Deacon George Graves of Hartford - What is the evidence for parents?

Started by Erica Howton on Friday, May 22, 2020
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Currently showing as Michael Graves & Elizabeth Graves with locations that do not match his supposed birth place.

Looks like Abigail Barding & Sarah Lord were sisters of George but none of their birth locations match.

What does the Graves Family Association have?

https://gravesfa.org/gen065.htm

George Graves (1), referred to in many documents as Deacon George Graves (often spelled Grave, without the final "s"), was born in England[1],[2]. Based on the ages of his children, he may have been born about 1600. He died Sept. 16731,2 and was buried 27 Sept. 16731. (According to the Deming genealogy, he died 5 June 1668 in Wethersfield, Conn.) It is believed that he and all the other "original proprietors" (so called because they received their land from "the crown") of Hartford were buried beneath a large monument (on which their names are inscribed) at the rear of the Centre Church in Hartford1.
It was stated by genealogist John Card Graves of Buffalo, N.Y. that Deacon George Graves had a sister, Sarah Graves, who married Richard Lord of New London, Conn. (However, the IGI has a record of Sarah Graves marrying Richard Lord in Hartford in 1635[3]. Since he was an original settler at Cambridge, MA, and probably a part of the Hooker pilgrimage to Hartford in 1636, he may not have been “of New London.”[4]) They were related to widow Ann Graves of Great Minores St., St. Botolph Parish, Aldgate (or Olgate), London, England, who by will proven 20 March 1676 gave annuities to the children of Deacon George in case of failure of issue to her grandson Joseph Hardey.
It is also believed that George Graves had another sister, Abigail Graves, who first married William Andrews[5] and married second Nathaniel Barding[6], both in Hartford, CT or vicinity. (See further discussion in the Appendix.)

It is believed that George Graves was from either Hertford, Hertfordshire9,15, or from Braintree, Essex, England[7].

And we have another brother.

https://gravesfa.org/Hertford.php

GRAVES FAMILIES OF HERTFORD/HARLOW AREA, ENGLAND, HARTFORD, CT & VA

WHAT IS KNOWN:
It has been found through the Graves DNA study that Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT (genealogy 168) and Deacon George Graves of Hartford, CT (genealogy 65) shared a common ancestor, and were apparently brothers. George Grave(s) was born about 1600 in England, and settled in Hartford, CT about 1636 as one of the original proprietors. He may have come from London or vicinity, since a sister-in-law, Anna Graves, born about 1583, lived in London. Anna Graves had only one daughter, who died by 1675. A widow Ann Graves (possibly the same as Anna Graves) of Great Monores St., St. Botulph Parish, Aldgate (or Olgate), London, by will proven in 1676 gave annuities to the children of Deacon George Graves in case her grandson, Joseph Hardey, had no children. It is believed that George had a sister, Sarah Graves, who married Richard Lord of New London, CT. It is believed that George had another sister, Abigail Graves, who first married William Andrews and married second Nathaniel Barding, both in Hartford, CT or vicinity. George Graves may be the person recorded as "George Grave, freeholder in the Borough of Hertford", England in 1621, listed in Cussan's Hertfordshire. (It has also been suggested that George might have come from Braintree, Essex, England.) He was a weaver in comfortable circumstances.

According to https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Graves-170 they were “distant cousins.” We’ll have to look up Y DNA.

I will create NN parents and detach George & his sisters from Michael Graves.

R1-168, Graves Families of Hertford/Harlow area, England, Hartford, CT & VA (Gen. 65, 168, 169, etc.

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/gravesdnastudy?iframe=yresults

Lists Thomas of Hatfield (1st at Hartford) & George of Hartford in the same group.

Hatte Rubenstein Blejer Is it close enough to link as possible brothers?

At Y 111 Thomas of Hatfield does not show. I’m thinking no one or that line has yet tested “Big Y.”

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