Amanuensis Monday -- Samuel Griffin

Will for Samuel Griffin, my 6th great-grandfather.

In the name of God Amen I Samuel Griffin Essex in the County of Chittenden in the state of Vermont being weak in body but of sound and of perfect mind and memory do make and publish with this my last will and Testament in manner and form following That is to say I give to my Beloved wife Mercy Griffin all my Household furniture during her life with other possessions hereafter mentioned -- I give to my son John my farm on which I now live together with my Cattle Sheep and Swine also my tyme peace and loom on the following conditions viz He is to support my wife during her life and provide and furnish her with all things necessary for her Comfort and Convenience he is to pay all my debts that I shall owe at my decease he is to pay sixty Dollars to my three Daughters viz Twenty to Lois Kelsey to Polly Dowd and Twenty to Azube Davis My son John is to pay the aforesaid sum to my Daughters in one year after my wife's Decease and he is to have my Farming  utensils -- my Carpenters and Joiners are to be equally divided between my five sons, viz Joel, Asahel, Samuel John and Dan after my wifes Decease her wearing apparel is to be given to my daughter Mercy Pelton and the remainder of my Houses hold furniture is to be divided as follows. Samuel and Dan are to have Each of them a bed and bedding The remainder is to [be] equally divided between my five sons above Mentioned excepting my son John lastly as to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate whether real or personal of what name or nature I give to my beloved wife Mercy Griffin whom I do appoint sole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament Thereby revoking all other Wills by me made In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 16th of May in the year of our Lord 1808.

Signed sealed published and     }

declared by the above named

Samuel Griffin to be his last       

will and Testament in presence

of us who here unto subscribed

our names as witnesses in the   }

presence to the Testator      

Ezra Slater?

Zuriel Tyler

Benton Buck

                               Sam^l Griffin

 

An Inventory of the real and personal Estate of Samuel Griffin Late of Essex Deceased

Copies received from Joan Kaysen in July 2006 and Bradley Griffin in October 2009. Both are distant cousins, and it's taken me this long to discover I had two copies, and this long to transcribe it.

Amanuensis Monday was begun by John Newmark of the TransylvanianDutch blog. The term means, "a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." Many bloggers enjoy doing this because it allows them to freely copy something that has been written.

Edwards of Massachusetts -- Surname Saturday

The Edward line is another old Massachusetts line of mine, I'm showing my direct lines below in green. If you would like sources, please write.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	ALEXANDER EDWARDS was born 10 FEB 1613 in Liandalog, Wales, and died 4 SEP 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married SARAH BALDWIN 28 APR 1642 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, daughter of RICHARD BALDWIN and ISABELL. She was born BEF 25 JUN 1621 in Cholesbury, England, and died 3 OCT 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of ALEXANDER EDWARDS and SARAH BALDWIN were: + 2   i. Samuel EDWARDS was born 7 MAR 1643 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 APR 1713. 3   ii. Hannah EDWARDS was born 18 FEB 1645 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 11 SEP 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel DAVIS 4 MAR 1668 in Northampton / Deerfield / Northfield. He was born 21 FEB 1644 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. 4   iii. Joseph EDWARDS was born 8 AUG 1647 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 SEP 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth ELMORE 2 JAN 1672 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Hannah ATKINSON 27 NOV 1674 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 5   iv. Mary EDWARDS was born 20 JAN 1649. She married John FIELD. + 6   v. BENJAMIN EDWARDS was born 24 JUN 1652 in Springfield / Northampton, and died 31 OCT 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 7   vi. Sarah EDWARDS was born 21 NOV 1654 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts. She married James NORTH 20 NOV 1677 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He died 25 JUL 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 8   vii. Nathaniel EDWARDS was born 25 JUN 1657 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 3 OCT 1731 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Hepzibah JANES 17 MAY 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 9 NOV 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth STILES AFT 9 NOV 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 APR 1719 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 9   viii. Elizabeth EDWARDS was born 22 FEB 1660 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1740 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel CLARK 1 MAR 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was born 23 OCT 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.

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2.	Samuel EDWARDS (ALEXANDER EDWARDS1) was born 7 MAR 1643 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 APR 1713. He married Sarah BOYKIN 16 MAY 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	Child of Samuel EDWARDS and Sarah BOYKIN was: 10   i. Abigail EDWARDS was born 7 JAN 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died BEF 1 FEB 1749. She married William HOLTON 5 DEC 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of John HOLTON and Abigail FISHER. He was born 13 JUL 1675 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, and died 13 NOV 1755 in Northfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

6.	BENJAMIN EDWARDS (ALEXANDER EDWARDS1) was born 24 JUN 1652 in Springfield / Northampton, and died 31 OCT 1724 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was buried in Bridge St. Cemetery. He married THANKFUL SHELDON 23 FEB 1681 in Northampton / Deerfield, Massachusetts, daughter of ISAAC SHELDON and MARY WOODFORD. She was born 27 AUG 1663 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 OCT 1741 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
	Children of BENJAMIN EDWARDS and THANKFUL SHELDON were: 11   i. Benjamin EDWARDS was born 15 JAN 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 MAR 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary CLARK 5 JAN 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 12   ii. Ebenezer EDWARDS was born 18 NOV 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Mary NORTH. She was born 2 FEB 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 13   iii. Mary EDWARDS was born 4 FEB 1686 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 28 NOV 1729 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Samuel PHELPS 12 DEC 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. + 14   iv. THANKFUL EDWARDS was born 6 DEC 1688 in Springfield, Hampden Co. Massachusetts, and died 22 DEC 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 15   v. Esther \ Hester EDWARDS was born 19 JAN 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married John WAIT 27 NOV 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 16   vi. Deliverance EDWARDS was born 14 JUN 1693 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 5 JUL 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 17   vii. Mindwell EDWARDS was born 11 JAN 1695 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Noah PARSONS 17 JAN 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 18   viii. Elizabeth EDWARDS was born 21 OCT 1697 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 6 AUG 1775 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Daniel BARTLETT 23 DEC 1719 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He was born 1665, and died 1747. She married Josiah PARSONS AFT 14 DEC 1738. 19   ix. Joseph EDWARDS was born 1700. 20   x. Hannah EDWARDS was born 3 APR 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 21   xi. Isaac EDWARDS was born 12 JAN 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 18 JAN 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

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14.	THANKFUL EDWARDS (BENJAMIN EDWARDS2, ALEXANDER EDWARDS1) was born 6 DEC 1688 in Springfield, Hampden Co. Massachusetts, and died 22 DEC 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married WILLIAM PHELPS 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of WILLIAM PHELPS and ABIGAIL STEBBINS. He was born 16 APR 1684 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 20 JUN 1755 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Jonathan CLARK 25 JUL 1734.
	Children of THANKFUL EDWARDS and WILLIAM PHELPS were: 22   i. Thankful Edwards PHELPS was born 17 DEC 1707 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 26 FEB 1708 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 23   ii. Eliakim PHELPS was born 17 JAN 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 7 MAR 1777 in Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Lydia RUST 11 JAN 1730. He married Elizabeth DAVIS AFT 1753. 24   iii. Thankful PHELPS was born 20 JUL 1710 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1783 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married CALEB POMEROY (his 2nd wife) 15 NOV 1733 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, son of ELTWEED POMEROY and MARGERY ROCKETT. He was born ABT 6 MAR 1641 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 18 NOV 1691. 25   iv. Benjamin PHELPS was born 10 MAR 1713 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Rachel BROWN 24 JUN 1731. 26   v. Josiah PHELPS was born 10 MAR 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 27   vi. Eunice PHELPS was born APR 1720 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married John WAIT 1742. + 28   vii. LOIS PHELPS was born 1725 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 21 APR 1779. 29   viii. Experience PHELPS was born 17 MAR 1727 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1766 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. She married Preserved BARTLETT 3 NOV 1754 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. 30   ix. Joseph PHELPS was born 1728, and died 20 DEC 1773 in Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Sarah CADWELL 2 DEC 1763 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Eunice LUSK 20 OCT 1770. 31   x. William PHELPS was born 12 SEP 1731 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. He married Abigail. 32   xi. Elnathan PHELPS was born 18 FEB 1734 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 2 JAN 1813 in Pownal, Bennington Co., Vermont. He married Eleanor BRIDGMAN 15 DEC 1757. He married Sarah 15 FEB 1776.

Tombstone Tuesday -- No Bull, You Need to Look at all 4 Sides

After doing 98 Tombstone Tuesday entries for this blog and entering hundreds to Find-A-Grave.com, I am still learning new things. On a recent trip to Newport, Rhode Island, I took many photos, including several in the Coddington Cemetery, seen below. Why shouldn't I take a photo of the largest stone, the lighting was semi-perfect. Once home, I discovered I hadn't a clue what family this stone was for, no surname was listed! Apparently, I didn't walk around it, as I always tell people to do it...there are four sides. The biggest isn't always the best. Fortunately, I went to the Find-A-Grave site and able to see others listed for that cemetery, including who these two women were married to, it was Henry Bull. The site says he was an "American Colonial Governor. He emigrated to America in 1635 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts." Henry is listed on one of the sides of this stone. I was lucky, once again.

ELIZABETH

HIS WIFE,

DIED OCT. _ 1665

ANNE CLAYTON

HIS SECOND WIFE,

AND WIDOW OF

NICHOLAS EASTON

DIED JAN. 30, 1707

Edward Cross and Arizona's First Newspaper

"Edward Cross, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1832, began working as a printer for his local paper, the Coos Democrat, when he was 15 years old.  He then moved on to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked as a printer for the Cincinnati Times. Demonstrating writing skills, he served for a time as the paper’s Washington Correspondent.  He became involved with directors of the Sonora Exploring and Mining Company and moved west in 1857.  He settled in Tubac, Arizona Territory, where he invested in the company’s  mines and established the territory’s first newspaper,  The Weekly Arizonian.  The Washington printing press was brought to Tubac by Cross and his associate, William Wrightson, via the “Jackass Mail,” as the mule teams were called, and was used to print the first issue on March 3, 1859.

Cross, serving as editor of the paper, had strong convictions.  He took exception to a number of articles written by Sylvester Mowry of Tucson that were published in Eastern newspapers. He criticized them for inflating the size of the local population and the magnitude of local mining operations.  Mowry challenged Cross to a duel, which took place on July 8, 1859. Using Burnside rifles, four shots were fired before Mowry’s gun failed, entitling him to another shot.  Cross stood waiting unarmed.  Mowry refused to fire at an unarmed man, thus ending the duel.  Both men exchanged apologies in person and in the Arizonian. The paper was sold a few weeks later, ironically to Mowry.  He moved the press to Tucson where it was used to print the first issue of the Citizen  and possibly theStar.  Later it printed the Tombstone Nugget.  In 1910, the press was donated to the Arizona Historical Society.  The press ultimately returned to Tubac after an absence of 120 years in 1980, where it was installed in the period print shop at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Museum.

In addition to his writing and mining interests, Cross joined the U.S. Army scouts in their efforts against the Apaches.  In 1860, he crossed the border into Mexico to command a Sonoran army garrison supporting the insurgency of Benito Juarez.  At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cross returned to New Hampshire where he accepted a commission as colonel of the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. 

Cross was reportedly an impulsive and colorful officer, occasionally striking non-commissioned officers with the flat of his sword when angry.  He was known to wear a red bandana on his head instead of the traditional officer’s hat. This was his way of making himself easier to spot on the battlefield by his men.  However, on July 2, 1863 Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock noticed that his bandana was black rather than red.  Cross indicated that he had foreseen his own death and that black was more appropriate.  Cross fought in the Battle of Gettysburg that day and was mortally wounded while helping to stabilize the left flank as it entered the Wheatfield.  He fell near Rose Woods and died the next day at a field hospital.  His body was shipped home to Lancaster and laid to rest in the town’s cemetery."

The article was copied from Tubac Presido Park and permission was granted by Cindy Monro.

My cousin, Larry McGrail forwarded this link to me in September 2011. Edward Cross is my first cousin, five times removed.

Obituaries -- Lowell, Massachusetts

The below listed names were taken from The Lowell Sun newspaper's obituary section for this week. (If there is an * by the name, it means I knew that person, and you may write me if you have questions.)

MONDAY,  JANUARY 9, 2012

LORRAINE A. DUCHESNE, OF LOWELL, MA; 71

JOSEPH FALCONE, OF SOMERVILLE, CAMBRIDGE, BILLERICA, BROCKTON, MA, WW II VETERAN, AGE 92

NORMA JEAN HITE WILGOREN, OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL, FORMERLY OF NEWTON, MA

DAVID F. STECCHI, OF DRACUT, MA; 76

KATHERINE B. OLIVER, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER; 84

LAURIE ELLEN QUINLAN, OF LOWELL, MA; 54

RITA A. (PELLETIER) DESIAURIERS, OF DRACUT, MA, 1937 - 2012

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

CECILE L. HUGO, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER; 98

JEFFREY PAUL McGRATH, OF HARWICH PORT, MA; 55

ARTHUR J. KEELEY, FORMERLY OF WOBURN, SON IN BILLERICA; 56

PETER M. BURKE, OF LOWELL, MA, AIR FORCE VET

JAMES JOSEPH DURKIN, JR., OF CHELMSFORD, MA, LOVING FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER

LUCY (FREITAS) PITTA, LONGTIME HIGHLANDS (LOWELL) RESIDENT; 93

ALEXANDRIA 'ALICE' HIGGINS, OF LOWELL, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 75

HAROLD A. HAWKES JR., TEWKSBURY MACHINIST; 82

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

RICHARD N. DENNIS, RETIRED ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER; 64

GABRIELLE E. COOLONG, OF CHELMSFORD, MA, LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; 70

ROBERT J. FADDEN, OF DRACUT, MA, M/A-COM RETIREE, ARMY VET; 73

EVANGELINE LAGANAS, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, DESIGNED, MADE CUSTON WEDDING GOWNS; 85

ROSALIND B. CARITO, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LOWELL, MA

IRENE DANCAUSE, RETIRED LOWELL, MA SCHOOLTEACHER; 92

JOHN 'JACK' J. ROSCOE, LIVED IN TEWKSBURY; ARMY, AIR FORCE VET; 74

VALDEMIRO M. 'VAL' SILVA, OF TEWKSBURY, MA, LIVED IN LOWELL, ST. ANTHONY CHURCH MEMBER; 65

MARY R. 'BECKY' GALLAGHER, LOWELL, MA NATIVE; OF DAVENPORT, FL, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, SISTER


THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
FRANCISCO P. MONTEIRO, OF LOWELL, SERVED IN PORTUGUESE ARMY; 93
ROSALIND B. CARITO, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LOWELL, MA
HELEN B. (BOWMAN) CUNDALL, FORMERLY OF GROTON, MA; 80
SUSAN M. ABERLE OF BURLINGTON, MA
JOAN BYRNE HEATON, MOTHER OF CHRIS BROWN, GRANDMOTHER OF ETHAN BROWN
OUDALONE SOUKSANANIKONE, BORN LAOS, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED FATHER; 53
FRANK M. POLAK SR., OF NASHUA, NH, USPS RETIREE, WW II VET; 89
JOAO P. MADERIA, BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER; 70
BEATRICE HUNT IAMS, OF CHELMSFORD, CHORISTER AND CHOIRMASTER, VARIOUS EPISCOPAL CHURCHES FOR 84 YEARS; 99
GARY W. DREW, OF PEPPERELL, AIR FORCE VET; 69\


FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
JAMES P. PATSOURAKOS, OF LOWELL, MA; 95
MARIA FREITAS, BORN PORTUGAL, OF LOWELL, MA, BELOVED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, AND SISTER
ELEANOR KIRBY CHASE, OF BEVERLY, MA FOR OVER 90 YEARS, DIED IN ACTON, MA; 1918 - 2012; AGE 93
GLADYS (FICHTNER) JOHANSON, OF LITTLETON, MA; 83


SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2012
IRENE C. (DESROSIERS) MARQUIS, OF PELHAM, NH; FORMERLY OF LOWELL; 82
FRANK MICHAEL POLAK SR., OF NASHUA, NH; 89
EARL A. LeBOURDIS; LIFELONG LOWELL RESIDENT; 84
THERESA JULE (DILLENSCHNEIDER) PALMER, FORMERLY OF BRAINTREE, OF WEYMOUTH, MA
STEVEN DECKER, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, MA, DIED VALRICO, FL; 52
LEON RALPH HICKEY, OF CARIBOU, ME, FORMERLY OF LOWELL; 65


SUNDAY, JANUARY 15,L 2012
BARBARA HUNTLEY, FORMERLY OF CHELMSFORD, MA, OF BARRINGTON, RI; 91
DOLORES C. MARCOTTE, FORMERLY OF PELHAM, NH AND DRACUT, MA; 75
JIM REILLY, OF BOSTON, FORMERLY OF LOWELL, FORMER GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER AND US NAVY VETERAN; 64
HARRY C. CURTIS, JR., OF SPRING HILL, FL, FORMERLY OF BILLERICA, MA; 75
DAVID M. DRINAN OF BILLERICA, MA; 58
ARMAND P. MERCIER; 78, FORMER CITY COUNCILOR AND MAYOR
JOHN O. ROBERTS, OF HUDSON, NH; 73
JOHN J. POWERS, III, FORMERLY OF WESTFORD, MA, OF NEW IPSWICH, NH; 48
JOSEPHINE A. NEVESKA, OF TEWKSBURY, MA; 88

Graves of Connecticut -- Surname Saturday

The Graves line is another old Connecticut line of mine, I'm showing my direct lines below in green. The other day I posted a blog titled, When a Reader Corrects my Lineage, and I am glad to be providing correct information for this Graves family.

1.	JOHN GRAVES (GEORGE GRAVES1) was born ABT 1633 in Prob. England, and died 31 DEC 1695 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH CRUTTENDEN 26 NOV 1657 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of ABRAHAM CRUTTENDEN.
	Children of JOHN GRAVES and ELIZABETH CRUTTENDEN were: + 2   i. JOHN GRAVES was born 27 FEB 1658/9 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 DEC 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 3   ii. Elizabeth GRAVES was born 11 APR 1661 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 4   iii. Elizabeth GRAVES was born 16 SEP 1665 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 28 MAY 1687. 5   iv. Sarah GRAVES was born 14 MAR 1667/8 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Thomas ROBINSON 17 JAN 1692 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He was born 1666. 6   v. Abigail GRAVES was born 6 MAR 1669/70 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 13 AUG 1753. She married Ebenezer BENTON14 JUN 1694 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 7   vi. Joseph GRAVES was born 27 AUG 1672 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died BEF 1716. He married Margaret WILCOXSON BEF 1699 in Hartford / Guilford, Connecticut, daughter of JOSEPH WILCOXSON and ANNE. She was born 1672 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 9 FEB 1763 in No. Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 8   vii. Daniel GRAVES was born 17 SEP 1675 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 8 NOV 1675 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 9   viii. Nathaniel GRAVES was born 27 JAN 1677/8 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died JAN 1727. He married Elizabeth BARNES 25 NOV 1709 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 10   ix. Hannah GRAVES was born 12 JAN 1679/80 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 21 MAR 1757. She married Nathaniel STONE 6 JAN 1709. He was born 1678.

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2.	JOHN GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born 27 FEB 1658/9 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 DEC 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married ELIZABETH FOOTE 12 JAN 1685 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, daughter of ROBERT FOOTE and SARAH POTTER. She was born 18 MAR 1663 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 14 MAY 1730 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut.
	Children of JOHN GRAVES and ELIZABETH FOOTE were: 11   i. Elizabeth GRAVES was born 17 JUL 1686 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 25 MAY 1687 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. + 12   ii. John GRAVES was born 1 FEB 1690 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JUL 1763 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 13   iii. Ann GRAVES was born 29 AUG 1692 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. + 14   iv. NOAHDIAH GRAVES was born 4 DEC 1694 in E. Guiliford (now Madison), New Haven, Connecticut, and died 24 JUL 1751 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 15   v. Mindwell GRAVES was born 4 NOV 1696 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 12 FEB 1771 in E. Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She married Nathaniel STEVENS 10 NOV 1713 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 16   vi. Sarah GRAVES was born 14 APR 1699 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 30 MAY 1784 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Thomas FRENCH 14 DEC 1720 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 17   vii. David GRAVES was born 31 JAN 1701 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 SEP 1726 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Prudence WILLARD 17 FEB 1721 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. 18   viii. Elizabeth GRAVES was born 4 JAN 1703 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 2 NOV 1775 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Daniel REDFIELD 18 MAR 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, son of Theophilus REDFIELD and Priscilla GRINNELL. He was born 22 SEP 1707 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 11 JAN 1758 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 19   ix. Ebenezer GRAVES was born 15 JUL 1705 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1 MAR 1785 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Mary ISBEL 12 FEB 1730 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. + 20   x. Mehitable GRAVES was born 1 FEB 1688 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 JUL 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

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12.	John GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES3, JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born 1 FEB 1690 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 17 JUL 1763 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail STARR 1728. He married Elizabeth STEEVENS 10 MAY 1714 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. She was born ABT 1695 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 20 FEB 1725 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. He married Naomi 1753.
	Children of John GRAVES and Elizabeth STEEVENS were: 21   i. Anne GRAVES. 22   ii. John GRAVES. 23   iii. John GRAVES. 24   iv. Ezra GRAVES was born 3 JUL 1722 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 26 SEP 1759. He married Elizabeth GRAVES, daughter of NOAHDIAH GRAVES and SARAH. She was born 21 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

14.	NOAHDIAH GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES3, JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born 4 DEC 1694 in E. Guiliford (now Madison), New Haven, Connecticut, and died 24 JUL 1751 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was buried in OId Burying Ground, Durham, Connecticut. He married SARAH ABT 1718. She was born ABT 1692, and died 10 MAY 1777 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She was buried in OId Burying Ground, Durham, Connecticut.
	Children of NOAHDIAH GRAVES and SARAH were: + 25   i. ELIZABETH GRAVES was born ABT 1700 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 26   ii. Sarah GRAVES was born 20 MAR 1721 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 27   iii. Noahdiah GRAVES was born 20 JUN 1721 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 28   iv. Elizabeth GRAVES was born 21 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Ezra GRAVES, son of John GRAVES and Elizabeth STEEVENS. He was born 3 JUL 1722 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 26 SEP 1759. 29   v. Abigail GRAVES was born 25 SEP 1725 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 30   vi. Rozwell GRAVES was born 5 DEC 1731 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

20.	Mehitable GRAVES (JOHN GRAVES3, JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born 1 FEB 1688 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 16 JUL 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married Cornelius HULL 1 FEB 1715 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He was born ABT 1686, and died 24 MAR 1756 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Mehitable GRAVES and Cornelius HULL were: + 31   i. Cornelius HULL was born 31 OCT 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 32   ii. Rebecca HULL. She married Joseph MEEKER, son of Daniel MEEKER and Elizabeth OGDEN. He was born in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, and died 1752.

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25.	ELIZABETH GRAVES (NOAHDIAH GRAVES4, JOHN GRAVES3, JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born ABT 1700 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. She married JAMES WRIGHT.
	Children of ELIZABETH GRAVES and JAMES WRIGHT were: 33   i. Samuel WRIGHT was born ABT 13 JUL 1718 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (as Right). 34   ii. Abigail WRIGHT was born ABT 26 DEC 1720. + 35   iii. DANIEL WRIGHT was born ABT 23 JUN 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 1794 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.

31.	Cornelius HULL (Mehitable GRAVES4, JOHN GRAVES3, JOHN GRAVES2, GEORGE GRAVES1) was born 31 OCT 1723 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. He married Abigail CHIPMAN 1 JAN 1746 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, daughter of Joseph CHIPMAN.
	Children of Cornelius HULL and Abigail CHIPMAN were: + 36   i. Sylvanus HULL was born 13 OCT 1746 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, and died 24 OCT 1818 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 37   ii. Cornelius HULL was born 5 MAR 1747 in Durham, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. 38   iii. Abigail HULL was born 26 JUL 1749 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 39   iv. Samuel HULL was born 10 DEC 1751 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 29 JAN 1830 in Lowell, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. 40   v. Ann HULL was born 3 FEB 1755 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 41   vi. Huldah HULL was born 6 MAR 1758 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 42   vii. Charles HULL was born 5 MAY 1760 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1826 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 43   viii. Giles HULL was born 4 JUL 1762 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

When a Reader Corrects my Lineage

A reader, Jan, wrote me stating, "You may find this of interest. There was just one wife named Elizabeth for John Graves, a widow. Of course, Donald Lines Jacobus's research is the gold standard." This caught my eye two days ago because it pertained to my John Graves line, out of Guilford, Connecticut. I hadn't written anything about this old direct line of mine on my blog, Jan instead found my RootsWeb site and decided to correct a wrong. Fortunately, she provided some information about The American Genealogist (TAG) article written in 1955 by Donald Lines Jacobus.


Immediately, I thought "How did that happen," "Where did I get my information," "How many copied it," "Darn, I have to change data," and "What is my correct lineage?" What Jan sent me didn't include the next generation, so I was pretty frantic, wondering if my next person was still in the tree. There was nothing found on Google either. Fortunately, a few hours later, I remembered that The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston had the TAG books, so I made plans for a visit in a few days. Then a lightbulb went off, and I recalled many of these periodicals are online through the NEHGS site at www.AmericanAncestors.org. Everything was there.

What was my error? Very simple, All old sources had John Graves as married to two different Elizabeths. However, there was only one, and she was a widow. Therefore some records had her maiden name, others had her 1st married name. My corrections will be very easy, and I'm lucky. Thank you, Jan for taking the time to write.

Before I make my corrections, and prepare to post the lineage for my Surname Saturday entry, I'm sharing two sentences in the last paragraph of what Donald Lines Jacobus wrote.

"It seems a pity that so many compilers of genealogies continue to rely on compilations published half a century or more ago, instead of seeking out the primary sources."

"Once more I find myself harping on the old refrain: the only certain sources of genealogical knowledge are the contemporary documents.