Penelope Graves (175) was born 8 May 1733, and died in 1801 in East Glastonbury, Conn. She first married Elihu Dwight, son of Capt. Nathaniel Dwight, in 1757. He died in 1760 at age 23. She secondly married Capt. and Deacon Elisha Hollister of East Glastonbury. He died 12 Nov. 1800.
Penelope was one of the most remarkable women of her day, highly educated and well informed on all subjects. Her influence was powerful in molding the sentiments of all with whom she was brought in contact. She had the honor of entertaining General Washington and many persons of prominence in revolutionary times. She was greatgrandmother by her second husband of Mrs. E. L. Bomeisler, who lived at 255 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1896, and who did very much in collating the early histories of American families.
