First Generation 1. Mary Alice SMITH was born. Second Generation 2. Josiah Franklin SMITH was born on 27 Jul 1825 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. Marriage intention was recorded on 21 Jul 1849 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Graves, of Hartford, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass., By John Card Graves, M.A. Member of the Buffalo Historical Society, Published at Buffalo, N.Y., By Baker, Jones & Co., 1896. p. 164. of Ashfield, Mass. Josiah Franklin SMITH and Lydia Sophronia GRAVES were married on 4 Jul 1853 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. 3. Lydia Sophronia GRAVES was born on 7 Mar 1835 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 26 Mar 1895. Josiah Franklin SMITH and Lydia Sophronia GRAVES had the following children: 1 i. Mary Alice SMITH. ii. Lucie SMITH was born. Third Generation 4. Dea. Josiah SMITH was born on 23 Aug 1789 in Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts. Marriage intention was recorded on 9 Feb 1822 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts Marriage intention was recorded on 3 Dec 1831 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts He died on 8 Apr 1872 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 447. of Gill, 1816. Vital Records of Ashfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1942. p. 204. of Gill, Mass., 1831 Dea. Josiah SMITH and Philena RISLEY were married on 24 Feb 1822 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts. 5. Philena RISLEY was born on 2 Apr 1799 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 17 Jun 1831 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts. Dea. Josiah SMITH and Philena RISLEY had the following children: i. Ruth Wrisley SMITH was born on 13 Feb 1823 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Ashfield Plain Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. 2 ii. Josiah Franklin SMITH. iii. Joseph Frederick SMITH was born on 2 Sep 1828 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 14 Sep 1904 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. 6. Ransom GRAVES was born on 9 Jul 1806 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts. He died in 1886 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of The Town of Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Written & Compiled by Louise Hale Johnson. Published by Charter Oak House, Mystic, Conn. 1953. p. 213. Lived for a long time in the house on the opposite corner form the Bozrah schoolhouse, later in one of the houses at "Poverty Square." Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Graves, of Hartford, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass., By John Card Graves, M.A. Member of the Buffalo Historical Society, Published at Buffalo, N.Y., By Baker, Jones & Co., 1896. p. 163. Removed to Ashfield, Mass. Ransom GRAVES and Mary Ann (Marion) PORTER were married on 12 Oct 1828 in Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts. 7. Mary Ann (Marion) PORTER was born. Genealogy of the Graves Family in America, Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Graves, of Hartford, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass., By John Card Graves, M.A. Member of the Buffalo Historical Society, Published at Buffalo, N.Y., By Baker, Jones & Co., 1896. p. 163. of Leverett, Mass. Ransom GRAVES and Mary Ann (Marion) PORTER had the following children: i. Lucinda Amelia GRAVES was born on 30 Jul 1829. She died on 2 Feb 1883. ii. Spencer Elijah GRAVES was born on 9 Jul 1831. iii. Levi Smith GRAVES was born on 3 Aug 1833. He died unmarried. 3 iv. Lydia Sophronia GRAVES. v. Theophilus GRAVES was born on 22 Jun 1837. vi. Samuel Porter GRAVES was born on 29 Aug 1839. He died unmarried. vii. Nancy Sophia GRAVES was born on 24 Nov 1840. She died on 18 Jan 1893. viii. Mary Elizabeth GRAVES was born on 24 Jan 1847. ix. Harriet Eliza GRAVES was born on 11 Jun 1850 in Hawley, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died in Jul 1894.