Graves Genealogies
Chart 152 is from the gravesfamily.org and was verified with YDNA testing. My paternal grandfather was Glen Lewis Graves. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Jordan. It is now believed that our Graves ancestor, Thomas Graves of Lunenburg Va. is descended from Francis Graves (gravesfamily.org Gen 228) who is connected genetically with the Greaves family of Beeley, England. Further discussion below.
Family pedigrees:
Killarney, Ireland photo by Courtney Graves
Discussion of our Graves Genealogy
When I began looking into my family’s genealogy, I thought it would be easy and straightforward…I have found that this is almost NEVER true. Because my father (AND mother) have so many Graves ancestors, and because they don’t always seem to be from the same family tree, I have tried to simplify our Graves genealogy here. If I have this wrong, please email me and let me know.
In one way or another, I have taken 100% of my information from the gravesfa.org (Graves Family Organization) or from our personal family records. By DNA examination, there are a number of families which are related to each other connections.pdf. As far as I can tell, we are right in the middle of this bunch. Until recently, it was believed that our line (Gen. 152 Thomas Graves of Mecklenburg, VA) was descended from Capt. Thomas Graves of Virginia (Gen. 169) through his youngest son, Francis (Gen. 220). This has been ruled out by DNA comparison and is thoroughly discussed on the gravesfa.org website. DNA suggests that we ARE descended from Francis Graves (Gen. 220), but that he was NOT the youngest son of Thomas Graves of Va.
Chart 228 connections (above) shows what is currently believed to be our line of descent. My father is son of Glen Lewis Graves, and first cousin to Michael Loyd Graves (#1343, bottom right of Chart 152).
Through Family Finder at FTDNA, we seem to be coming up with connections to Gen. 270 and 169…I’m going to have to look into this further.
Family groups with siblings:
