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So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned. Jesus, Luke 20:38 CEV

Monday, September 22, 2025

Graves

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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

Eleanor Graves > Sarah Kimbrough > Robert Kimbrough Brown > Jeremiah Harris Brown > William Hiram Brown > James Henry Brown > Harris Brown Brown > Thelma Irene Brown > William Harris Lawson Sr

Graves Migration
Lambourn, Berkshire, EnglandGravesend, Kent, England > Gloucester, Gloucester, VirginiaAccomac, 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, Bill's 7th Great-Grandmother
1713 - 20 September 1777
b. Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia
d. 
Caswell County, North Carolina

Cemetery TBD

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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 VBill's 8th Great-Grandfather
1691 - 6 June 1768
b. King William County, Virginia
d. 
North Carolina

Cemetery TBD


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. Louisa Graves 1717-1777
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 more children TBD
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John Graves, Bill's 9th Great-Grandfather
January 1670 - 30 March 1747
b. 
Gloucester County, Virginia
d. 
Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Cemetery TBD


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 GravesBill's 10th Great-Grandfather 
1631-1710
b. York County, Virginia
d. 
King and Queen County, Virginia

Cemetery TBD

Parents:
John Graves 1611-1640
Mother & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Perrin
Married: 1652
Children: 

  1. John Graves 1670-1747
  2. Others TBD
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John GravesBill's 11th Great-Grandfather
1611-1640
b. 
Accomac, VA
d. 
Elizabeth City, Surray, Virginia

Cemetery TBD

 Ancestry | Find a Grave (no record)

Parents: 
Thomas Graves 1584-1635
Katherine Crosher 1586-1636

Spouse: TBD
Married: TBD
Children: 
  1. Thomas Graves 1631-1710
  2. Others TBD
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Thomas GravesBill's 12th Great-Grandfather
1 April 1580 - 1642
b. 
Gravesend, Kent, England
d. 
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia

Smythes Hundred Burying Ground
Accomack County, Virginia


Parents:
Thomas Graves 1556-1637
Joan Balgrove 1560-1620

Spouse: Katherine Croshaw 1586-
Married: 1605
Children: 
  1. John Graves 1611-1640
  2. Verlinda Graves 1618-1675
  3. Katherine Graves 1622-1661
Tags: Military
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Thomas GravesBill's 13th Great-Grandfather
1556 - 9 August 1637
b. Lambourn, Berkshire, England
d. 
Lambourn, Berkshire, England

Cemetery TBD

 Ancestry | Find a Grave (no record)

Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Joan Balgrove 1560-1620
Married: 1580
Children: 
  1. Thomas Graves 1580-1642
  2. Others TBD
Tags: Military
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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 8 November 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138394518/eleanor-kimbrough: accessed November 8, 2025), memorial page for Eleanor Graves Kimbrough (1720–1786), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138394518; Maintained by Charlotte Lantz Abbott (contributor 27742961).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138394346/thomas-graves: accessed November 8, 2025), memorial page for Thomas Graves V (1691–6 Jun 1768), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138394346; Maintained by Cynthia H Curtis (contributor 49330076).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138640028/john-graves: accessed November 8, 2025), memorial page for John Graves (1665–30 Mar 1747), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138640028; Maintained by Cynthia H Curtis (contributor 49330076).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140042173/thomas-graves: accessed November 8, 2025), memorial page for Thomas Graves (1631–1710), Find a Grave Memorial ID 140042173; Maintained by Cynthia H Curtis (contributor 49330076).

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12712071/thomas-graves: accessed November 8, 2025), memorial page for Capt Thomas Graves (1 Apr 1580–1642), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12712071, citing Smythes Hundred Burying Ground, Accomack County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Mike Graves (contributor 46614924).

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneaneten.geneanet.org Accessed 8 November 2025.

Graves Family Association. "Research." Graves Family Association. graves-fa.org/ Accessed 8 November 2025. 

Google. "AI Overview." Search term, "Graves Surname Origin." Google. 
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