Brief Life History of John
When John Graves was born on 26 December 1741, in Elmdon, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Graves, was 23 and his mother, Mary Brand, was 22. He married Mary Young on 28 February 1764, in Epping, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters.
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- John Graves, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Graves, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- John Graves, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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