Rev. 8 June 1995, Gen. 340

There were Graves family members who lived in Kirton, Boston, Lincolnshire, in the 1600's and perhaps before and after that. While doing very preliminary research in the Society of Genealogists library in London, a very abbreviated chart was found in the Graves vertical file for a Graves family of Kirton, probably in the 1600's. It showed brothers William Graves (or Grave) and Thomas Graves. Thomas had 3 children, names not stated. William probably married Hester Carlton, and had 3 children: Elizabeth (m. Anthony Silsey and had child Anthonie Silsey), Humfrey, and William.

Calendar of Lincoln Wills, vol. II, 1601-1652, ed. by C.W. Foster, 1910, lists wills in Kirton in the early 1640's, including one for a Humphrey Graves in 1646. Perhaps this is the same as the Humfrey mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In Year Book of Probates, vol. 1, 1630-1634, is mention of a 1625 will for William Grave in Kirton, Lincs. PCC Wills and Admin., 1670-1710, lists a will for Humphry Graves of Lincs., 1705. Records of the Borough of Nottingham, 1155-1702, pub. 1882, 5 vols., contains or refers to the collection called "Greaves Papers", and mentions Humphrey/Humfrey Greaves in Nottingham records in the 1630's and 1640's. Could there be a connection with the Humphrey Graves of Kirton?

In the booklet, Kirton-in-Holland, Lincolnshire (R-2), there is a comment on page 2: "...the sea channels were changing. Locally, Thomas Graves blamed the wind for diverting the rivers and sea banks ...". Could this have been the Thomas Graves mentioned in the first paragraph above?

From the same source as R-1, the following lists of children have been provided. It is apparently thought that these may be earlier generations of the same family in this genealogy. All places are in Lincolnshire.

Children of Joseph and Ann Graves:

Joseph Graves, born at Bag Enderby, Jan. 25, 1806

Elizabeth Graves, born at Little Steeping, Dec. 31, 1806

Peter Graves, born at Little Steeping, Jan. 26, 1809

Ann Graves, born at Little Steeping, Nov. 8, 1810

Mary Graves, born at Little Steeping, Dec. 19, 1813

Susan (?) Graves, born at Little Steeping, March (?) 4, 1814.

Jane Graves, born at Little Steeping, Nov. 11, 1815

Rachel Graves, born at Little Steeping, April 7, 1818

Damarius (?) Graves, born at Beaytoft (could this be Burtoft?), July 12, 1821

George Graves, born at Beaytoft (?), March 10, 1823

Lucy Graves, born at Gepey Drove (?), Feb. 28, 1825

Children of Nathaniel and Jane Coupland (Is she the Jane Graves born 1815?):

Graves Coupland, born at East Kirkby, Aug. 31, 1839

Betty Ann Coupland, born at Hagnaby Lock, March 7, 1843

Obadiah Coupland, born at Hagnaby Lock, June 5, 1845

Because of where the families lived, there may also be a connection with the family of John Graves and Elizabeth Field (gen. 254) which lived in Old Bolingbroke and Carrington, and with that of William Graves and Elizabeth ------ of Billinghay (gen. 317).

------ Graves (1) married. They had at least the 2 children listed below. (R-1)

Children - Graves

+2. George Graves, b. 1841, m. Sarah Barber, d. 1929.

3. William Graves, b. Friskney, Lincs.

CHILDREN OF ------ GRAVES (1)

George Graves (2) was born in 1841 and died in 1929. He married Sarah Barber. She was born in 1841 and died in 1911. (R-1)

Children - Graves

+4. Joseph Graves, m. Betsy ------.

+5. Annie Graves, m. Robert Holmes.

+6. Arthur Eno Graves, b. 1872, m. Betsy Jane Jubb, d. 1952.

7. Alice Graves

+8. George Graves, m. Lidy ------.

CHILDREN OF GEORGE GRAVES (2) AND SARAH BARBER

Joseph Graves (4) married Betsy ------. (R-1)

Children - Graves

9. Henry Graves

10. Albert Graves

11. Olive Graves

+12. Gilbert Graves, m. Edna ------.

13. Kate Graves

Annie Graves (5) married Robert Holmes. (R-1)

Children - Holmes

+14. Frank Holmes, m. Mary Burrows.

Arthur Eno Graves (6) was born in 1872 and died in 1952. He married Betsy Jane Jubb. She was born in 1869 and died in 1952. (R-1)

Children - Graves

15. Dorothy Alice Graves, b. 1901, m. William Killingworth, d. 1990.

+16. John Arthur Graves, b. 1912, m. Agnes Nora Pearson, d. 1969.

George Graves (8) married Lidy ------. (R-1)

Children - Graves

17. Mary Graves

18. Ethel Graves

19. Bess Graves, m. "Mac" Cuthbertson.

20. Ida Graves

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