Eighth Generation

33. Graziano GRAZIANI⁶⁰ was born on 13 Feb 1710 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.⁶¹ He died of "febbre maligna" on 29 Jun 1758 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.⁶² He was called Gratiano (no last name) on his 1710 baptismal certificate but Graziano Graziani on all subsequent documentation (on his 1731 marriage certificate the "z" is an "old-fashioned" one, but by his 1758 death certificate it is a "z" that would be recognized in the 21st century. I have listed him here as Graziano to distinguish him from his grandfather Gratiano.

Graziano GRAZIANI and Camilla MAZZEI were married on 7 Jan 1731 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.⁶³ Camilla MAZZEI^64,65 (daughter of Giuseppe MAZZEI / LAZZARINI and Maria MAZZEI) was born on 22 Dec 1705 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.⁶⁶ Have used 22 Dec as birth date (baptism was on 23rd) because death certificate indicates this was birthdate. She died on 26 Jan 1779 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.⁶⁷ The spelling of this family name changed in her lifetime. Clearly written Mazzei on her birth certificate in 1705, it is written Massei (but with an older configuration - Mafsei or Maßei - on her 1779 death certificate. It is not clear exactly how it's written on her wedding certificate in 1731 (see photo), but it's clearly written Maßei by the time of her son Amadeo's 1749 birth. The odd (to us) double consonant of 1731 is duplicated in her first cousin Elisabetta's 1724 baptismal certificate where "batezzata" is written in the identical script. On Elisabetta's brother Michele's 1712 baptismal certificate, however, the surname is clearly written "Massei" (with the now standard ss; baptized, meanwhile, is written "batteszata"), so the early 18th-century orthography is difficult to fathom. It seems to be a function of the priest as well as of the times. Graziano GRAZIANI and Camilla MAZZEI had the following children:

+42	i.	Gio. Bartolomeo GRAZIANI.
+43	ii.	Mª Elizabetta GRAZIANI.
44	iii.	Caterina GRAZIANI was born on 8 Jan 1735 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.68 She died on 22 Aug 1769 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.69
45	iv.	Giuseppe GRAZIANI was born on 9 Mar 1737 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.70
46	v.	Francesco Filippe? GRAZIANI was born on 20 Jul 1739 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.71 He died on 15 Mar 1809 in Lucca, Italy.71
47	vi.	Maria Antonia GRAZIANI was born about Sep 1741 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy. She died on 20 Nov 1749 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.72
+48	vii.	Gaudenzio GRAZIANI.
49	viii.	Violante Beatrice GRAZIANI73 was born on 26 Jan 1746 in Pescaglia, Lucca, Toscana, Italy.
+50	ix.	Amadeo/Amadio GRAZIANI.