GRAVES FAMILY
BULLETIN
A Free,
Occasional, Online Summary of Items of Interest to Descendants of all Families
of Graves, Greaves, Grieves, Grave, and other spelling variations Worldwide
Vol. 5, No. 1,
Jan. 22, 2002
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© 2002 by the Graves Family Association and Kenneth V. Graves. All rights reserved.
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CONTENTS:
**John
Graves of Concord Book
**DNA
Analysis Project
**Next
Steps in the DNA Study
**Financial
Help Still Needed for DNA Project
**Website
Enhancements
**To
Submit Material to this Bulletin & Other Things
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JOHN
GRAVES OF CONCORD, MA BOOK
As
mentioned in the bulletin of mid-December, the manuscript for the John Graves
of Concord, MA book is now at the printer.
The date they have given me for completion is late February, but I
figure early March is more likely (by the time they ship the books to me and I
get them sent out to those of you who have ordered them). Extra books are being printed, so copies can
still be ordered at $75, which includes shipping. The book is in two volumes, slightly over 1700 total pages, with
many pictures, and a complete name and place index.
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DNA
ANALYSIS PROJECT
We
have received more test results from our testing lab, Family Tree DNA. A total of 71 samples have now been analyzed
and the results posted on the website.
To
look at the results summary and the preliminary conclusions, you can go to the
website at https://gravesfa.org and
click on the DNA link at the top of the page.
Or you can go directly to that specific page at https://gravesfa.org/DNA_test_results.html.
A
summary of the most important preliminary conclusions:
**
The families of John Graves of Concord, MA, Rear Adm. Thomas Graves of
Charlestown, MA, John Greaves of St. Mary’s Co., MA, the most of the families
of Randolph Co., NC & Blount Co., AL, and others are all related. This does not necessarily mean that they are
descended from each other, but only that they have a common ancestor. The 9-marker supplemental test will probably
give us a much better idea of the exact relationships between these families.
**
The descendants of Capt. Thomas Graves of VA seem to fall into 2 separate
groups. One is part of the group
mentioned above, that includes John Graves of Concord. The other is related to John Graves of
Frederick Co., VA. Although we don’t
yet know for sure, it seems unlikely that both these groups of descendants are
really descended from Capt. Thomas Graves.
As we get more participants from the Capt. Thomas Graves family and from
other related families, and as we get all 21 markers analyzed, we should get
the answer to this surprising result.
It is my suspicion that the southern families in the large group that
includes John Graves of Concord may be related to each other in America but may
not be related to the northern families there; the common ancestry may be back
in England.
**
Humphrey Isaac Greaves of NC, Thomas Graves of NC & Maury Co., TN, and
Thomas Graves of OH & DE are all related, and may all be descended from the
Quaker family of Thomas Graves of New Castle Co., DE.
**
The first group of Capt. Thomas Graves descendants, related to John Graves of
Frederick Co., VA, are also related to a Graves family of Lancashire, England,
and to Thomas Graves of Cambridgeshire, England.
**
It appears (with too few samples) that Deacon George Graves of Hartford, CT is
closely related to Thomas Graves of Hartford, CT (not to John Graves of
Concord, MA as was once conjectured).
**
The Greaves family of Macclesfield, Cheshire, England (believed to descend from
the Greaves family of Beeley, Derbyshire) is closely related to Rear Adm.
Thomas Graves of Charlestown, MA and the Greaves family of Stepney, London,
England.
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NEXT
STEPS IN THE DNA STUDY
As
mentioned in December, Family Tree DNA has now increased the number of Y-DNA
markers they can test for from 12 to 21.
This means that it will now be possible to distinguish between samples
that match on 12 of 12 (or even 11 of 12) markers, and more precisely determine
the most recent common ancestor.
Because the University of Arizona (that does the testing for Family Tree
DNA) preserves DNA samples, there is no need to resubmit an already-submitted sample
to get the additional 9 markers tested.
There is an additional cost of $49.
This test will probably be of value to almost everyone in the DNA
Study. As with the previous testing, if
you want to add the supplemental test, please let me know and send me a check
for $49 payable to Kenneth V. Graves.
New participants don’t need to pay until you return your samples.
If you have not yet returned your DNA
samples, PLEASE do so as soon as possible.
Other
families still need to be included in the study. There is a list of families participating in the DNA study on the
GFA website. There is also a list of
some of the families that we would like to see added to the list. Even if you can’t participate yourself (for
instance, because you are a female or not descended through an all-male line),
we still need your help. Maybe you can
help sponsor or encourage a male descendant.
Remember, because of the requirements of the Y-DNA test, participants
must be males with the Graves/Greaves/etc. surname. Cost for the basic test is $199 and the supplemental test is $49
(for a total of $248 if you get both).
Don’t let the cost keep you from participating (some or all of the cost
may be paid for you). Families needed
include:
**Graves
Family of Yorkshire and Mickleton Manor, Gloucestershire, England (68)
**Greaves
Family of Beeley, Derbyshire, England (228)
**George
Graves of Plaistow, England (64)
**Other
families of the British Isles, especially including families of Grieve,
Grieves, Greve, and other spellings
**Graves
families of Netherlands, France and elsewhere
**John
Graves (Johann Sebastian Graff) of PA, NC & TN (105)
**Joseph
Graves and Rachel Pratt of Framingham, MA (133)
**Richard
Graves and Polly Lucy of SC & AR (189)
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FINANCIAL
HELP STILL NEEDED FOR DNA PROJECT
My
thanks again to those of you who have sponsored a family member or contributed
money in support of the DNA testing of other family members. I have continued to make up the difference
out of my own pocket, but it is becoming more and more difficult. All contributions for this purpose will be
much appreciated. It will probably be
even more difficult to expect many of the participants from outside the U.S. to
contribute the full cost, and getting those family members to be part of the
study is very important to our success.
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WEBSITE
ENHANCEMENTS
There
are plans for several enhancements and additions to the Graves Family
Association website. These include:
(1)
online payment capabilities, probably using PayPal,
(2)
a members-only section (not sure what it should include yet,
(3)
the ability to read current and previous issues of the Graves Family
Newsletter,
(4)
an overall index for the newsletter,
(5)
the ability to search all online newsletters and genealogies for a particular
name or any other word or phrase,
(6)
one-name data such as vital records, census data, etc.,
(7)
other items such as pictures of Graves villages, houses, and family members,
(8)
implementation of special interest pages, especially for African American and
Native American ancestry. We had
volunteers for these pages. What
happened to them?
I
would appreciate any comments and suggestions you have on these or any other
possible additions. If you would like
to volunteer for any of these items, the procedure would be for you to
gather/create the content, send it to me, and I will put it on the site. I have no specific timetable for most of
these enhancements. They will be added
as time permits and needs dictate.
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ABOUT
THIS BULLETIN:
This
bulletin is written and edited by Kenneth V. Graves,
ken.graves@gravesfa.org. Ken Graves is
also editor of the Graves Family Newsletter, the official publication of the
Graves Family Association. This
bulletin will contain announcements and news of special interest to Graves
descendants with Internet access. It
will not contain queries, genealogies, photos, and the kind of in-depth
articles that appear in the Graves Family Newsletter.
TO
SUBMIT MATERIAL TO THIS BULLETIN:
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you do not already belong to the GFA, you can join by sending $20 per year (for
U.S. & Canada) or $30 per year (for all other countries) to Graves Family
Association, 20 Binney Circle, Wrentham, MA 02093 (more details on GFA
website). Note that membership is for a
calendar year so if you join late in the year be sure to specify which year
dues are for. Benefits include 6 issues
of the newsletter, membership directory, and help with learning more about your
Graves/Greaves family. The purpose of
the GFA is to bring together as many descendants as possible to work toward
learning more about the Graves/Greaves families, to help other descendants, and
to instill pride in our ancestry.
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