Joanna Greaves

John Greaves (1) was born about 1490 (or 1497) and died in 1546.  He married Joanna ‑‑‑‑‑‑.  By the time their son John was 18 years old, both his father and mother were buried in Beeley.  These are the earliest records of Greaves family members in the parish registers of Beeley, which were started in 1538 by command of King Henry VIII.

The image is a sketch of Beeley Hill Top, home of the Greaves family (owned and occupied in 1995 by the family of Mr. Rupert Turner, Beeley Hilltop, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2NW, England). 

Children - Greaves

• +2.  John Greaves, b.c. 1540, m. Alice Boune, d. 1595.
•   3.  Robert Greaves

• Greaves Family of Beeley, Derbyshire, England
• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation (Google eBook) Hiram Carleton Genealogical Publishing Com, Oct 1, 1903 - Reference - 1474 pages.  Page 123

From the visitations of Derbyshire, in the College of Arms, and from Mss. in the British Museum the following descent of the founders of the family is extracted:

• 1) John de la Greves 
• 2) Hugo de la Grevis (fl .Henry lll) 
• 3) William de la Grevis (fl. Edward l) 
• 4) Egridus de la Greves, wife Letitia 
• 5) Thomas de la Greves (fl. Edward lll) 
• 6) Johannes de la Greves (fl. Edward lll) 
• 7) John 
• 8) William, wife Agnes 
• 9) John (1497-1546) 
• 10) John of Greaves (d 1595) ....