Person:Joseph Grafton (1)

Captain Joseph Grafton
b.Bef 1597
m. Bef 1622
  1. Elizabeth GraftonAbt 1622 - Aft 1678/79
  • HCaptain Joseph GraftonBef 1597 - 1682
  • WMary MooreAbt 1613 - 1674
m. 1631
  1. Priscilla GraftonEst 1634 - 1717
  2. Joseph Grafton1636/37 - 1670/71
  3. John Grafton1639 - 1715
  4. Nathaniel Grafton1642 - 1670/71
  • HCaptain Joseph GraftonBef 1597 - 1682
  • WBethiah ReaEst 1630 - 1688
m. Aft 1674
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Captain Joseph Grafton
Gender Male
Birth[4] Bef 1597 Based on estimated date of first marriage.
Marriage Bef 1622 Based on estimated date of birth of only known child (Elizabeth).
to Unknown (27403)
Marriage 1631 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Englandto Mary Moore
Emigration[1] 1636
Residence[1] 1636 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Aft 1674 after death of 1st wife
to Bethiah Rea
Death[2][3][4] 24 Jun 1682 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[7][8] Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Joseph Grafton, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    137.

    "Grafton, Joseph: [Origin] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk; [Emigration] 1636; [Resided] Salem [MBCR 1:373; SChR 16; STR 1:21, 51; WJ 1:400; WP 3:452, 4:107; EIHC 46:49-60; NEHGR 154:216]."

  2. 2.0 2.1 Joseph Grafton, in Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928)
    1:435.

    Joseph Grafton was a mariner; had a "mother-in-law" here in 1638; Anne Scarlet called him "brother" in her will in 1639 and John Sanders called him "father" in his will in 1643; married, first, Mary ___, she died Nov. 1674; married, second, Bethiah (Rea), widow of Capt. Thomas Lathrop; died in 1681; his widow Bethiah married, third, __ Goodhue in 1681; children 1. Priscilla, married John Gardner; 2. Joseph, baptized Jan 24, 1636-7; John, baptized April 28, 1639; 4. Nathaniel, baptized April 24, 1642.

  3. 3.0 3.1 Joseph Grafton, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:289.

    "Joseph (Grafton), Salem 1636, freem. 17 May 1637; had w. Mary wh. d. Nov 1674, and ch. Priscilla; Joseph, bapt. 24 Jan. 1637; John, 28 Apr. 1639, … and Nathaniel, 24 Apr. or 1 May 1642. He was an active mariner and merch. His sec. w. was Bethia, wid. of capt. Thomas Lathrop, d. of Daniel Rea, or Ray, wh. as admor. of L. join. with him in 1681, to sett. the est. with Ezekiel Cheever, and his w. Ellen, sis. of L. and after his (G.'s) d. m. bef. 26 June 1683, deac. William Goodhue. Priscilla m. 20 Feb. 1654, John Gardner."

  4. 4.0 4.1 Belknap, Henry Wyckoff. The Grafton family of Salem. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1928)
    1-12.
  5.   Cutter, William Richard, Editor. Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1912)
    1547-48.
  6.   Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and family history of western New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912)
    1395.
  7. Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    5:292.

    "Grafton, … Joseph, Sr., [died] _____, 1683. (gravestone record, Charter Street Cemetery.)"

  8. Joseph Grafton, Sr., in Find A Grave.
  9.   Barbara MacAllan, The Great Yarmouth Company of Migrant Families, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    154:215.

    link Joseph Grafton married widow Mary Howfield widow in Aug 1631 and had Abigail Grafton bp 1632 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. His mother was identified as widow Katheryn Raby who in 1637 said she was going to join her son in New England. She was the Katheryn Grafton who married Robert Raby in 1613 and may also may have been mother to Ann Scarlet of Great Yarmouth who later described Joseph Grafton as "brother" in her will of 1642 at Salem.

    [Was Mary More the widow Mary Howfield described above or a second wife?]

  10.   Charles B Moore, The Moore Family of Southold, L.I., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    15:57, 1884.

    link The author presents clear evidence that the wife of Joseph Grafton was Mary Moore daughter of Widow Anne Moore and sister of Thomas Moore.

    link

    11th of the 5th mo. is the earliest exact date of identification at Salem. There is an entry that "Tho More, sonne to wido More, and his wife were addmitted inhabitants of Salem."

    12th mo. 20, 1636, there was a warrant for layying out to widoe More ten acres at Jeffrey's creek. And thiry aces were allotted to Joseph Grafton.

    8 Jan 1636/7 widow more admitted to the church.

    On Aug 22, 1637 Goodwife Grafton applied for a parcel of land for her mother, at the end of her husband's lot which was granted. The division list preserved shows wid. More next to Thomas Moore and Jos. Grafton. Ann More, of Salem on 10 Mar 1664/5 deeded to Nathaniel Grafton her grandson... Mary (Moore) Grafton died in Nov 1674.