Sarah (Scott) Graves (abt. 1599 - 1666)

Born about 1599 in England

Wife of Thomas Graves — married about 1621 in England

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1666 at about age 67 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Sarah (Scott) Graves migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Sarah Scott was born about 1599 the daughter of Christopher Scott and his wife.... of Hatfield, Broadoak, co. Hertford, England. The family lived in the east of Hertfordshire, a region along the River Stort. The church records of that area begin in year 1650, so if they were baptized there, the records are no longer available.^[1]

Her sibling (brother) may have been Thomas Scott who migrated to New England in 1634^[2] residing in Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

Sarah married Thomas Graves ^[3]by 1621.^[1]Her surname - Scott is identified by the will of her father, Christopher Scott, dated 1640 which is partially transcribed at the bottom of this biography. The portion that is significant to this profile reads: "Item I geve my Dafter Sara the wife of Thomas Grave the some of fife pounds to be Equally Devided Amooung she and her Children mary grave Isaake John Elzebeth and Nathanell when thay come of the Age of xxj yeares to be paid within One yeare after my desese[.]" The will can be read in it's entirety at The American Genealogist here:^[1] Anderson in Great Migration also identifies Sarah Scott as the wife of Thomas Graves when, speaking of her brother, he says, "Thomas Scott may have been brother of Sarah (Scott) Graves, wife of Thomas Graves of Hartford.^[2]

Children of Sarah and Thomas Graves:^[1]

1. Mary was born about 1622; she was named in the will of her grandfather Christopher Scott in 1640.
2. Isaac was baptized at Thundridge, co. Hertford, England on February 16, 1623/4; married Mary Church, daughter of Richard and Ann (_____) Church of Hadley; killed by Indians at Hatfield on September 19, 1677.
3. John was baptized at Thundridge on December 26, 1626; married Mary Smith who was baptized at Whatfield, co. Suffolk, England on October 9, 1628, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Smith. He married (2nd on July 20, 1671 to Mary (Bronson) Wyatt, baptized at Earl's Colne, co. Essex on December 12, 1627, daughter of John and Frances (Hills) Bronson and widow of John Wyatt. John was also killed at Hatfield, Massachusetts on September 19, 1677.
4. Elizabeth was born about 1628; is included in the will of her grandfather Christopher Scott (1640).
5. Nathaniel was born about 1630; married Martha Betts, daughter of John Betts and Mary (_____) Betts; died on September 28, 1682 at Wethersfield, Connecticut.

The first records following the family's migration are found in Hartford, Connecticut in 1645 when her husband was freed from "Trayneing, watching & warding;" a record of their lands was recorded on March 14, 1649[/50]. On November 23, 1659, Sarah was treated medically by John Winthrop Jr. - she was over 60 years old at the time.^[1]

Sarah's husband, Thomas Graves, was a farmer, "a very worthy citizen of modest claims and deportment."^[4]

Thomas and Sarah moved to Hadley, Massachusetts in 1661 along with their sons John and Isaac; signing an agreement to be dwellers on the west side of the river by March 25, 1661.^[5]

Sarah's husband died and was buried at Hadley in November of 1662.^[1]

Sarah (Scott) Graves was buried December 17, 1666 at Hatfield, Massachusetts.^[1]She is buried in Center Cemetery Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ^[6]

Research Notes

• The profile of Sarah Whiting was mistakenly attached as the wife of Thomas Graves, the farmer of Hartford and Hadley. Recent research indicates that his wife was actually Sarah Scott. Please see the biography of Graves-170 for sources and further insight.
• DNA comparing the Y-chromosome passed from father to son indicates a connection between George Graves of Hartford, CT (gen. 65) and Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT & Hatfield, MA (gen. 168) were connected. Mahler says in her TAG article, "This is especially significant because the probable origin of George Grave(s) is believed to be in the area of Hertford, Hertfordshire, just north of London. He had relatives in London and probably in Nazeing, co. Essex. The DNA study of early Grave(s) families means that the origin of Thomas Grave(s) may also be in this same area."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) The English Origin of Thomas and Sarah (Scott) Grave(s) of Hartford, Connecticut and Hadley, Massachusetts" by Leslie Mahler Vol. 82 (2007), pp. 107 - 110.subscribers$
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. sketch of Thomas Scott.subscribers$
3. ↑ Thomas and Mrs Sarah Graves, 1615, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/488197
4. ↑ Graves, Gemont. Graves Genealogy Traced from Thomas Graves (Free Press Printing Co., Burlington, VT, 1911) Page 9 or 1 click:[1]
5. ↑ Judd, Sylvester. History of Hadley (1905) Page 15 or 1 click:[2]
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 11 December 2018), memorial page for Sarah Whiting Graves (1595–17 Dec 1666), Find A Grave: Memorial #31733550, citing Center Cemetery, Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Dave Graves (contributor 46543307) .

• Lovering, Mary. Ancestry of Col. John Harrington Stevens & Frances Helen Miller Concord, NH, 1948, pages 367-8.
• Graves, Kenneth Vance. Thomas Graves, 1645 Settler & His Descendants Wrentham, Mass, 1985, pages 10-15.