Revolutionary War Veteran... he was a minuteman in 1777 from Whately,MA and served as a private in Capt. Salmon White's Co. Ezra May's regiment.
Son of John Graves III (1682-1716) and Jemima (Graves) Graves.
Children: Amasa Graves, Jemima Graves, John Graves, Lydia Graves Graves, Elihu Graves(father of Dorus Graves), Jemima Graves Ingraham, Nathan Graves Jr, Reuben Graves, Asa Graves, Reuben Graves, Leonard Graves Porter, and Daniel Graves.