Coat of Arms of Thomas Graves
Graves was born in Gravesend, Kent, around 1583 or 1585. He signed a contract with the Massachusetts Bay Company in March 1629 and arrived in New England in July 1629. He brought his wife, Sarah Whiting, five children, and two servants.[1][2] He reportedly arrived with Gov. John Endecott's company on the George Bonaventure,[3] which arrived in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1629. He was one of the founders of Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1645, by which time he also owned property in Hartford, Connecticut. They later moved to Hatfield, Massachusetts.[4]
He also laid out the city of Charlestown.[1][2]
