Louisa Graves

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 6 Jun 1768, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia

Notes:

Thomas Graves was born in 1691 (based on a deposition, Caroline O.B. 1746-54, p. 362), and died in 1768 in Spotsylvania Co., Va. Mrs. Hiden states: "in the absence of documentary proof, we can still feel confident that Thomas Graves was the son of a John Graves who had lived in King and Queen Co. but was of the Gloucester Co. family, born about 1670, son of Thomas and Mary Graves, son of Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas." [Note that the connection to Captain Thomas Graves is incorrect based upon DNA testing done by the Graves Family Association.]

Thomas Graves consistently maintained his residence on the Pamunkey in Spotsylvania Co., Va. His wife Ann (or Anne or Sarah Ann) has generally been thought to be a Davenport, daughter of William Davenport and Anne Woodruff, but Mrs. Hiden thought she was more likely a Clark, or of that family connection. Mrs. Taylor says she was born before 1696. She lived until 1782, and during the Revolution she furnished supplies to the Continental troops.

It appears that Thomas Graves first married Mary Perkins by 1715, and had by this marriage only three children, two daughters and one son. His wife then died and he remarried by no later than 1721. The son was John Graves and one of the daughters was Eleanor Graves, based on Thomas Kimbrough's will dated 20 Sept. 1777 in Caswell Co., NC. The source for the former statement is a record from the Bible of Solomon Graves, son of Rev. Barzillai Graves (who died 1827). A copy of the Bible record was made by the NC Archives in 1971.

The will of Thomas Graves (Spotsylvania Co. Rec. Will Book D, p. 318) was dated 17 Oct. 1767, probated 6 June 1768, but final settlement was not until July 1802. Thomas is credited with a total of 16 children. However, the estate settlement plainly states there were only 15 legatees. There were probably other children who died before reaching adulthood. There is some question about some of the following children, and additional proof is needed. Mrs. Ethel Taylor suggests that there may also have been another child named Sarah.

Children by Mary Perkins

1. Eleanor Graves, b. probably by 1712, m. Thomas Kimbrough, d. aft. Sept. 1781.
2, John Graves, b.c. 1715, m (1) ________ Herndon, m (2) Isabella Lea, c. 1752, d. 18 Jan. 1792.

Children by Ann Davenport

3. Thomas Graves, b. by 1721, m. Isabella Susan Bartlett, by 1751, d. 18 Nov. 1801.
4. Solomon Graves, b. by 1723, m. Sarah Winfield, c. 1746, d.c. 1785.
5. William Graves, b. 1720-30, m. Mary ________, d.c. 1791.
6. Richard Graves, b.c. 1725, m. Lucy Davenport, 1750, d. after 1788.
7. Susanna Graves, b. by 1740, m. William Pettus, 1759, d. by 1802.
8. Rice Graves, b.c. 1729, m. Jane Young, 1751-2, d. 1814.
9. David Graves, b.c. 1730, m. Agnes Holloway, d. Jan. or Feb. 1808.
10. Nancy Graves, b.c. 1735, m. William Lea, d. by 1809.
11. Rosanna Graves, m. John Spencer.
12. Louisa Graves, m. Thomas Pulliam. He was son of Thomas Pulliam Sr. who died testate, Spots. Co., 1758.
13. Robert Graves, b.c. 1735-40, m. Jean ________.
14. Jonathan Graves, married, d. by 1768. He probably married a Davenport, since a William Davenport was made guardian of his son William.
15. Mary Graves, m. ________ Campbell (?). John Bostick signed receipts for her in all disbursements from her father's estate.

Source: Graves Family Association.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I1404

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Birth:
As Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was not created until 1721, Thomas Graves could not have been born there. However, he could have been born in the area that became Spotsylvania County (which was created from parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties).
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I1404

Will:
The Will of Thomas Graves of Spotsylvania 1767

I, Thomas Graves of the County of Spotsylvania thru the abundant mercy and goodness of God, though weak in body yet of a sound and of perfect understanding and memory do make ordain and constitute this my last will and testament as follows, primis, I commend myself and the whole of my estate to the mercy and protection of Almighty God, etc. I will and ordain that the funeral of my body be only such as shall beseem a Christian at the discretion of my Executors, hereinafter named. I lend to my wife Anne Graves for and during her natural life two Negro slaves Daniel and Margery. I also lend to her all of my tract of land whereon I now live in Spotsylvania County, likewise a third part of the profits arising from my mill, she paying one third part toward repairing the said mill. I also lend to my wife one third part of the stocks of cattle, horses, pigs, etc. I also lend to my wife all of my stock of household and kitchen furniture during her natural life and after my said wife?s death, my will and desire is that what I have here lent be equally divided amongst all my then surviving children or the heirs of such as shall be dead. Son, Thomas Graves, son in law Wm. Pettus and my nephew Joseph Graves Executors

Thomas Graves

Signed, October 17th in the year of our Lord 1767

Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared by the above named Thomas Graves for and as his last will and testament in presence of us and in his presence we subscribed our names as witness:

Francis Merriwether, James Smith, John Graves Jr., James Smith, Doctor, and William MacGehee.


John Graves Jr., who witnessed the will, is believed to have been John Graves Jr.3, son of Thomas Graves2' brother, John Graves2 and brother of Joesph Graves3. Source: John Graves of Northamptonshire, Revisted By Robert L. Atteberry and Carmen J. Rosado (Last updated February 2011).
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Probated, June 6, 1768


Source: Thomas Sims Graves Website

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I1404

Thomas married Sarah Ann Davenport (maybe Clark?) about 1721 in King William Co, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of Davis* Davenport and Ann* Woodruff) was born about 1696 in Pamunkey Neck, King and Queen Co, Virginia; died on 15 Aug 1782 in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graves, Ann Davenport [daughter of Davis, wife of Thomas Graves] participation in the Revolutionary War: Provisioner, Continental and State Troops, Spotsylvania County. [Ann died concurrent with the end of the War in 1782, at or near 88 years, per Graves Bible record.]

Of Ann's fourteen children and multitudinous grandsons there were many who served Virginia during the Revolution in the Continental Line, State Troops, and/or County Militias, in public offices or as providers of food, fodder, guns, and such other supplies required to keep soldiers in the field. No attempt has been made to identify descendants of Thomas Graves and Ann Davenport by their Revolutionary postures, and such a task has not been undertaken by Graves genealogists to our knowledge except as to individual lines in qualifying for memberships in the DAR or SAR.

Source: The Pamunkey Davenports.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I2588

According to Graves Family Assoc:
His (Thomas Graves) wife Ann (or Anne or Sarah Ann) has generally been thought to be a Davenport, daughter of William Davenport and Anne Woodruff, but Mrs. Hiden thought she was more likely a Clark, or of that family connection. Mrs. Taylor says she was born before 1696. She lived until 1782, and during the Revolution she furnished supplies to the Continental troops.

Notes:

Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Thomas Graves
Gender: male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1691
Spouse Name: Ann Davenport
Spouse Birth Place: VA
Spouse Birth Year: 1696

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 30 Mar 1704, King William Co, Virginia

Notes:

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THE DAVENPORTS (Deavenports)
The Davenport name was one of the earliest surnames in Britian, dating back to the conquest of William I when he awarded them land titles. Actually, Davenport is an English place named from Davenport, Cheshire, England. Various Davenports ented America, as early as the 1600s. The early history pertaining to this line of Davenports is unclear at this time. By 20 July 1639, a Lancelot Davenport was granted land in James City, Virginia. Furthermore, on 10 December 1668, a Jno Davenport was transported to New Kent County, Virginia. In 1677 and 1683, Richard and Edward also were transported to the same county. By 1701, Susannah, George, William, and other Davenports were also being transported to this area. Davis or David Davenport (16 ) was located in King William County, Virginia on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls where he leased 200 acres of land. One of his children, Martin Davenport, Sr., also leased 100 acres of land in the same county and time period.

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Note bef 1660 According to John Scott Davenport of the Pamunkey Davenports website: 'The major problem relative to identification of Pamunkey Davenport ancestry before Davis Davenport today lies in the family having emerged from a Seventeenth Century record limbo of an Indian reservation into a Twentieth Century Virginia records void. The [... early] records of New Kent, King & Queen, King William, Caroline, and Hanover counties, crucial to Pamunkey Davenport identification, have largely been destroyed by courthouse fires of one sort or another. ... Yet we know, by Virginia Patent records, that there was a Davenport presence (female) in the Pamunkey Neck as early as 1650, ... that as soon as the Neck ceased to be Indian in 1701 and King William County was created, there was a Davenport Path of some antiquity noted in several surveys, and that Davis and his son Martin were listed as small acreage freeholders (land owners) there in 1704. ... [T]he evidence is that Davis Davenport and his son Martin, whose presence in the Neck are proven, were of the pioneer yeomanry, who achieved by their own labor, and not of the Cavalier, great planter aristocracy who had indentured servants and slaves to do their work.'

Birth c 1660 Davis Davenport was born c 1660. According to John Scott Davenport's Pamunkey Davenport Chronicles (see website: http://www.pamunkeydavenport.com/ The two Davenports appearing by Time and Place in Virginia records most likely to have been Davis' immigrant parent were apparently single women, namely Hannah, transportee of 1650, or Anne, transportee of 1658. ... As uncomfortable as the thought might be -- although the America of the Twenty-First Century is more amenable in its judgmental morality to accepting such a possibility -- the Pamunkey Davenports may descend from a female immigrant ancestor, whose son became the patriarch of a family bearing the Davenport surname although his father may have had the surname of Davis. ... The possibility that Davis Davenport was the bastard child of either Hannah Davenport or Anne Davenport, given the lack of a male parental candidate, is real. If Martin was age 21 in 1704 (his appearance on a Quit Rent List was prima facie evidence that he was an adult), he was born 1683 or before. If Davis is accorded the same minimum of 21 years of age (25 years is accepted in formal genealogical estimates) before fathering Martin, then Davis himself was born c1662 or before. This scenario would fit Anne of 1758 comfortably. Assume older ages for both Davis and Martin, and the scenario would fit Hannah comfortably. The problem with both of the most viable male candidates for the honor of having been Davis' father is that each appears in the records uncomfortably late for either of the Davis-Martin age scenarios of John Davenport in 1668, Richard in 1677. Labored rationalization is required to force a fit for either. ...[T]he practice of giving bastard sons their fathers' surnames as given names also existed -- particularly where the father acknowledged the child. Hence, Davis Davenport, if born out of wedlock, may well have had a Davis father (there were a number of Davis possibilities early in or near the Neck in proximity to Hannah and Anne). ... We would note that Graves Family descendants claim Anne Davenport, born c1696, and who married Thomas Graves, as their matriarch, and believe and claim that Anne was a daughter of Davis Davenport. (Thomas Graves and his wife Anne play major roles in the Pamunkey Davenport chronology that follows.). Then too, Anne Davenport, transportee of 1758, was associated with land no more than four miles from where Davis Davenport first appeared in Virginia records thirty-eight years later (1696). The Bar Sinister scenario is speculative, but must be advanced as one hypothesis of Pamunkey Davenport origin.1'
http://www.pamunkeybakers.com/p18.htm

Residence:
Davis Davenport was listed on the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls for King William County VA, assessed for 200 acres

Davis* married Ann* Woodruff about 1680. Ann* was born about 1660; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]