Person:Martha Graves (21)

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Martha Graves
b.7 Mar 1731/32 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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m. 6 Jun 1720
  1. Elijah Graves1720 -
  2. Simeon Graves1722 - 1812
  3. Esther GravesAbt 1725 - 1811
  4. Anna GravesAbt 1728 -
  5. Martha Graves1731/32 -
  6. David Graves1733 - 1815
  7. Matthew Graves1735 - 1824
  8. Hannah GravesAbt 1736 - 1807
  9. Abigail Graves1737 -
  10. Martin Graves1744 - 1822
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joseph Guild (add)
  • W.  Martha Graves1731/32 -
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Facts and Events
Name Martha Graves
Gender Female
Birth[1] 7 Mar 1731/32 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Massachusetts, United Statesto Joseph Guild (add)
Questionable Information Found
No references found to a "Rev. Joseph Guild" in books or magazine articles, much less as a husband of Martha (discounting unsourced Graves Genealogy). Which state did he live in? Was this a first or second marriage? Where and when did the marriage occur? If it did, some of this should be findable, but isn't.


Specifics:

Source:Boltwood, Lucius M. Genealogies of Hadley Families, published 1862, p. 63: "Martha, b. March 7, 1731". No marriage indicated. There is no section on surname GUILD, or any mention of a Joseph Guild.

Source:Graves, John Card. Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, published 1896, p. 17: "MARTHA, born Mch. 7, 1731; md. Rev. Jos. Guild.". [Note lack of marriage date or any other information on the husband or any further information about Martha. Nothing in the text of her father has any reference, such as will or deed, that might serve as possible evidence.

Source:Crafts, James M. History of the Town of Whately, Mass., 1661-1899, published 1899, p. 477: "Martha, b. at Hat 7 March, 1731, m. Rev. Joseph Guild:". Note that there is no other mention of Rev. Joseph Guild in the entire book or any section on Guild in the genealogy section, except for p. 585, where "Martha [Smith, a twin of Philip Smith] m. Joseph Guild".

Source:Graves, Kenneth Vance. Thomas Graves, 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and His Descendants, published 1985, Volume 1, p. 34: Martha Graves, b. 7 March 1731, m. (Rev.) Joseph Guild." This, as is often the case, is verbatim what is shown on the Graves Family Association website search for "Joseph Guild".

Source:Chamberlain, Portia. Bardwell-Bordwell Descendants, published 1964, p. 4: "MARTHA b. Hatfield 1731 Mch 7 m. Rev. JOSEPH GUILD".

Various searching, much of it broad, such as any reference in books.google.com, any reference in NEHGR, etc., has yielded nothing except as noted.

Hatfield records p. 69 show "son of Joseph Guild born July 19th 1793", and there appears to be a death of this child on p. 115: "Joseph Guild's child [died] July". This cannot be the child of a woman born in 1731, so if this is the Joseph Guild referred to, the wife is not this Martha Graves. This appears to be the only Hatfield record for Guild.

References
  1. ↑ "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. 54.

    Martha Daughter of David & Abigail Graves Born March 7th 1731
    [Note: assumed to be 1731/32 based on context of surrounding records.]

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