Katherine Gray Graves

• BIRTH 30 Jun 1605 England
• DEATH 21 Feb 1681 (aged 75) Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 73090157

Katherine was the wife of Rear Admiral Thomas Graves. She was born before 1605. Thomas came to this Country, with Governer Winthrop in 1630, having command of the "Talbot" the vice-admiral of the fleet.

Winthrop's fleet consisted of eleven vessels, having on board about seven hundred people, two hundred and forty cows, and sixty horses. They sailed from Cowes on April 8, 1630, and after a stormy voyage, four vessels, the Arabella with Winthrop on board, the Talbot, the Ambrose, and the Jewel, reached Salem, June 12. By July 8, all the vessels had arrived. Not liking the vicinity of Salem, they soon left for Boston and distributed themselves in Charlestown, Watertown, etc. Thomas Graves settled in Charlestown. He made seven voyages to England, afterward commanding the "Trial" the first large vessel built in Boston, in her long voyages to Bilbo and Malaga. He died July 31, 1652. Their daughter Rebecca married Samuel Adams. (Pg 38). The long line of ledges outside of Boston Harbor, called "The Graves" was named for him.

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Parents
Thomas Grey 1572–1607
Katherine Myles Coytemore 1576–1659

Spouse
Rear Adm. Thomas Graves 1605–1653

Siblings
Parnell Gray Parker Nowell 1602–1687
Thomas Coytemore 1612–1644

Children
Rebecca Graves Adams 1630–1664
Capt. John Graves 1633–1664
William Graves
Thomas Graves 1638–1697
Nathaniel Graves 1639–1679
Susannah Graves Symmes 1643–1681
Joseph Graves 1645–1689
Thomas Greaves 1683–1747

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73090157/katherine-graves

[2] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amorrow/fg06/fg06_232.html