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Thomas Graves (other)
Thomas or Tom Graves may refer to: * Captain Thomas Graves (c. 1580–1635), English planter in colonial Virginia * Thomas Graves (engineer) (c. 1585–1662), English engineer who laid out Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts in 1629 * Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves (1725–1802), British naval officer, colonial official, peer * Thomas Graves (judge) (1684–1747), associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court * Thomas Graves (naturalist) (1805–1856), British naval officer and naturalist * Thomas Graves (priest) (1745–1828), Irish priest, Dean of Ardfert, Dean of Connor * Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1747–1814), Irish naval officer and cousin of 1st Baron Graves * Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves (1775–1830), Irish peer and politician * Thomas Ashley Graves Jr. (1924–2016), American educational executive * Thomas J. Graves (1866–1944), American soldier * Tom Graves (born 1970), American politician * Tom Graves (American football) (born 1955), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Thomas Graves
Thomas Graves (c. 1580–1635) was one of the original Adventurers (stockholders) of the Virginia Company of London, and one of the very early Planters (settlers) who founded Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America. He was also the first known person named Graves in North America. Captain Thomas Graves is listed as one of the original Adventurers as "Thomas Grave" on page 364, ''Records of the Virginia Company of London'', vol. IV. Graves arrived in Virginia in October 1608 on the ship ''Mary and Margaret'' with Captain Christopher Newport's second supply. He paid 25 pounds for two shares in the London Company and thereby was entitled to . Captain Thomas Graves settled at Smythe's Hundred, situated on the north shore of the James River ten miles from Jamestown. Governor George Yeardley placed Graves in charge of Smythe's Hundred on May 30, 1618, after one man killed another in a fight.McCartney, Martha W. (2007)''Virginia Immigrants and Advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |