John Graves

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John Graves owned land in Hartford and Wethersfield, which he retained when he moved to Hatfield, Mass., in 1661. He was a man of probity and education, and was employed in 1655 and again in 1659 to run the boundary between Wethersfield and Matabessett (now Middletown, CT). He exchanged land with John Goodrich about 1645. He bought the land of John Coultmans and also that of Gregory Gibbs. He and his brother, Sergeant Isaac Graves, were killed by Indians in an attack on Hatfield, September 19,1677.

John married Mary Smith in 1652. Mary (daughter of Lieutenant Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Smith) was born on 19 Oct 1628 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England; died on 16 Dec 1668 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Center Cemetery, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]