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Benjamin Graves[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male 1645 - Aft 1716  (71 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Graves 
    Birth 3 Mar 1644/5  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12] 
    Christening 6 Aug 1645  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    First Church
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 4 Nov 1716  Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12] 
    Person ID I8907  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 1 May 2022 

    Father Richard Graves,   b. Abt 1612, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Jun 1669 (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Dorithy ________   d. Aft 15 Jun 1669 
    Marriage by About 1636 
    Notes 
    • Several sources give this family as John and Joanna (Bird) Graves (TAG 62:40, Find-a-grave, Graves Family Assn.). I had my doubts and found the TGMSP biography on 29 Apr 2022, which is what my ancestor is based on.
    Family ID F3447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Hoar,   b. Abt 1648, Scituate, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1697, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years)  [14] 
    Marriage 21 Oct 1668  Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Graves,   b. 18 Jan 1668/9, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Mehitable Graves,   b. 25 Apr 1671, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1730, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     3. Ruth Graves,   b. 25 Nov 1674, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1755, Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Benjamin Graves,   b. 2 Mar 1676/7, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1752, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Joseph Graves,   b. 1 Sep 1679, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2 Apr 1756 (Age > 77 years)
     6. Joanna Graves,   b. 12 Feb 1681, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. John Graves,   b. 1683   d. 29 Dec 1766 (Age 83 years)
     8. Rebecca Graves,   b. Abt 1685
    Family ID F3448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Mar 1644/5 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - Address:
    First Church - 6 Aug 1645 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Oct 1668 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 4 Nov 1716 - Connecticut, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 

    • He was in the Colonial Wars as a member of Captain Thomas Wheeler's Company, and fought against the Indians in July and August 1675. It is also noted that he was a soldier in King Phillip's War in Captain Wheeler's Company, and was in fights a Wicnaboag Pond and Brookfileld, on 16 Aug. 1675. He served in Groton in Feb. 1675-1676, and his name appears again on the payroll 24 Aug. 1676.

      He and his brother John Graves of Sudbury, Mass., with others, purchased on 20 May 1681 from Christopher Hall "all the mines and minerals of one kind or another found or to be found or that may be found on his land in Groton, Mass. at a place called Cold Spring near William Longby's house, with liberty to dig, delve or use the land and to erect buildings etc." Benjamin Graves did not move to Groton but continued to live at Concord until after 1681, and all his children except the last one were born at Concord (according to Concord Register, Book 1).

      Benjamin was apparently still living in Concord in 1684, since on a list of the second order of proprietors (1745) is included "David Comee, then living where Benjamin Graves lived in the year 1684."

      He moved to Saybrook, Conn., and lived at Pattaconke (northern part of Saybrook), where he bought land 25 Jan. 1703. He deeded half of his farm to his son Joseph on 18 March 1715, and certain lands to his son John of Killingworth, Conn. on 14 Sept. 1716.

      The following records were found regarding Benjamin:

      November 4, 1716, Benjamin Graves, yeoman, for love and good will to loving son John, now resident of Killingsworth, amessuage or tenement at Pottaconk, with all the buildings, etc., bounded westerly by land of Joseph Graves, it being understood that Benjamin is to retain the life use of the same. (John sold the property in 1724.)

      March 18, 1715, Benjamn Graves for love and affection to son Joseph deeded one-half the farm where I now dwell the westerly half (R-9).

      Old Saybrook was divided into three parts. The northern part was called Pattaconke (also spelled Pataconke and Pattaquonck). "The committee for highway improvements were to lay out a good and sufficient highway to the 'Great River' at the northward side of ye land formerly owned by Benjamin Graves in Pattaconke", action taken at Saybrook, 5 Jan. 1724/5.

      Old Saybrook is on the south shore of Conn., on Long Island Sound, at the mouth of the Conn. River. Pattaconke was about 7 miles north of the mouth of the Conn. River when a part of Saybrook. It is now the town of Chester, Conn.

      Killingworth is about 5 miles west of Chester, and was originally a part of Clinton, Conn. until 1836. Clinton is on the south shore of Conn. about 5 miles south of Killingworth, Conn. The land in this area is hilly and rolling, with forests. The births of all the children except John were recorded in Concord Register, Book 1. (R-1, R-20, R-39, R-200)

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S122] Graves Family Association, gen166.htm, 00243.

    2.  2.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 295, 00191.

    3.  3.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 233, 00540.

    4.  4.  [S140] Hoar Family, 16, 00284.

    5.  5.  [S282] Watertown Settlers, 297, 00621.

    6.  6.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 53:300, 00390.

    7.  7.  [S236] New England Families: Vol. 4 (pdf), 1732, 00394.

    8.  8.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 318, 00395.

    9.  9.  [S831] Genealogy of the Beebe Family, 9, 00827.

    10.  10.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 53:197, 00390.

    11.  11.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 78:423, 00390.

    12.  12.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 59597473, 00974.

    13.  13.  [S576] TGMSP, Richard Graves, 00516.

    14.  14.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 59597647, 00974.

    15.  15.  [S410] Vital Records of Concord, MA, record 10763, 00575.

    16.  16.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:219, 00390.