Author Description

"Discover the inspiring and extensive ancestry of the Graves family in this in-depth book. Elton Elmer Graves, a musician and businessman from Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada who was married to Hilda Luella Dimock and had three children, is the focus of this book, but it also traces the ancestry of many leading Graves families in Ireland, England, and New England. Uncover the diverse group of Graves individuals who migrated to the US in the 17th–19th centuries in search of a new life, and the integral part that Captain Thomas Graves, born in 1580 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, played in the first permanent English settlement in North America as one of the original Adventurers and Planters of the Virginia Company of London. Explore the life of Rear Admiral Thomas Graves, born in 1605 in Stepney, England, who arrived in America about 1628 and settled in Charlestown, MA. Discover the many different coats of arms of the various Graves families and see how they influenced the first permanent English settlement in North America." -- back cover