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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Generation No. 2

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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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Generation No. 3

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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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Generation No. 4

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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.

Thankful Thursday -- A Good Habit

Betsy (Wright) Graves

My 3rd great-grandaunt

I have very few family photos, so when a distant cousin gave me permission to use his, I'm very thankful. Back in 2002, I corresponded with Dave regarding Jesse Wright and his daughter Betsy (Wright) Graves, see above. One of my best habits has been putting emails and addresses from people inquiring about a person in my tree, into my genealogy software Notes Section. So, when 9 years later somebody inquires about this line, I know to go to that person in the database and check the Notes Section to see if anybody else has that line.

Today, I did just that. It's nice to put the new person in contact with Dave, and I hope they have a connection. The other day, Dave was kind enough to give me permission to share his collection of photos, on flickr and the ones above are my first.