Graves

 Graves Lineage
Thomas Graves 1556-1637, father of Thomas Graves 1584-1635, father of John Graves 1611-1640, father of Thomas Graves 1631-1710, father of John Graves 1670-1747, father of Thomas Graves 1691-1768, father of Eleanor Graves 1713-1777

Graves Migration
Lambourn, Berkshire, England > Gravesend, Kent, England > Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia > Accomac, Virginia > Elizabeth City, Surray, Virginia > York County, Virginia > King and Queen County, Virginia > Gloucester County, Virginia > Spotsylvania County, Virginia > King William County, Virginia > Caswell County, North Carolina

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Eleanor Graves, 7th Great-Grandmother
1713 - 20 September 1777
b. Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia
d. Caswell County, North Carolina

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Parents:
Thomas Graves 1691-1768
Mary Perkins 1692-1720

Maternal Lineage:
Sarah Childers, mother of Mary Perkins, mother of Elenaor Graves

Step-Mother:  Ann Davenport 1696-1782

Spouse 1:   
Thomas Henry Kimbrough 1707-1777
Married:   1731
Children:  11

1. John Kimbrough 1733-1823
2. Robert Kimbrough 1734-1816
3. William Kimbrough 1735-1803
4. Thomas Graves Kimbrough 1736-1792
5. Susannah Graves Kimbrough 1738-1803
6. Nancy Graves Kimbrough 1739-1843
7. Sarah Kimbrough 1740-1824
8. Elizabeth Graves Kimbrough 1741-1823
9. Mary Kimbrough 1742-1823
10. Graves Kimbrough
11. Frances Graves Kimbrough 1748-1781

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Thomas Graves V, 8th Great-Grandfather
1691 - 6 June 1768
b. King William County, Virginia
d. North Carolina

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Parents:

John Graves 1670-1747

Rebecca Susannah Dickens 1665-1747

Spouse:   Mary Perkins 1692-1720

Married:   1708

Children:  3

1. Eleanor Graves 1713-1777
2. John Graves 1715-1792
3. Unidentified Daughter

Spouse:   Ann Davenport 1696-1782

Married:   1721

Step-Children: 3

Children:  13

1. Solomon Graves 1723-1785
2. William Graves 1724-1791
3. Richard Graves 1725-1788
4. Rice Graves 1729-1814
5. Thomas Graves 1730-1801
6. David Graves 1730-1808
7. Robert Graves 1733-1771
8. Plus 6 unidentified children

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John Graves, 9th Great-Grandfather

January 1670 - 30 March 1747
b. Gloucester County, Virginia
d. Spotsylvania County, Virginia

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Parents: 

Thomas Graves 1631-1710

Mary Elizabeth Perrin 1640-1690

Maternal Lineage:

Anna Hurbert 1616-1688, mother of Mary Elizabeth Perrin, mother of John Graves

Spouse: Rebecca Susannah Dickens 1665-1747
Married: 1702
Children:

1. Thomas Graves V 1691-1768
2. Others TBD

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Thomas Graves, 10th Great-Grandfather 

1631-1710

b. York County, Virginia
d. King and Queen County, Virginia

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Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Perrin
Married: 1652
Children: 

1. John Graves 1670-1747
2. Others TBD

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Graves Family Documentation, Organizations, and Research

Graves Family Association

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Miscellanea
The original date of this post: 22 September 2025
Most recently updated: 8 October 2025

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