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     Zachariah Dibble was born on 19 December 1667 in Stamford, Conn.. He was the son of Zachariah Dibble and Sarah Waterbury. He died on 22 January 1711/12 in Stamford, Conn., at age 44.

     son Graves was the son of William Graves. He married Hannah (__?__) (possibly Hannah Scudder, dau. of John). He died before 1679.

     Zachariah Dibble was born on 4 April 1644 in Springfield, Mass.. He was the son of John Dibble and Sarah (__?__). He married, at age 22, Sarah Waterbury, daughter of John Waterbury and Rose (__?__), on 10 May 1666. He and Sarah Waterbury were divorced in October 1672; In 1672, Sarah obtained a divorce from Zachariah for his bad conduct and shortly married Nicholas Webster.
     
Residence: in 1665 of Stamford, CT.

     Elizabeth Dibble was born on 17 January 1645/46 in Springfield, Mass.. She was the daughter of John Dibble and Sarah (__?__).

     Sarah Dibble was born on 21 March 1646/47 in Springfield, Mass.. She was the daughter of John Dibble and Sarah (__?__).

     Lydia Teffe was the daughter of William Teffe. She married Abraham Dibble, son of Robert Dibble. She died on 31 December 1690 in Suffield, Hartford Co., Conn..

     Sarah Waterbury was the daughter of John Waterbury and Rose (__?__). She married (1) Zachariah Dibble, age 22, son of John Dibble and Sarah (__?__), on 10 May 1666. She married (2) Nicholas Webster circa 1672. She and Zachariah Dibble were divorced in October 1672; In 1672, Sarah obtained a divorce from Zachariah for his bad conduct and shortly married Nicholas Webster. She died on 2 January 1734/35 in Stamford, Conn..

     Nicholas Webster married Sarah Waterbury, daughter of John Waterbury and Rose (__?__), circa 1672.

     William Graves married (prob. as 2'nd wife) Sarah (__?__) (widow of John Dibble) on 7 November 1647 in Springfield, Mass..¹ He married (prob. 3'rd) Ann Stevenson (widow of Edward Stevenson) circa 1670 in Newtown, Long Island, New York.^2,3 He died between 13 June 1679 and 20 June 1679 in Newtown, Long Island, New York.^4,5
     
Immigration: Before 1642.
Residence: in 1642 An original pioneer of Stamford, CT, William receives a house and land grant in Nov. 1642.⁶
Residence: in 1657 Removed to Newtown, Long Island, NY.

For more on the witchcraft inquiry pertaining to this family, see my article in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, July 2001 "More on the Identity of Abigail (Graves) Dibble, and Her tragic Death and Suspicions of Witchcraft", by Norbert Bankert.

     Records of William Graves are few and scattered both in time and location. He appears first in Stamford Connecticut in 1642 and next in Springfield Massachusetts in 1647. In 1656 and 1657, and again in 1666/7 he is found in Stamford. Subsequent records of William Graves are found in Newtown, Long Island, New York, until his death in 1679. He probably married three times and possibly had five or more children; however, there has yet to be found any birth or marriage records for his children, and only one marriage record for William.
     The origin or birth of William Graves is, as yet, unknown. The first known record of William is in November of 1642 when he is allotted a house lot in the distribution of lands by the town of Stamford Connecticut. The first settlers of Stamford had arrived there in the summer of 1641. On a list of those designated as "Pioneers to the end of 1642" is the name of William Graves.
     On 7 November 1647, William Graves married in Springfield, Massachusetts, Sarah (_____) Dibble, widow of John Dibble of Springfield. John Dibble and his wife had resided in Springfield, however, it appears that they had removed to Stamford prior John's death. Sarah was pregnant when her husband died and probably moved back to Springfield where she married William Graves the following year. Sarah died in Stamford 13 September 1656. Whether Sarah was the mother of any of William Graves children is unknown. At a court session in 1647, Sarah Graves is said to have claimed that her children were holier than all the others because hers were "naturally better born." Goodwife Ackerly and Goodwife Bourns were witnesses to this inexcusable boast.
     William Graves may have removed to Newtown, Long Island, at some point after his wife's death. However, in 1666/7, we find William again in Stamford, whether as a resident or a visitor is uncertain. Between January 30'th and February 4'th, 1666/7, depositions were taken in Stamford regarding suspicions of witchcraft surrounding the death of Abigail (Graves) Dibble. Abigail was the daughter of William Graves, and the wife of Samuel Dibble. Abigail had died shortly after the birth of her daughter, Abigail, born on the 19'th of January. It appears that Samuel Dibble had made accusations against William Graves concerning the possibility of witchcraft on the part of William in causing Abigail's death. The outcome of the depositions is not stated, however, it would appear that William Graves was exonerated or punished lightly. One possible outcome is recorded nine days after the depositions in Stamford, on 13 February 1666/7, when William Graves, called of Newtown on Long Island, made two deeds in Stamford. The first was for two pieces of land, evidently in Stamford, to Samuel Dibble of Stamford [his son-in-law]. The second deed was for a house and home lot in Stamford, to William Newman of Stamford, who owned the lot next to William Graves. The second deed notes that the grantor was also conveying his seats in the meeting house. (For more on these depositions see the above mentioned article).
     William Graves would bury all of his children and three wives before his death in 1679. William, his son John, and a Hannah Graves, all died within a few days of each other in June/July of 1679, almost certainly of some prevailing illness. Johns will is dated and signed by mark 11 June 1679, and he is called "deceased" when the inventory is appraised two days later on 13 June. John left legacies to his father William and "my sister Hannah or her children". The will of William Graves is dated and signed 13 June 1679. He is called "deceased" when the inventory is appraised on 20 June 1679. His estate was appraised at £219 9s 8d. William left legacies to "my Grand children, the Children of my Daughter Hannah Grave," and to "my Grand childe Abigaill Deeble now Living in the Collony of Conecticutt in New England", and mentions items which "were my son John's". By 8 July 1679, "his daughter Hannah likewise departed this life." It is probable that Hannah was actually his daughter-in-law by an unnamed son.

     John Graves was the son of William Graves. He died circa 12 July 1679 in Newtown, Long Island, New York, unmarried.

     Hannah (__?__) married son Graves, son of William Graves. She died in July 1679 in Newtown, Long Island, New York.
     

Mentioned as "sister" in the will of John Graves and "daughter" in the will of William Graves. Probably a widow of an unnamed son of William Graves and possibly Hannah Scudder b. Salem MA, 19 Aug 1649. Another possibility is that she is a "Graves" and married to a Graves.

     George Colton was born in 1620. He married (1) Deborah Gardner circa 1644. He married (2) Lydia Wright, daughter of Deacon Samuel Wright and Margaret (__?__), on 1 March 1691/92. He died on 17 December 1699.

     Deborah Gardner married (1) George Colton circa 1644. She died on 5 September 1689.

     Martha Wakefield was born on 19 April 1650 in New Haven, Conn.. She was the daughter of John Wakefield and Ann (__?__). She married (1), at age 18, Nicholas Buckland, age 22, son of Thomas Buckland and Temperance Denslow, on 21 October 1668. She died on 28 October 1684 at age 34.

     John Wakefield was born in 1614. He married Ann (__?__). He died in 1667.

     Ann (__?__) married John Wakefield.

     Ruth Jones was the daughter of William Jones. She married (1) John Searle, age 26, son of John Searle and Sarah Baldwin, on 3 July 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass.. She died on 20 November 1672 in childbirth.

     Mary North was born circa 1643. She was the daughter of John North and Mary (or Hannah) Bird.¹ She married (2) John Searle, age 34, son of John Searle and Sarah Baldwin, in May 1675.

     Elizabeth Elmer was the daughter of Edward Elmer and Mary Partridge. She married (1) Joseph Edwards, age 25, son of Alexander Edwards and Sarah Baldwin, on 2 January 1672/73 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass..

     Hannah Atkinson married (2) Joseph Edwards, age 27, son of Alexander Edwards and Sarah Baldwin, on 17 November 1674.

     William Janes married Hannah Bascom on 20 November 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass.. He died on 20 September 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass..

     Hannah Bascom was born circa 1630. She married William Janes on 20 November 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass.. She died in March 1681 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass..

     Francis Keet married Hannah French.

     Elizabeth Stiles married Nathaniel Edwards, son of Alexander Edwards and Sarah Baldwin, circa 1692. She died on 5 April 1719 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass..

     Hepzibah Janes was born on 13 February 1665 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass.. She was the daughter of William Janes and Hannah Bascom. She married, at age 22, Nathaniel Edwards, age 29, son of Alexander Edwards and Sarah Baldwin, on 17 May 1687. She died on 9 November 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Mass., at age 26.