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Katherine (or Catherine) Graves (6) was born about 1622, and died on or before 1668 at Resurrection Manor, Calvert, Prince George's Co., Maryland. She first married Lt. (later Capt.) William Roper about 1636. He was also a resident of Accawmack (Northampton Co.) on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and a burgess representing that Co.. His plantation was on a small neck of land with a waterfront location. Here he carried on a profitable trade. He died about 1650 in Va. After Capt. Roper's death, Katherine married another neighbor, Lt. Thomas Sprigg, son of Thomas Sprigg and Katherine Griffin, on 3 March 1650/51. They were both living in Northampton Co., Va. at the time. Thomas Sprigg was born in 1630 in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, and died in 1704 at Resurrection Manor, Calvert, Prince George's Co., Md. His will was probated 29 Dec. 1704. After Katherine died, he married Eleanor Nuthall in 1668. Shortly after Katherine's marriage to Thomas Sprigg, they moved to the new colony of Maryland, where her brother-in-law, William Stone, had gone as governor. Thomas Sprigg's land certificate in Maryland shows that he transported himself, his wife Katherine, Verlinda Roper, Nathaniel Sprigg, and several others. Verlinda Roper was Thomas's young stepdaughter; Nathaniel may have been an infant son -- no other record of him has been found. Thomas Sprigg was a neighbor of Katherine's in Accomack Co., VA. Shortly after his marriage to Katherine, they moved to the new colony of MD, where her brother-in-law, William Stone, husband of Verlinda Graves, was governor. Died: in or before 1668 at Resurrection Manor, Calvert, Prince George Co., MD, probably at the birth of her son Thomas, Jr. In Maryland, Katherine and her family settled first in Kent Co., and then across the bay in Calvert Co. : She had been married to William Roper and was his widow when she married Thomas. Deeds, Wills, etc., III, No, 3, 1645-1651 Roper, (Capt.) William- 30 Dec 1650- Refers to his relict Katheryn Roper-p.236 (Notes: The widow Katheryn who married (Lt.) Thomas Sprigg, set aside part of the dec'd's estate for his daughter. Verlinda Roper-1651-1654, p.14, F.198. Shortly after Katherine's marriage to Thomas Sprigg, they moved to the new colony of Maryland, where her brother-in-law, William Stone, had gone as governor. Thomas Sprigg's land certificate in Maryland shows that he transported himself, his wife Katherine, Verlinda Roper, Nathaniel Sprigg, and several others. Verlinda Roper was Thomas's young stepdaughter; Nathaniel may have been an infant son -- no other record of him has been found. FATHER: Thomas GRAVES , Capt., b: 1 APR 1584 in Beeley, Derbyshire, England, Great Britain MOTHER: Katharine CROSHAW b: ABT. 1586 in Ireland, Great Britain MARRIAGE 1 William ROPER , Capt. b: ABT. 1620 Married: BET. 1636 - 1640 Children Verlinda ROPER, b: ABT. 1642 MARRIAGE 2 Thomas SPRIGG , Sr., b: BET. 1626 - 1630 in Kettering, Northants, England Married: 3 MAR 1650/51 in Northampton, VA Children Thomas SPRIGG , Jr. b: BET. 1669 - 1670 in Of Northampton, Prince George, Maryland Nathaniel SPRIGG b: ABT. 1652 Sarah SPRIGG b: ABT. 1655 in Calvert Co., Maryland Elizabeth SPRIGG b: ABT. 1657 Mary SPRIGG b: ABT. 1661 Martha SPRIGG b: ABT. 1663 Ann SPRIGG b: ABT. 1665 in Calvert Co., Maryland
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