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Mother: Lucy JOHNSTON |
_Edward AMBLER _______+
| (1730 - 1768) m 1754
_John AMBLER Esq.____|
| (1762 - 1836) m 1792|
| |_Mary CARY ___________+
| (1732 - 1781) m 1754
_Thomas Marshall AMBLER _|
| (1793 - 1875) m 1819 |
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| |_Lucy MARSHALL ______|
| (1768 - 1793) m 1792|
| |_Mary Randolph KEITH _+
| (1737 - 1809) m 1754
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|--Frances Langhorn AMBLER
| (1825 - 1898)
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|_Lucy JOHNSTON __________|
m 1819 |
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Father: Jeremiah CONEY Mother: Ann D. FLEMING |
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_Jeremiah CONEY _____|
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|--Jeremiah CONEY Jr.
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| _David FLEMING ___________+
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| _John FLEMING ___________|
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|_Ann D. FLEMING _____|
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Mother: Suzanne (Susan) SPELL |
_Edward FOREMAN Sr._____
| (1720 - 1805) m 1747
_Edward FOREMAN Jr.__|
| (1749 - 1818) m 1798|
| |_Rebecca RAVECO ________
| (1720 - 1749) m 1747
_Isaac Pierre FOREMAN __|
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| | _Jean John PERRY _______
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| _Benenger SPELL _____|
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|_Suzanne (Susan) SPELL _|
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| _Ephrem Joseph FOREMAN _+
| | (1766 - 1854) m 1782
|_Dorothy FOREMAN ____|
(1786 - 1860) m 1802|
|_Mary Elizabeth BROWN __
(1765 - 1820) m 1782
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Mother: Joan BLAGROVE |
He arrived on the Mary and Margaret in 1608 in the Second Supply
(the first relief to the original colony). His wife Katherine
(Croshaw?) arrived in 1616 with their two sons John and Thomas,
Jr.
Thomas was a member of the first house of Burgesses. He is
recorded in The Adventures of Purse and Person, VA, 1607-1624/5;
17th Century Colonial Ancestors, Hutton, 1976; and Captain
Thomas Graves and His Descendents, (Sweeney).
Thomas Graves transported his wife Katherine and 2 sons, John
and Thomas Jr and 8 others including Henry Singleton and Thomas
Edge.. (Head rights) "Cavaliers and Pioneers" Nugent.
Thomas Graves, Esquire, is referred to as a Gentleman from
Dublin in the Realm of Ireland in a patent for land..20 Nov
1622.
None of the sons claimed the land on the Eastern Shore and all
of his daughters went to Maryland.
From: DFRH[email protected] (MR H W BUD GRAVES) Date: Tue, 22
Jul 1997.
CAPTAIN THOMAS GRAVES OF VIRGINIA GENERATION 1
Thomas Graves, gentleman, arrived in Virginia in October of
1608, coming from England in the ship "Mary & Margaret" with
Captain Christopher Newport's second supply. Although John
Card Graves 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 first child was born about 1611.
Thomas Graves was one of the original Adventurers (stockholders)
of the Virginia Company of London and one of the very early
Planters (settlers) who founded Jamestown, Virginia, the first
permanent English settlement in North America. He was also the
first person named Graves in North America. Captain Thomas
Graves is listed as one of the original Adventurers as "Thomas
Grave" on page 364, Records of th Virginia Company of London,
vol. IV. The Records of the Virginia Company state that in 1622
was granted "a patent to Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realm
of Ireland, gent.." The First Colony (consisting of
knights,gentlemen, merchants and others of the city of London)
made a settlement at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, which became
permanent.
The Plymouth grantees (from the English cities of Bristol and
Exeter, the town of Plymouth, and other places) established the
Second Colony at Sagadagic (on the coast of what became Maine)
in August 1607, but abandoned it in the spring of 1608.
Thomas Graves early became active in the affairs of the infant
colony. Shortly after his arrival, while on an exploring
expedition he was captured by the Indians and taken to
Opecancanough's town. Ensign Thomas Savage, who had come to
Virginia with the first supply on the John and Francis in 1608,
was sent by Capt. John Smith and rescued him.
In 1617 the Virginia Company, hoping to expand population and
agricultural production in the colony, encouraged private or
voluntary associations organized on a joint stock basis to
establish settlements in the area of the Company's patent. The
Society of Smith's (or~Smythe's) Hundred (later called
Southampton Hundred) was organized in 1617. In addition to
Captain Thomas Graves, the Adventurers included Sir Thomas
Smith, Sir Edwin Sandys, and the Earl of Southampton. Soon
after April 29, 1619, Governor Yeardley wrote to Sir Edwin
Sandys: "I have entreated Capt. Graves, an antient officer of
this company, to take charge of the people and workes".
Capt. Thomas Graves was a member of the First Legislative
Assembly in America, and, with Mr Walter Shelley, sat for
Smythe's Hundred when it met at Jamestown on July 30, 1619.
The time of Capt Thomas Graves' removal to the Eastern Shore is
not known. It was, however, after August 1619, since he was then
a representative from Smythe's Hundred to the first meeting of
the House of Burgesses. It was also prior to Feb 16, 1623, for
"A List of Names of the Living in Virginia Feb. 1623" shows
Thomas Graves "at the Eastern Shore". His patent for 200 acres
on the Eastern Shore is of record 14 March 1628 (Patent Book No.
1, p. 72, Land Registrar's 0ffice, Richmond, Va.).
This land was in what was then known as Accomack, now a part of
Northampton Co.It was granted by Dr. Thomas Pott, Governor of
Virginia, and was on the eastern side of the Bay of Chesapeake,
westerly of the lands of Capt Henry Flute, an explorer of the
Bay, "by virtue of the adventure of five and twenty pounds paid
by the said Capt.Thomas Graves to Sir Thomas Smyth, Treasure of
the Virginia Company." He paid a "quit rent" of one shilling for
fifty acres, payable at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel
(Sept.29) each year on a part of his land.
In the census of February 1625, Capt.Thomas was one of only 51
people then living on the Eastern Shore. He was put in charge of
the direction of local affairs later in 1625. In Sept. 1632
he, with others, was appointed a commissioner "for the Plantacon
of Acchawmacke". He was one of the Burgesses to the Assembly,
representing Accomac, for the 1629-30 season and for the 1632
session. He attended many of the meetings of the Commissioners,
but he was absent from Dec 30, 1632/3 until Oct. 23, 1633/4.
It appears that he was out of the country.
The old Hungars Episcopal Church is locate about seven miles
north of Eastville, on the north side of Hungars Creek. Hungars
Parish was made soon after the county was established, and the
first minister was Rev. Francis Bolton, who was succeeded by
Rev. William Cotton. The first vestry was appointed in 1635.
The first vestry meeting was on Sept. 29, l635, at which Capt.
Graves headed the list of those present. The first church
edifice was
erected in 1690-95 and was still standing around 1900, one of
the oldest churches in the country. In addition to Capt. Thomas
Graves, the other persons named by the court as vestrymen of
Hungars Church were William Cotton, minister, Obedience Robins,
John Howe, William Stone (first Protestant Governor of
Maryland), William Burdett, William Andrews, John Wilkins,
Alexander Mountray, Edward Drews, William Beniman and Stephen
Charlton.
Captain Thomas Graves died between November 1635 when he was
witness to a deed and 5 Jan 1636 when suit was entered against a
servant to Mrs. Graves (Adventurers of Purse and Person, pp.
188-189) . His birth date is not known, but is believed to be
about 1580. That would have made him only about 55 years of age
at his death.
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, Accomac, as of
May 20, 1636. Since Captain Thomas Graves had been active in
the affairs of Virginia from his arrival, the absence of any
mention of him during certain periods indicate he had returned
to England.
This is also confirmed in patents issued to him and to others in
which he is mentioned. Mrs. Hiden stated: "Even a cursory
reading of Northampton (formerly Accomack) records reveals how
frequent were the trips to England, Ireland, Holland, and New
England, of those living on the Eastern Shore. Mrs. Hiden also
stated: "We know from the land patents that Capt.Graves made
several trips out of the country, to England presumably, and on
one of his return voyages his family accompanied him."
Thomas Graves was probably unmarried when he arrived in Virginia
in 1608. He was young, and adventure was probably the reason
for his coming to Virginia. He was obviously educated, of some
"social status" and financial means, and a leader.
It is likely that he returned to England, possibly in Oct. 1609,
either on the same ship with Capt. John Smith (who left Virginia
for England for treatment of his wounds resulting from an
explosion), or on one of the other seven ships which arrived in
Virginia in August l609. In that way he would have missed the
"Starving Time" of the winter of l609-l0, 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 Virqinia prior to the formation of
Smythe's Hundred in 1617, or possibly a little later. It is
known that he was "entreated to take charge of the people and
workes" at Smythe's Hundred in April 1619, and was there then.
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 retuning to Virginia settled on
the Eastern Shore where it was less perilous to live. The fact
that he fathered three children, the girls, durinq this period
certainly lends support to his being in England."
Children _ Graves
2. John Graves b.c. 1611, m. ..... Perrin, c. 1624 or
later, d.c. April 1640.
3. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1616, wife unknown, d.c.
1674.
4. Verlinda Graves, b.c. 1618, m. William Stone, d.July 1675.
5. Ann Graves, b.c. 1620, m(1) William Cotton, before 10 Jul
1637, m(2) Nathaniel Eaton, by 1642, m(3) Francis Doughty, 8
June 1657, d. 2 March 1683/4.
6. Katherine Graves, b.c. 1622, m(l) William Roper, c. 1636,
m(2) Thomas Sprigg, 3 March 1650.
7. Francis Graves, b.c. 1630, m(l) ....., m(2) Jane Maguffey,
d.c. 1691.
Manuscript by John Card Graves, is on microfilm from the VA
Library & Archives. It is titled, Family of Capt. Thomas
Graves of Virginia (part of the unpublished manuscript on the
Graves families). Edited, typed and indexed by Mrs. Nathalie
Johnston.
" Robert Graves of Anson County, NC and Chesterfield County SC,
Ancestors and Descendants (ca.1580-1979)," written by Kenneth
Vance GRAVES, Published 1980.
Ken Graves is president of the GRAVES Family Association.
Ken states in his book, he believes (p.12) the patent to Thomas
Graves of Dublin, Ireland to be a clerical error. As stated in
the original charter of the Virginia Co. of London, the first
Adventurers to Virginia were to be from the city of London.
"Captain Thomas GRAVES is listed as one of the original
Adventurers as Thomas GRAVE on page 364, Records of the
Virginia Company of London, Vol.IV. Although the Records of the
Virginia Company state that in 1622 was granted "a patent to
Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realm of Ireland, gent.", this
is believed to be a clerical error. As stated in the original
charter of the Virginia Co. of London, the first Adventurers to
Virginia were to be from the city of London."
Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, by John Card Graves,
1896. He wrote: The distinctive arms of the Graves family are:
"Gu. An eagle displayed or. Ducally crowned arg."
The crest: "A demi-eagle displayed and erased or. Enfiled round
the body and below the wings by a ducal coronet arg."
By the alliance of members of the family with other families,
and the marshalling of different arms in the same composition,
variations are frequently found; they almost invariably retain,
however, as quarterings, the distinctive arms of the family, the
eagle displayed or.
Various mottoes have been adopted, some of which have been used
by the members of the family exclusively, and others by this and
other families.
The following are the mottoes used, as far as can be
ascertained, and translations:
MOTTOES
AQUILA NON CAPTAT
MUSCAS.
AQUILA NON CAPIT MUSCAS.
The Eagle does not catch flies.
GRAVES DISCE MORES.
Learn grave manners.
GRAVIS DUM SUAVIS.
Grave while suave.
SPES MEA IN DEO.
My hope is in God.
DUM SPIRO SPERO.
While I breathe I hope.
DEO, NON FORTUNA.
Through God, not by chance.
ESSE QUAM VIDERI.
To be rather than to seem.
HUIC HABEO NON TIBI.
I hold to this one, not to thee.
PER SINUM CODANUM.
Through the Gulf of Codanus.
SPERO INFESTIS METUO
SECUNDIS.
I hope in adversity, and fear in
prosperity.
SUPERNA QUAERITE.
Seek things above.
SUPERNA QUAERO.
I seek heavenly things.
SUPREMA QUAERO.
I see the highest.
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
The term "Ancient Planter" is applied to those persons who
arrived in Virginia before 1616, remained for a period of three
years, paid their passage, and survived the massacre of 1622.
They received the first patents of land in the new world as
authorized by Sir Thomas Dale in 1618 for their personal
adventure.
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters is an incorporated
non-profit society whose purpose is to honor and perpetuate the
memory of the Ancient Planters; to promote historical and
genealogical research; to inspire patriotism; and to enhance
fellowship among those of similar interests.
The Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters was founded October
13, 1991 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Membership is limited to
descendants of Ancient Planters. Persons unknown to members of
the Society may submit the name of their ancestor with a letter
of endorsement. An invitation may then be issued. An invitation
is valid for one year from the date it is issued.
Persons under the age of 21 may become Junior Members upon the
approval of application papers and payment of application fee.
They pay no yearly dues.
Further information on Ancient Planters is found in the
following references.
Billings, Warren M. THE OLD DOMINION IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,
"An Account of George Percey." pp. 22-27. 1975 UNC Press.
Boddie, John B. COLONIAL SURRY. 1974 Genealogical Publishing
Co.Baltimore, MD.
Campbell, Charles
HISTORY OF THE COLONY AND DOMINION OF VIRGINIA.
1860.J.B.Lippincott.
Coldham, Peter W. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EMIGRANTS 1607-1660.
1987.Genealogical Publishing co., Inc.
Dorman, John F. ed. ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON
1607-1624/5.1987. First Families of Virginia. 1987.
Hotten, John Camden, THE ORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY.
1978. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD.
Hume, Ivor Noel, THE VIRGINIA ADVENTURE ROANOKE TO JAMES TOWNE.
1994. Alfred A. Knopf. New York, NY.
List of Approved Ancient Planters
Giles Allington
William Andrews
William Askew
Henry Bagwell
Thomas Bagwell
William Baker
John Barnum
William Bayley
Thomas Baywell
Mary Beheathland
Robert Beheathland
Theophilus Beriston
Richard Biggs
Richard Birchett
John Blore (Blower)
Reynold Booth
Mary Bouldin(g)
Thomas Bouldinge
William Bouldin
Richard Boulton
John Boxe
Cheney Boyse
John Brewer
Rev. Richard Buck
William Burditt
John Burrows
William Capps
Nathaniel Cawsey
Thomasine Cawsey
Isack Chaplaine
Frances Chapman
William Claiborne
John Chandler
Edward Clarke
Pettiplace Clause
Ann Clay(e)
John Clay(e)
Joseph Cobb
Francis Cole
Susan Collins
Henry Coltman
William Coxe
***Raleigh Croshaw
Capt. James Davis
Rachel Davis
Henry Dawkes
Adam Dixon
John Dods
John Downeman
Thomas Dowse
Elizabeth Dunthorne
Clement Evand
Margery Fairfax
William Fairefax
Thomas Farmer
Cecily Jordan Farrar
Robert Fisher
Mary Beheathland Flint
Farrar Flinton
Joanne Flinton
John Flood
William Gany
Thomas Garnett
Sir Thomas Gates
Thomas Godby
***Thomas Graves
Thomas Gray
Robert Greenleaf
Susan Greenleaf
Edward Grendon
John Gundry
Mary Gundry
Edward Gurgany
Adria Gurgany Harris
Thomas Harris
John Hatton
Walter Heyley
Nicholas Hodgskines
Bartholomew Hospkins
Oliver Jenkines
John Johnson
Elizabeth Joones
Sameul Jordan
William Julian
Martha Key(Keie)
Thomas Key(Keie)
Richard Kingsmill
Thomas Lane
William Lansden
Ann Burras Laydon
John Laydon
John Lightfoote
Albino Lupo
Elizabeth Lupo
Francis Mason
Cornelius Maye
William Morgan
Susan Old
Isabella Pace
Richard Pace
William Parker
Robert Partin
Francis Paul
William Perry
William Pierce
Abrham Piersey
John Poole
Robert Poole, Sr.
Robert Poole, Jr.
John Powell
William Powell
John Price
Miles Prickett
John Proctor
John Rolf
Christopher Safford
Robert Salford
Joane Salford
Thomas Savage
Sameul Sharpe
William Sharpe
John Sleight
John Smith
William Sparkes
William Spencer
Thomas Spilman
Thomas Stepney
Thomas Sully
Robert Sweet
***John Taylor
***Richard Taylor
Thomas Thornbury
Henry Tucker
William Tucker
Henry Turner
Thomas Turner
John Ward
Edward Waters
William Waters
Ameyle Wayne(Waine)
Francis West
Temperance Flowerdew Yardley West Henry Williams
Thomas Willoughby
John Woodliffe
Robert Wright
Sir George Yeardley
Richard Yonge
Richard Brewster has been added to the list of Ancient Planters.
The reference to his patent is found in Cavaliers and Pioneers,
Vol. 1 page 80-81
Research may determine that there were others.
1624 ELIZABETH CITY CO. VA C620 CRASHAW, Rawleigh, Capt
1624 JAMES CITY CO. VA G612 GRAVES , George
1624 EASTERN SHORE VA G612 GRAVES, Thomas
Robert Graves of Anson Co., NC and Chesterfield Co., SC,
Ancestors and Descendants, 1980, 408 pages, $26.00.
This book is about all known descendants of Robert Graves, sixth
generation descendant of Capt. Thomas Graves, who arrived in
Jamestown, VA in 1608. The probable descent of Robert is: (1)
Thomas, (2) John, (3) Thomas, (4) John, (5) Thomas, m. Ann
Davenport, (6)
Robert. Robert Graves was born about 1735-40. He had at least
three sons: Lewis, b. 1760, m. Ruth Worthy (or Worthan); John,
b.c. 1763; and Richard, b. 1765.
Samuel Graves of Lynn, MA, 1985, 446 pages, $36.00.
Born in England, may have lived in Gravesend, County Kent. He
came to America about 1630, and settled in Lynn, MA.
Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT and Hatfield, MA, 1985, 710 pages,
$46.00.
Born before 1585 in England, settled in Hartford before 1645,
and moved to Hatfield, MA in 1661. Includes everything in the
1896 book by John Card Graves, plus much more.
Graves Families of the World, 1994, 509 pages, $41.00.
A summary of all Graves/Greaves families everywhere. Contains a
summary genealogy (at least the first two generations) of 200
families, a brief description of 39 others with insufficient
information for a genealogy, and discussions of possible
connections between some of the families.
Rear Admiral Thomas Graves of Charlestown, MA, 1994, 267 pages,
$23.00.
Born 1605 at Ratcliff or Stepney, England, settled in
Charlestown, MA about 1637.
Includes descendants in England of his great-grandfather, Thomas
Greaves.
Deacon George Graves of Hartford, CT, 1995, 446 pages, $35.00.
Born in England, settled in Hartford, CT about 1636, as one of
the original proprietors.
FUTURE BOOKS
Graves Family of Randolph Co., NC, to be published in 1998,
about 800 pages, price to be announced. Includes all Graves
families that lived in Randolph Co., except for those known to
be descended from families such as Johann Sebastian Graff and
the Quaker family of Thomas Graves of DE. Families included are
James Graves (b.c. 1750, lived in Randolph Co. and Surry Co.,
NC) and his sons who moved to Blount Co., AL (John, Thomas,
Latham, James, and Doctor); James Stephen Graves and Eliza Jane
Walker; James Graves and Sarah Watkins; John Graves and Margery
Harvey; Jane Graves and Randolph Bowling; Mary Graves and Allen
Marshall; Mary Graves and John Luther; Gilliam Graves; John
Graves and Amy Tucker; Thomas Graves of NC & Maury Co., TN.
John Graves of Concord, MA, to be published in 1998, about 800
pages, price to be announced.
John Graves of Frederick Co., VA, to be published in 1998, price
to be announced.
Capt. Thomas Graves of VA, to be published about 2000, more than
2000 pages, price to be announced.
Graves/Greaves Families of the British Isles
John Graves (Johann Sebastian Graff) of PA, NC & TN
Quaker Family of Thomas Graves of New Castle Co., DE
William Graves of NH and others
1607-1642
As is generally well-known, the settlement at Jamestown _was_
Virginia for the first few years. In 1611 a small settlement was
made as far up the north bank of the James River as opposite the
mouth of the Appomattox River. In succeeding years, small
enclaves were established on the south side of the lower James
River, on the northern end of The Peninsula at the mouth of the
York River (then known as Charles River), and across the
Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore. By 1634, the population of
the colony was slightly less than 5,000, almost all of whom --
except those on the Eastern Shore -- still lived within about a
30-mile radius of Jamestown. In 1634, the colony was divided
into eight "shires," or counties, to facilitate administration.
These were:
HENRICO }
CHARLES CITY }
JAMES CITY } all on The Peninsula
ELIZABETH CITY }
WARWICK RIVER }
CHARLES RIVER }
WARROSQUOAKE on the south side of the mouth of the James
River
ACCOMACK on the Eastern Shore
From a sociological standpoint it's well to note that with a
very few exceptions the colonists to this point were exclusively
English and middle-class (yeomen, artisans, craftsmen,
soldiers), with a significant number of them in some form of
indentured servitude. The colony was still
a little too rustic and dangerous to attract English "gentry."
A word or two of explanation about indentures may be in order,
here. It's been said that perhaps no more than 10% of colonists
paid their own way to come to VA, with the remainder arriving
indebted to someone for their passage. Consequently, they could
be termed "indentured persons," in the sense that they were
obligated to repay their passage. The types of indentures
varied widely: For
some, it meant indentured servitude, working directly in the
service of another for an agreed-upon period of time -- usually
5-7 years -- with the "employer" providing food, clothing and
shelter; these folks often were called "servants" but more
accurately were laborers of various types. For others, it was
simply a monetary debt that they were obligated to repay, with
interest, within an agreed time -- essentially a short-term
loan. In a few cases, it was some combination of the two.
"Relocated to the Eastern Shore aft Aug 1619 and prior to Feb.
16, 1623, for "A List of Names: of the Living in Virginia, Feb.
16, 1623" shows Thomas Graves "at the Eastern Shore". His patent
for 200 acres on the Eastern Shore is of record 14 March 1628
(Patent Book No. 1, p. 72, Land Registrar's Office, Richmond,
Va.). This land was in what was then known as Accomack, now a
part of Northampton Co. It was granted by Dr. Thomas Pott,
Governor of Virginia, and was on the eastern side of the Bay of
Chesapeake, westerly of the lands of Capt. Henry Flute, an
explorer of the Bay, "by virtue of the adventure of five and
twenty pounds paid by the said Capt. Thomas Graves to Sir Thomas
Smyth, Treasurer of the Virginia Company." He paid a "quit rent"
of one shilling for fifty acres, payable at the feast of St.
Michael the Archangel (Sept. 29) each year on a part of his
land."
Captain Thomas Graves is listed as one of the original
Adventurers as "Thomas Grave" on page 364, Records of the
Virginia Company of London, vol. IV. Althoughthe Records of the
Virginia Company state that in 1622 was granted "a patent to
Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realm of Ireland, gent.", this
may be a clerical error. As stated in the original charter of
the Virginia Co. of London, the first Adventurers to Virginia
were to be from the city of London.
Regarding the title of "Captain" which is attached to Thomas
Graves in Virginia historical records, he had no such
designation in the Charter of 1609 wherein all the Adventurers
(stockholders) of the Virginia Company are listed, and is shown
by Captain John Smith on his arrival in Virginia simply as
"Thomas Graves, Gent." Thus it appears that he acquired the
title of Captain after arriving in Virginia.
http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm
"One of the original Adventurers (stockholders) of the Virginia
Company of London, and one of the very early planters who
founded Jamestown, VA. He was also the first known person named
Graves in North America.
He arrived on the Mary and Margaret in 1608 in the Second Supply
(the first relief to the original colony). His wife Katherine
(Croshaw?) arrived in 1616 with their two sons John and Thomas,
Jr.
Thomas was a member of the first house of Burgesses. He is
recorded in The Adventures of Purse and Person, VA, 1607-1624/5;
17th Century Colonial Ancestors, Hutton, 1976; and Captain
Thomas Graves and His Descendents, (Sweeney).
Thomas Graves transported his wife Katherine and 2 sons, John
and Thomas Jr and 8 others including Henry Singleton and Thomas
Edge.. (Head rights) "Cavaliers and Pioneers" Nugent.
Thomas Graves, Esquire, is referred to as a Gentleman from
Dublin in the Realm of Ireland in a patent for land..20 Nov
1622.
None of the sons claimed the land on the Eastern Shore and all
of his daughters went to Maryland.
From: DFR[email protected] (MR H W BUD GRAVES) Date: Tue, 22 Jul
1997.
CAPTAIN THOMAS GRAVES OF VIRGINIA GENERATION 1
Thomas Graves, gentleman, arrived in Virginia in October of
1608, coming from England in the ship "Mary & Margaret" with
Captain Christopher Newport's second supply. Although John Card
Graves 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 first
child was born about 1611.
Thomas Graves was one of the original Adventurers (stockholders)
of the Virginia Company of London and one of the very early
Planters (settlers) who founded Jamestown, Virginia, the first
permanent English settlement in North America. He was also the
first person named Graves in North America. Captain Thomas
Graves is listed as one of the original Adventurers as "Thomas
Grave" on page 364, Records of th Virginia Company of London,
vol. IV. The Records of the Virginia Company state that in 1622
was granted "a patent to Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realm
of Ireland, gent.." The First Colony (consisting of
knights,gentlemen, merchants and others of the city of London)
made a settlement at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, which became
permanent.
The Plymouth grantees (from the English cities of Bristol and
Exeter, the town of Plymouth, and other places) established the
Second Colony at Sagadagic (on the coast of what became Maine)
in August 1607, but abandoned it in the spring of 1608.
Thomas Graves early became active in the affairs of the infant
colony. Shortly after his arrival, while on an exploring
expedition he was captured by the Indians and taken to
Opecancanough's town. Ensign Thomas Savage, who had come to
Virginia with the first supply on the John and Francis in 1608,
was sent by Capt. John Smith and rescued him.
1704 VA Rent Rolls
Graves Jno King & Queen County, 1704
Graves Jno King & Queen County, 1704
Graves John Qr King William County
Graves Joseph James City County 1704
Graves Robt King & Queen County, 1704
Graves Thomas Glocester, Abbington Parish
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|
_John GRAVES ________|
| (1530 - ....) |
| |_____________________
|
_Thomas GRAVES I_____|
| (1556 - 1637) m 1580|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Thomas II GRAVES "the Immigrant"
| (1584 - 1635)
| _Richard BLAGROVE ___+
| | (1508 - ....)
| _Thomas BLAGROVE ____|
| | (1534 - 1590) m 1558|
| | |_ WYRTT? OR WRIGHT? _
| | (1512 - ....)
|_Joan BLAGROVE ______|
(1560 - 1620) m 1580|
| _William BELLAME ____
| | (1512 - ....)
|_Joan BELLAME _______|
(1538 - ....) m 1558|
|_____________________
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Mother: Elizabeth BLANTON (WIDOW) |
Children of Henry 'Harry' Martin and Elizabeth :
i. Frances 'Frankey' Martin (alias "Abell") was born After 1762.
ii. George Martin was born About 1764.
iii. Nancy Martin (alias "Brown") was born About 1767.
iv. Benjamin Martin was born About 1775 and died Before 16
November 1819 in Culpeper Co., VA.
v. Sarah 'Sally' Martin (alias "Jacobs") was born About 1780
and died Before 1817.
vi. Mary 'Polly' Martin (alias "Jacobs") was born About 1782.
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_Henry MARTIN Sr.____|
| (1680 - 1748) |
| |__
|
_Benjamin MARTIN ___________|
| (1702 - 1766) m 1737 |
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
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| |__
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|
|--Henry MARTIN
| (1738 - ....)
| __
| |
| _____________________|
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| | |__
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|_Elizabeth BLANTON (WIDOW) _|
(1704 - 1767) m 1737 |
| __
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|_____________________|
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Mother: Eliza Caroline SANDIDGE |
_James NUCKOLLS III______+
| (1720 - 1810)
_Thomas NUCKOLLS ___________|
| (1760 - 1810) m 1785 |
| |_Mary HENDERSON _________
| (1720 - ....)
_Samuel Overton NUCKOLLS _|
| (1803 - ....) m 1830 |
| | _(RESEARCH QUERY) TERRY _
| | |
| |_Ann TERRY _________________|
| (1763 - ....) m 1785 |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Shelly Samuel NUCKOLLS
| (1854 - ....)
| _John Shelton SANDIDGE __+
| | (1764 - 1856) m 1789
| _Garrett Longmire SANDIDGE _|
| | (1791 - 1871) m 1811 |
| | |_Susannah LONGMIRE ______+
| | (1765 - 1839) m 1789
|_Eliza Caroline SANDIDGE _|
(1815 - 1856) m 1830 |
| _John SMITH _____________
| | (1770 - ....)
|_Frances SMITH _____________|
(1792 - 1852) m 1811 |
|_Mary MORGAN ____________+
(1770 - ....)
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_Philip PENDLETON Sr. "the Immigrant"_+
| (1654 - 1721) m 1681
_Philip PENDLETON Jr._|
| (1689 - 1753) m 1710 |
| |_Isabella HURT _______________________+
| (1654 - 1724) m 1681
_Benjamin PENDLETON _|
| (1726 - 1798) m 1750|
| | _Robert POLLARD ______________________+
| | | (1679 - 1709)
| |_Elizabeth POLLARD ___|
| (1693 - 1751) m 1710 |
| |______________________________________
|
|
|--James PENDLETON
| (1760 - 1814)
| _Gideon MACON "The Immigrant"_________
| | (1648 - 1702) m 1681
| _John MACON __________|
| | (1695 - 1752) m 1716 |
| | |_Martha WOODWARD _____________________+
| | (1655 - 1727) m 1681
|_Mary MACON _________|
(1725 - 1801) m 1750|
| _William HUNT II______________________+
| | (1661 - 1714) m 1694
|_Ann HUNT ____________|
(1696 - 1725) m 1716 |
|_Tabitha UNDERWOOD? __________________
(1662 - ....) m 1694
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Mother: Lucy HOGG |
_(RESEARCH QUERY) SLEDD of Virginia_
|
_John SLEDD ______________|
| (1735 - 1811) |
| |____________________________________
|
_William SLEDD ______|
| (1761 - 1812) m 1786|
| | ____________________________________
| | |
| |_Anne_____________________|
| (1740 - 1812) |
| |____________________________________
|
|
|--Ann SLEDD
| (1789 - 1859)
| _Milbourn HOGG _____________________+
| | (1706 - 1764) m 1725
| _Jonathan (John) HOGG Sr._|
| | (1738 - 1814) m 1758 |
| | |_Lucy WEBB _________________________
| | (1710 - ....) m 1725
|_Lucy HOGG __________|
(1768 - 1853) m 1786|
| ____________________________________
| |
|_Lucy Ann PHELPS _________|
(1740 - 1786) m 1758 |
|____________________________________
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_ROBERT TIRWITT _____________________+
| (1414 - ....)
_WILLIAM TIRWITT ___________________|
| (1444 - ....) |
| |_ELIZABETH WATERTON _________________+
| (1414 - ....)
_ROBERT TIRWITT _____|
| (1474 - ....) |
| | _ROBERT CONSTABLE ___________________+
| | | (1418 - 1488)
| |_ANNE CONSTABLE ____________________|
| (1444 - ....) |
| |_AGNES WENTWORTH ____________________+
| (1430 - 1488)
|
|--KATHERINE TIRWITT
| (1504 - ....)
| _WILLIAM TAILBOYS Lord of Kyme, Knt._+
| | (1415 - 1464)
| _ROBERT TAILBOYS Lord of Kyme, Knt._|
| | (1451 - 1494) m 1467 |
| | |_ELIZABETH BONVILLE _________________+
| | (1420 - 1490)
|_MAUD TAILBOYS ______|
(1485 - ....) |
| _JOHN HERON Knt. of Chillingham______
| | (1420 - ....)
|_ELIZABETH HERON ___________________|
(1450 - ....) m 1467 |
|_ELIZABETH HERON ____________________+
(1420 - ....)
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