Born in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Adams Sr.
and Mourning (Lewis) Adams
Sister of
Anna Adams, Elizabeth (Adams) Moorman, Mary (Adams) Moorman, Judith Lewis (Adams) Clark, Agnes (Adams) Ferguson, Sally Adams, Susannah Adams, Anne (Adams) Douglas [half], Robert Adams Jr and James Adams Sr.
Wife of
John Graves
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
John Richard Graves
Died about
at about age 65
in Albemarle, Virginia, United States
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Biography
This profile is part of the Graves Name Study.
Lucy Adams, the daughter of Robert Adams and Mourning Lewis was born 14 June 1714 in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia. She died Jan 1780 (aged 57–58) in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. [1]
Lucy married John Richard Graves before 1743 when she and John sold 350 acres to John Sanders in a deed dated 18 Oct 1743 350 for 30 pounds as follows:
'This Indenture made this 18th day of October Anno Domini One Thousand seven hundred and forty three... that the said John Graves Jun & Lucy his wife... for the valuable consideration of thirty pound... paid by the said John Sanders... hath Bargained sold.. unto the said John Sanders... One Certain Tract... Containing Three hundred and fifty acres the same more or less Lying on the North side James River... [2]
The above Deed is for Land previously left by Lucy's father, Robert Adams in his Will. Possible Children of John Graves and Lucy Adams:
- Adam Graves (abt. 1745–1823) m. Mary Holland, 4 May 1769 (Goochland Co., VA). FS ID 2W31-D7C
- William Graves (abt. 1748–1823) FS ID LRFB-RT8
- John Richard Graves (abt. 1750–1830) m(1) Elizabeth Davidson, 1772, m(2) Edith June, c. 1798, d. 1830. FS ID LT5X-YKR
Sources
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182026172/lucy-graves
- ↑ Goochland County, Virginia; Deed Book No 4, 1741-1745; Page 248-249 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9P6-9S5C
See also:
- John Graves Family Search ID LT5F-35C https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LT5F-35C
- CAPTAIN THOMAS GRAVES, 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia, and His Descendants, Genealogy 169, Graves Family Association https://graves-fa.org/gen-histories/gens/gen169.html
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lucy by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lucy:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Mary Elizabeth Stewart 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A102471 [compare], Ancestry member MaryEStewart
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A102471 [compare], FTDNA kit #309095
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~0.78%
Jason Howe :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jasonmhowe
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~0.78%
Joe Malcom :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #791981
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