London, England

Capt. Thomas Graves

An original "adventurer" or stockholder in the Virginia company of London, Capt. Thomas Graves immigrated to Jamestown, Virginia in 1608 on the ship, "Mary and Margaret."

Capt. Graves was a member of the First Legislative Assembly in America. One of only 51 people living on the Eastern shore in the census of Feb., 1625, Capt. Graves was put in charge of local affairs. In 1632 he was named a Commissioner "for the Plantacon of Acchawmacke."

Capt. Graves died 1635/36.

Source: ROBERT GRAVES: ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS, Kenneth Vance Graves
Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1980.

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