Katherine Graves

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Find A Grave contributor LoveFamily adds: She was born in 1586 in Gravesend, Kent England. She married Capt. Thomas Graves, Jr. in 1610 in Jamestown, Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia. She died after 24 May 1636 in Jamestown, Accomac, Accomack Co., Virginia.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 January 2021), memorial page for Katherine Croshaw Graves (1586–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34196873, citing Hungars Episcopal Church Cemetery, Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .
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"Very little is known about Katherine, wife of Capt. Thomas Graves.  Her maiden name may have been Croshaw. (There was a Raleigh Chroshaw, Gent., who arrived with the second supply with Thomas Graves.)  Just when she came to Virginia is not recorded.  She and her children are not included in the 1625 census of the Eastern Shore, although Capt. Thomas Graves is.  The patent granted to John Graves (son of Capt. Thomas Graves) on Aug. 9, 1637 states that the 600 acres granted to him in Elizabeth City was "due in right of descent from his father Thomas Graves, who transported at his own cost himself, Katherine Graves his wife, John Graves the patentee, and Thomas Graves, Jr., and 8 persons." (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Nugent.)  The 50 acres assigned for each person transported shows they came after 1616.  The other 8 persons transported did not include any members of Capt. Graves' family.  The girls, Ann, Verlinda, and Katherine obviously came later, and Francis was born in Virginia.  The last reference to Mrs. Graves shows her living at the Old Plantation, Accomack, as of May 20, 1636."

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Children - Graves

1. John Graves, b.c. 1611, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Perrin, c. 1624 or later, d.c. April 1640.
2. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1616, wife unknown, d.c. 1674.
3. Verlinda Graves, b.c. 1618, m. William Stone, d. 13 July 1675.
4. Ann Graves, b.c. 1620, m(1) William Cotton, before 10 July 1637, m(2) Nathaniel Eaton, by 1642, m(3) Francis Doughty, 8 June 1657, d. 2 March 1683/4.
5. Katherine Graves, b.c. 1622, m(1) William Roper, c. 1636, m(2) Thomas Sprigg, 3 March 1650.
6. Frances Graves, b.c. 1630.

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Sources 

1. CAPTAIN THOMAS GRAVES 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia, and His Descendants (ca. 1580-2012).  Graves Family Association, Rev. 13 Aug. 2013, Gen. 169

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=catherine...

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Arrival Men were the first colonists to arrive in Virginia and they built Jamestown. Unattached women, along with wives and children of the colonists arrived in 1609.

1609 • Jamestown, Virginia, Colonial America
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Undocumented / unproven :: Parents of Katherine Very little is known about Katherine, wife of Capt. Thomas Graves, of the first Adventurers of Jamestown. As of 2013, her last name is unsettled with some believing her to be "Stone", and even "Blagro

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!Genealogies of Virginia Families, From

!Genealogies of Virginia Families, From The William & Mary College QuarterlyHistorical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1982, Vol. II, p. 732-762.

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Her arrival in VA

Katheryn arrive in Virginia in 1616 with sons John and Thomas Jr., transported by her husband.

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Very little is known about Katherine, wi

Very little is known about Katherine, wife of Capt thomas GRAVES. Hermaiden name may have been CROSHAW or CROSIER. There was a RaleighCROSHAW, Gent., who arrived with the 2nd supply with Thomas GRAVES. Justwhen she came to Virgiinia is not recorded. She and her children are notincluded in the 1625 Census of the Eastern Shore, although Capt. ThomasGRAVES is. The patent granted to John GRAVES (son of Capt GRAVES) on 9Aug 1637, states that the 600 acres granted to him in Elizabeth City was'due in right of descent from his father, Thomas GRAVES, who transportedat his own cost himself, Katherine GRAVES his wife, John GRAVES thepatentee and Thomas GRAVES Jr., and eight persons". (Cavaliers andPioneers, Nugent) The 50 acres assigned for each person shows that theycame about 1616. The only 8 persons transported did not include anymembers of Capt GRAVES' family. The girls, Ann, Verlinda, and Katherine,obviously came later, and Francis was born in Virginia. The lastreference to Mrs. GRAVES shows her living at the old plantation, Accomac,as of 20 May 1636

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Life Sketch

Very little is known about Katherine, wife of Capt. Thomas Graves, of the first adventurers of Jamestown. As of 2013, her last name is unsettled, with some believing her to be "Stone," and even "Blagrove"; however, overwhelmingly, historians believe his wife to have been Katherine Croshaw (or Crosher among many other spellings), possibly daughter or sister of Raleigh Croshaw. (There was a Raleigh Chroshaw, Gentleman, who arrived with the Second Supply with Thomas Graves.)

From the will of William Crashawe, (PCC 97 Hale, dated 1 November 1621, proved 6 October 1626, as published in "Virginia Settlers and English Adventurers," by Currer-Briggs): "William Crashaw, Bachelor in Divinity, Preacher of God's Word first in Bridlington, then at Beverley in Yorkshire, afterwards at the Temple, since then Pastor of the Church of Agnes Burton in the Diocese of York, now pastor of that too great parish of Whitechapel in the suburbs of London... (indicates he is married, and then bequeaths books to many libraries in Cambridge, London, Ireland, and Yorkshire, etc.) ... To the parish church of Hausworth in Yorkshire where I was born ... To my brother Thomas all my civil law books he hath not and 20 (pounds) to bestow on a fair Bible for my sister his wife." The will goes on to list other relatives and also mentions Sir Edwyn Sandys and others involved with the Virginia Company of London. It is possible that this may refer to Thomas Graves married to William's sister Katherine Crashaw.

Articles about the Croshaw family in the "Graves Family Newsletter" (pages 52-54, 1995, and page 81, 1994) are pertinent. They state that Capt. Raleigh Croshaw arrived in October 1608 in Jamestown, Virginia, with Capt. Thomas Graves. One of his sons, Joseph Croshaw, was a barrister, believed to have been trained in England, and apparently his father, Capt. Raleigh Croshaw, also had been a barrister there before he emigrated.

Just when Katherine came to Virginia is not recorded. She and her children are not included in the 1625 census of the Eastern Shore, although Capt. Thomas Graves is. The patent granted to John Graves (son of Capt. Thomas Graves) on August 9, 1637, states that the 600 acres granted to him in Elizabeth City was "due in right of descent from his father Thomas Graves, who transported at his own cost himself, Katherine Graves his wife, John Graves the patentee, and Thomas Graves, Jr., and 8 persons." ("Cavaliers and Pioneers," by Nugent.) The 50 acres assigned for each person transported shows they came after 1616. The other eight persons transported did not include any members of Capt. Graves' family. The girls Ann, Verlinda, and Katherine obviously came later, and Francis was born in Virginia. The last reference to Katherine Graves shows her living at the Old Plantation, Accomack, as of May 20, 1636.

Thomas Graves, Gentleman, arrived in Virginia in October of 1608, coming from England in the ship "Mary and Margaret" with Captain Christopher Newport's Second Supply. Although John Card Graves (R‑915) states that Thomas was accompanied by his wife Katherine, sons John and Thomas, and eight others, including Henry Singleton and Thomas Edge, most other historians agree that he did not bring his wife and children over until later. It is likely that he did not even marry Katherine until 1610, and his first child was born about 1611.

Thomas Graves probably was unmarried when he arrived in Virginia in 1608. It is likely that he returned to England, possibly in October 1609, either on the same ship with Captain John Smith (who left Virginia for England for treatment of his wounds resulting from an explosion), or on one of the other seven ships that arrived in Virginia in August 1609. That way, he would have missed the "Starving Time" of the winter of 1609-10, which so few survived. He may have then married in England in about 1610, fathered John Graves and Thomas Graves, remained in England for several years, and returned to Virginia prior to the formation of Smythe's Hundred in 1617, or possibly a little later. Also, there is no record of his being in Virginia after the meeting of the Burgesses in July-August of 1619 until he is shown as living on the Eastern Shore in 1623. It seems reasonable that he was in England at the time of the Indian Massacre of March 1622, and upon returning to Virginia settled on the Eastern Shore where it was less perilous to live. The fact that he fathered three children, the first three girls, during this period certainly lends support to his being in England.

In spite of much research over many years, this family has been shown to be the most difficult of any major Graves family to define accurately. The amount of new information gathered from our DNA study has been of tremendous value in giving us a much better understanding of the structure of the family of Capt. Thomas Graves of Virginia than we could ever have gotten by traditional research alone. However, many of us have been surprised and puzzled by the discovery that the descendants of Capt. Thomas Graves are apparently actually descended from a total of three or four immigrant ancestors, not just one.

Details of this history can be found here: CAPTAIN THOMAS GRAVES, 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia, and His Descendants

-- https://gravesfa.org/gen169.htm

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!Refer to Southside Virginia Families by

!Refer to Southside Virginia Families by Boddie, p. 203. Various spellings appear on IGI and others for this person: Katherine, Catherine, Crosher, Krosher, etc.

!Additional ordinances: baptized 30 Aug 1990 SGEOR, endowed 13 Sep 1990 SGEOR.

!Under date of January 5, 1636, we find Anthony Wills sueing Mrs. Graves: January 5, 1636: Anthony Wills petitioned in Accomac Court against John Culpepper, servant to Mrs. Graves, for killing two hogs of said Wills which being examined and the depositions of John Hannaman and Robert Pistoll it is ordered that Mrs. Graves shall pay unto the said Wills one sowe of one year and one half old present payment, for default thereof said Culpeper to be whipped presently and have thirty lashes.

!The meeting of the Vestry of Hungar's Parish held at Accomac May 20, 1636, passed a resolution which reads: Having taken into consideration the remote living of the members of this Parish from the Church it is agreed that all such persons as live at the Old Plantation from the land of Mrs. Graves unto _____ the head of Old Plantation Creeke that they shall ______ bodys be buried on the part of the land of Wllm Blower where Wllm Berriman liveth and likewise thatthey give notice unto the Ministers and provide convenient means for their coming there to bury the dead wch whoever shall refuse such decent and Christian like burial that then they are to stand censure of the Vestry. # hiatus in record book.

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!Family records, copied from Mary Simmon

!Family records, copied from Mary Simmons of St. George, Utah.

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Feb 1996: Per Bud Graves on Prodigy, his

Feb 1996: Per Bud Graves on Prodigy, his source "Robert Graves of Anson Co NC & Chesterfield Co SC" by Kenneth Vance Graves: Capt Thomas Graves b ca 1580, m Katherine Croshaw (?) ca 1610-11, d between Nov 1635 & 5 Jan 1636. 1st Graves to settle in New World.

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11. Ancestral file has her named Sarah T

11. Ancestral file has her named Sarah Turner. She is sealed to Thomas and Mrs. Thomas