Rev. 3 Dec. 1996, Gen. 317

Robert Graves (1) married Elizabeth ------. He was a farmer and lived in Walcott (near Billinghay), Lincolnshire, England. He left a will, and was buried 24 Jan. 1756. Elizabeth left a will, and was buried 28 April 1759.

The map at the bottom of this page shows the area where this family lived, including Walcott, Billinghay, Bloxholm, Great Hale, Helpringham, Heckington, and Gosberton. (R-2)

Children - Graves

+2. John Graves, bapt. 12 Jan. 1726, m. Anne ------, 1755, d. 1756.

+3. William Graves, bapt. 4 April 1728, m. Elizabeth Bailey, 1748, d. 1783.

+4. Robert Graves, m. Mary ------, d. 1756.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (1) AND ELIZABETH ------

John Graves (2) was baptized 12 Jan. 1726. He married Anne ------ (possibly Smith) in 1755 in Gosberton, Lincolnshire. He was a farmer, of Walcott, Lincs. He left a will, and was buried 28 (May?) 1756. Anne was living in 1756, and was pregnant at that time. (R-2)

Children - Graves

5. child, b. 1756. This may have been John Graves, bapt. 1756 in Coningsby, Lincs.

William Graves (3) was baptized 4 April 1728. He married Elizabeth Bailey in 1748. He was a farmer. She died in 1777 (or 1775), and was buried 19 Nov. 1777. He left a will, died in 1783, and was buried 27 May 1783. They lived in Walcott (or Billinghay), Lincolnshire, England. (R-1, R-2)

Children - Graves

6. Sarah Graves, b. 1751, bapt. 4 Nov. 1751, m. William Wright, 1779.

7. Martha Graves, b. 1753, bapt. 5 Aug. 1753, m. Charles Toynby, 29 Feb. 1784.

8. John Graves, b. 1755, bapt. 16 Nov. 1755, d. 1756. Bur. 26 Feb. 1756.

+9. Robert Graves, b. 1757, m. Elizabeth Gadsby, 8 July 1783.

10. William Graves, b. 1759, bapt. 27 May 1759. Living 1782.

11. John Graves, b. 1760, bapt. 23 Sept. 1761 (or 1760), d. 1761. Bur. 1 (or 5) Oct. 1761.

12. John Graves, b. 1762, bapt. 9 Nov. 1762. Not mentioned in father's will.

13. Henry Graves, bapt. 21 Sept. 1768. Living in 1782, under 18.

Robert Graves (4) married Mary ------. He was a farmer, of Walcott. He left a will, and was buried 29 April 1756. Mary was living in 1756. She probably secondly married William Page in 1756. (R-2)

Children - Graves

14. Robert Graves, bapt. 1749, bur. 20 March 1752 (as a child).

+15. John Graves, bapt. 2 May 1751, m. Elizabeth Taylor, 21 June 1774, d. 1783.

16. Mary Graves, bapt. 10 June 1753. Living in 1756 and 1758.

17. Robert Graves, bapt. 12 Oct. 1755. Living in 1756 and 1758.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (3) AND ELIZABETH BAILEY

Robert Graves (9) was born in 1757, was baptized 28 Feb. 1757, and was living in 1782. He married Elizabeth Gadsby, a widow, on 8 July 1783 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire. Her maiden name was Odis. Both their children were married in Billinghay. (R-1, R-2)

Children - Graves

18. Robert Graves, b. 1775 (or 1785?), bapt. 9 June 1785 (?), m. Elizabeth Flatters, 15 Jan. 1822. According to R-2, he married Hannah Bailey in 1805. Could he have had 2 marriages.

+19. William Graves, b. 1776 (or 1786?), m. Sarah Greesham (or Gresham?), 14 Aug. 1810.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (4) AND MARY ------

John Graves (15) was baptized 2 May 1751, and was living in 1756 and 1758, and was probably buried 20 June 1783. He was a labourer. He married Elizabeth Taylor on 21 June 1774. She was probably baptized in 1752 and probably secondly married Thomas Hilton in 1786. (R-2)

Children - Graves

+20. John Graves, bapt. 25 June 1775, m. Elizabeth ------, d. 20 April 1828.

+21. Robert Graves, bapt. 3 April 1777, m. Mary Dickinson, 24 Feb. 1807, d. 5 June 1836.

22. Elizabeth Graves, bapt. 30 March 1779, m. Francis Thorpe (possibly), 1797 (Great Hale, Lincs.). Had children. Elizabeth Mager, probably b.c. 1734, bur. 14 Nov. 1818 at age 82, m(1) Robert Thorpe, 1763, m(2) John Graves, Sr., 1783. John was bur. 7 Oct. 1823 at age 80. Elizabeth and Robert had son Francis Thorpe, b. 1770, who may have been the one who married Elizabeth Graves. Elizabeth and Francis had dau. Jane Thorpe, b. 1799, living in 1821, mentioned in the will of John Graves who d. 1823.

+23. William Graves, bapt. 23 Sept. 1781, m. Martha Trigg, 1804.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (9) AND ELIZABETH GADSBY

William Graves (19) was born in 1776 (or 1786?), and was baptized 2 July 1786. He married Sarah Greesham on 14 Aug. 1810 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire. (R-1)

Children - Graves

+24. Ann Graves, bapt. 1816, m. Matthew Curtis, 1842.

25. John Graves, bapt. 22 Aug. 1822. John is mentioned in Matthew Curtis's will in 1853.

CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (15) AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR

John Graves (20) was baptized 25 June 1775, died 20 April 1828, and was buried 23 Aug. 1828 (was there really 4 months between death and burial?), at age 55 (making his birth about 1773). He was a farmer of Heckington, Lincolnshire. He left a will (?). He married Elizabeth ------. She was living in 1828. She secondly married John Newton, widower, in 1832. (R-2)

Children - Graves

26. William Graves, bapt. 9 Oct. 1800, m. Ann Footit, 1823.

27. Sarah Graves, bapt. 14 May 1803, bur. 26 Jan. 1803 (could this be 1804?).

+28. Catherine Graves, bapt. 25 Jan. 1805, m. William King, 1825.

29. John Graves, bapt. 29 March 1807, bur. 11 May 1807.

30. Robert Graves, bapt. 8 July 1810, d. 1886. Death certificate and will.

+31. Elizabeth Graves, m. James Craven, 1822.

32. John Graves, bapt. 7 July 1814, bur. 4 March 1828.

33. Sarah Graves, b. 1818, living in 1828 (under 21).

Robert Graves (21) was baptized 3 April 1777, died 5 June 1836, and was buried 8 June 1836. He was a farmer of Bloxholme, Lincs., and left a will. He married Mary Dickinson on 24 Feb. 1807. She was born 1768, died 25 June 1850, and was buried 28 June 1850. She had first married John Hubbard and had children by that marriage. She left a will, and was a widow at that time. All children listed below were baptized at Bloxholme. (R-2)

Children - Graves

34. John Graves, bapt. 26 Sept. 1807, bur. 31 May 1808.

+35. Robert Graves, bapt. 10 Aug. 1809, m. Mary Cartwright, 1 Oct. 1835, d. 23 Jan. 1886.

36. Sarah Graves, bapt. 22 Nov. 1812, never married, bur. 5 July 1858.

William Graves (23) was baptized 23 Sept. 1781. He married Martha Trigg in 1804 in Helpfingham, Lincs. She was born in 1775. (R-2)

Children - Graves

37. Ann Graves, bapt. 11 Aug. 1805, m. James Rimmington, 1829.

38. Elizabeth Graves, bapt. 23 Aug. 1807, bur. 24 June 1810.

39. William Graves, bapt. 3 Dec. 1809.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM GRAVES (19) AND SARAH GREESHAM

Ann Graves (24) was baptized in 1816 in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England. She married Matthew Curtis in 1842 in Lincoln St. Marks. He was baptized in 1800, died 11 Oct. 1853, living a will, and was buried in 1853. According to the 1851 census, Matthew was 14 years older than Ann. They had several of their children before their marriage in 1842 marriage. Earlier baptism for children of marriage furnished (?) them in Metheringham, Linc. once they "became respectable." (This sentence couldn't be completely read, so is not quite right.) Ann was his servant. He farmed 160 acres in 1851. Throughout their lives the children were sometimes called Graves, Curtis-Graves, and Curtis.

Matthew Curtis was the second of 6 children of Matthew Curtis and Mary Gresham (nee King). (R-1)

Children - Curtis/Graves

+40. Matthew Curtis-Graves, bapt. 1836, m. Elizabeth ------, d. 1901.

41. Mary Jane Curtis-Graves, b.c. 1841 (age 10 in 1851 census).

42. Ann Curtis-Graves. b.c. 1842 (9 in 1851 census).

43. William Curtis-Graves, bapt. 1843.

44. Sophia Curtis-Graves, b.c. 1846 (5 in 1851 census).

45. Rachel Curtis-Graves, bapt. 1847. A cripple.

46. John Curtis-Graves, bapt. 1849.

CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (20) AND ELIZABETH ------

Catherine Graves (28) was baptized 25 Jan. 1805. She married William King in 1825. (R-2)

Children - King

47. Elizabeth King, living in 1828.

Elizabeth Graves (31) married James Craven in 1822. She was living in 1828. (R-2)

Children - Craven

48. James Craven, living in 1828.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (21) AND MARY DICKINSON

Robert Graves (35) was baptized 10 Aug. 1809, died 23 Jan. 1886, and was buried 26 Jan. 1886. He was of Lincoln, Lincs. He married Mary Cartwright on 1 Oct. 1835. She was born in 1812, died 25 Nov. 1878, and was buried 28 Nov. 1878. (R-2)

Children - Graves

+49. John Cartwright Graves, bapt. 21 July 1837, m. Bridgett Louisa Gambles, 16 March 1875.

+50. Robert Graves, b. 19 Jan. 1840, m. Emma Griffin, 27 Feb. 1867, d. 10 April 1879.

51. James Graves, bapt. 1 Oct. 1843, d. 27 May 1868, bur. 30 May 1868.

52. Mary Elizabeth Graves, bapt. 16 Oct. 1848, bur. 15 April 1855.

53. William Thomas Cartwright Graves, bapt. 21 Oct. 1849, m. Anna Maria Lewis (a widow), d. 1941 (Bakewell, Yorks.). He was living in 1851 and 1861 (in the censuses), and was bur. Manchester. She was b.c. 1847 in Ireland, d. 21 Sept. 1917, and was buried in Great Southern Cem., Manchester.

54. Sarah Jane Graves, bapt. 18 July 1851, bur. 15 April 1855.

55. Henry Edward (Griffin?) Graves (or Edward Henry Graves), b. 1855, bapt. 26 Sept. 1855, m. Frances Alice Burrall, d. 15 May 1903 (age 47). Living in 1861, and bur. Great Southern Cem., Manchester. She was b.c. 1862 and d. 15 Dec. 1914.

56. Sarah Graves, b. 5 July 1858, d. 14 April 1886.

CHILDREN OF ANN GRAVES (24) AND MATTHEW CURTIS

Matthew Curtis Graves (40) was born in 1836, was baptized in 1836 at Lincoln St. Mark, and died in 1901 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He married Elizabeth ------. Their children were sometimes known as Curtis-Graves, and sometimes as Graves or Curtis. (R-1)

Children - Curtis/Graves

+57. Emma Graves, b. 1858.

58. Joseph Matthew Graves, bapt. 1859.

59. Mary Jane Graves, b.c. 1861 (10 in 1871 census).

60. Mary Ann Graves, b.c. 1863 (8 in 1871 census), bapt. 1863.

61. Louisa Graves, b.c. 1864 (7 in 1871 census), bapt. 1863.

62. Elizabeth Graves, bapt. 1865.

63. John Graves, bapt. 1867.

64. Harriet Graves, bapt. 1868.

65. George William Graves, bapt. 1870, d. 1881.

66. Rose Anne Graves, bapt. 1871, m. William Summer, 1890.

67. Susanna Graves, bapt. 1873.

68. James Fred Graves, bapt. 1877.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (35) AND MARY CARTWRIGHT

John Cartwright Graves (49) was baptized 21 July 1837. He married Bridgett Louisa Gambles on 16 March 1875. Mrs. Croad has a beautiful silver teapot given to Bridgett as a wedding present. It is inscribed: "Presented by the Rev. J. W. King to Bridgett Louisa Gambles on her marriage to John Cartwright Graves March 16th 1875." (R-4)

Children - Graves

68a. Samuel Graves

68b. Stanley Graves

Robert Graves (50) was born 19 Jan. 1840m was baptized 26 Jan. 1840, died 10 April 1879, and was buried 12 April 1879. He married Emma Griffin on 27 Feb. 1867. She was born 2 Dec. 1845 and died 20 Jan. 1914. She left a will, and was a widow at that time. At least their last 6 children were born in Linwood, Lincolnshire. (R-2)

Children - Graves

69. Robert Griffin Graves, b. 1867-68, living in 1871. Not found in the 1881 census.

70. Mary Emma Graves, b. 1868, m. Charles R. Overton. Living in 1871, 1881, 1891.

71. Elizabeth Ann Graves, b. 1870, d. 16 June 1885.

+72. Ephraim Graves, b. 25 Aug. 1871, m. Mary Kezia Dickman, 1912, d. 1 Feb. 1956.

73. Florence Graves, b. 1873.

74. Nellie Graves, b. 1874, m. ------ Christian.

75. Jennie Graves, b. 1876, living in 1911.

76. Sarah Cartwright Graves, b. 1877, m. ------ Holt. Living in 1911.

77. Edward Harrison Graves, b. 1878. He was living in 1914, and was a farmer in Temple Bruer (just a little west of Ashby de la Launde, and south of Wellingore).

+78. Roberta Graves, b. 1880, m. Charles Baxter Aram, d. 31 Aug. 1933.

CHILDREN OF MATTHEW CURTIS GRAVES (40) AND ELIZABETH ------

Emma Graves (57) was born in 1858 in Metheringham, Lincolnshire. She apparently did not marry. (R-1)

Children - Graves

79. George Graves (known as George Curtis), b. 1877 (Metheringham, Lincolnshire), m. Maria Everton, d. 1949. Great-grandparents of Sandra Thompson.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT GRAVES (50) AND EMMA GRIFFIN

Ephraim Graves (72) was born 25 Aug. 1871 and died 1 Feb. 1956. He married Mary Kezia Dickman in 1912 in Manchester. She was born in 1873 and died in 1931.

Ephraim had one child before his marriage to Mary. David Perry's grandmother, Harriet Perry, told her family that she was in service, perhaps at the Greenheys Hotel or perhaps it was another hotel in the Greenheys area. When it was found that she was pregnant, and that it was prudent to return home. Ephraim followed her, as he wanted to marry her. Why he didn't is not known. This would have been about 1894.

Harriet Perry was born 5 June 1867 and died 2 Nov. 1957. Since she did not marry Ephraim Graves, she retained her maiden name until her marriage in about 1910.

In the 1881 census was found: Arthur Preston Graves, age 30, described as a Brewery Agent, born in Dublin. Elizabeth Graves, age 25, his wife, born Greenheys, Lancashire. It is not known whether they were related to Ephraim.

The district called Greenheys lies in the southwest, in the angle between 2 brooks, part of Manchester. An 1899 trade directory lists a Greenheys Hotel, 81 Vine St. & 68 Embden St., Hulme, Manchester. An 1894 trade directory lists Ephriam Graves as a wine merchant at 63 Stretford Rd., Hulme, and also lists him under the heading of beer retailers.

In 1924 he was described as a hotel keeper. By word of mouth, it was said that he was at the Greenheys Hotel in Manchester. (R-2, R-3)

Children - Perry, by Harriet Perry

+80. Thomas Ephraim Perry, b. 15 Dec. 1894, m. Veronica Ada Cowmeadow, 14 June 1924, d. 15 March 1970.

Children - Graves, by Mary K. Dickman

81. daughter, stillborn 1915.

+82. Thomas James Graves

Roberta Graves (78) was born in 1880 and died 31 Aug. 1933. She married Charles Baxter Aram. After she died he remarried. His second wife was still living in 1997. He died 2 May 1947, and he and Roberta were both buried at Wellingore, Lincolnshire. Charles and his second wife had a son, Richard Aram, who was still living in 1997. (R-2)

Children - Aram

+83. George Aram, m. Betty ------, d. 10 Jan. 1971.

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