Levi Graves I (1771 - 1858)

Born 12 Jan 1771 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Smith) Graves — married 22 Nov 1798 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1858 at age 87 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Levi is the son of Perez Graves and Martha Gillett

Levi married Mary Smith on 22 Nov 1798 in South Hadley, Massachusetts^[1] - daughter of Jonathan & Bathsheba (Chapin) Smith

Graves Family History ^[2]

Levi and Mary Graves Children

1. Harvey 1800-1888 m) Eliza Ann Bardwell
2. Mary 1803-1881 m) Silas Billings
3. Levi 1810-1867 m) Tabitha Clark Field
4. Jonathan Smith 1818-1883 m) Caroline Smith

In 1850 they are farming and living in Hatfield, Mass. Levi and his wife mary and children Jonathan, his wife Caroline, and their son Alfred H, and daughter Abby ^[3]

In 1855 they are living in HAtfield, Mass with son Jonathan and his wife Caroline and their children, Levi is now age 86 and Mary is 82 years old ^[4]

Levi died at the age of 87 and is buried at Main Street Cem, Hatfield, Hampshire, MA^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Record
2. ↑ Family History
3. ↑ 1850 Census
4. ↑ 1855 Census
5. ↑ Memorial

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). pg 93/810 (shareable view)

• Book online: Genealogy of the Graves family in America by Graves, John Card, 1839-1931, Published in 1896, page 73 and 74

• 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Township: Hatfield, Census Place: Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 320; Page: 38A, Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C. pg 3/28 (shareable view)

• Massachusetts, State Census, 1855, Township and Ward: Hatfield,Original data: Massachusetts. 1855–1865 Massachusetts State Census [microform]. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. pg 10/16 (shareable view)

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 May 2020), memorial page for Levi Graves (12 Jan 1771–10 Nov 1858), Find a Grave Memorial no. 127179384, citing Main Street Cemetery, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .