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Graves arrived in Virginia in October 1608 on the ship Mary and Margaret with Captain Christopher Newport's second supply. He paid 25 pounds for two shares in the London Company and thereby was entitled to 200 acres (0.81 km 2). Captain Thomas Graves settled at Smythe's Hundred, situated on the north shore of the James River ten miles from ...
Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves, KB (23 October 1725 – 9 February 1802) was a British officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial official. He served in the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence .
Thomas Graves was born circa 1747, the third son of Reverend John Graves of Castle Dawson, County Londonderry, by his wife Jane Hudson. He was a nephew of Admiral Samuel Graves and a first cousin once removed of Admiral Thomas, Lord Graves. Graves' three brothers all served as captains in the navy, becoming admirals on the superannuated list.
This is the Chronology of the Thomas Graves Family from Mecklenberg, VA. This is the complete story as verified by U.S. Government census records, Guion-Miller Cherokee roll, marriage and death certificates, etc. Source: US Government records, Census, etc. Author: The Graves Family: Permission (Reusing this file) Permission to use freely
Katherine Crowshaw (Graves) (c 1585-1636), was too close to Raleigh's age to be his daughter, as was previously thought. She was the wife of Thomas Graves , who she married c 1604/5 in England. Their eldest son, also a Thomas Graves, was born ca 1606 in England.
Baron Graves, of Gravesend in the County of Londonderry, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. [2] It was created on 24 October 1794 for the naval commander Admiral Thomas Graves.
Thomas or Tom Graves may refer to: Captain Thomas Graves (c. 1580–1635), English planter in colonial Virginia Thomas Graves (engineer) (c. 1585–1662), English engineer who laid out Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts in 1629
Thomas North Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (28 May 1775 – 7 February 1830) was a British peer and Member of Parliament. Biography. Graves was the son of Admiral ...