Brief Life History of Nathaniel
When Nathaniel Graves Senior was born on 22 September 1763, in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jesse B. Graves, was 33 and his mother, Catherine Scott, was 26. He married Sarah Orcutt on 10 August 1786, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1834, in Attica, Attica, Wyoming, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Albion, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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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