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About Captain Perez Graves, Sr.
ELNATHAN GRAVES (44,) son of John 3, Isaac 2, Thomas 1, born Aug. 20, 1699, in Hatfield; md. (1) Mch. 2, 1727, Martha, dau. of Deacon Nathaniel Dickinson, of Hatfield, She was born Dec. 25, 1701, died Jan'y 9th, 1756; he md. (2) Dorothy Belding, dau. of Ebenezer Morton, of Hatfield, widow of John Belding. She died May 9, 1800, aged 80. He resided in Hatfield until his death, Feb. 17, 1785, aged 85 years.
At an early period of the settlement of Williamsburg, Mass., Elnathan Graves bought a large tract of land there, and subsequently three of his grandsons, viz : Samuel, Perez, Jr., and Elnathan, sons of Capt. Perez Graves, settled on it. Elnathan Graves was the father of Deacon Elnathan Graves, of Williamsburg, who was County Commissioner of Hampshire County, Mass., for many years.
CHILDREN:
114. SETH, born Dec. 17, 1727, in Hatfield.
115. PEREZ, born April 26, 1730, in Hatfield.
116. SILAS, born Feb. 8, 1732, in Hatfield.
117. LUCY, born May 8, 1734, in Hatfield; md. Dec. 28, 1758, Benj. Wells; died Sept. 22, 1815.
118. MARTHA, born Feb. 26, 1739, in Hatfield; md. Dec. 28, 1758, John Nash, of Williamsburg; died Dec, 1S04; he was born Oct. 20, 1736; died May 31, 1773.
CAPT. PEREZ GRAVES (115), son of Elnathan 4, John 3, Isaac 2, Thomas 1, born April 26, 1730, in Hatfield; md. (1) May 16, 1754, Martha, dau. of Samuel Gillett, of Hatfield. She died Oct. 28, 1793 ; he md. (2) Feb. 19, 1795, Zeruiah, widow of Lieut. Elihu White, and dau. of Ebenezer Cole, of Hatfield. She was born Nov. 30, 1741, and died Dec. 13, 1820. He died Dec. 17, 1809, aged 80 years; residence Hatfield. He was a Capt. in the Rev. War and very prominent. View of home at Hatfield, built prior to Rev., among illustrations.
CHILDREN:
292. SAMUEL, born May 4, 1755, in Hatfield.
293: ELISHA, born Sept. 2, 1757, in Hatfield.
294. MARTHA, born April 28, 1759, at Hatfield ; md. Moses Montague, probably of South Hadley, Mass. They settled in Norwich, now Huntington, Mass., going there on horseback, with only marked trees to guide them. He died Oct. 5, 1834. She died Jan'y 5, 1820.
295. PEREZ, Jr., born Jan'y 2, 1761, in Hatfield.
296 ELNATHAN, born Feb. 2, 1763, in Hatfield.
297. WILLIAM, born Feb. 11, 1766, in Hatfield.
298 SOLOMON, born Mch. 12, 1768, in Hatfield.
299. LEVI, born Jan'y 12, 1771, in Hatfield.
300 TIMOTHY, born April 30, 1775, in Hatfield.
Bibliographic information:
- Genealogy of the Graves family in America
- by Graves, John Card, 1839-1931
- Publication date 1896
- Topics Graves family, genealogy
- Publisher Buffalo, N.Y. : Baker, Jones & Co.
- Collection allen_county; americana
- Digitizing sponsor MSN
- Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- Language English
- Volume 1
- Pages 624
- Pages 20 and 37
- Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
- https://archive.org/details/genealogyofgrave01grav/page/n91/mode/2u...
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DAR Information:
- GRAVES, PEREZ SR
- Ancestor #: A047354
- Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN
- Birth: 4-26-1730 HATFIELD HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
- Death: 12-17-1809 HATFIELD HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
- Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 6, P 756; MA DAR, MA TOWN OFFICERS, 1775-1783, GRC S1 V328, VOL 1, P 159, 160, 161, 162, 167, 169
- Service Description: 1) CAPT OF COMPANY ON ALARM TO WARE, 2) SELECTMAN,COMM OF CORR INSPECTION,SAFETY
- Comments: 1) EL- CHILD ELISHA'S FIRST WIFE, ABIGAIL PARSONS, DIED 13 APRIL 1796, AND IS 2) THEREFORE THE MOTHER OF CHILDREN BORN TO ELISHA PRIOR TO THAT DATE. 3) SEE DATACF 3/2018
- Residence: 1) City: HATFIELD - County: HAMPSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
- Spouse: 1) MARTHA GILLET, 2) ZERUIAH COLE WHITE
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...
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MRS. CAROLINE HOUSTON GRAVES. 38429
Born in Conway, Massachusetts.
Wife of Edward Graves.
Descendant of Capt. Perez Graves, Of Massachusetts.
Daughter of Chester F. Houston and Eliza Ann Graves, his wife.
Granddaughter of Elisha Graves and Eliza Aurelia Bates, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Elisha Graves (b. 1757) and Catherine Parsons, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Perez Graves and Martha Gillet, his first wife, In. 1754.
Perez Graves, (1730-1809), was a delegate to the Provincial Congress 1775, and commanded a company at the Lexington Alarm. He was born and died in Hatfield, Mass. Also Nos. 4135, 21816.
Bibliographic information:
- Title Lineage Book
- Volume 39 of Index of the Rolls of Honor (ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 1 to 160, Daughters of the American Revolution
- Author Daughters of the American Revolution
- Publisher Press of Pierpont, Siviter & Company, 1914
- Original from Cornell University
- Digitized Apr 1, 2014
- Page 157
- https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157&d...
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Legislative service: https://books.google.com/books?id=eKPU-Drsc_UC&pg=PA234&lpg=PA234&d...
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Captain Perez Graves, Sr.'s Timeline
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April 26, 1730
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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September 2, 1757
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| 1759 |
April 28, 1759
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1763 |
February 2, 1763
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Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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March 12, 1768
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Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
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1771
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| 1809 |
December 17, 1809
Age 79
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Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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December 17, 1809
Age 79
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Hill Cemetery, Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA, United States
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