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The holdings of John Graves were near the York County line and almost directly opposite Hungar's Creek in Northampton Co. (formerly Accawmacke) on the Eastern Shore, where his father had lived and where his sisters were still living at that time. He died in Apr 1640 in Elizabeth City Co., Virginia. John Graves died intestate in Elizabeth City County, possibly in April 1640. His death was between 29 May 1639, when he patented land, and 30 April 1640, when William Parry was named his administrator and bond was made (Northampton Co., Book 2, p. 281). Capt. Roper, William Cotton and Capt. Stone, brothers-in-law of John Graves and administrators of the estate of Capt. Thomas Graves, were originally appointed administrators of John Graves' estate, but in April 1640 they resigned and William Parry was appointed. John Graves was the oldest son of Captain Thomas Graves.
John Graves seems to have been the only one of his name in the county. Because most of the early records were destroyed, very little information is available about him.
Parents: Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter and Katherine CROSHER.
Spouse:
PERRIN. John GRAVES and PERRIN were
married between 1627 and 1630 in Virginia. Dates and place are assumed.
The wife of John Graves is not proven, but John Card Graves stated: "He
married a daughter of the illustrious Perrin family, large property owners, and
prominent in Virginia history."
Children were: Ralph GRAVES, William GRAVES, Captain
Thomas GRAVES, Sarah GRAVES, Daughter GRAVES.
John GRAVES was born about 1670 in Virginia. He died on 30 Mar 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. He signed a will in 1747 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800
WILLS
WILL BOOK A 1722-1749
page 8
GRAVES, JOHN, St. George's Parish, d. Mar. 30, 1747, p. June 2, 1747. Wit. Joseph Holloday, Benjamin Holloday, B. Lewis, William Webb. Ex. wife Susanna, Joseph Peterson, John Wigglesworth. Leg. wife Susanna, 140 acres of land which I had of Nicholas Randolph; son Thomas Graves, 140 acrss of land next his brother Edward; daughter Rebecca, 140 acrss of land next her brother Thomas; son Isaac, 140 acres of land next his sister Rebecca; son John, 140 acrss of land next his brother Isaac; daughter Jemima, 140 acres of land next her brother John. (Page 444) He lived in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. DEED BOOK D 1742-1751
page 165
Jany. 27, 1743. Nicholas x Randolph and Margaret, his wife, of Spts. Co., to John Graves of sd. county. £25 curr. 170 a., part of a tract granted Musick by pat., and by him sold to sd. Randolph. Witnesses, Henry Chiles, Ambrose x Musick, John x Davis. Feby. 7th, 1743.
Parents: Captain Thomas GRAVES and Elizabeth.
Spouse: Susanna. John GRAVES and Susanna were married about 1690 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Date and place are assumed. Children were: Thomas GRAVES, John GRAVES, Isaac GRAVES.
John GRAVES was born between 1692 and 95. He died after 1772. Parents: John GRAVES and Susanna.
Johnathon GRAVES was born about 1715. He lived in North Carolina in 1782. DEED BOOK J 1774-1782
page 372
Novr. 22, 1782. Jno. Graves of North Carolina, eldest son and heir at law of Thos. Graves of Spots. Co., Va., to Wm. Pettus of Va. Whereas, sd. Thos. Graves, decd., by his last will and testament, after certain legacies were paid, directed the remainder of his estate equally divided among all his children or their heirs, but did not empower his executors to convey the same, the title so far, therefore, remains vested in the sd. Jno. Graves, as eldest son and heir at law, etc., and it being found necessary to sell and convey certain tracts of land in Spots. Co., whereof sd. Thos. Graves died, seized, etc., this indenture witnesseth, the sd. Jno. Graves, for the sum of £451, gold or silver, to be pd. by the sd. Pettus to the Executors of the sd. Thomas Graves, the sd. John hereby conveys to the sd. Pettus 399 a. in Spots. Co., etc., etc. Witnesses, Joseph Graves, Jno. Graves, Wm. Graves, jr.; Jno. Arnold, Jno. W. Pettus. April 17, 1783. He died on 18 Jan 1792 in North Carolina. Date and place are assumed. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Jonathan GRAVES. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Katherine GRAVES was born about 1622 in England. Parents: Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter and Katherine CROSHER.
Louisa GRAVES. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Mary GRAVES. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Ralph GRAVES was born about 1634. He died on 9 May 1667. Parents: John GRAVES and PERRIN.
Rice GRAVES was born about 1729. He died in 1814. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Richard GRAVES was born about 1725. He died after 1788. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Robert GRAVES was born between 1735 and 40. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Sarah GRAVES. Parents: John GRAVES and PERRIN.
Soloman GRAVES died about 1785. He was born BY 1723. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Susanna GRAVES died BY 1802. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Thomas GRAVES died on 18 Nov 1801. He was born BY 1721. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Thomas GRAVES was born in 1556 in Lamborne, Berkshire, England. He died before 9 Aug 1637. He has Ancestral File Number GTKD-TW. -----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth V. Graves [mailto:ken.graves@gravesfa.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:10 AM
To: jreimert@landata.com
Subject: Re: Capt. Thomas Graves & Deacon George Graves
... As far as we know, Capt. Thomas Graves was not a child of Thomas Graves and Joan
Blagrove -- we do not presently know who his parents were. And we have
no evidence that he was born in 1584 in Lamborne and lived in London.
Other than some undocumented submissions to the LDS Ancestral File and
elesewhere, do you know of any documentation to support this. I have
never been able to find the source of this assertion.
Spouse: Joan BLAGROVE. Thomas GRAVES and Joan BLAGROVE were married in England. Children were: Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter.
Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter was born on 1 Apr 1584 in Beeley Parish, Derbyshire, England. He lived in London, Middlesex Co., England in 1606/7. He immigrated in 1608 to Jamestown, Virginia. Thomas Graves, gentleman, arrived in Virginia in October of 1608, coming from England in the ship "Mary and Margaret" with Captain Christopher Newport's second supply. Although John Card Graves states that Thomas was accompanied by his wife Katherine, sons John and Thomas, and eight others, including Henry Singleton and Thomas Edge, most other historians agree that he did not bring his wife and children over until later (he was probably married abt 1610. See general notes). He appeared in the census in 1625 in Eastern Shore, Virginia. In the census of February 1625, Capt. Thomas Graves was one of only 51 people then living on the Eastern Shore. He was put in charge of the direction of local affairs later in 1625. He died in 1635/36 in Accomack Co., Virginia. Captain Thomas Graves died between November 1635 when he was witness to a deed and 5 Jan. 1636 when suit was entered against a servant to Mrs. Graves (Adventurers of Purse and Person, pp. 188-189). He was Episcopalion. The old Hungars Episcopal Church is located about seven miles north of Eastville, on the north side of Hungars Creek. Hungars Parish was made soon after the county was established, and the first minister was Rev. Francis Bolton, who was succeeded by Rev. William Cotton. The first vestry was appointed in 1635. The first vestry meeting was on Sept. 29, 1635, at which Capt. Thomas Graves headed the list of those present. The first church edifice was erected in 1690-95 and was still standing around 1900, one of the oldest churches in the country. In addition to Capt. Thomas Graves, the other persons named by the court as vestrymen of Hungars Church were William Cotton, minister, Obedience Robins, John Howe, William Stone (first Protestant Governor of Maryland), William Burdett, William Andrews, John Wilkins, Alexander Mountray, Edward Drews, William Beniman and Stephen Charlton.
The connection to Thomas Graves allows membership into the Jamestown Society and Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
Thomas Graves was one of the original Adventurers (stockholders) of the Virginia Company of London, and one of the very early Planters (settlers) who founded Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also the first known person named Graves in North America. Captain Thomas Graves is listed as one of the original Adventurers as "Thomas Grave" on page 364, Records of the Virginia Company of London, vol. IV. The Records of the Virginia Company state that in 1622 was granted "a patent to Thomas Graves of Doublin in the Realm of Ireland, gent."
King James I of England, on April 10, 1606, granted letters patent (charter) to Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers, Richard Hakluyt, Edward-Maria Winfield, Thomas Hanham, Raleigh Gilbert, William Parker, and George Popham, in whose names the petition for the charter to the Virginia Company of London had been made, for the founding of two colonies in Virginia.
In 1606 the name Virginia designated the North American coast north of Spanish Florida. The First Colony was to "begin their first plantation and place of their first sojourning and dwelling in any place along the aforesaid coast of Virginia or America where they thought it suitable and convenient, between the aforesaid thirty-four and forty-one degrees of the aforesaid latitude." The Second Colony was to locate at some point between thirty-eight degrees and forty-five degrees of northern latitude. (Rec. Va. Co., vol. IV, p. 368)
The First Colony (consisting of knights, gentlemen, merchants and others of the city of London) made a settlement at Jamestown on May 13, 1607, which became permanent. The Plymouth grantees (from the English cities of Bristol and Exeter, the town of Plymouth, and other places) established the Second Colony at Sagadagic (on the coast of what became Maine) in August 1607, but abandoned it in the spring of 1608.
On May 13, 1607, Captain Christopher Newport's fleet of three small ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed and the Discovery, with 105 colonists, reached the site of this first permanent English settlement, and called it James Towne. Captain Newport returned to Jamestown on Jan. 8, 1608 with the first supply in the John and Francis. The Phoenix, commanded by Captain Francis Nelson, which had sailed as part of the first supply, finally arrived on 20 April 1608. More than half the settlers died that first winter.
Captain Newport sailed again for England and arrived at Blackwell May 21, 1608. Capt. Nelson returned to England in the Phoenix early in July 1608, with requests from Virginia to be sent by the second supply. Capt. Newport left England in the Mary and Margaret, a ship of about 150 tons, with the second supply, probably in August of 1608. Many sources give the arrival date of this second supply as being early in October 1608. We do know that it was after Sept. 10, 1608.
A comparatively complete record, with the names, of the little band of first planters who came in 1607 and the two supplies of 1608 is given by Captain John Smith in his Historie. These three expeditions brought a total of about 295 people -- the first settlers numbering about 105, the first supply 120, and the second supply about 70. Of the whole number, 92 are described as "gentlemen."
Regarding the title of "Captain" which is attached to Thomas Graves in Virginia historical records, he had no such designation in the Charter of 1609 wherein all the Adventurers (stockholders) of the Virginia Company are listed, and is shown by Captain John Smith on his arrival in Virginia simply as "Thomas Graves, Gent." Thus it appears that he acquired the title of Captain after arriving in Virginia.
Thomas Graves early became active in the affairs of the infant colony. On an exploring expedition he was captured by the Indians and taken to Opechancanough. Thomas Savage, who had come to Virginia with the first supply on the John and Francis in 1608, was sent to rescue him, in which he was successful.
The winter of 1608-09 was much better than the previous winter, but soon after Capt. John Smith returned to England for medical treatment in October 1609, the "Starving Time" reduced the population of about 500 to no more than sixty men, women, and children. In June of 1610, the survivors were in the process of abandoning the settlement, when Lord Delaware arrived as governor of the colony. From that time on, there was apparently no further serious thought of abandoning the town. However, even by 1616, the colony had a total population of only 351, of whom 81 were farmers or tenants.
In 1617 the Virginia Company, hoping to expand population and agricultural production in the colony, encouraged private or voluntary associations organized on a joint stock basis to establish settlements in the area of the Company's patent. The Society of Smith's (or Smythe's) Hundred (later called Southampton Hundred) was organized in 1617. In addition to Captain Thomas Graves, the Adventurers included Sir Thomas Smith, Sir Edwin Sandys, and the Earl of Southampton. Soon after April 29, 1619, Governor Yeardley wrote to Sir Edwin Sandys: "I have entreated Capt. Graves, an antient officer of this company, to take charge of the people and workes."
Capt. Thomas Graves was a member of the First Legislative Assembly in America, and, with Mr. Walter Shelley, sat for Smythe's Hundred when they met at Jamestown on July 30, 1619. The time of Capt. Thomas Graves' removal to the Eastern Shore is not known. It was, however, after August 1619, since he was then a representative from Smythe's Hundred to the first meeting of the House of Burgesses. It was also prior to Feb. 16, 1623, for "A List of Names: of the Living in Virginia, Feb. 16, 1623" shows Thomas Graves "at the Eastern Shore". His patent for 200 acres on the Eastern Shore is of record 14 March 1628 (Patent Book No. 1, p. 72, Land Registrar's Office, Richmond, Va.). This land was in what was then known as Accomack, now a part of Northampton Co. It was granted by Dr. Thomas Pott, Governor of Virginia, and was on the eastern side of the Bay of Chesapeake, westerly of the lands of Capt. Henry Flute, an explorer of the Bay, "by virtue of the adventure of five and twenty pounds paid by the said Capt. Thomas Graves to Sir Thomas Smyth, Treasurer of the Virginia Company." He paid a "quit rent" of one shilling for fifty acres, payable at the feast of St. Michael the Archangel (Sept. 29) each year on a part of his land.
In Sept. 1632 he, with others, was appointed a Commissioner "for the Plantacon of Acchawmacke". He was one of the Burgesses to the Assembly, representing Accomac, for the 1629-30 session and the 1632 session. He attended many of the meetings of the Commissioners, but he was absent from Dec. 30, 1632/3 until Oct. 23, 1633/4. It appears that he was out of the country.
Since Captain Thomas Graves had been active in the affairs of Virginia from his arrival, the absence of any mention of him during certain periods indicate he had returned to England. This is also confirmed by patents issued to him and to others in which he is mentioned. Mrs. Hiden stated: "Even a cursory reading of Northampton (formerly Accomack) records reveals how frequent were the trips to England, Ireland, Holland, and New England" of those living on the Eastern Shore. Mrs. Hiden also stated: "We know from the land patents that Capt. Thomas Graves made several trips out of the country, to England presumably, and on one of his return voyages his family accompanied him."
Thomas Graves was probably unmarried when he arrived in Virginia in 1608. He was young, and adventure was probably the reason for his coming to Virginia. He was obviously educated, of some "social status" and financial means, and a leader.
It is likely that he returned to England, possibly in Oct. 1609, either on the same ship with Captain John Smith (who left Virginia for England for treatment of his wounds resulting from an explosion), or on one of the other seven ships which arrived in Virginia in August 1609. In that way he would have missed the "Starving Time" of the winter of 1609-10, which so few survived.
He may have then married in England in about 1610, fathered John Graves and Thomas Graves, remained in England for several years, and returned to Virginia prior to the formation of Smythe's Hundred in 1617, or possibly a little later. It is known that he was "entreated to take charge of the people and workes" at Smythe's Hundred in April 1619, and was there then.
Also, there is no record of his being in Virginia after the meeting of the Burgesses in July-August of 1619 until he is shown as living on the Eastern Shore in 1623. It seems reasonable that he was in England at the time of the Indian Massacre of March 1622, and upon returning to Virginia settled on the Eastern Shore where it was less perilous to live. The fact that he fathered three children, the girls, during this period certainly lends support to his being in England
Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Joan BLAGROVE.
Spouse: Katherine CROSHER. Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter and Katherine CROSHER were married about 1610 in England. Children were: John GRAVES, Thomas GRAVES, Verlinda GRAVES, Ann GRAVES, Katherine GRAVES, Francis GRAVES.
Thomas GRAVES was born about 1616 in England. He died about 1674. Parents: Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter and Katherine CROSHER.
Captain Thomas GRAVES was born between 1628 and 1631 in Elizabeth City Co., Virginia. He lived in York Co., Pennsylvania between 1652 and 1695. He was an adjoining land owner to his brother William in 1652 in York Co. (Adventurers of Purse and Person, p. 189). In August 1695, Thomas and Elizabeth Graves witnessed a deed (York Co., Book 1665-1701, p. 26) He lived in King William Co., Virginia in 1704. The Virginia Quit Rent Rolls of 1704 show a Thomas Graves in King William Co. with 100 acres. King William was a new county, having been formed from King and Queen Co. in 1702.
He died after 1704 in King William Co., Virginia. Parents: John GRAVES and PERRIN.
Spouse: Elizabeth. Captain Thomas GRAVES and Elizabeth were married about 1670 in Virginia. Children were: John GRAVES.
Thomas GRAVES was born in 1691 in Virginia. He lived in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia between 1725 and 1767. DEED BOOK A 1722-1729
page 96
February 3, 1725. Lawrence x Franklyn of Spts. Co. to Thomas Graves of the same Co., planter. 3500 lbs. tob., 170 a. of land adjoining the land of Harry Beverley, etc. Witnesses: P. Rogers, Edward Pigg, John Foster. Rec. March 1, 1725-6.
DEED BOOK B 1729-1734
page 116
March 2, 1730. John Downer of St. Margarett's Par., Caroline Co., to Thomas Graves of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. £20 curr., 400 a. as by patent granted sd. Downer June 16, 1727. Jas. Barbour, James Williams, Thos. Downer. Mar. 2, 1730-1. Ann, wife of John Downer, acknowledged her dower, etc.
DEED BOOK C 1734-1742
page 155
Francis x Arnold, for £25 curr. mortgage, 100 a. of land, whereon he now lives, etc., etc., to Thomas Graves, Richard Phillips and John Minor. Dated, June 1, 1741. Witnesses: Thomas Graves, Jr., John Graves. July 7, 1741, Recd.
DEED BOOK C 1734-1742
page 156
Augt. 3, 1741. James Edwards, Senr., of St. John's Par., King William Co., to his son, James Edwards, of same Par. and county. Deed of Gift. 200 a. on Northanna River, in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., adjoining lands of Thomas Graves, John Graves and Humphrey Hill, and part of a tract sd. Edwards, Senr., purchased of Richd. Phillips, as by Deeds, June 4, 1734. John Waller, Edmund Waller, Z. Lewis, Henry Pendleton. Augt. 4, 1741.
DEED BOOK E 1751-1761
page 197
Oct. 1, 1754. Rice Graves of Spts. Co. to Thomas Graves of same county. 5 shill. curr. 100 a. in Spts. Co. Z. Lewis, Chas. Colson. Oct. 1, 1754
DEED BOOK G 1766-1771
page 271
April 2, 1770. Thomas Graves and Ann, his wife, of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., to Samuel Warren of Par. and Co. afsd. £35 curr. 100 a. in Par. and Co. afsd., adjoining lands formerly Humphrey Bell's and Robert Goodloe and Thomas Dillard's land, etc. Witnesses, Roger Dixon. Chs. Yates, Wm. Wood, Jona. Clark. May 8, 1770. [NOTE: This shows Sarah Ann administering the estate of her late husband] He signed a will in 1767 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. WILLS
WILL BOOK D 1761-1772
page 23
GRAVES, THOMAS, d. Oct. 17, 1767. Executors Bond dated June 6, 1768. Wit. Francis Meriwether; James Smith; John Graves Junr., James Smith, Doctor; William Mackgehee. Ex. son, Thomas Graves; son-in-law, William Pettus; nephew Joseph Graves. Leg. wife, Ann Graves, land whereon I now live in Spotsylvania Co., and one-third profits issuing from my mill, and after her death to all my surviving children or their heirs.
He died on 17 Oct 1767 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Parents: John GRAVES and Susanna.
Spouse: Sarah Ann DAVENPORT. Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT were married before 1713 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Ancestral File #AFN:21R6-8P shows Thomas Graves as being married to Ann Reynolds. However, much of the other information in this particular Ancestral File seems to be incorrect, so the validity of the surname is questionable. Children were: Eleanor GRAVES, Johnathon GRAVES, Thomas GRAVES, Soloman GRAVES, William GRAVES, Susanna GRAVES, Richard GRAVES, Rice GRAVES, Catherine GRAVES, Ann GRAVES, David GRAVES, Louisa GRAVES, Robert GRAVES, Jonathan GRAVES, Mary GRAVES, Jane GRAVES.
Verlinda GRAVES was born about 1618 in England. She died about 1676. Parents: Captain Thomas GRAVES Gentleman, Ancient Planter and Katherine CROSHER.
William GRAVES. Parents: John GRAVES and PERRIN.
William GRAVES was born about 1724. He died about 1791. Parents: Thomas GRAVES and Sarah Ann DAVENPORT.
Aline (Aliva) GRAY was born about 1159 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
Spouse: Alan BASSET. Alan BASSET and Aline (Aliva) GRAY were married about 1180 in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Children were: Philip BASSET, Aliva BASSET.
Carolyn GRAY.
Spouse: William Burder FERGUSON.
Kathryn Lea GRAY.
Spouse: Arlen Gerald CHRISTLEY. Children were: Laryn Gerald CHRISTLEY, Mark Aaron CHRISTLEY, Daryl Gray CHRISTLEY, Page Brandon CHRISTLEY, Garrett CHRISTLEY, Kathryn Elizabeth CHRISTLEY, Keri Noel CHRISTLEY.
Mary GRAY.
Spouse: Ebed FERGUSON.
Maud GRAY was born about 1270 in Mapperton, Somersetshire, England. She has Ancestral File Number 9FSC-GL.
Spouse: John DE MOELS. John DE MOELS and Maud GRAY were married about 1288 in Mapperton, Somersetshire, England. Children were: John DE MOELS.
Myrtle GRAY.
Spouse: John FERGUSON.
Willie Lorinda GRAY was born on 26 Jul 1890 in Spring City, Rhea, TN. She died on 14 Apr 1928 in Spring City, Rhea, TN. She was buried on 14 Apr 1928 in Spring City, Rhea, TN. She was baptized into the LDS church on 3 May 1963. She was endowed on 24 Sep 1963 in Louisiana. She was sealed to parents on 22 Feb 1984 in Oklahoma. !1. FAMILY BIBLE 2. FAMILY RECORDS 3. BIRTH CERTIFICATES, TN #155537, 155645, 156182 (GS #1308069) 4. 1880 US CENSUS, RHEA COUNTY, TN P. 42 (GS #1255275)
Spouse: Farley Brady FERGUSON. Farley Brady FERGUSON and Willie Lorinda GRAY were married on 23 Dec 1907. They was sealed to spouse on 19 Feb 1975. Children were: Willie Lorinda FERGUSON, Farley Brady FERGUSON, Helen Bessie FERGUSON, Mary Francis FERGUSON, Virginia Alberta FERGUSON, Hugh Lawson FERGUSON, Hubert Leland FERGUSON, Bettie Joe FERGUSON, Perry Thomas FERGUSON, Edna White FERGUSON, Daisy Lee FERGUSON, Velma Lucille FERGUSON, James Robert FERGUSON, Iphigne Noreine FERGUSON.
Anstrase GRAYT was born on 10 Aug 1726 in Rhode Island. She has Ancestral File Number 1NMJ-FBV.
Spouse: Elder William COATES. Elder William COATES and Anstrase GRAYT were married on 28 Sep 1742. Children were: William COATES.
Aroma Pearl GREEN was born about 1888. Date is estimated. She died between 1935 and 1975 in Venus, Johnson Co., Texas. Date and place are assumed. Parents: Franklin Coleman GREEN and Mary Emerline PEELER.
Spouse: James Rufus ROGERS. James Rufus ROGERS and Aroma Pearl GREEN were married on 16 Sep 1906 in Venus, Johnson Co., Texas. Children were: William Marvin (Bill) ROGERS, James Franklin (Buster) ROGERS, Mary Loice ROGERS, Isaac Leon ROGERS, Oran Dee ROGERS, Ruth Pauline ROGERS.
Carl GREEN.
Spouse: Manila FERGUSON.
Franklin Coleman GREEN was born on 18 Aug 1867 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. He died on 7 Mar 1958 in Olney, Texas. He was buried in Mar 1958 in Archer City Cemetery **CHANGEME**. Parents: Dr. William Campbell GREEN and Mary Albertine BOGER.
Spouse: Mary Emerline PEELER. Franklin Coleman GREEN and Mary Emerline PEELER were married on 6 Mar 1887. Children were: Aroma Pearl GREEN.
Isabella GREEN was born in 1541 in Of, Holme, Yorkshire, England. She has Ancestral File Number 8WRX-0C.
Spouse: Roger BROOKE. Roger BROOKE and Isabella GREEN were married on 6 Dec 1562 in , , , England. Children were: Humphrey BROOKE, Grace BROOKS.
Joan GREEN was born about 1370. She has Ancestral File Number 9R8B-FB. Parents: Thomas DE GREENE and daughter MABLETHORPE.
Spouse: Baldwin FREVILLE. Baldwin FREVILLE and Joan GREEN were married before 1384. Children were: Joyce FREVILLE.
John B. GREEN was born in 1776 in North Carolina. Age is shown as 74 on 1850 Census. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. "Green, John",0,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0
He appeared in the census in 1840 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. "Green, John",0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. He died after 1850 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Date and place are assumed. Parent/Spouse Notes:
Possible parents could be:
1. Colonel John Green and Sara Whitfield of Rockford, Surry, NC
!IGI Film Number: 170718, Page Number: 586, Reference Number: 21943
2. James Green and Margaret Cogdell of Craven, NC
!IGI Film Number: 2034719
Also wife, Serena HARRISON !AFN: WTCD-GT
3. Wife, Rachel Warren of Onslow, NC.
!AFN:RPK3-W2
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Where the name Greene came from is explained in the book titled, "The
Greenes of Rhode Island with Historical Records of English Ancestry
1534-1902" compiled from the MSS. of the late Major-General George Sears
Greene, U.S.V. by Louise Brownell Clarke. Published in New York in 1903 as
follows:
Quote
"OF THE ORIGINAL, ANTIQUITY, NAME, ARMS, ALLIANCES, GREATNESS AND
POSSESSIONS OF THE HOUSE OF GREENE."
Of the original of the House of Greene we have no certain information,
but it is apparent they assumed their Name and Arms from an allusion to
their principal and beloved lordship, which was Buckton, or the Town of
Bucks, in the county of Northampton, being in the Hundred of Spelho, a place
memorable for the excellency of its soil and situation and a spacious and
delightful green upon which, at the desire of the Lords, was yearly held and
exercised a Fair with particular and extraordinary privilege. Hence they
were called "Greene" or "of the Greene."
And from Buckton or the town of Bucks they have assumed for their Arms
in a field azure Three bucks trippant, or
In the first mention of the family, we find it in a very flourishing
condition, possessed of the Manor of Buckton from which the Lords thereof
did take their usual style as also of the lordships of Heyborne,
Heydmoncourte, Dadington, Ashby Mares and Grene's Norton, the latter whereof
was held by particular obligation of holding up the lord's right hand toward
the King upon Christmas day wherever he should be at that time in England.
And of these was Lord Sir Thomas of Buckton, or Sir Thomas Grene of
Buckton who lived in the reign of King Edward the first. Of these Grenes we
find divers to have been qualified by their riches and power and the esteem
they held for the principal employments in the counties where they lived.
among the other advantages of this House the great blood of which it was
participant did honor it very much, it having had the fortune to ally itself
to the great Houses of Stafford, De La Zouche, Mauduit, Talbot, Ferrers of
Chartley and Rosse, all of the illustrious and old nobility. But at last,
coming to the fortune of all transitory things, it concluded in Sir Henry
Grene who, being without issue male, the Arms, blood and inheritance of this
family came by a daughter to the Veres that were Lords of Addington and from
them by another heir to the present Earl of Peterborough.----Halstead.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME
The following memorandum attached to, or a part of the parchment
pedigree of the "House of Greene" presented to the Boston Athenaeum Library
in 1881 by William Batchelder Greene, was possibly made by Mr. Burt, the
compiler of the chart. The theory as to the origin of the name Grene or
Greene is well worthy of consideration, and the three points upon which the
connection of Sir Henry Grene, Lord Chief Justice of England, is based, are
certainly sufficiently strong to awaken the interest of all those who bear
the name in America.
"HOUSE OF GREENE LORDS OF BUCKTON, ETC., COUNTY NORTHAMPTONSHIRE."
On origin: "The name of this family is not of Saxon or Scandinavian
origin as its present form might suggest, such as Wood, Vale, Green, etc.,
names taken from localities and found in almost every country of modern
Great Britain. During the 12th & 13th centuries flourished a number of minor
Barons (i.e., not possessing more, or as much as, thirteen knight's fees and
a quarter) bearing the name of Dela Greene (or Grene) in Co. Northampton.
Sir Henry Greene, Lord of Buckton, may be counted with these by three facts;
First, that on one of his seals attached to an Indenture now in the archives
of the British Museum, is found the inscription---'Sigill (Henri) ci Grene,
Milit,' (this in old English characters); Secondly, that the said Sir Henry
held his lands in capite by the same service as the feudal lords before
mentioned, i.e., by lifting up the right hand on Michaelmas Day wherver the
King should be in England (Harl. MSS.); Thirdly, all these claim much the
same family alliances (as found on their various records and on their
tombs). Tracing the name further back, we find the name De la Grene replaced
by Del Grene (the latter seems to have been one of the latest of the Lords
of the township of Newsholm) and before the Norman Conquest the name of
Greene disappears all together and we are said to find Grini or Del Grini in
counties York and Northampton. this would show the great antiquity of the
family as well as suggest a Latin origin. It is worthy of note that a
patrician family existed at Rome, shortly after the Roman conquest, of the
same name, and that the name is still borne by certain nobles in the northern
part of Italy near Belluno.
In addition to the above memorandum are a few notes on the opposite
upper corner of the chart; the first giving names and baptisms of the
children of John Greene, who emigrated to the American colonies, and others
referring to General Nathaniel Greene of the Revolutionary Army and
descendant of said John; also to that line of his descendants who settled in
New Hampshire (records now partially erased); and to the Gardiner Greenes
and Copley-Greenes of Boston. In another handwriting is a note relating to
the Greenes of Ireland on the authority of Burke, being endorsed, "signed by
Sir Bernard Burke." It has special interest in connection with the recently
published pedigree following "Greene's Norton, Northampton shire," where
descent is claimed by this Irish branch from the Northampton shire family,
though proof is not conclusive.
Children were: Thomas R. GREEN.
Margaret GREEN was born about 1400. Date is estimated. Parents: Walter GREEN.
Spouse: John GREENE. John GREENE and Margaret GREEN were married before 1425. Children were: Isabella GREENE.
Pernell GREEN was born about 1550 in England. Date is estimated. She has Ancestral File Number 9J45-31. Parents: John GREENE and Katherine (Catherine) WRIGHT.
Spouse: Barthelmew PARTRIDGE. Barthelmew PARTRIDGE and Pernell GREEN were married on 21 Jan 1567 in St. Thomas, Navestock, Essex, England. Children were: John PARTRIDGE.
Thomas GREEN was born about 1350. Date is estimated.
Children were: Walter GREEN.
Thomas R. GREEN was born in 1802 in North Carolina. Age is shown as 48 on 1850 Census. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. "Green, Thomas",0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,1,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
He appeared in the census in 1840 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. "Green, Thomas",2,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,,0,1,1,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Green Thomas 48M NC
Jennet 50F NC
Mariah 20F Al.
Mary A. 16F Al.
William C. 14M Al.
George 12M Al.
Henry 10M Al.
Green Eliza 31F NC
Green John 74M NC He died on 18 Nov 1860 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Parents: John B. GREEN.
Spouse: Jennet SHAW. Thomas R. GREEN and Jennet SHAW were married on 12 Feb 1828 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Children were: Dr. William Campbell GREEN.
Walter GREEN was born about 1375. Date is estimated. He died after 1417/18. Parents: Thomas GREEN.
Children were: Margaret GREEN.
Dr. William Campbell GREEN was born in 1836 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Age is shown as 14 on 1850 Census. Other source shows date of birth as 4/17/1834. In 1873 he was a Physician in Jasper, Walker Co., Alabama. photostatic or Xerox copy of "License" dated January 22nd 1873 to "--transact business as a Physician at Jasper " in Walker County, Alabama. The license was issued to W.C. Green in possession of Clyde Elton Harwell He died on 12 Aug 1910 in Texas. He was buried in Austin, Travis Co., Texas. He served in the military in Civil War- CSA. Still seeking info. on company and dates served. Parents: Thomas R. GREEN and Jennet SHAW.
Spouse: Mary Albertine BOGER. Dr. William Campbell GREEN and Mary Albertine BOGER were married on 17 Mar 1858 in Lawrence Co., Alabama. Children were: Franklin Coleman GREEN.
GREENE was born about 1860 in Ireland. She immigrated before 1879 to New York.
Spouse: RANKIN. RANKIN and GREENE were married about 1879 in New York. Children were: Lena May RANKIN.
Dwight Kelly GREENE.
Spouse: Holly Ann FERGUSON.
Sir Henry GREENE was born about 1325. Date is estimated.
Children were: Sir Henry GREENE.
Sir Henry GREENE was born about 1347. He died on 29 Jul 1399. Parents: Sir Henry GREENE.
Spouse: Maud MAUDIT. Sir Henry GREENE and Maud MAUDIT were married before 1374. Date is estimated. Children were: John GREENE.
Isabella GREENE was born about 1425. Date is estimated. Parents: John GREENE and Margaret GREEN.
Spouse: Richard DE VERE. Richard DE VERE and Isabella GREENE were married before 1450. Children were: Constance DE VERE.
John GREENE was born before 1399. Date is estimated. He died in 1432/33. Parents: Sir Henry GREENE and Maud MAUDIT.
Spouse: Margaret GREEN. John GREENE and Margaret GREEN were married before 1425. Children were: Isabella GREENE.
