John Graves (headstone photo)
unknown, England - Sep. 19, 1677, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
He was baptized December 26,1626 at Thundridge, Hertfordshire, England.
John Graves owned land in Hartford and Wethersfield, which he retained when he moved to Hatfield, Mass., in 1661. He was a man of probity and education, and was employed in 1655 and again in 1659 to run the boundary between Wethersfield and Matabessett (now Middletown, CT). He exchanged land with John Goodrich about 1645. He bought the land of John Coultmans and also that of Gregory Gibbs. He and his brother, Sergeant Isaac Graves, were killed by Indians in an attack on Hatfield, September 19,1677.
1st Spouse: Mary Smith Graves,
Children:
John Graves
Mary Graves Ball Stebbins Warriner
Isaac Graves(father of Isaac Graves Jr)
Samuel Graves
Sarah Graves Stebbins
Elizabeth Graves Jones
Daniel Graves
Ebenezer Graves
Bethiah Graves

"Genealogy of the Graves Family in America," Vol I, 1896, (#3), by J.C. Graves, pages 7, 11-12. He was made a freeman in May 1654. He owned land in Hartford and Wethersfield which he retained when he removed to Hatfield. Thomas and brother Isaac killed by indians. Through his daughter Mary's first husband, Samuel Ball, his 5th great-grandson was President Grover Cleveland.