Matthew Stone

Matthew married Mrs. Margery (..) Stone about 1666 in of, Accomac, Virginia. Margery was born about 1645 in of, Accomac, Virginia; died after 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1603, Northamptonshire, England
• Other-Begin: Aug 1640
• Other-Begin: 20 Aug 1640, Charles Co, Maryland
• Property: 19 Oct 1653, "Poynton Manor," Nanjemoy Hundred, Charles Co, Virginia
• Residence: 1660, "Namjemoy," Patuxent River, Virginia
• Will: 21 Dec 1660, Charles Co, Maryland
• Other-Begin: 11 Mar 1963; letter

Notes:

Verlinda GRAVES b. 1618 VA and died 1675 in Charles Co., MD. married in 1635 in Hungar's Parish, Accomac Co., VA. Capt. William STONE (ca.1603-1659/60) before 1640.

Descendants of Virginia Calverts. O'Gorman, Ella Foy,. Los Angeles. unknown. 1947. Online at Ancestry.com.

The Stones relocated to first St. Mary's County and then to Charles County, Maryland by 1648 when he was appointed Governor of the Colony by Lord Baltimore. Stone served as governor from 1648 to 1656 (with two interruptions) and was a member of the Council from 1656 until his death in 1659/60. In 1654, he received Poynton Manor (an estate of about 5000 acres, mostly in Charles County, MD) from Lord Baltimore.

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...1837, d--1914. Her dau--was Elizabeth Griffith, who m--Walter W. Mobley,
Registrant*.
Lines of Thomas, the signer, and his half brother, Samuel, are in direct line from Gov. Wm. Stone, down to David Stone, his gr. grandson. Through the right of descent from William Stone, 3rd Colonial Governor of the Province of Md. and first Protestant Governor, from April 29, 1649 to July 16, 1654.
William Stone, b--1603 in Northampton or Lancashire, England. Came to America 1633. Settled first in Va. On June 4, 1635, he was granted by the Va. authorities 1,800 acres of land on Hungers Creek, in Accomac Co., Eastern Shore of Va.
William Stone m--Virlinda, dau--of Jane Cotton, widow, who came from Bunbury, Cheshire, England, to join her son, the Rev. Wm. Cotton, rector of the lower parish of Accomac Co., Va. William Stone was commissioned a justice of Accomac
Co., Va. He later filled the position of High Sheriff of Northumberland Co., Va.
He came to Md., 1649, assumed controll of the government of the Province of Md. by commission of the Proprietary, Gov. Leonard Calvert. On Oct. 19, 1653, William Stone received a warrant for 5,000 acres of land in Nanjimoy Hundred,
Charles Co., Md., near Port Tobacco. This grant was from the lord proprietor and was called POYNTON MANOR.
John Stone, 3rd son of Gov. William Stone and his wife Verlinda Cotton, b--Accomac Co., Va., came to Md., 1648, m--1st--Eliz., believed to have been the dau--of
Thomas Warren. In 1670, John Stone was a gentleman justice of Charles Co.
From 1678 to 1688 he represented his county in the General Assembly. In 1689 he was a member of committee to regulate civil affairs in Charles Co., Md.

Thomas Stone, 1st son of John Stone and his wife Eliz., b--1677, Charles Co., Md., m--1st--Martha, dau--of Col. Philip Hoskins. In 1715 he, as Captain Thomas Stone, was a member of the Assembly, Charles Co., Md.

David Stone, b--1709, POYNTON MANOR, Charles Co., Md., second son of Thomas Stone and his wife, Martha Hoskins, m--1st--Sarah, supposedly Hanson, b--July 26, 1714, Charles Co., Md., dau--of Samuel Hanson and his wife, Eliz. Story, and sister of Judge Walter Hanson.

Samuel Stone, exact date of birth not known, d--Charles Co., Md., 1778, son of David Stone and his 1st wife, Sarah, m--1761, his first cousin, Mrs. Anne Hanson Mitchel, widow of Hugh Mitchel and dau--of Judge Walter Hanson and his wife, Eliz. Hoskins. Samuel Stone was appointed ensign in Capt. Robert Sennett's Co., Militia, Feb. 7, 1776.

Walter Hanson Stone, b--1765, Durham Parish, Charles Co., Md., son of Samuel Stone and his wife, Anne Hanson Mitchell. M--Rachel Anne Muncaster, March 27, 1780, dau--of James Muncaster and his wife, Rachel Grey, Charles Co., Md.
Anne Story Stone, b--1788, Durham Parish, Charles Co., Md., dau--of Walter Hanson Stone and his wife, Rachel Grey, m--John Taylor, of St. Mary's Co., Md.

Walter Hanson Stone Taylor, C.S.A., b--1806, Charles Co., Md., son of John Taylor and his wife, Anne Story Stone, m--Harriet Beall Mackall, C.S.A., b--Nov. 23, 1837, Georgetown, D. C., dau--of Leonard Covington Mackall and his wife, Katharine Beall, a lineal descendant of Ninian Beall.
Ann Stone Taylor, C.S.A., b--May 17, 1836, Georgetown, D. C., dau--of Walter Hanson Stone Taylor and his wife, Harriet Beall Mackall, m--David Griffith, C.S.A., b--April 9, 1837, Montgomery Co., Md., son of Thomas Griffith and Eliz. Griffith, his wife, both entitled to descent from William Griffith, who came from London, England, in 1675, settled in Middle Neck Hundred, near Annapolis, now Charles Co., Md.
Eliz. Griffith, b--April 9, 1868, Montgomery Co., Md., dau--of David Griffith and his wife, Ann Stone Taylor, m--Walter W. Mobley, b--Feb. 23, 1869, Montgomery Co. Md., son of William Basil Mobley, Montgomery Co., Md., and his wife,
Louisa Hood Griffith.

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Born: 1603 at: Northampton County, England
Married: at:
Died: 1660 at: Charles County, Maryland
Father: John STONE
Mother: Dorothy ?
Spouses: Elizabeth SPRIGG , ? FOWKE , Verlinda GRAVES (SPRIGG COTTON?)

Wife: Elizabeth SPRIGG
Charles H. Stone's "The Stones of Surry" (1951) "
Jester & Hiden's "Adventurers of Purse and Person"
and the second volume of Papenfuse's Biographical Dictionary of Maryland's Colonial Legislators (that's not the right title, but I can send you the complete [and correct] citation later if you want it. All but "The Stone's
of Surry" agree that Verlinda was Capt. Thomas Grave's daughter, but the older tradition apparently was that she was his granddaughter and that her parents were Rev. William Cotton and Ann Graves--I believe that this has long been put to rest, but thought I should mention it in case you look up Charles H. Stone's book and wonder about the confusion
According to "Colonial Virginians and Their Maryland Relatives" by Norma TUCKER:

] William STONE left Accomack County, Virginia in 1633 to become high sheriff of Northumberland County, Virginia. In 1648 Lord BALTIMORE commissioned him to become Governor of Maryland, the first Protestant governor of the state. When he move from Virginia to Maryland, he took with him about 500 non-conformists from Norfolk County, Virginia. He was the nephew of Thomas STONE, merchant haberdasher of London. When William STONE came to America he brought with him his brothers John, Mathew, Andrew and Robert to Accomack County, Virginia- none of whom left children.

Maryland Calendar of Wills:
Volume 1 page 12
Stone, William, Capt.,Chas. Co., 3d Dec., 1659;21st Dec., 1660.
To wife Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's, and to remain in home at Nangemy during widowhood. To eld. dau. Eliza Stone and hrs., 900 A. at Bustard's Island, Patuxent R., and 600 A. at Nangemy; that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother Sprigg not to be in force. To son Richard and hrs., 500 A. of Nangemy Manor, and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle, Richard Stone. To son John and hrs., 500 A. of Nangemy. To son Mathew and hrs, 500 A. of Nangemy.To daus. Mary and Katharine, personalty. Eld. son Thomas and hrs., exs. and residuary legatees. Overseers and guardians of minor child: Gov. Josias Fendall, brother-in-law Francis Doughty, and
brother Matthew Stone.
Test:
Francis DOUGHTY, Stephen MONTAGUE, Stephen CLIFTON. 1. 89.

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STONE, William, Capt., Charles Co., 3d Dec., 1659; 21st Dec., 1660. To wife Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's, and to remain in home at Nangemy during widowhood. To eld. dau. Eliza Stone and hrs., 900 A. at Bustard's Island, Patuxent R., and 600 A. at ?Nangemy;? that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother SPRIGG not to be in force. To son Richard and hrs., 500 A. of ?Nangemy Manor,? and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his UNCLE, RICHARD STONE. To son John and hrs., 500 A. of "Nangemy." To son Mathew and hrs, 500 A. of ?Nangemy.? To daus. Mary and Katharine, personalty. Eld. son Thomas and hrs., exs. and residuary legatees. Overseers and guardians of minor child: GOV. JOSIAS FENDALL, brother-in-law Francis DOUGHTY, and brother Matthew Stone. Test: Francis Doughty, Stephen MONTAGUE, Stephen CLIFTON. 1. 89. Editors: Former Maryland Provincial Governor William Stone married Verlinda, daughter of Capt. Thomas and Katherine Graves of Accomack County, Virginia. Capt. Graves, who died in 1635/6, came to Virginia on the Mary and Margaret in 1608, a member of the Virginia Company and later a member of the House of Burgesses. Verlinda's sister Katherine married first William Roper (Northampton Co, Virginia Records, No. 3, 1641-51, p. 263a), second Thomas Sprigg (ibid., No. 4, 1651-54, pp. 14A and 14; and Liber 2, ff. 309-10, Land office, Annapolis); her sister Ann married first Rev. William Cotton, second Rev. Nathaniel Eaton and third Rev. Francis Doughty (successive rectors of Hungar's Parish in Accomack). The Stones had relocated to first St. Mary's County and then to Charles County, Maryland by 1648 when William Stone was appointed Governor of the Province by Lord Baltimore. He served as governor from 1648 to 1656 with two interruptions, and was a member of the Council from 1656 until his death in 1659/60. (Refs: Governors of Maryland, 1634-1689

, Archives of Maryland, Maryland State Archives (Citations incomplete, but in progress )

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=grantpinnix&id=I004063


Wm. Stone (b. in Northamptonshire. Eng., 1603, d. in Md. 1660) was the son of Capt. John Stone who had interests both in Mass. and on the Eastern Shore of Va. and who "was killed by the Pequods on the Connecticut River while returning to his home in Va." William Stone came to the Eastern Shore about 1632, was a justice in 1633, member of the first recorded Vestry of Hungar's Parish in 1635, and in 1648 was commissioned Governor of Maryland, to which colony he then removed. (Wise, pp. 106-7, Md. Hist. Mag., vol. 16, p. 191).
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The Stones relocarted first to St. Mary's Co, then to Charles Co. Maryland

Proprietary Governor of Maryland appointed by Lord Baltimore

Gov. William Stone (c. 1603-c. 1659/60) and Verlinda Stone

William Stone served as Marylands first Protestant Governor, and he and his wife Verlinda both took action to preserve freedom of religion inMaryland.

William Stone was born in England around 1603 and came from a well-known merchant family in London. However, William chose to come to America, and migrated to Virginia in 1628. He was successful there, working as amerchant and planter. He was respected by his neighbors and was appointedjustice of the peace and then sheriff in Accomack County, Virginia.

He also served as a burgess in the Virginia Assembly. However, when civil war broke out in England, many Protestants who supported the Parliamentwere no longer welcome in Virginia, which supported the King. At thistime, Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of Maryland, began trying to attractmore settlers to Maryland, and many Protestants left Virginia.

William Stone and his wife Verlinda came to Maryland in 1648. That same year Stone was given a great opportunity. With civil war still going onin England and with many new Protestant settlers in Maryland, Lord Baltimore wanted to appoint a Protestant Governor. He chose William Stone, probably partly to reward Stone for promising to bring hundreds ofsettlers to Maryland. Stone served as Governor for six years until someof the more radical Protestants, called Puritans, gained control of the government and began to pass laws which restricted religious freedom.

Stone decided he needed to fight back, so he organized about 100 supporters and marched against the rebels in the Battle of Severn. He was greatly outnumbered, and after losing nearly half his men and beingwounded in the shoulder, Stone surrendered. He was made a prisoner andheld for over a month.

While he was in captivity, his wife Verlinda tried to help him by writing to Lord Baltimore. She made sure the proprietor knew exactly whathappened so he could protect both her husband and the colony. Stone waseventually released from prison and resumed his position as Governor. Hedied in 1660, leaving 14,950 pounds of tobacco for his wife and seven children.

Verlinda soon started acquiring more land for her family. In 1664 she patented 300 acres of land in Charles County which she called Virlinda and two years later bought 500 more acres in what is now Prince Georges County. She lived in the colony which she and her husband had fought to preserve up until her death in 1675.

http://mdroots.thinkport.org/library/williamverlindastone.asp

Other-Begin:
overseer of William Cotton's estate, along with Capt William Roper.

Other-Begin:
20 Aug 1640: William Cotton made his will 20 Aug 1640, "weake in body" and died shortly thereafter. He desires to be buried by his two little children; to his child yet unborn he gives his plantation at Bunbury and his negroes; in default of issue to his mother Joane Cotton and the other one-third to his wife Ann Cotton. Brother-in-law Capt. Wm. Stone and Capt. Wm. Roper to be overseers of his will. (William and Mary College Quarterly 5 (1) 123-4)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38085

Property:
19 Oct 1653: William Stone received a warrant for land which was surveyed and issued under the name of "Poynton Manor", lying on the north side of Avon Creek in Nanjemoy Hundred in the western portion of Charles County. His early life in the Province, however, was spent at his town house in St. Mary's City, but after his tenture of office he settled on his manor where it is believed he is interred.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38085


Will:
21 Dec 1660: Will of Captain William Stone, Charles Co., 12/3/1659; 12/21/1660. Wife: Verlinda, house and lands at St. Mary's and to remain in home at Nanjemoy during widowhood. Eldest dau.: Eliza Stone, 900 ac. at Bustard's Island,
Patuxent River and 600 ac. at Nanjemoy that which testator formerly gave her in trust by his brother Sprigg not to be in force. Son: Richard, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy Manor" and cattle in consideration of that formerly given to him by his uncle, Richard Stone. Son: John, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy". Son: Matthew, 500 ac. "Nanjemoy". Daughters: Mary and Catherine, personal estate. Eldest son: Thomas, Exec. and residuary legatee. Overseers and guardians of minor children: Gov. Josias Fendall; brother-in-law Francis Doughty; and brother, Matthew Stone. Wit: Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, Stephen Clifton.

21 Dec 1660: The will of William Stone was dated December 3, 1659, and proved on December 21, 1660, in Charles County, by Francis Doughty, Stephen Montague, and Stephen Clifton. He named as overseers of his estate and the guardians of his minor children Governor Josias Fendall, his brother-in-law Francis Doughty, and his "natural" brother Matthew Stone. Verlinda, his wife, was devised the town house and land at St. Mary's, but she was to remain at the dwelling-plantation at Nanjemoy during widowhood. Elizabeth, described as the eldest daughter, received 900 acres of land at Bustard's Island in the Patuxent, where his son, Thomas, was then residing, and 600 acres of land at Nanjemoy, but the property that had already been placed in trust for her through his "brother Sprigg" was declared ineffective. Richard was devised 500 acres of Nanjemoy Manor and cattle in consideration of that formerly given him by his uncle Richard Stone. John and Mathew were each willed 500 acres of Nanjemoy. Thomas received the residue of the realty.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I38084

Other-Begin:
letter written by Enoch Stone (son of Cicero Stone) to his cousin Alene discussing family genealogy where he states, "Tradition has it that they descended from W.M. Stone [Gov William Stone] (William Stone--FWW) 1603-1660
Proprietary Governor of Maryland appointed by Lord Baltimore. As to its being a fact you will know just as well as I."

William* married Verlinda* Graves on 04 Jun 1635 in Hungar's Parish, Accomack, Virginia. Verlinda* (daughter of Capt Thomas* Graves, (immigrant) and Katherine* Croshaw (Crosher), (immigrant)) was born in 1618 in Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia, or Jamestown, Virginia; died on 15 Jul 1675 in Charles Co, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 03 Mar 1675, Charles Co, Maryland

Notes:

Stone, Verlinda, Mrs., appoints son Richard Stone as attorney, 3 Feb 1663/4

Charles County Court and Land Records, Volume 1 bill binding Bartholmew Gartherell pf Patuxon, Cooper, To Mrs. Verlinda Stone, 2150# of tobacco, to be paid by 10 Oct ensuing; 9 aug 1662; /s/Bartholmew Gartherell; wit. Thomas Sprigg, Mathew Stone; endorsed on back for 1650# of tobacco and cask;/s/ Verlinda STONE Oath of Thomas Stone states he did not recieve a heifer in satisfaction of the debt; defendant ordered to pay 500# of tobacco Mrs. Mary Bateman, by her atty. James Neale, Esq., Plt., Mr. Thomas Stone, Def., letter of attorney appointing James Neale

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The Graves Family Association http://www.gravesfa.
Title: Kenneth V. Graves, The Graves Family Association http://www.gravesfa.com ken.graves@gravesfa.orgm ken.graves@gravesfa.orgm ken.graves@gravesfa.org.

Will:
Stone, Verlinda. To Benony Thomas 400 acres. To dau _____ Doyen, personality (Doyne ?). To son John residue of estate at 21 yrs of age. Will 3 Mar 1674/5

Notes:

The Maryland Calendar Of Wills Compiled And Edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton) Wills From 1635 (Earliest probated) To 1685 Volume I; Family Line Publications Westminster, Maryland 1988, p. 111
Stone, Verlinda, Chas. Co, 3rd Mar 1674-5; 13th July, 1675.
To Benony Thomas and hrs, 400 A, "St Verlindas."
" dau. --- Doyen, personalty,
" son John, ex, residue of estate, real and personal, at 21 yrs. of age.
Test: Margaret Baghay, Barbarie Kendall, Ann Roughey. 2. 364.

Another version:
Archives of Maryland, Wills Book 2, page 364,
Verlenda Stone, Charles County, written 3 March, 1674/75, proved 13 July, 1675.
To Benoni Thomas 400 A, "St Verlindas." and (?) silver spoons.
To daughter (?) Doyen, her silver salt cellars,
Son John appointed executor and to receive the residue both real and personal, he to retain possession of "St Verlinda's" until Benoni Thomas reaches 21 years of age.
Witnesses: Margaret Bayley? or Baglay?, Barbarie Kendall, Ann Roughey

The bit "to take the oath of John Stone, Gent., the executor." in the following, further re-inforces the version that shows John of age. I would think he would have to be 21 to be called "Gent" and to take the oath of administration.
The Stones of Poynton Manor By HARRY WRIGHT NEWMAN Published by the Author Washington, DC. 1937.
The will of Verlinda Stone was proved in Charles County on July 15, 1675, by Margaret Baghay, Barbara Kendall, and Anne Roughey. She devised Benoni Thomas and his heirs the tract "St Verlinda" of 400 acres, but it was to be held by her son John Stone until Benoni arrived at the age of 21 years.(*) Certain articles of personalty were left to her daughter Mrs. Doyne. The residue of the estate was bequeathed to her son John.
The court subsequently ordered Robert Doyne and Matthew Stone to appraise the estate, and Benjamin Rozer, Gent., to take the oath of John Stone, Gent., the executor.
(*)Note: It is also said that Benoni Thomas was a grandson of Verlinda Stone, being the son of Mrs. Doyne by a former marriage.

The will of Verlinda, widow of William Stone, dated Charles county, MD, 3d day of March, 1674/5; proved 13th day of July, 1675 makes but three bequests; 1st, Benony Thomas and heirs to whom she leaves 400 acres of land; 2nd, a daughter Doyen (Doyne), personalty; and 3d, son John whom she makes her Executor, and beneficiary of the residue of her estate both real and personal, at twenty-one years of age. Omitting mention of all but two of William Stone's children suggests that she may not have been the mother of the other children.

The Maryland Calendar Of Wills Compiled And Edited by Jane Baldwin (Jane Baldwin Cotton) Wills From 1635 (Earliest probated) To 1685 Volume I; Family Line Publications Westminster, Maryland 1988, p. 111
Stone, Verlinda, Chas. Co, 3rd Mar 1674-5; 13th July, 1675.
To Benony Thomas and hrs, 400 A, "St Verlindas."
" dau. --- Doyen, personalty,
" son John, ex, residue of estate, real and personal, at 21 yrs. of age.
Test: Margaret Baghay, Barbarie Kendall, Ann Roughey. 2. 364.

Another version:
Archives of Maryland, Wills Book 2, page 364,
Verlenda Stone, Charles County, written 3 March, 1674/75, proved 13 July, 1675.
To Benoni Thomas 400 A, "St Verlindas." and (?) silver spoons.
To daughter (?) Doyen, her silver salt cellars,
Son John appointed executor and to receive the residue both real and personal, he to retain possession of "St Verlinda's" until Benoni Thomas reaches 21 years of age.
Witnesses: Margaret Bayley? or Baglay?, Barbarie Kendall, Ann Roughey

The bit "to take the oath of John Stone, Gent., the executor." in the following, further re-inforces the version that shows John of age. I would think he would have to be 21 to be called "Gent" and to take the oath of administration.
The Stones of Poynton Manor By HARRY WRIGHT NEWMAN Published by the Author Washington, DC. 1937.
The will of Verlinda Stone was proved in Charles County on July 15, 1675, by Margaret Baghay, Barbara Kendall, and Anne Roughey. She devised Benoni Thomas and his heirs the tract "St Verlinda" of 400 acres, but it was to be held by her son John Stone until Benoni arrived at the age of 21 years.(*) Certain articles of personalty were left to her daughter Mrs. Doyne. The residue of the estate was bequeathed to her son John.
The court subsequently ordered Robert Doyne and Matthew Stone to appraise the estate, and Benjamin Rozer, Gent., to take the oath of John Stone, Gent., the executor.
(*)Note: It is also said that Benoni Thomas was a grandson of Verlinda Stone, being the son of Mrs. Doyne by a former marriage.

The will of Verlinda, widow of William Stone, dated Charles county, MD, 3d day of March, 1674/5; proved 13th day of July, 1675 makes but three bequests; 1st, Benony Thomas and heirs to whom she leaves 400 acres of land; 2nd, a daughter Doyen (Doyne), personalty; and 3d, son John whom she makes her Executor, and beneficiary of the residue of her estate both real and personal, at twenty-one years of age. Omitting mention of all but two of William Stone's children suggests that she may not have been the mother of the other children.

Matthew married Mrs. Jane (..) Stone. Jane was born about 1587 in of, Croston, Lancashire, England; died after 1618 in of, Bridgewater, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1575, Lamborne, Berkshire, England
• Immigration: 1608, Jamestown, Virginia

Notes:

He appears to have been the same as "Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realme of Ireland", to whom a patent was granted in Virginia, Nov. 20, 1622, and who was one of several who had ". . . undertaken to transport 100 persons apiece to Virginia" [Records of the Virginia Company of London, 1906-1934, vol. II, p. 132, by Kingsbury]);d.in the late autumn or early winter of 1636, Accawmacke Co., Va.; m. in either England or Ireland, Katherine (___), who may or may not have been his (1) wife, but she was his last wife, and survived him. (NOTE: Katherine was almost certainly the mother of Thomas' five youngest children, but may not have been the mother of his eldest son, John, who seems to have been b. so much earlier than his other children; however, it is certainly possible that she was the mother of all). She was b. C1586; d. aft. May 20, 1636.

(Capt.) Thomas Graves, "Gent.", was one of those members of the Virginia Company, who actually settled in Virginia, arriving on the Mary and Margrett, as part of the second supply, in Sept., 1608. He came alone, leaving behind him at least one child, and presumably, the child's mother. He was still living alone in Virginia at the time of the taking of the "Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia", in 1624/25, but since at least five of his six children had been b. by this time, it seems clear that he had made several round trips between Virginia and his homeland, during these difficult years. Beginning about 1616, Capt. Graves seems to have gone home to Ireland for a visit, every couple of years, & leaving Katherine "in a family way" each time he returned to Virginia . . . at least through C1623. It also seems clear that his son Francis, was born here.

One cannot but wonder whether he endured the terrible "starving time", in the winter of 1609/10, and the Indian massacre, led by Opechancanough, in 1622, or whether he missed one or both of these dreadful events, by being out of the country. We do know that about 1621, he was captured by the Indians, who would have killed him but for the intervention of Capt. John Smith, who sent Ensign Thomas Savage to rescue him.

Capt. Graves lived at Jamestown, in the early years, of course, but he was living in Smythe's Hundred by early 1619, when Governor Yeardley " . . . entreated Capt. Graves an Antient officer of this Co[mpa]ny to take charge of the people and the workes". It was from Smythe's Hundred (located at the southernmost tip of Elizabeth City Co., but in what is now called, Charles City Co.), that Capt. Graves was sent as one of two representatives, to the first Legislative Assembly held in America, on July 30, 1619, at Jamestown.

It has been said that Capt. Graves was living "on the Eastern Shore" (Accawmacke Co., Va.), "the following year" (1620), and he was certainly there at the time of the muster of 1624/5; and in Feb. 1627/8, the General Court appointed him "Commander of the Plantation of Accawmacke". He was a member of the Quorum, in Jan. 1632/3, when his name headed the list of Commissioners (Justices), at the first extant court of record, held for Accawmacke. He continued in the latter capacity until about the time of his death, and was also appointed a member of the first vestry of Hungar's Parish, there, in Sept., 1635.

There was a period, during 1633 and most of 1634, when the name of Capt. Graves did not appear on the lists of Commissioners for Accawmacke. It has been speculated that he may, at this time, have been "on a voyage to England". (sic, Ireland) It may well have been during this period that he went to fetch his family to Virginia.

We wanted to give a brief resume of what is known of Capt. Thomas Graves and Catherine, his wife, and at least their children and identified grandchildren for those of our readers who were unfamiliar with the family, and particularly for those of them who are descendants. However, so much research has already been done on the line, and so much has already appeared in print on it (with the exception that little has appeared concerning the descendants of Thomas and Katherine (Graves)-Roper Sprigg, and we give this under the Sprigg chapter), that it seems pointless & repetitious to again go into it all in great detail here, and so, we refer our readers to the following books and articles dealing in varying degrees with Capt. Graves and his children: "Captain Thomas Graves And Some Of His Descendants", by William Montgomery Sweeny [William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd Series, Vol. XV, pp. 385-394];"The Graves Family of Essex. Co." by Mrs. P.W. Hiden [Ibid., Vol. XVI, pp. 650-668];"Three Rectors of Hungar's Parish And Their Wife", by Mrs. P.W. Hiden [Ibid., Vol. XIX, pp. 34-41]; and "Addenda" [Ibid., pp. 291-301]; "The Graves Family of York County", by Mrs. P.W. Hiden [Ibid., Vol. XXI, pp. 157-171, & 256-270]; "The Graves Family of Spotsylvania County", by Mrs. P.W. Hiden [Tyler's Quarterly Magazine, Vol. XIX, pp. 176-185 & Vol. XX, pp. 54-64]; The Stones of Poynton Manor, by Harry Wright Newman (1937); and the Graves chapter in Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1625, by Annie Lash Jester, pp. 188-193.] Needless to say, we found Ames, op. cit., extremely useful in regards to this as well as other of our early Virginia ancestors and collateral kin.

Following are chronologically listed, documented abstracts of records concerning Capt. Thomas and Katherine (___) Graves.

Sept. 1608--(Capt.) Thomas Graves, "Gent", arrived in Va., in the Mary and Margaret, Capt. Thomas Newport, Master. (He was probably 25 to 30 years of age.) [Travels and Works of Captain John Smith (1910), Vol. 1, p. 2, p. 445; also, Jester, op. cit., p. 188.]

after Apr. 29, 1619--Capt. Thomas Graves put in charge of Smythe's (later, Southampton) Hundred, which was apparently located in what is now the southernmost portion of Charles City Co., Va. [Rec'ds of the Va. Co., op. cit.,
Vol. 3, p. 121; also, Jester, Ibid.]

July 30, 1619--Capt. Thomas Graves sent as one of two Representatives from Smythe's Hundred, to the very first Representative Assembly, which convened at Jamestown, this date. [Virginia Magazine of History, Vol. II, pp. 60, 70.; Brown, Genesis of the United States, Vol. II, p. 904; Meade, Old Churches & Ministers & Families of Virginia, Vol. I, p. 130; Wm. & Mary, op. cit., Vol. XV, p. 385.]

1620--"Captain Thomas Graves . . . had come to Virginia in 1608 and in 1619 was burgess of Smythes Hundred. The following year he was on the Eastern Shore." [Ames, op. cit., p. xxvi.]

Nov. 20, 1622--"In 1622, a Thomas Graves is recorded as receiving the following patent for land: 'At a Quarter Court held for Virginia in the Forenoon the 20th Nov. 1622 . . . A Patente to Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realme of Ireland, Gent. . . [and others] All of which have undertaken to transport 100 persons a piece to Virginia'." [Given in Wm. & Mary, op. cit., p. 386, but from, Rec'ds of the Va. Co., op cit., Vol. II, p. 132.] Jester, op. cit., p. 188, gives the identical reference as that immediately above, and says, "As a member of the Virginia Company, Captain Graves had agreed to transport 700 persons to Virginia and accordingly was allowed a patent for land, 20 November 1622." Jester therefore identifies Capt. Thomas Graves, and the "Thomas Graves of Doublin . . .", as one and the same person.

1624-5--Capt. Thomas Graves was listed (without family), on the Eastern Shore, in the "Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia". Here it was erroneously stated that he had arrived in the Mary and Margrett in 1607. [Jester, op. cit., p. 67.] (NOTE: John Camden Hotten, in Lists of Emigrants To America, 1600-1700, p. 187, lists Thomas Graves on the Eastern Shore, at thhe time of this muster, but gives the date, February the 16th, 1623 [1624].)

Feb. 8, 1624/5--Capt. Graues mentioned, with regard to some tobacco. . . Wm. & Mary, op. cit., Vol. XV, p. 386, but from, Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, Ed. by H. R. McIlwaine, pp. 46-7.]

Jan. 11, 1626/7--Capt. Thomas Graves mentioned as "then liueing in Virginia". [Ibid., p. 132; and Wm. & Mary, op. cit., Vol. XV, p. 386.]

Feb. 8, 1627/8--Capt. Thomas Graves was appointed by the General Court, as "Commander of the Plantation of Accawmacke". [Mcllwaine, op. cit., p. 165; also, Jester, op. cit., p. 188.]

Mar. 14, 1628/9--"THOMAS GRAIES, (or Graves) Ancient Planter, 200 acs. on the E. side of the Shoare of the bay of Chesepeiacke butting Sly. on land of Capt. Henry Fleete, extending Nly. along the water side & Wly. on the bay. 14 Mar. 1628, p. 72. Due by vertue of an adv. of 25 Lbs. paid to Sir Thomas Smith, late Treasurer for the Co. of Va." [Nugent, op. cit., p. 13; but see also, p. xxii.]

Mar. 24, 1629/30--"Matter of Fortifications was againe taken into consideration, and
Capt. Samuel Mathewes was content to undertake the raysing of a Fort at Poynt Comfort, whereupon Capt. Robert Felgate, Capt. Thomas Purfury [also, Purefoy, Purifye], Capt. Thomas Graies, Capt. John Utey, Capt. Tho. Wiloby, Mr. Tho. Heyrick, and Leu't. Wm. Perry [also, Parry] by full consent of the whole Assembly, were chosen to view the place, conclude what manner of fort shall be erected, and to compound and agree with the said Capt. Mathewes for the building, raysing and finishing the same. . ." [Wm. & Mary, op. cit., Vol. XV, p. 388, but from William W. Hening, The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of all the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature to the Year 16T9., Vol. 1, p. 150.]

1629/30-1632--Capt. Thomas Graves served Accawmacke Co., Va., as Burgess to the Assembly. [Ames, op. cit., p. xxvi.]

Nov. 20, 1631--Capt. Thomas Graves' name appears this date in papers concerning the suit of Wm. Clayborne vs. Clobery & Co. [Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 18, by Beverly Fleet, p. 98; also, Md. Hist. Mag., op. cit., Vol. 28, p. 31.]

Feb. 29, 1631/2--"CAPT. THOMAS PURIFYE, Esqr., 100 acs. Eliz. Citty Co., 28 Nov. 1635, p. 323. N.W. upon a Cr. next upon the fort feild, S. upon the maine river, E. upon Thomas Oldis & N.E. upon land of John Neale. Due by assignment from Capt. Thomas Grayes as by order of court 29 Feb. 1631, to whom it was due for his per. devident as being an Ancient Planter." [Nugent, op. cit., p. 36.]

Jan. 7, 1632/3--Capt. Thomas Graves (of the Quorum), headed the list of Commissioners at the first extant court of record, held for Accawmacke. [County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton Virginia 1632-1640, by Susie M. Ames., pp. xxvi, 2; also, Jester, op. cit., p. 188.]

1633--Capt. Thomas Graves' name did not appear on the list of Commissioners for Accawmacke during this year or most of 1634. "The service of Thomas Graves extended from 1627, beginning probably in July, through the fall of 1636 with, however, an interval in the spring and summer of 1634" [sic, should read, "spring, summer and winter of 1633, and spring and summer of 1634"] . . . "when Obedience Robins served. Graves was probably on a voyage to England." [Ames, op. cit., p. xxxviii.]

Oct. 23, 1634--Capt. Thomas Graves' name once again headed the list of Commissioners for Accawmacke Co. [Ibid., p. 23.]

Nov. 3, 1634--Ditto. [Ibid., p. 24.]

Jan. 5, 1634/5--Ditto. [Ibid., p. 25.] In speaking of the first Clerk of Accomack, Henry Bagwell, there is this: "Captain Graves, the Commander; Captain Edmund Scarburgh [or Scarborough], and Obedience Robins - were men of education and ability. . ." [Ames, op. cit., p. xxi.]

"Captain Thomas Graves, also of the quorum of that first commission, had been commander of the Plantation of Accomack since 1627. An ancient planter and one listed as a gentleman, he had come to Virginia in 1608 and in 1619 was burgess of Smythes Hundred. The following year he was on the Eastern Shore, where in 1628 he patented two hundred acres by virtue of an early bill of adventure of £25. He served as one of the burgesses for Accomack in the March 1629[1630] Assembly and in that of September 1632. In 1635 when the vestry of the parish was organized be became a member. By the spring of that year he was called Esquire, a title accorded members of the Council. As he was apparently one of the smallest landholders on the Eastern Shore, his appointment to the Council is of interest as furnishing a contrast to the appointment usually of those having a large landed estate. Certainly as a representative of the gentlemen class there were but few, if any at that time could equal the length of his residence in Virginia." [Ibid., p. xxvi.]

Jan. 9, 1634/5 [?]--"Captain Thomas Graves Esq.", bought a cow and calf from Hanna Scarborough of Accawmacke Co., widow. [Ibid., p. 30.]

Feb. 19, 1634/5--Capt. Thomas Graves' name headed list of Commissioners for Accawmacke Co. [Ibid., p. 26.]

Apr. 13, 1635--"Capt. Thomas Graves Esq.", ditto. [Ibid., p. 31.] (NOTE: The term "esquire", denoted a member of the Council. - Ibid., p. xxvi.]

June 16, 1635--Ditto. [Ibid., p. 36.]

Sept. 14, 1635--Ditto. Also, this date Capt. Thomas Graves was appointed a member of the first vestry for Hungar's Parish. [Ibid., p. 39.]

Sept. 29, 1635--Capt. Thomas Graves, vestryman, was present at the first vestry meeting held in the Parish. [Ibid., p. 43.]

Nov. 16, 1635--Capt. Thomas Graves not listed as a Commissioner at Court this day. [Ibid., p. 40.]

Nov. 1635--Thomas Graves wit. a deed for Mrs. Elizabeth Harmer. [Ibid., p. 43.]

Jan. 5, 1635/6--Capt. Thomas Graves was deceased by this day, when Mrs. Graves, (as feme sole), was sued for a hog killed by her servant, John Culpepper. [Ibid., p. 49.]

"The service of Thomas Graves extended from 1627, beginning probably in July, through the fall of 1636 with, however, an interval in the spring and summer of 1634 [summer and winter, 1633] when Obedience Robbins served. Graves was probably on a voyage to England [Ireland] John Howe served from the death of Graves during the winter of 1637 until his own death the following winter. [Ibid., p. xxxviii.]

Feb. 1, 1635 [1636]--Anthony Wills sued at this board for an execution against Mrs. Graves for a Sow of a yeere and halfe old for default of her man John Culpepper which [was] granted according to an order made 4th of January last.

May 20, 1636--"Haveing taken into consideration the remote liveing of the [members] of this parish from the church. It is agreed that all suc[h persons as live at] the old plantation from the land of Mrs. Graves unto Magoty Bay the head of the said old plantation creeke that they shall have ther bodys to be buried one part of the land of William Blower where William Berriman liveth and likewise that they give notice unto the minister and provide convenient meanes for his coming ther to bury the dead which whosoever shall refuse such decent and christianlike burial, that then they are to stand to the censure of this vestry. Alsoe it is agreed that the Clarke shall have notice of all such dead people [soe that] he may be able to make the graves ready which if any shall refuse to give notice, yet he shall be liable to pay 10 lbs. of tabacco and if upon notice given the said Clarke shall refuse to come and make the graves that then the said Clarke shall stand the censure of the vestry, complaint being m[ade]. [Ibid., p. 54.]

Aug. 9, 1637--"JOHN GRAVES, 600 acs. Eliz. Citty Co., 9 Aug. 1637, p. 443. Neare
1637 unto the upper end of the back river, bounded upon Eastermost side of the land of Capt. Adam Thorogood, beg. to measure the breadth of 300 po. about a pole to the Ewd. of the now dwelling howse of Oliver Van-heck, runing W.S.W. up the river &c. Due in right of descent from his father Thomas Graves, whoe trans. at his own costs: himselfe, Katherine Graves his wife, John Graves the pattentee & Thomas Graves,
Junr. & 8 pers: Henry Singleton, Tho. Edge, Robt. Phillipps, Tho. Griggs, Tho. Phillipps, Franc. White, Wm. Symbee, Jone Packett." [Nugent, op. cit., p. 62.] [NOTE: Capt. Graves had undoubtedly also transported into Va., his three daughters, but, as they were all married by now, as we believe, John presumably was allowing their husbands to claim land for having transported them. This was frequent practice . . . probably in lieu of a dowry. Note also, that this land was in the same area where John's father, Capt. Thomas Graves, had formerly patented 100 a. (although he apparently never lived there), and which he assigned to Capt. Thomas Purifye, on Feb. 29, 1631/2.]

Apr. 30, 1640--Nathaniel Oldis, Gent. & William Parry, both of Kecoughton [Elizabeth
City Co.], assumed the administration of the Estates of John Graves and Thomas Graves, deceased, from William Cotton, Clerk [Cleric], Capt. William Stone & Capt. Wm. Roper, who had previously administered the Estates, jointly. Given in full, infra. [Northampton Co. Orders, Deeds, Wills #2, p. 281.]

Nov. 28, 1642--"A certificate granted unto Francis Graves, orphan of Capt. Thomas Graves, deceased. . ." Llbid., p. 187 - Given in full, infra.]

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Capt. Thos. Graves, an "antient officer" of the Virginia Company who came to Va. in the fall of 1608. After living for some years near Jamestown, he moved to Eastern Shore, establishing himself in what later became Hungar's Parish, Northampton Co. We know from the land patents that Capt. Thomas made several trips out of the country, to England presumably, and on one of his return voyages his family accompanied him. This was after 1623, as the Muster taken that year shows him the only one of the name on Eastern Shore (Wise's "Early History of the Eastern Shore of Va.," p. 38). Of his known children, Francis (W. & M. Quar., 2nd series, vol. 16) and Thomas (Tyler's Mag. vols. 19 & 20) have been elsewhere discussed, an article on John is in preparation, and the daughter Ann is the heroine of these notes.

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Name: Thomas Graves, Capt.
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1580 in Lamborne, Berkshire, England
Death: 3 JAN 1635 in Accomack Island, VA
Fact 1: Represented Smythe's Hundred at House of Burgesses.

Fact 2: Represented Accomack 1629-30 & 1632

Fact 6: Virginia Co. of London.

Fact 7: "Ancient Planter," one of the very early planters who founded Jamestowne.

Fact 8: First person named Graves in N. America

Fact 9: 1608 Arrived on "Mary and Margaret" (the "second supply" of settlers).

Fact 10: The second supply was mostly "gentlemen," and few or no tradesmen.

Fact 11: 1619 Member of the first House of Burgesses (1st legislative body in the colonies).

Fact 12: Captured by Indians and taken to Opechancanough.

Fact 13: Thomas Savage was sent to rescue him.

Event: Note Possibly from Derbyshire, England.

Event: Note GRAVES: British surname meaning "Stewart,
manager of property."

Event: Note Original "Adventurer" (charter member and stockholder) of the

Event: Note Possibly died in Jamestowne.

Note:
MEMBERS
1619

Assembled July 30th

James City: Captain William Powell, Ensign William Spense
Charles City: Samuel Sharpe, Samuel Jordan

The City of Henricus: Thomas Dowse, Samuel Jordan

Kicoughtan: Captain William Tucker, William Capp.
Martin-Brandon (Captain John Martin's Plantation); Thomas Davis, Robert Stacy

Smythe's Hundred: Captain Thomas Graves, Walter Shelly

Martin's Hundred: John Boys, John Jackson

Argall's Gift: Thomas Pawlett, Mr. Gourgainy

Flowerdieu Hundred: Engisn Rossingham, Mr. Jefferson
Captain Lawne's Plantation: Captain Christopher Lawne, Ensign Washer
Captain Ward's Plantation: Captain Ward, Lieutenant Gibbes

Source: A manuscript copy of the Journal of this session is in the Public Record Office, London, and has several times been printed.
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1629-30

Assembled March 24th

The Plantations of the College and Neck of Land: Captain Thomas Osborne, Thomas Farmer.
Shirley Hundred Main: Thomas Palmer, John Harris.
Shirley Hundred Island: Cheney Boyse, Walter Aston.
Jordan's Journey and Chaplaine's Choice: Walter Price.
Flowerdieu Hundred: John Flood.
Westover: None appeared.
Weyanoke: John Trahorne.
Pace's Paines and Smythe's Mount: William Perry.
Pashbebay: Bridges Freeman.
James City Island: John Southerne, Robert Barrington.
The Other Side of the Water: Captain John West, Captain Robert Felgate.
Hog Island: Captain John Utie.
The Neck of Land in the Corporation of James City: Richard Brewster.
Archer's Hope and Glebe Land: Theodore Moyses, Henry Coney.
Harrap, and the plantations between Archer's Hope and Martin's Hundred: John Browning,
Thomas Farley.
Martin's Hundred: Robert Scotchinore, Thomas Fossett.
Mulberry Island: Thomas Harwood, Anthony Barham.
Warwick River: Thomas Flint, John Brewer.
Denby: Thomas Ceely, Christopher Stokes, Thomas Key.
Nutmeg Quarter: Joseph Stratton.
Warrosqueake: John Upton, John Atkins, Robert Savin, Thomas Burges.
The Upper Part of Elizabeth City: Captain Thomas Willoughby, William Kempe, Thomas
Hayrick.
The Lower Part of Elizabeth City: Captain Thomas Purifoy, Adam Thoroughgood, Lancelot
Barnes.
Accomac: Captain Thomas Graves, Edmund Scarsborough, Obedience Robins, Henry Bagwell.
Source: Hening I, 147-149.

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The old Hungars Episcopal Church is located about seven miles north of Eastville, on the north side of Hungars Creek. Hungars Parish was made soon after the county was established, and the first minister was Rev. Francis Bolton, who was succeeded by Rev. William Cotton. The first vestry was appointed in 1635. The first vestry meeting was on Sept. 29, 1635, at which Capt. Thomas Graves headed the list of those present. The first church edifice was erected in 1690-95 and was still standing around 1900, one of the oldest churches in the country. In addition to Capt. Thomas Graves, the other persons named by
the court as vestrymen of Hungars Church were William Cotton, minister, Obedience Robins, John Howe, William Stone (first Protestant Governor of Maryland), William Burdett, William Andrews, John Wilkins, Alexander Mountray, Edward Drews, William Beniman and Stephen Charlton.
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The First Colony (consisting of knights, gentlemen, merchants and others of the city of London) made a settlement at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, which became permanent. The Plymouth grantees (from the English cities of Bristol and Exeter, the town of Plymouth, and other places) established the Second Colony at Sagadagic (on the coast of what became Maine) in August 1607, but abandoned it in the spring of 1608.
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Thomas Graves early became active in the affairs of the infant colony. On an exploring expedition he was captured by the Indians and taken to Opechancanough. Thomas Savage, who had come to Virginia with the first supply on the John and Francis in 1608, was sent to rescue him, in which
he was successful.
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In 1617 the Virginia Company, hoping to expand population and agricultural production in the colony, encouraged private or voluntary associations organized on a joint stock basis to establish settlements in the area of the Company's patent. The Society of Smith's (or Smythe's) Hundred (later called Southampton Hundred) was organized in 1617. In addition to Captain Thomas Graves, the Adventurers included Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Edwin Sandys, and the Earl of Southampton. Soon after April 29, 1619, Governor Yeardley wrote to Sir Edwin Sandys: "I have entreated Capt. Graves, an antient officer of this company, to take charge of the people and workes."

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Immigration:
1608 Arrived on "Mary and Margaret" (the "second supply" of settlers)
The second supply was mostly "gentlemen," and few or no tradesmen.

Thomas* married Katherine* Croshaw (Crosher), (immigrant) in 1610 in Dublin, Ireland. Katherine* (daughter of Joseph* Croshaw) was born in 1586 in Gravesend, Kent, England; died on 24 May 1636 in Accomack Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1616 Arrived with two sons John and Thomas Jr., transported by her husband along with 8 other headrights.