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Francis Graves 1630–1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1630

Birth Location: Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1691

Death Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Rear Burgesses

Mother: Katherine Crowshaw

Spouse(s): Susan Davenport

Children(s): John Grave, Jane Graves, Richard Graves, Francis Graves, Thomas Graves

Francis Graves was born in 1630 in Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA, the child of Rear Adm Thomas Ii Graves Esq Ancient Planter One Of The Original Stockholders Of The Virginia Company Member Of The 1St Virginia House Of Burgesses And Katherine Crowshaw. Francis Graves married Susan Jane Davenport, and had children including Francis Graves, Jane Graves, John Grave, Richard Graves, Thomas Graves. Francis Graves passed away in 1691 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Francis Graves was born in 1630 in Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA, the child of Rear Adm Thomas Ii Graves Esq Ancient Planter One Of The Original Stockholders Of The Virginia Company Member Of The 1St Virginia House Of Burgesses And Katherine Crowshaw.
  • Francis Graves married Susan Jane Davenport, and had children including Francis Graves, Jane Graves, John Grave, Richard Graves, Thomas Graves.
  • Francis Graves passed away in 1691 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Francis Graves's Ancestors

Self
Francis Graves
1630–1691
Birth Place: Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA
Parents
Rear Adm. Thomas II Graves, Esq., Ancient Planter, One of the Original Stockholders of the Virginia Company, Member of the 1st Virginia House of Burgesses
1596–1636
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
Katherine Crowshaw
1586–1636
à Gravesend, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Capt. (Thomas Nathaniel) Graves
1556–1637
Lamborne, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (\ Johanna BALGROVE) (Bellame)
1560–1620
Lambourn, Berkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord York
1525–1613
Lady Greenhurst
1530–1580
Sir Blagrove
1534–1590
Joan Bellame
1538–1625
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John GREAVES
1483–1548
Lady Greenhurst
1493–1562
Gervase Greenhurst
1500–1560
Lady Bouchard
1500–1561

Francis Graves's Descendants

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Francis Graves (1630–1691) m. Susan (Jane) Davenport (1630–2 May 1699)
  1. 1. John Grave 1678–1719
  2. 2. Jane Graves 1655–
  3. 3. Richard Graves 1677–1729
  4. 4. Francis Graves 1679–1746 m. Anne Reynolds 1680–1765
    1. 1. Elizabeth Graves 1733–1791 m. Pvt. (Benjamin Aimsley) Higginbotham 1729–1791
      1. 1. Anne Higginbotham 1753–1809
      2. 2. Caleb Higgenbotham 1752–1823
      3. 3. Benjamin Higginbotham 1757–1810
      4. 4. Elizabeth Higginbotham 1775–
      5. 5. Francis Higginbotham 1759–1828 m. Dolly Gatewood 1763–1830
      6. 6. Jacob Higginbotham 1752–1836
      7. 7. Joseph Higginbotham 1761–1817
      8. 8. Mary Higginbotham 1770–1839 m. Levi Moore 1777–1845
      9. 9. Peter Higginbotham 1769–
      10. 10. Sarah Higginbotham 1752–
      11. 11. William (H) Higginbottom 1761–1843 m. Dorothy (Dudley) Sandidge 1765–1830
  5. 5. Thomas Graves 1684–1742

Francis Graves's Timeline

4 Records

1630
1630
Birth of Francis Graves in Jamestown, Virginia Colony
Jamestown, Virginia Colony
1630
1630
Birth of Francis Graves in Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA
Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA
1678
1678
Age 48
Francis Graves was married in Old Rappahannoch and Essex Counties
Old Rappahannoch and Essex Counties
1691
1691
Age 61
Death of Francis Graves in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Jamestown, Virginia Colony
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Accomac, Northampton, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
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    Event Place: Essex, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Old Rappahannoch and Essex Counties
    Record Source: Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages for Select Counties

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: [Old] Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1691
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

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