Mehitable Coleman was born on Nov 14, 1780 in Whately, Franklin Co, Massachusetts. She was one of five known children of Nathaniel and Anna Dickinson Coleman. She married John Graves b1779 on Sep 15 1803 in her hometown. They had three known children during their marriage. She passed away as a young mother on Nov 12, 1814 about a year after the birth of her young son Major D in Hatfield, Massachusetts at the age of 33. She was laid to rest near her parents in the town of her birth and near her sister Ruth. Her husband John moved on up to Greenfield, Franklin Co. where he died in about 1856.