Person:Elnathan Graves (3)

BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Graves 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield,Massachusetts and his Descendants Revised 1 Dec. 2005, Gen. 168 Elnathan Graves (49) was born 20 Aug. 1699 in Hatfield, and died 17 Feb. 1785. He first married Martha Dickinson, daughter of Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield, on 2 March 1727. She was born 25 Dec. 1701, and died 9 Jan. 1756. He secondly married Dorothy Belding, daughter of Ebenezer Morton of Hatfield, and widow of John Belding. She died 9 May 1800, aged 80. He lived in Hatfield until his death. At an early period of the settlement of Williamsburg, Mass., he bought a large tract of land there, and three of his grandsons later settled on it; specifically, Samuel, Perez Jr., and Elnathan, all sons of Capt. Perez Graves. All their children were born in Hatfield. (R-200)

1.   Graves, John Card. Genealogy of the Graves family in America. (Buffalo [New York]: Baker, Jones, 1896-[1944?]).
2.   Graves Family Association. Thomas Graves 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and His Descendants.
3. ↑ "Births, marriages, deaths 1655-1843", in Hatfield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births, marriages, and deaths in four Massachusetts towns, 1655-1844. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
   p. 101.

   Elnathan Son of John & Sarah Graves ju'r Born August 20: 1699.

4. ↑ Hatfield (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Births, marriages, and deaths in four Massachusetts towns, 1655-1844. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
   p. 142.

   1785
   Graves, Elanthan died Feb. 17 aged 86 years. Old Age.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Find A Grave: Hill Cemetery, Hatfield, MA, in Find A Grave
   Elnathan Graves.

   In Memory of
   Mr. Elnathan
   Graves who Died
   Feb^ry 17: 1785:
   In the 86 Year
   of his age.