Asa Graves (1757 - 1820)

Born 19 Feb 1757 in Connecticut

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1820 at age 63 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States

Biography

Asa Graves, son of Joshua and Rhoda (Bronson) Graves, was born on 19 Feb. 1757 at New Cambridge (now Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut) or Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut.^[1][2]

He married Desire^[1] Oatman, daughter of George and Ruth Oatman,^[3][4]

He married Roxenna on 16 July 1781 at Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.^[1]

Asa died 5 July 1820 (or 6 Oct. 1823), in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. ^[1]

Children of Asa and Desire

1. Rhoda Graves, b. 8 June 1780 (Arlington, Bennington Co., VT).
2. Ruth Graves, b. 11 March 1780), m. Levi Lane, before 1805, d. 4 (or 11) April 1866.^[5]

Children of Asa and Roxenna

1. Phebe Graves, b. 17 Aug. 1784 (or 18 Aug. 1785) (Wallingford, VT), m(1) William Allen, m(2) ‑‑‑‑‑‑ Swift.
2. Hannah (or Harriana) Graves, b. 27 March 1787 (Salisbury, VT).
3. Sylvia (or Selva) Graves, b. 23 June 1789 (Salisbury, VT), d. prior to 12 Feb. 1868 (Trumbull Co., OH).
4. Liman (or Lyman) Oatman Graves, b. 25 Sept. 1791.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} JOHN GRAVES 1635 Settler of Concord, MA and His Descendants
2. ↑ Asa Graves Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
3. ↑ The Prindle genealogy. embracing the descendants of William Pringle the first settler, in part for six, seven and eight generations, and also the ancestors and descendants of Zalmon Prindle for ten generations, covering a period of two hundred and fifty-two years, 1654-1906 by Prindle, Franklin Cogswell. Page 261.
4. ↑ GEORGE OUTMAN
5. ↑ The History of Jericho, Vermont Available at Ancestery.com. Pages 529, 538.
6. ↑ Children at JGraves