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Elizabeth Graves (Knight)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth Farrington"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death: 1705 (62-63)
Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Knight, of Lynn and Elizabeth Breed
Wife of John Farrington of Lynn and Mark Graves, of Andover
Mother of Edward Farrington; Jacob Farrington; Margaret Rodgers; Hester Graves and Thomas Graves
Sister of Daniel Knight; Mary Wormwood and Jacob Knight
Half sister of John Knight; Ann Richards; Francis Knight; Johanna Gage; Esther Jenckes and 3 others

Occupation: Marriage 14 November 1667 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
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About Elizabeth Graves

PLEASE NOTE: Elizabeth (Knight) Farrington Graves died in Andover in 1705 (source: Abbott notes at Andover Hist Society). It was a different Elizabeth Farrington who died in 1678 -- wife of John Farrington of Dedham, MA.

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Married 1) John Farrington 2) Mark Graves

Children of John Farrington and Elizabeth Knight:

  1. Edward (1662-1747)
  2. John (1663-)
  3. Jacob (1666-1667)

Children of Mark and Elizabeth (Knight) (Farrington) Graves:

  1. Hester, b. 10 Feb 1668/9 at Lynn;
  2. Mark, b. 16 Feb 1671 at Andover, m. Rebecca (d. 1720);
  3. Margaret, b. 15 Jan 1673/4; and
  4. Thomas, b. 7 May 1675, m. 28 Mar 1703 Mary Hopson.

Notes

  • ? her mother was Elizabeth Knight who came 1635. John was on ship age 11. She may have married 2nd, Mark Graves, 14 Nov 1667, Andover. [Torrey {Reg. 3:66; Court Rec.; Dommerich 45}] No death of Eliz Graves in Andover.

Sources

  1. 371. Charles S. Tibbetts, “William Knight of Lynn,” The Essex Genealogist, 18 (1998):71-78.

Links

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Knight-511


  1. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Page 259

1626 Marriage to John Farrington 23 Feb 1649 Age: 23 Dedham, Mass. 3 source citations Death 15 Dec 1678

Age: 52 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Graves's Timeline

1642
1642
Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1654
1654
Ireland
1662
July 5, 1662
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1666
July 22, 1666
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1668
February 10, 1668
Lynn, Essex, MA, United States
1675
May 7, 1675
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, American Colonies
1705
1705
Age 63
Amesbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America