Aaron Graves (1749 - 1834)

Born 1749 in Hatfield, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Morton) Graves — married 3 May 1773 in Hatfield, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1834 at about age 85 in South Hadley, Massachusetts

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Biography

Captain Aaron Graves served with 22nd Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Graves Name Study.

Aaron was born in 1749.

Children of Aaron and Sarah^[1]

1. SARAH born May 10, 1774.
2. LUCIUS, born Feb. 5, 1776.
3. ELIJAH, born July 19, 1778.
4. AARON, born June 21, 1781.
5. CHESTER, born Aug. 25, 1783.
6. LUCINDA, born April 9, 1786.
7. THEOPHILUS, born April 3, 1788.
8. ROSWELL, born May 20, 1790.
9. JOTHAM, born Sept. 9, 1792,

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GRAVES, AARON Ancestor #: A047182

Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): MAJOR

Birth: 1749 HADLEY HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 11- -1834 SOUTH HADLEY HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 6, PP 741-742

Service Description:

1) COL BURT, 1ST HAMPSHIRE CO REGT;

ALSO CAPT UNDER COL LEONARD

Spouse,

1) SARAH MORTON

Also: Private, Capt. Moses Montague's co. of Minute-men, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; enlisted April 20, 1775; service, 15 2/3 da

Graves, Aaron. Captain, 13th co., 1st Hampshire Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, as returned by Charles Pyncheon, dated Springfield, May 21, 1776; ordered in Council June 13, 1776, that said officers be commissioned ; reported commissioned June 13, 1776 ; also, Captain, Col. David Leonard's regt.; entered service May 8, 1777; discharged July 8, 1777; service, 2 mos. 10 days, travel included, at the Northward; also, Major, Col. Gideon Burt's (1st Hampshire Co.) regt.; entered service June 16, 1782; service, 4 days; entered service Sept. 28, 1784; service, 2 days; regiment marched on tours of duty, at Northampton, June 16, 1782, in support of the government, and at Springfield, Sept. -28, 1784, by order of the High Sheriff of said county ; roll dated Longmeadow.

He passed away in 1834 he was about the age of 85 years old and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery located in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts ^[2]

NOTE: Burials in Old South Hadley Cemetery were moved to Evergreen Cemetery in 1902.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Records of Aaron Graves Children
2. ↑ Memorial

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, South Hadley, Births, Marriages and Death, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).(shareable view)

• Genealogy of the Graves family in America, by Graves, John Card, 1839-1931Genealogy Page 39and Genealogy Page 40

• Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives by Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State 1896 as found at Page 742 [1]

• http://www.contesolutions.com/Aaron_Graves__1749-1834__Descendants_Printing_1_25_09_PM.pdf

• Lineage Book, Volume 53, Daughters of the American Revolution, The Society, 1919 - United States Dar Record

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Volume 6 page 741, Graves, Aaron, South Hadley

• Graves Family Association Genealogy 168, https://graves-fa.org/gen-histories/gens/gen168.html

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 November 2020), memorial page for Aaron Graves (1749–17 Nov 1834), Find a Grave Memorial no. 125223694, citing Evergreen Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

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