Individual Details

John Graves

(Abt 1662 - 30 Mar 1747)



From WorldConnect file:
His estate was probated on 2 Jun 1747
King William Deed Bk 1, pp 195-7, John Clayton of St. Johns Parish, King Wm sells 100 ac on north side of Pamunkey to John GRAVES of Stratton Major (Manor) Parish, King and Queen Co, 6 May 1704.
King William Deed Bk 1 p 342, John Graves assigns over all rights, etc, to the above 100 acres on the Pamunkey to his son John, 20 Mar 1706-7. Journal of the House of Burgess (1712-1726) p.56. William Smith of King Wm. Co. petitions for a bill to make good the title on entailed land he sold to John Graves, Jr. 16 Nov 1713 In Spotsylvania Co.
Order Book (1730-38), p 501, 7 Jun 1737, John Graves is set free of any county levies, he being very ancient and unable to labor. There is no other John in the area to whom this description would apply

The Graves Family Association website states that Y-DNA testing has shown this line is not related to that of Capt Thomas Graves of Northhampton, VA.

Events

BirthAbt 1662Gloucester County, Virginia
MarriageAbt 1679Susannah [Graves]
Death30 Mar 1747King and Queen County, Virginia

Families

SpouseSusannah [Graves] ( - )
ChildThomas Graves (1691 - 1767)

Endnotes

1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .

3. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb. [This is the same file available from Ancestry.com Family Trees.] .