Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Graves was born on 1 April 1793, in Washington, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, William Graves, was 36 and her mother, Lucy Wheeler, was 28. She married Ebenezer Spaulding about 1813, in Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 2 April 1881, in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 88.
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Family Time Line
Sources (14)
- Ester Spaulding, "United States Census, 1880"
- Esther Graves, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Esther Graves, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1789–1862 Male
1793–1881 Female
Children (5)
1814–1889 Male
1817–1848 Female
1821– Female
1821–1896 Male
1830–1919 Female
Parents and Siblings
1757–1841 Male
1765–1841 Female
Siblings (12)
1780–1859 Female
1782–1875 Female
1784–1865 Female
1786–1859 Male
1789– Female
+7 More Children
World Events (7)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 1
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
Age 15
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 26
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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