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Surname: GRAVES
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 263-267

GRAVES The Graves family is one of the oldest that settled permanently in town. Aaron Graves and 
his wife, Phebe, from Saybrook, Conn., were in town before 1750, and it is thought, brought a number 
of their children with them; and it is said a brother by the name of Nathan came with him; but of Nathan 
very little is known; except that he had two sons, Azel and Joel, the latter of whom settled just in the 
border of Westmoreland, on a plot of land known as the Graves pasture and now owned by Henry 
Burt. Joel was a clockmaker and went by the sobriquet of Jinglefoot Graves. Where Aaron settled it is 
difficult to ascertain. He died Aug. 8, 1814, aged 92 years; she d. Mar. 20, 1813, aged 85. Ch.
I. Tryphena, m. Aaron Royce, Dec. 13, 1775.
II. Recompense, b. Jan. 20, 1756; m. Hannah Little, May, 20, 1781. Ch. 1st. Salina, m. Ebenezer 
Hall. 2d. Jesse, bap. 1784. 3d. Charity, bap. 1786. 4th. Hannah, bap. 1788. 5th. Daniel, who 
had ch. (1.) Lena. (2.) John Lyman, and perhaps others.
III. Jesse, b. Apr. 11, 1758; d. 1775.
IV. Aaron jr., b. Feb. 11, 1760; d. Oct. 3, 1816; m. 1st, Rhoda Wheeler and had one son, Anson, 
who married Asenath Slade, of Alstead. He was b. Feb. 19, 1784; she was b. Apr. 6, 1787. 
Ch. (1.) Newcomb, b. Sep. 1, 1807; m. Lucy Loveless, of Ohio. (2.) Fanny, b. Aug. 19, 1809; 
m. Gardner Dodge of this town. (See Ap.) (3.) Rhoda Ann, b. Oct. 2, 1811; m. Lyman 
Stearns, (son of Jesse,) Sep. 8, 1834. (4.) William G., b. Sep. 11, 1814; m. Rebecca 
Netherton, of Kentucky. (5.) Pamelia, b. Mar. 26, 1818; m. David Martin of Ohio. (6.) Henry 
b. Dec. 9, 1820; m. Harriet Chaffin of Ohio. (7.) Sarah, b. May 27, 1823; m. Stephen Bartlett 
of New Hampshire. (8.) Eliza, b. Feb. 18, 1827, m. George Atchison. (9.) Ellen, b. July 25, 
1830, m. Moses Tuttle. This family removed to Illinois and not much is known about them. 
Their father is remembered as a famous foxhunter. Aaron Graves jr., m., for his second wife, 
Fanny, dau. of Levi Aldrich of Westmoreland, Dec. 7, 1815, by whom he had, (1.) George, 
who was a printer at Bellows Falls. (2.) Emily, who m. a Hitchcock. There was an 
incompatibility of disposition between Aaron Graves jr., and his 2d wife and they did not live 
together long.
V. Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1761, m. Simon Buel, Nov. 15, 1786, and had a large family of children in 
town.
VI. Samuel, b. Feb. 20, 1763; m. Elizabeth ----, and lived on the place now owned by Caleb 
Foster. He d. June 4, 1846; she d. June 13, 1858, aged 83 years. Ch. 1st Rebecca, b. Feb. 5, 
1796, d. July 4, 1821. 2d. Laura, b. Nov. 29, 1797; d. Mar. 2, 1869. 3d. Alvah, d. in infancy. 
4th. Lucinda, b. Aug. 31, 1801, d. Apr. 19, 1814. 6th. Jesse, b. July 23, 1803; m. Almira, dau. 
of Ebenezer Wellington. He lived in town and had a family of 12 children, 7 of whom are now 
living, and d. Feb. 28, 1864: she d. March 4,1869. 6th. Ambrose, b. Dec.16, 1807, m. Persis 
Wheeler of Westmoreland, and had several children, one of whom, (Andrew) resides in town 
(See Ap.). 7th. Aaron M., b. Mar. 24, 1813, m., 1st, Abigail Sanderson, 2d, Marancy Hunt, 
and had children by both, and is now living in Westmoreland with his fourth wife.
VII. Abner, b. Feb. 5. 1766; m. Mary, dau. of Eliphas Graves, and went to Cooperstown, 
N. Y. He was once post rider, before the establishment of post Offices. How many children be 
had has not been ascertained; but he had one son, by the name of Calvin, now living, who m. 
Fanny, dau. of John Carlisle.
VIII. Roxana, b. Dec. 4, 1772.
IX. Lydia, m. Ebenezer Farnham, Sep. 29, 1795. (See Farnham.)

GRAVES, JOHN. Members of the Graves family assert that John Graves was induced to come to 
Walpole by Aaron, see above named. Whether John was a brother of Aaron is not positively known, 
but probably he was; at any rate the two were closely related. John Graves’ name first appears on the 
town records, as "fence viewer," in 1762, and again in 1764 as one of the Selectmen, and also in 1778, 
when he is styled Deacon. He was one of the twenty-five members of the old church, under Thomas 
Fessenden, in 1767. When he came to town he purchased a large tract of land, which is still held by the 
Graves family, extending east from "Lane’s Mills" to, and including, the place now owned by William 
Graves. It is said that his sons Eliad and Eliphas, came to town before his son John, jr.
I. John jr., who was familiarly known as "Squire" and "Lieut." John, was the Graves who 
represented the town in the Vermont Assembly. (See historical part.) There are no records of 
the births of his children, therefore they cannot be arranged in their proper order. Children of 
John, jr., who lived on the place now owned by Charles H Graves. 1st. Samuel, b. 1768; m. 
Sarah Clark; d. Dec. 3, 1798. Ch. (1) Elizabeth, m. 1st an Ellis, 2nd a Warn. (2) Amasa. (3) 
William Wayne, m. Margarett Fishback. (4) Samuel, jr., m. Sarah Palmer. 2d. John, 3d; m. 
Hannah Wyman, Apr. 2, 1787; d. Oct. 28, 1792, aged 29 years. 3d. Lydia, m. David Hall, 
Dec. 3, 1778. (See Hall.) 4th. Nancy, m. John Gould, Sept. 28, 1783. 5th. Rebecca, m. Asa 
Titus. (See Titus.) 6th. Margarett, d. young. 7th. Parnell, m. Ziba Dennison, Jan. 1, 1811. 8th. 
Darius, m. Zerviah Hovey, Feb. 10, 1780. 9th. and 10th. Amos and Allen, twins. Amos m. 
Hannah Russell, Oct. 20, 1800.
II. Eliphas, m. 1st. a Webb; m. 2nd. Hannah Kelsey of Newport, N.H., Nov. 3, 1793, and settled 
on the farm now owned by Geo. W. Graves. Ch. 1st. Rebecca, m. John Carlisle, Mar. 19, 
1794. 2nd. Isaac, b. in 1767; m. Roxana, dau. of Eliad Graves,(cousin). He d. Feb. 20, 1813; 
she d June 18,1868, aged 92 years. Ch. (1) Rebecca, d. unm. at an advanced age. (2) Caleb 
Paschal, b. 1798; d. 1844, He m. Rebecca, dau. of Ebenezer Wellington, Dec. 20, 1823. Ch. 
[l] Maria, m. Dr. Lockhart B. Farrar, and moved to Ohio. [2] Harriet Augusta, m. Shubael 
Bennett, of Westmoreland, N.H. [3] Sarah Elizabeth, m. Rufus Leonard, Mar. 23, 1852. [4] 
Isaac M., m. Esther, dau. of Asahel B. Hodskins. [5] Eli, m. Edna Hall. [6] William. [7] Geo. 
H. [8] Ira, m. Wealthy Murray, of Potsdam, N.Y. (3) Sophronia. (4) Calvin, m. Margarett 
Titus. (5) Abigail, d. unm. (G) Hannah, m. --- Pond, of Keene, N.H. (7) Adeline, d. unm. Two 
others died in infancy. For ages see Ap. 3d. Eliphas jr., m. Lucy Gates of Lyndon, Vt., Oct. 3, 
1793. 4th. Lydia, m. John Maynard, Apr. 28, 1811. (See Maynard.) 5th. Sterling, m. Jemima, 
dau. of Josiah Griswold, Apr. 18, 1805. Ch. (1) Calvin W., b. Jan 24, 1806; m. first, Martha 
Ingalls, Apr. 9, 1826; m. second, name unknown. Ch. [1] Josiah G., studied medicine and is 
now a practicing physician in Nashua, N.H. [2] Frederick, d: in 1843, aged 15 years. (2) 
Caroline M., b. Sept. 4, 1808; m. Nahum Stone, at one time editor of the "Museum", Aug. 31, 
1830. (3) Josiah G., b. July 13, 1811; m. Mary Boardman of Nashua, N.H. He is remembered 
by many citizens of the town as a famous schoolteacher. He studied the medical profession and 
after completing his studies commenced practice in Nashua, N.H., where he has resided ever 
since, a period of more than 40 years, in the practice of his profession. He has not only risen to 
eminence in his profession there; but met with pecuniary success in life. (4) and (5) two that died 
young. (6)Joseph Hubbard, b. Oct. 8,1820; he also studied medicine, but died of consumption 
early in life. (7) Charles Henry, b. Sept. 13,1824; m. Lucinda M. Thatcher of Newport, N.H. 
(See Ap.) 6th. Mary, m. Abner Graves, and went to Cooperstown, N.Y. 7th. Abigail, b. 1782; 
m. George Farrar, May 26, 1819; she died May 13, 1861. 8th. John, m. Lucy, dau. of 
Jeduthan Russell of this town, and settled on the homestead of his father. He died Jan. 31, 
1860, aged 85 years. Ch. (1) Harriet, b. June 24, 1804; m. Levi Hooper. (2) Martha, b. July 5, 
1806. (3) John Hubbard, b. Dec. 19, 1808; m. Lydia A. Smith of Rochester, N.Y. (4) George 
W., b. Apr. 5, 1812; m. Stella, dau. of Ruggles Watkins. (See Ap.) (5) William, b. Aug. 15, 
1813; m. Hannah L. Pierce of Nashua, N.H. (6) Mary, b. July 14,1820.
III. Eliad m. Abigail Clark, and located on the place now owned by William Graves, and spent a 
long life there. He is remembered by the old citizens of the town as a very diminutive man, in 
size, and bent almost double, in advanced life, which has been a physical peculiarity of several 
members of the Graves family. Ch. 1st. Roxana, m. Isaac Graves, (cousin.) 2d. Sarah, m. Capt. 
Joseph Fay, (see Fay,) d. Apr. 25, 1847, aged 84 years. 3d. Barnabas, m. a widow Whitney. 
4th.Eliad, jr., m. Mary Taggart. What became of him is not known. Eliad Graves sen. d. Apr. 
13,1828.

GRAVES, EZEKIEL. There was a man by the name of Ezekiel Graves, who once lived in town, said 
to have been a relative of the foregoing families. He was killed by some accident in the month of June, 
1813, aged sixty-five years. He had five children baptized at one time (1794) whose names were as 
follows: Sylvanus, Abner, Orange, Hannah and Pamelia. Hannah was the wife of Thomas Cunningham 
Nothing more has been ascertained concerning the family.