Elizabeth (Orton) Graves (1732 - 1756)

Born 28 Nov 1732 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Thaddeus Graves — married 25 Dec 1755 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1756 at age 23 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

Name

Elizabeth Orton

Birth

8 Nov 1732 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Marriage

25 Dec 1755 Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Death

14 Jun 1756 Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts

Research Notes

I marked death as uncertain, Find a Grave lists it as 1756 but there is source data showing her having children as late as 1773. There is no photo of the tombstone on Find a grave. Fockler-45

Another source indicates that Thaddeus Graves had a 2nd wife also named Elizabeth with whom he had the rest of his children, but the link no longer works - Erdoes-1

Sources

• Orton, Edward. An Account of The Descendents of Thomas Orton of Windsor, Connecticut, 1641 (Nitschke Brothers, Columbus, Ohio, 1896) Page 44
• Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Find A Grave: Memorial #118215125
• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA
• Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005)
• "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHWS-768 : 20 April 2016), Thaddeus Graves and Elizabeth Orton, 25 Dec 1755; citing Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 1,903,036.