) lists him as "Cleapor, Charles, Sail Maker, Lothrop's Whf."
"The Friends and Acquaintances of Mr. Charles Cleapor, are invited to attend his Funeral This Afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from his former residence, No. 22 Ellery-street. (Tuesday, February 26, 1822)" [Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Charleston, citation details below.]
- Slaveowner and sail-maker. His will, dated 12 Feb 1822 and proved on the 25th of the same month, names his "negro Workmen Viz. Jim, Joe Alonzo, Daniel, Jack, and Kelly," directing that they be "left under the particular direction and management of my Copartner Nathaniel Fields, the proceeds of their copartnership to be divided between Fields and Charles Cleapor's wife. Unfortunately neither his will nor the record of his probate give his wife's actual name. The probate document does, however, confirm that his primary business was sail-making.
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Sources - [S2576] A Genealogical Sketch of a Dover, N.H. Branch of the Leighton family by Walter Leatherbee Leighton. Newton Center, Massachussets, 1940.
- [S2577] Find a Grave page for Charles Cleapor.
- [S2578] Elizabeth H. Jervey, “Marriage and Death Notices from the City Gazette of Charleston, S. C. (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 49:76, 1948.
- [S2576] A Genealogical Sketch of a Dover, N.H. Branch of the Leighton family by Walter Leatherbee Leighton. Newton Center, Massachussets, 1940.