Born about in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Aaron Graves
and Mary (Wells) Graves
Sister of
Jemima (Graves) King, Mary (Graves) Nash, Eunice (Graves) Moody, Beulah (Graves) Moody, Lucius Graves, Aaron Graves, Sybil (Graves) Morton and Rebecca (Graves) Waite
Wife of
Simeon Dickinson
— married
1750 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucy Dickinson, Lydia Dickinson, Martha Dickinson, Simeon Dickinson, Seth Dickinson, Gad Dickinson, Eunice (Dickinson) Edwards, Martin Dickinson, Jemima Dickinson, Jerusha (Dickinson) Franklin, Obed Dickinson and William Dickinson
Died
at about age 90
in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jan 2011
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Biography
Martha was the daughter of Aaron Graves and Mary Wells
Simeon married Martha Graves on 7 Sept 1750 in Amherst, Mass.
Martha Dickenson is listed once in the Ledger of Dr. Elijah Paine, a physician and tavern keeper in Williamsburg. She bought a "vomit" (probably some kind of medicine or practice to cure something) on July 25 1785, paying cash for it.
Simon and Martha had twelve children
Born in Hadley, Mass
- Lucy 1751
- Lydia 1753
- Martha 1755
- Simeon 1757
Born in Amherst
- Seth 1759
- Gad 1761
- Eunice 1764
- Martin 1765
- Jemima 1767
- Jerusha 1770
- Obed 1772
- William 1775
Martha's husband Simeon died in 1806 in Amherst
Martha was 90 years old when she passed away in 1822 in Amherst, Mass. [1]
Sources
- Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-LZCN : 20 May 2022), Martha Graves, 1732.
- Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSR-5JF : 20 December 2022), Martha Graves in entry for Simeon Dickinson, 1750.
- Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Amherst Births, Marriages and Deaths in Amherst,Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
- Genealogy of the Graves family in America, by Graves, John Card, 1839-1931 Page 21
- Paine (Dr. Elijah) Ledger 1785 - 1798 as found at [1]
Acknowledgements
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