The Greaves family has spread it wings accross this Country of ours, but some of us remain in the Southern Tier.

My immediate family has lived here our entire lives, and we were blesses with the edition of our baby girl Lauren in August.

The Anglo-Saxon name Greaves comes from the baptismal name Reeve where as a surname it refers to son of Reeve. In Old English, patronyms were formed by adding a variety of suffixes to personal names, which changed over time and from place to place. For example, after the Norman Conquest, sunu and sune, which meant son, were the most common patronymic suffixes. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the most common patronymic names included the word filius, which meant son. By the 14th century, the suffix son had replaced these earlier versions. Surnames that were formed with filius or son were more common in the north of England and it was here that the number of individuals without surnames was greatest at this time. The surname Greaves also referred to manager or overseer as an occupational surname.

Spelling variations include: Grieves, Grieve, Greve, Greves, Greeves, Greaves, Greave, Griveson, Greaveson, Greavson and many more.

First found in Derbyshire where they held a family seat from very early times.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Captain Thomas Graves, who travelled on the first ship to Jamestown, Va. in 1607; Jane Grieves purchased land in Delaware in 1682; Admiral Greaves settled in Savannah Ga. in 1823.