John Graves

Abt 1599 - 1644  (45 years)

• Name	John Graves
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1599	Nazeing, Essex, England   [1]
  General Information	He was a cow leech, that is veterinarian.  [1, 8]
  Immigration	Mar 1633 (34 years)  [1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16]
  After the death of his first wife, possibly on board the Mary and Jane with his five children, John, Samuel, Jonathan, Sarah, and Mary. From the Rev. John Eliot's Reccord of Church Members: John Graves - he arrived in the 3d month. 1633. he brought 5 children John. Samuel. Jonathan. Sarah. Mary, his wife quickly dyed, &, he maryed Judith, a maid servantt, by whom his first child Hanah was borne about the end of the 7th month. 1636.
  Freeman	18 Apr 1637 (38 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12]
  On 18 April 1637 in Roxbury, Massachusetts he was admitted as a freeman.
  Land/House	Between 1638 and 1641 (39 years)  [2]
  John Graves of Roxbury, N. E., makes Robert Wood of Harlow and Nicholas Campe of Nasing, co. Essex, attorneys to receive rents from his sister, the widow Lydia Ford of Nasing. from between 1638 and 1641.
  Will	1 Nov 1644 (45 years)	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 6, 8, 10]
  Iohn Grave. November (1) 1644. John Grave late of Roxbury. Vnto sonne John the ten Acre lott containing six Acres more or lesse. Also my two Oxen & the vse of halfe the barne during the time of his mothers life & then the barne to be divided as his mothers land is, one halfe vnto him. Also my best suite & the bed that he lyeth vppon. John shall pay vnto dau. Mary sixe pounds at the age of twenty-one years —but in case she dye before, John to pay his brother Samuell & Jonathan fourty shillings apiece. Also vnto sonne Samuell my lot called the four acre lott, the lott of goodman Lewis between the land of Robert Seaver & the land of goodman Lewis, vnto him, &c. vnto Jonathan my son that lott lying on the great hill of 5 Acres —if my two frends, Phillip Eliot & Willnj Heath exchange it for land more convenient & vsefuli for my son, I give them full power so to doe. Also my lot of Comon wch was last divided vnto me by the towne, I give to my foresaid three sonns equally to be divided — wife to haue free liberty to fetch fyre wood. To dau. Many the bed & all that belongeth thereto wch her grandmother now lyeth vppon. If wife liue fyve years after the death of my mother, then she shall pay vnto my daughter Hanna six pound —if she dye before, then Iohn & Samuell & Jonathan to pay vnto her fyve pound. Testifyed before the Court Phillip Eliot. William Heath. Increase Nowell secr — Iohn Grave. 26 (9) 1645. John Grave late of Roxbury. My land to be sould.—Vnto my brother Samuell Sixe pound, to brother Jonathan four pounds. —to sister Saiah three pound — to ray sister Hanna three pound—to sister Marah sixe pound wch I was to giue vnto her by my ffathers will—to be paid her at the age of one & twenty—vnto Georg Brand what he doth owe vnto mee —vnto my Mother all my wearing apparell—vnto Phillip Eliot what he doth owe mee, whom I doe make mine Executor. What is left to be divided between my Executor & my mother. What I was to haue by my ffathers will, after the death of my mother my two brethren, Samuett & Jonathan shall ^njoy it equally. They to pay sister Sarah five pound, & to sister* Marah three pound, & to sister Hanna three pound. The testimonies of Robert Pepper, Widdowe Grave & John Hansett. See in the book of affidavits,* fol. 43.
  Death	4 Nov 1644	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12]
  The Rev. John Eliot, said of him in in journal, "Iohn Graues, a godley brother of the church, he took a deep cold, which sweld his head with rhume and ouercame his heart." [1, 6, 12]
  Burial	After 4 Nov 1644	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [9]
  Last Full Review	26 Sep 2020
  Origins
  Person ID	I299	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Finch   bur. 10 Jun 1626, All Saints' Church, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
  Marriage	by 1624  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years - She : ??.
  Children	1. Sarah Graves,   c. 20 Jun 1624, All Saints' Church, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. John Graves,   b. Abt 1626   d. 5 Dec 1645, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F8761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Mary   d. About 1634, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	About 1628  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 29 years - She : ??.
  Children	1. Samuel Graves,   b. say 1628  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Jonathan Graves,   b. say 1630  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. Mary Graves,   b. say 1632  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Judith Alward   bur. 10 Oct 1683, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   Other Partners: William Potter  m. 2 Jun 1646;   Samuel Finch  m. 13 Dec 1654
  Marriage	Dec 1635	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 37 years - She : ??.
  Children	+ 1. Hannah Graves,   b. 8 Sep 1636, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 5 Oct 1699, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ John Mayo  m. 24 May 1654
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Immigration: The date in the record is 1633, however Anderson (2003) uses 1635 because of the dates placement. I have chosen to use 1633. [1] Death: His death was recorded as 4 (9) 1644. [8]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1599 - Nazeing, Essex, England Marriage - Dec 1635 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Freeman - 18 Apr 1637 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Will - 1 Nov 1644 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Death - 4 Nov 1644 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Burial - After 4 Nov 1644 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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