Family:James Orton and Electra Graves (1)

James Orton b. Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States d. Abt 1840 Whitesboro, Oneida, New York, United States	Parents: Moses Graves and Catherine Unknown Electra Graves b. 30 Mar 1768 Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Marriage^[2]

May 1792

Children

		Birth	Death

References

Graves Family Association. Thomas Graves 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and His Descendants.

Electa Graves, b. 30 March 1768, m. James Orton (of Pittsfield, Mass.), 8 May 1792. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College in 1787. They moved to Whitesboro, Oneida Co., N.Y., where he d.c. 1840.
↑ Births, marriages, deaths 1761-1850, in Pittsfield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births/marriages (1845-1865), and deaths (1862-1900). (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1961)
p. 56.

Record of Marriages in the Year 1792
8. May Mr [blank] Orton & Mrs Electa Graves were Married.
[Note: the 8 indicates this is the 8th marriage of 1792. It is not the day of the month as presented by the Graves Genealogy. This pattern is clear by inspecting the other entries on the page. A Stockbridge record (viewable at Family History Centers) suggests the date was 6 May 1792.]