Richard Charles Gravet

Brief Life History of Richard Charles

Richard Charles Gravet was born in 1711, in King William, Virginia, British Colonial America as the son of Charles Gravett and Ann Graves. He married Jane Lyne about 1734. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 10 February 1780, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

Richard Charles Gravet
1711–1780
Jane Lyne
1710–1769
Marriage: about 1734
George Gravitt
1733–1798
Abraham Gravitte
1737–
Mary Gravet
1735–1816
John C Gravitte
1748–1810
John Henry Gravatt
1755–1823

Sources (5)

  • Tatom Gravett in the Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
  • Charles Gravitt, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Tatom Gravett in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

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1776

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Name Meaning

English (Norfolk): occupational name for an engraver, from Middle English graver(e), grafer(e), gravo(u)r ‘engraver, carver, sculptor’, Old English grafere, græfere, Old French graveur.

English: alternatively, an occupational name for a miner, from Middle English graver(e) ‘miner, digger’, from Old English grafan ‘to dig’.

Dutch: equivalent of German Graber .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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