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Some of the beliefs, assumptions, and speculation about connections between some of the various families are shown below. Let us know of any other relationships you think should be added. If you can help us get DNA study participants from these families, then we may be able to prove or disprove the possible connections. To see more about these families, see the alphabetical ancestor listing page. View a list of the families that are already participating in the DNA study. When a genealogy number below is red, that indicates they are already in the DNA study.

Families of Bedford Co., PA, later of Ohio and Iowa: John Graves (1), Joseph Graves (8), Samuel Graves (212)

Graves Families of Randolph Co., NC: Peter Graves of Surry Co., NC (11), William B. Graves (69), John Graves and Margery Harvey of Randolph Co., NC (77), William Graves (97), James Stephen Graves (98), Doctor Graves (99), James Graves (100), Thomas Graves (101), John Graves (102), Latham Graves (118), Mary Graves (153), James Graves (161), Lemuel Graves (178), Gilliam Graves (242), Mary Graves (260), James Graves (262), William Graves (278), John B. Graves (292), Peter C. Graves (350), Rebecca Graves (432), Sarah Graves (666), Margaret W. Graves (672), Samuel Graves (829), Peter Graves (888), Phebe (or Ophelia) Graves (921), Elizabeth Graves (922)

Leonard Graves of VA & KY (27), John Graves (589)

Families from SC: James W. Graves of SC, MS & AR (48), James Graves of SC & GA (78), Richard Graves of SC & AR (189), George William Graves of GA, MS & TX (258), William P. Graves of SC, GA, AL & TX (920)

Families of SC and AL: Thomas Graves (57), Archibald Graves (63), Hardy Graves (73), John Graves (92), Dr. Thomas Graves (155), Alexander Graves (439), Stephen Graves (575)

John Graves and Ann Campbell of NC & TN (82), Lenard H. Graves (180)

Families Related to Samuel Graves of Lynn, MA (desc. from Graves Family of Lincolnshire): Samuel Graves of Lynn, MA (83), Samuel Graves (307) (or from gen. 238?), Betsy E. Graves (409), Mary Graves (500), Sarah Graves (538), William Graves (826)

William Lynch Graves (84), Raymond Graves (175), John Graves (84)

Quaker Families of Northern Ireland and Delaware:

  • Lewis Graves (45), Thomas Graves of DE, Quaker (85), Levi C. Graves (244), Stephen Graves (564)
  • Jonathan Greaves (18), Humphrey Isaac Greaves of NC (50)
  • Martha Graves and Isaac Cox of NJ (138), John Graves and Sarah ------ of VA & OH (160), Jesse Graves (167), Margaret Graves and William Morton of Ireland & PA (367)

Families Related to John Graves of Germany, NC and TN: John Graves (Johann Sebastian Graff) (105), William Graves (37), Thomas Graves (280), Charles Graves (697)

John Samuel Graves of SC (106), Elizabeth Graves (192)

William Graves of Dover, NH (165), Daniel Graves (207) (or desc. from gen. 28?)

Graves/Greaves Families Related to John Graves of Concord, MA (desc. from Greaves Family of Beeley, Derbyshire):

  • John Graves of Concord, MA (166), Olive Graves (777)
  • James Graves and Mary Copeland of VA & GA (150), Thomas Graves (147), John Graves (209), Ransom M. Graves (245), William M. Graves (246), Susannah Graves (303), Nancy Graves (601)
  • Benjamin Graves and Mildred Hancock of VA & Wilson Co., TN (211)
  • Parents of Thomas Ley Greaves and Richard C. Greaves (154), Greaves Family of Beeley, Derbyshire (228), George Greaves (237), Greaves Family of Macclesfield, Cheshire (334)
  • William Greaves of Greenhill, Yorkshire (336) (maybe only first couple of generations), Joseph Graves and Matilda Simpson of KY (62), John Graves (96), John Sanders Graves (115), John Greaves of St. Mary's Co., MD (247), John M. Graves of St. Mary's Co., MD & KY (261), Joshua Graves (346), William Greaves (394), William Greaves (395), John Greaves (397), Thomas Henry Greaves (578), Philip Graves and Sarah Hunsinger of MD & KY (784)

Families Related to Rear Adm. Thomas Graves (desc. from Greaves Family of Beeley, Derbyshire): Rear Adm. Thomas Graves (28), Greaves/Graves Family of Stepney, London, England (28A), Elijah Graves (10), Asa W. Graves (72), Joseph Graves (133), Daniel Graves (207), Nancy Graves (221), Lt. William Graves (238), Joseph Graves (282), Josiah Graves (289), Charles Graves (453), Cathrine Graves (493), Joshua Graves (832). Some of these are associated with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and all may be descended from Rear Adm. Thomas Graves (28).

Thomas Graves of Northampton Co., VA (126), Lance Graves (276)

Families Related to Hartford, CT group:

  • Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT & Hatfield, MA (168), Noble Graves (124), William Graves (135), Wayland Henry Graves (194), Solomon Graves (412), Erastus Lemuel Graves (752), Jesse Graves (795)
  • Deacon George Graves (65), Josiah Graves (21), Sarah Graves (219)

Capt. Thomas Graves of VA (169), David William Graves (14), Williamson Graves (67), John Graves (141), Sarah Graves (191), Thomas Graves (558), Catherine Graves (610), James Perry Graves (803), Henry C. Graves (831), Samuel Graves (877)

Graves Families of Caroline Co. & Halifax Co., VA, and SC:

  • John Graves of Halifax Co., VA (145), Beverly Graves of Caroline Co., VA (217)
  • Archibald Pratt Graves of SC (851)

Greaves Families of Derbyshire, England:

  • William Greaves of Greenhill, Yorkshire (336) (except for first couple of generations)
  • Joseph Blythe Greaves (156)

John Graves of Radford, Warwick, England (235), Richard Greaves of Worcester, England (236)

Families of Lincolnshire, England: John Graves of Lincolnshire, England (254), Robert Graves (317), George Graves (340)

George Graves of Lincolnshire/Yorkshire (255), Henry Graves of the Isle of Man (229)

John Greaves of Nottinghamshire (327), William George Greaves (684)

Robert Greeves of Leicestershire, England (338), Francis Graves (383)

Joshua Greaves of Leeds, West Yorkshire (33), Ernest Greaves (825)

Richard Graves of Wymondham, Norfolk, England (198), William George Grave of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England (199), Daniel Graves of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (668)

John Graves of Yorkshire (113), William Greaves (114), Robert Q. W. Graves (331)

Families of Cambridgeshire, England: James Graves of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England (139), James Graves of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire (269), William Graves of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire (648), John Graves (683)

Families of Ireland: William Graves of Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland (35), Adam Graves of MD & Canada (43), Graves Family of Yorkshire (68), Mary Graves and Patrick Cody of Wexford, Ireland (267), Thomas Graves of England, Canada & VT (287), William Valentine Graves of Australia (347), Richard Graves of Waterford, Ireland (364), Anthony Graves of Wexford, Ireland & U.S. (483)

Grave Families of Cumbria/Cumberland, England: John Grave and Elizabeth Fisher (377), William Grave and Mary Davidson (504), Samuel Grave and Margaret ------ (572), William Graves (600), John Grave and Elizabeth Atkinson (653), Abel Graves and Sarah Stanley (655), Katherine Grave and Robert Hodgson (686), John Grave and Sarah Herbert (736), John Grave and Ruth Mattinson (800), John Grave and Mary ------ (904)