Mary (Wells) Graves (1707 - 1788)

Born 24 Oct 1707 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 7 Nov 1788 at age 81 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

See notes under her husband.

Mary's brother (actually half brother) Ebenezer includes Mary and her husband Aaron Graves in his will, which proves her father.

Mary is often considered the daughter of Mary Waite instead of Sarah Smith. It would be very nice if this were true since Mary Waite's family history is so much more interesting. She was captured by Indians along with her mother and some siblings and her father Benjamin chased them until he caught up with them and set them free, However, Mary Waite died in 1704 and Ebenezer's daughter Mary was born in 1707. Ebenezer had married Sarah Smith by then. There is also a baptism entry to show Mary was Ebenezer's and Sarah's child.

Mary was born October 24, 1707, in Hatfield, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Wells and Sarah Smith Find-a-Grave

Mary Wells married Aaron Graves about 1729 Find-a-Grave

Children: THOMAS GRAVES and Descendants

Jemima Graves, b. 12 April 1730, m. Elisha King (of Hadley, and later of Hatfield), 20 May 1753.

Martha Graves, b. 9 March 1732, m. Simeon Dickinson (of Amherst, Mass.), 12 July 1752, d. 3 Dec. 1822.

Mary Graves, b. 19 Oct. 1733, m. (Ensign) John Nash, Jr. (of Amherst), 22 May 1754.

Eunice Graves, b. 2 Nov. 1735, m. Jonathan Moody, Jr. (of Amherst), 1 March 1759, d. 15 Dec. 1813. He d. 9 April 1804.

Beulah Graves, m. Asahel Moody (of Amherst), 20 Aug. 1761, probably d. 30 Dec. 1826. He d. 9 Aug. 1813.

Lucius Graves, b. 19 Dec. 1746, m(1) Irene Dickinson, 9 Nov. 1780, m(2) Clarissa Hickox, d. 27 May 1810.

Aaron Graves, b.c. 1749, m. Sarah Morton, 13 May 1773, d. 17 Nov. 1834.

Sybil Graves, b.c. 1752, m. Simeon Morton (of Whately), 24 Dec. 1778, d. 9 Jan. 1827. Rebecca Graves, b.c. 1758, m. Elihu Waite (of Whately), d. 11 July 1821.

She passed away in 1788. Find-a-Grave Her death record calls her Elizabeth.

Sources

• Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1V-G5P : accessed 8 December 2015), Mary Wells, 24 Oct 1707; citing Northampton, Massachusetts, item 2 p 18; FHL microfilm 760,648. as found at [1]

• The Will of Ebenezer Wells (1691 - 1758) (proof she was indeed his sister) No longer online.

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• Genealogy of the Graves Family of America Graves Family

• Find-a-Grave Find-a-Grave

• Death: in son Lucius' family record: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-5Z12 : 10 November 2020), Lucius Graves in entry for Lucius Graves, 9 Apr 1792; citing Birth, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934218.

• http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/mary-wells_32790174

• THOMAS GRAVES 1645 Settler of Hartford, Connecticut and Hatfield, Massachusetts and His Descendants THOMAS GRAVES and Descendants