GRAVES OF MICKLETON, CO. GLOUCESTER.
There are three portraits engraved by Vertue, which give the pedigree of this family thus far:
| John Graves of York, born 1515, ob. 1616. | = | |||||||||||||||
| —— Graves | = | |||||||||||||||
| = Richard Graves of Mickleton, Esq., ob. 1669.ickleton, Esq., | = | |||||||||||||||
| —— Graves | = | |||||||||||||||
| Richard Graves of Mickleton, Esq. ob. 1731.ckleton, Esq. | = | |||||||||||||||
The title engraved on the plate states that the first Richard Graves given above, was twice
married, and had six sons and thirteen daughters. It does not give the Christian names of any of the children, and leaves it uncertain whether the Richard Graves who died in 1731 was a child of the first or second marriage. This last-mentioned Richard was an antiquary of some note, and a correspondent of Hearne, who calls him "Gravesius noster."
Query 1. Is the full pedigree of this family anywhere to be had? 2. Is there a record of any of the six sons of the Richard who died in 1669 having settled in Ireland, as a soldier or otherwise, in the time of the Commonwealth? According to Mr. Editor's excellent arrangement, I transmit to him a stamped envelope, and shall feel much obliged to any correspondent of "N. & Q." who will give me the desired information. In the life of the Rev. Richard Graves, a younger son of Richard the antiquary (Public Characters, Dublin, 1800 p. 291.), it is stated that his collections for the History of the Vale of Gresham came, after his death, into the hands of James West, Esq., President of the Royal Society, at whose death they were purchased by the Earl of Shelburne, A.D. 1772. Query, Are they still in existence?
James Graves.
Kilkenny.