James MacGregor (abt. 1630 - 1675)

Born about 1630 in Scotland

Ancestors

Died 1675 at about age 45 in King William Co., Virginia, America

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Biography

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Identity of James MacGregor

This profile, as adopted, may possibly refer to two people: the James MacGregor of Scotland, and the James MacGregor of Virginia and Maryland, a new profile to contain references to court documents and other evidence, particulary the paper [McCurdy] by Harold Grier McCurdy. This profile will continue to exist to contain information about the James MacGregor of Scotland and his ancestry. In the future, if it is determined that these two profiles are indeed the same individual, the new profile should be merged into this one.

Death

Death:

Date: 1675

Place: King William Co., Virginia, America^[1]

Cause: killed by Indians in America.

User ID

User ID: A5E7D15050762B46947181F6AB0381A02F2F

Event

Event:

Type: Alt. Birth

Date: ABT 1623

Event:

Type: Alt. Death

Date: Bet 1698 and 1719

Place: Pennsylvania Or New Kent County, Virginia, America

Event:

Type: Alt. Birth

Date: ABT 1612

Place: Scotland^[2]

Immigration

Immigration:

Place: America^[3][4]

Note

Note: from fortunecity member's website wandat36/id28.htm

1 - Settled in America, killed by Redskins.

2 - Thomas (James MacGregor) MacGehee, born Abt. 1623 in Scotland; died Bet. 1698 - 1719 in Pennsylvania or New Kent co., Va.

3 - Major James MacGehee (aka MacGregor) was killed by Indians in 1675, in King William County VA, spouse "Mary" possibly "Johnson", his son Thomas aka James MacGehee, born 1645-1655 in York County VA, died 1725-1727 in King William County VA, married An

[E-mail from Earl MacFarland rec:6 May 2011]

The identification of Thomas McGahaye as James MacGregor son of Patrick Chief of Clan Gregor was exposed as 'a marvellous example of myth-making' by Harold Grier McCurdy in 1980. The family still do not understand that MacGehee is not an alias but an inde

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Sources

• Source: S10 Title: Burkes Peerage and Baronage Publication: 107th Edition pub 2003/4 Page: p2493
• Source: S12 Title: "The barons of Arrochar and their cadets" Author: Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane
• Source: S28 Title: E-mail
• Source: S5 Title: http://www.stirnet.com Author: Peter Barns-Graham Page: MacGregor02

1. ↑ Source: #S28
2. ↑ Source: #S12 Page: Chapter 17 - 17b
3. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: MacGregor02
4. ↑ Source: #S12 Page: Chapter 17 - 17b

See also:

• [Grider I] Ethel C. Woodall Grider, McGehee Descendants, Volume I published 1987 by The Gregath Company, Cullman, Alabama 35055, available from Jane N. Grider, 383 Third Avenue, Winder, GA 30680.

• [McCurdy] Harold Grier McCurdy, James MacGregor and Thomas MackGehee of Colonial Virginia, in The Virginia Genealogist, Oct.-Dec. 1980, reproduced in [Grider I], pp, 19--24.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Val Kerr for creating WikiTree profile MacGregor-157 through the import of DuncanMacGregor.ged on Jul 30, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Val and others.