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| Hannah Farnum m. May 30, 1710 Killingworth CT b. Aug 23, 1691 Killingworth CT |
John b. Apr 27, 1711 Killingworth CT |
Hannah b. Aug 20, 1713 Killingworth CT d. infancy |
Daniel b. Feb 1, 1714/15 Killingworth CT |
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Abner b. Jun 20, 1717 Killingworth CT |
Hannah b. Dec 7, 1719 Killingworth CT |
Aaron b. Mar 9, 1722 Saybrook CT d. Aug 8, 1814 |
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Lydia b. Sep 4, 1724 Saybrook CT |
Mary b. Apr 4, 1727 Saybrook CT |
Phebe (twin) b. Jul 17, 1729 Saybrook CT d. Nov 18, 1753 Saybrook CT |
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Sylvanus (twin) b. Jul 17, 1729 Saybrook CT d. Feb 4, 1801 Killingworth CT |
Nathan b. Apr 12, 1732 Saybrook CT d. Jan 13, 1821 |
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?Sarah Chapman m. Jun 18, 1754 |
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Also called "Sergeant John", his occupation was a cordwainer, which was a skilled
shoemaker as distinguished from a cobbler. He was also a deacon in his church. |
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John lived in Killingworth CT (listed as from there when his father deeded
part of his land to him on Sep 14, 1716) until about 1724 when he moved to
Saybrook CT. |
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Killingworth is now known as Clinton CT. Clinton is on the south shore of
Connecticut. Hannah's father and her father-in-law,
Joseph Wilcoxson, were both original landowners of 1663, when it was known as
Hamanasset Plantation. It was sometimes called Kenilworth.
The land in this area is hilly and rolling, with forests. |
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Daughter Lydia married in 1745 her cousin, Peter Farnum, son of Peter (1689-1777)
and Marcy Farnum, and grandson of Peter Farnum
1665-1703. |
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Son Sylvanus Graves was a noted Revolutionary soldier. |
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Sources: Concord Register, Book Y. The births of all the children except John were recorded in Concord Register, Book 1; (R-1, R-20, R-39, R-62, R-82, R-200). Graves, John Card, "Notes on the Graves Family", unpubl. Mss. in the Grosvenor Collection, Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo, NY. Killingworth Vital Records, v. 2, p. 192. Rixford, Elizabeth M. L., Three Hundred Colonial Ancestors... ; Rutland, VT, Tuttle, 1934; pp.121-122. |
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