Mary (Hoar) Graves (abt. 1648 - 1697)

Born about 1648 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Graves — married 21 Oct 1668 in Concord,Middlesex,Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1697 at about age 49 in Concord, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Graves Name Study.

Mary (Hoar or Hoare) Graves was the daughter of John Hoar and Alice (Unknown) Hoar. Mary married Benjamin Graves in Concord, Massachusetts on October 21, 1668.^[1][2]

The children of Mary and Benjamin Graves were:

• Mary (Graves) Ellis (1668-1713),^[3] m. Joseph Ellis;
• Elizabeth Mehitable (Graves) Beebe (1671-1730),^[4] m. Joseph Beebe;
• Ruth (Graves) Webb Merriam (1674-1755),^[5] m. 1st John Webb Jr., m. 2nd William Merriam;
• Benjamin Graves (1676-1752),^[6] m. 1st Ruth Sterling, m. 2nd Mary Margaret Haynes;
• Joseph Graves (1679-1756),^[7] m. Sarah Bates;
• Joannah Graves (1681-1766);^[8] John Graves (1683-1766),^[9]
• Rebecca (Graves) Daniels (1685-1743),^[10] m. Jonathan Daniels; and
• Thomas Graves (1686-?).^[11]

Please note, however, that the last three children, John, Rebecca, and Thomas are essentially unsourced. The addition of sources is appreciated.

Mary died in 1697 in Concord, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1::3QS7-L979-Q979-S? : 09 September 2021), Benjamin Graves and Mary Hoar, 21 Oct 1668; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.
2. ↑ #S38
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-9ZY : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Mary Graves, 18 Jan 1668; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-F4T : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Elizabt. Graves, 25 Apr 1677; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-F41 : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Ruth Graves, 25 Nov 1674; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
6. ↑ See note below regarding cross-out of date on birth record:"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-FHS : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Benj. Graves, 27 Mar 1677; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-H38X?i=199&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFC99-W88 : 09 September 2021), Joseph Graves, 1 Jul 1679; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-H38X?i=199&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFC99-W86 : 09 September 2021), Joannah, 2 Dec 1681; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
9. ↑ FamilySearch - John Graves ID LBR7-JQP
10. ↑ FamilySearch - Rebecca Graves ID MJTQ-42T
11. ↑ FamilySearch - Thomas Graves ID LTNT-K8H

• Nourse, Henry S., The Ancestry of The Hoar Family in America, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1899) Vol. 53, Page 197.
• Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005)
• Himebaugh, Maria Walton, 1913. Hungerford Genealogy: A Genealogical & Biographical Record of the Hungerford Family in England, Ireland, Canada and United States. Privately published, Wichita, Kansas, pages 114-5

1668 - Marriage to Benjamin Graves, the son of John Graves and Joan Anne Bird, in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 21 Oct 1668.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-6T24 : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Graves and Mary Hoar, 21 Oct 1668; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.

1668 - Birth record of daughter, Mary, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. This record, hand-written by the Town Clerk of Concord, clearly writes her birth date as January 18, 1668. Surrounding dates (including her parents marriage 3 months prior) are all 1668.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-9ZY : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Mary Graves, 18 Jan 1668; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

1671 - Birth record of daughter, Elizabeth, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 25 Apr 1671. Note: This record is incorrectly indexed as 1677. Examining the actual document image shows that the writer of the original birth record scratched over the year of birth, changing it from ‘77 to ‘71. Elizabeth is recorded just above her brother Benjamin’s birth in ‘76/‘77 (see below), and the writer first wrote Elizabeth’s birth year as ‘77, then scratched over to change to ‘71. It seems Elizabeth’s birth was not recorded until much after the fact.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-F4T : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Elizabt. Graves, 25 Apr 1677; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

1674 - Birth record of daughter, Ruth, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 25 Nov 1674.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-F41 : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Ruth Graves, 25 Nov 1674; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

1676/77 - Birth record of son, Benjamin Graves, Jr, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 27 Mar 1676 or 1677. Note: The confusion about his birth date is due to a six written above the '77 on the original record.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-FHS : 10 November 2020), Mary in entry for Benj. Graves, 27 Mar 1677; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

1679 - Birth record of son, Joseph Graves, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 1 Jul 1679.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-H38X?i=199&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFC99-W88 : 09 September 2021), Joseph Graves, 1 Jul 1679; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

1681 - Birth record of daughter, Joannah Graves, born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on 2 Dec 1681.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-H38X?i=199&cc=2061550&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFC99-W86 : 09 September 2021), Joannah, 2 Dec 1681; citing Birth, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.