Capt. Thomas (1) Graves, Esq.

Abt 1580 - Bef 1636  (< 56 years)

• Name	Thomas (1) Graves  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	Abt 1580	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	Go to this link: http://www.gravesfa.org/gen169.htm (revised 13 Jun 2016) for the descendants of Captain Thomas Graves, 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia and His Descendants (ca. 1580-2016), which may differ from the version shown in the MilesFiles which is based on AP&P, 4th Edition, 2007.
  Anecdote	1608  [2]
  	He came to Virginia in the Mary and Margaret and is listed among those arriving in the second supply, 1608. Shortly after his arrival, while on an exploring expedition, he was taken captive by the Indians who held him in Opecancanough's town subject to an uncertain fate when a timely rescue was affected by Ensign Thomas Savage.
  Anecdote	Aft 29 Apr 1619  [2]
  	An undated letter from Governor Yeardley to Sir Edwin Sandys concerning Smythe's (Southampton) Hundred, written after 29 Apr 1619, recites circumstances of the affair between Capt. William Epes, Commander, and Capt. Stallings in which the latter was slain and the former placed under arest, and states "I have entreated Capt. Graves, an Antient officer of this Company to take charge of the people and the workes." Capt. Graves was sent as one of two representatives from Smythe's Hundred to the first Representative Legislative Assembly which convened at Jamestown, 30 July 1619.
  Anecdote	20 Nov 1622  [2]
  	As a member of the Virginia Company, Capt. Graves had agreed to transport 100 persons to Virginia and accordingly was allowed a patent for land, 20 Nov 1622. His grant for 200 acres "on the Easterne side of the Shoare of the bay of Chesepeacke (Eastern Shore) and abutting southerly on the land of Capt. Henry Fleete" is of record, 14 Mar 1628/9, and recites that the land was due him "by vertue of an Adventure" of £25 paid to "Sir Thomas Smith, late Tresurer of the Company of Virginia." A tract of 100 acres due to Capt. Thomas Grayes "for his personal devident as being an Ancient Planter" was assigned to Capt. Thomas Purifye 29 Feb 1631.
  Anecdote	20 Nov 1622	Ireland   [3]
  	Graves went back to Ireland and on 20 Nov 1622 was in Dublin when he asked Virginia Company officials for a patent, stating that he was taking 100 people to Virginia.
  Muster	Feb 1624/25	Eastern Shore, Virginia   [4]
  	He was shown as Capt Thomas Graves, who had his own Muster, but was listed alone. He came in the Mary and Margrett in 1607.
  Anecdote	1626  [3]
  	In February 1625 he was mentioned in connection with some inferior tobacco that had been collected as taxes. On 11 Jan 1627 Capt. John Martin testified tha the told Elizabeth Smalley that Thomas Graves knew what had happened to her late husband's oxen. Martin's insinuation apparently failed to damage Grave's repuration, for on 8 Feb 1628, he was made commander of the plantation of Accomack.
  Anecdote	8 Feb 1627/28  [1]
  	Capt. Graves, referred to as Esquire in the Accomack-Northampton County court records, was appointed commander of the "Plantation of Accawmacke" by the General Court, 8 Feb 1627/28, and headed the list of commissioners at the first extant court of record held for Accawmack, 7 Jan 1633/4. He served as Burgess to the Assembly, 1630 and 1632, and was a member of the first vestry of the parish, 14 Sep 1635.
  Reference Identifer	Muster
  Record ID	84572
  Death	Bef 5 Jan 1635/36	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1]
  	His death occurred between Nov 1635 when he was witness to a deed and 5 Jan 1635/36 when suit was entered against a "servant to Mrs. Graves."
  Person ID	I84572	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Katherine (--?--),   b. Abt 1588   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1604	England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. John (2) Graves,   b. Abt 1605, England d. Bef 30 Apr 1640 (Age < 35 years) + 2. Thomas (3) Graves,   b. Abt 1607, England d. Bef 6 Mar 1674/75, Gloucester Co, Virginia (Age < 68 years) + 3. Katherine (6) Graves,   b. Abt 1618, England d. Bef 1 Sep 1668, Calvert Co, Maryland (Age < 50 years) + 4. Ann (4) Graves,   b. 1620, England d. Bef 18 Jul 1683, Charles Co, Maryland (Age < 63 years) + 5. Verlinda (5) Graves,   b. Abt 1622, England d. Bef 13 Jul 1675, Maryland (Age < 53 years) + 6. Francis (7) Graves,   b. Abt 1630, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 5 Aug 1691, Rappahannock Co (old), Virginia (Age < 61 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F27674	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 132 (Graves Family), 888. [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 131 (Graves Family), 888. [S2330] Martha W. McCartney, McCartney, VA Immigrants & Adventurers, 1607-163, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore, MD 2007), p. 337 (Thomas Graves), 2330. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 69 (Muster of the Eastern Shore), 887.