Selah GRAVES

Born

19 April 1758 , Sunderland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

7 October 1825 , Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA

Selah married Mary (Polly) BUSH abt. 1788 .
Mary (Polly) BUSH was born abt. 1758 Mary (Polly) died 25 April 1822 in Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.

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Reuben GRAVES

Mother

Hannah FULLER

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Selah had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.
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Selah GRAVES married

Mary (Polly) BUSH
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Birth — 1758
19 April 1758
Sunderland, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Revolutionary War

GRAVES, SELAH
Ancestor #: A047385
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER
Birth: 3-19-1758 SUNDERLAND HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 10-7-1825 SUNDERLAND FRANKLIN CO MASSACHUSETTS
Pension Number: *S32778
Service Source: *S32778; MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 6, PP 758, 789
Service Description: 1) PVT, CAPT CALEB MONTAGUE, AARON HAYNES, COL EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH
2) FIFER, CAPT JOHN K SMITH, COL CALVIN SMITH

RESIDENCE

1) City: SUNDERLAND - County: HAMPSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS

SPOUSE

1) MARY BRUSH

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1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

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1791 - The Bill of Rights takes effect (December 15)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

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1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1822 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary (Polly) BUSH died 25 April 1822, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

Death

Name: Selah Graves
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 07 Oct 1825
Death Place: Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 67
Birth Date: 1758
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Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Mary Graves
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07552-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 768338
Reference ID: bk 1 p 102 G

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FC95-KNL : 10 December 2014), Selah Graves, 07 Oct 1825; citing Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference bk 1 p 102 G; FHL microfilm 768,338.'

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Riverside Cemetery Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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Riverside Cemetery Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state