Josiah Graves Jr

  General Notes:

The following information has not been verified.

Joseph (or Josiah) Graves (2) was born about 1750 in MA. He married Mary Beard in 1784 at Scotch Church, NY, maybe in Johnstown. She was born about 1762 in NY, and died after 1856 in London Dist., Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada.

Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files states: "GRAVES, Joseph, Mary, W7578, BLW 36748-160-55. MA Line & War of 1812 Srv, wid appl 8 Jan. 1856 Middlesex Co in the Prov of Canada aged 94, sol enl in the Boston Troops & after his disc he lived at Schenectady NY then to what is now Selina in Onondaga Co NY & sol d there in 1814 aged 64, sol & wid had m in 1784, wid moved to Canada in 1824, sol & wife raised a large family of children, a son Abraham Graves of Caradoc Twnshp in the London Dist of Canada West was aged 50 in Jun 1857 & stated he was the 10th child of sol & wid & stated his grandfather Josiah d of smallpox in the Rev War, the oldest child was Henry aged 70 in 1856 & living 30 miles from Erie PA."

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I ordered a copy of his pension records on March 2, 2004. The National Archives and Records Administration was not able to locate them.

Josiah married Mary Beard in 1784 in Scotch Church, Florida, Montgomery Co, New York.¹ (Mary Beard was born about 1762 in New York ² and died after 1856 in London District, Middlesex Co, Ontario ².)