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William Gregg

William Gregg, the son of John MacGregor and Ann Palmer, was born about 1616, in Glenarm Barony, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland. He was the victim of Charles I's suppression of the Ulster Protestants and ended up having to abandon the patrimony, fleeing by ship to southern Ireland, where he settled at Ardmore in Waterford County. His eldest two sons died in Ireland, but his third son William came to America after becoming a member of the Society of Friends.[1][2][3]

“During the reign of Charles I (1625-1649) these Ulster Presbyterians were rigorously treated and insulted. In 1642 a Scottish army under General Robert Monro landed in Ulster to help the colonists rally. Coleraine, Enniskillen, and Carrickfergus defied as they were strong for king and covenant. There was an insurrection at Carrickfergus in May 1653. William Gregg, oldest son of John Gregg and a Presbyterian landholder, was forced to leave his inheritance of Glenarm Barony on the coast of County Antrim after May 1653...This oldest son William (born 1616, Scotland) left by ship after May 1653 with three children, Richard, William born about 1643 and the oldest son John. Probably there were daughters. With his family he settled on the southwest shore of Waterford County, Ireland, at Ardmore where he died about 1672.[4]

William inherited his father's barony and the ivory-headed cane which his father decreed should be handed down to the second son, since the first inherited the land.[5]

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Name

John William /Gregg/[6][7]
William Gregg.[8][9][10][11]

Birth

1616, Ir.[12] 1616, Glenarm Barony, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland.[13] 1616, Glenarm Barony, Antrim, Ireland.[14] 1616, Ir.[15][16] 1616, Atrim, Ireland[6] 1616, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland[17][18]

Marriage

Marriage Place: of DE[19]

Family

Father: John Mac Gregor b: 1576 in Glenarm Barony,Co. Antrim,SCOT.[20]

Mother: Ann Palmer b: ABT 1576 in Glenarm Barony,Co. Antrim,SCOT.[21]

Marriage 1 Mary Grace James b: 1619 in Glenarm Barony,Co. Antrim,SCOT Married: BEF 1644 in Armagh,Antrim,IRE.[22]

William Gregg married Mary Grace James in 1644, Armagh, Antrim, Ireland.[23]

They had the following children:

  1. Richard Gregg
  2. John Gregg
  3. William Gregg
  4. Joanna Gregg

William's siblings:[24]

Marriage: 1596, Ireland.[25]
Marriage: 1597, Antrim, Scotland.[26]

Death

1672, Ardmore, Waterford, Antrim, Ireland.[27] 1672, Ardmore, Antrim, Ire, Ireland.[28] 1672, Ardmore, Antrim, Ireland.[29] 1672, Waterford, Antrim, Ireland[30] 1 Jan 1672, Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland[31][32]

William Gregg I and King James I

[33] Previous to the reign of Mary Stuart's son James l 16031625 (known also as James VI of England) a curious rumour floated that a Scottish King would sympathize with Ireland because the Irish were the original Scots. James l established circuits and a complete system of shires in northern Ireland. The English system was violently subsituted. He had a mania for colonization. Thousands left Scotland for Nova Scotia and Ulster (in Ireland). King James visited Scotland for the second time in 1617 after which whole communities of various clans were transplanted to Ulster. Among them were many Gregs from clan Gregor. Their leader, John Gregg evidently descended from the next to loldest son of Black John of the Coat of mail. received from King James l a silver studded ivory headed can in esteem and appreciation of his influence and responsibility in the removal of the Gregs from Scotland to County Antrim, Ulster about 1618.[34][35]

DNA

Y-DNA Haplogroup R-M269 [36]

Note

William Gregg was born circa 1616 in Glenorchy County, Argyll, Scotland.[37]

He was the son of John Gregg and Ann Palmer.[38]

William Gregg married Mary Grace James in 1644 in Glenarm Barony, Antrim, County Antrim, Ireland.[39]

William Gregg died circa 1672 in southwest shore, Ardmore, Waterford County, Ireland.[40]

He is said to have emigrated to Ireland at the age of 2 in 1618.[41]

Children of William Gregg and Mary Grace James:

John Gregg b. c 1641, d. b 1672
William Gregg[42] b. c 1642, d. 1 Jul 1687
Richard Gregg b. c 1644, d. b 1672
Joanna Gregg b. c 1645

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Pre-merge, saving conflicting data: William [middle name?] Gregg Sr Born 1616 in Glenarm Barony, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotlandmap Son of John MacGregor and Ann Palmer Brother of John Gregg and Richard Gregg [add sibling] Husband of Mary Grace James — married 1644 in Armagh, Antrim, Irelandmap Father of John Gregg, John Gregg, William Gregg, Richard Gregg, Joanna Gregg and Joanna Gregg [add child] Died 1672 in Ardmore, Waterford, Antrim, Irelandmap

Who are the MacGregor's:

Clan Gregor, or Clan MacGregor, is a Highland Scottish clan. Outlawed for nearly two hundred years after losing their lands in a long power struggle with the Clan Campbell, the Clan Gregor claims descent from Constantin and wife and cousin Malvina , first son of Doungallas and wife Spontana (daughter of a High King of Ireland) and grandson of Giric, the third son of Alpín mac Echdach, the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first King of Scotland, a descent which is proclaimed in the motto, 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream, translated as Royal is my Race. [43]

Origins of Clan Gregor:

The surname MacGregor is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic Mac Griogair meaning "son of Griogar". The personal name Griogar is a Gaelic form of the personal name Gregory. [44]

The Clan Gregor is believed to have originated in Scotland during the 800s. The MacGregor's suggest that they take their name from Gregor (derived from the Latin 'Gregorius' and the Late-Greek 'Gregorios' which means "Alert, Watchful, or Vigilant"). Gregor is said to be a son of the Scottish king Alpin II Mac Eochaidh and younger brother of Kenneth MacAlpin, the now famous Scottish king who first united Scotland in A.D. 843. Alpin II was the son of Eochaidh VI 'the Poisonous,' High King of Scots, by his marriage to his cousin, the Pictish Princess Royal, and thus had claims to the Scottish and Pictish Thrones.

Alpin was defeated and allegedly beheaded in his attempt to gain the Pictish Throne. His son, Kenneth, was successful, taking advantage of Viking harassment of the Picts from the east. While there is no surviving concrete record of a younger 'Prince Gregor', the Gregg Family website claims that an ancient Latin record of the Alpinian family mentions a Gregor who was a commander in the army of Kenneth Mac Alpin. Kenneth had a least one other known brother, Donald, who succeeded him as king of Scots. Unfortunately, most of the early public records of Scotland were destroyed by order of the English King Edward Plantagenet, during his occupation of Scotland at the end of the 13th century.

A Victorian era, romanticised depiction of a member of the clan by R. R. McIan, from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845. It was not unusual for the Mac Alpin kings to give Latin or Scandinavian names to their sons. Typical examples are Constantine, named after the famous Roman Emperor, and Indulf, named after a Viking leader. Gregor would probably have been named after the famous Pope Gregory 'the Great' (Gregorius).

The Y-chromosomal data supports the Alpinian royal claim as the hierarchical family Y-DNA is consistent with that of the other clans claiming similar descent. The data supports descent from the Dalriadic kings. Historians have suggested the clan descends from Griogair, son of Dungal, who is said to have been a co-ruler of Alba, an area of north central Scotland, between AD 879 and 889. The Y-DNA data does not support this second contention.[45][46]

The Clan Gregor held lands in Glen Orchy, Glenlochy and Glenstrae. According to Iain Moncreiffe the MacGregors were descended from an ancient Celtic royal family, through the Abbots of Glendochart. This is alluded to in the clan's motto: "Royal is my race". There is a tradition that Gregor was the son of Kenneth MacAlpin, which is supported by the Scottish historian, William Forbes Skene, but there is no evidence to support this tradition. It is possible that he might have been Griogair, son of Dungal, who was allegedly co-ruler of Alba.

Most modern historians have agreed that the first chief of Clan Gregor was Gregor of the golden bridles.[2] His son was Iain Camm One eye, who succeeded as the second chief sometime before 1390.

The barony of Loch Awe which included much of the MacGregor lands was granted to the chief of Clan Campbell by Robert the Bruce. The Campbells had already built Kilchurn Castle which controlled the gateway to the western Highlands and they harried the MacGregors who were forced to retire deeper into their lands until they were restricted to Glenstrae.

16th century and clan conflicts

Iain of Glenstrae died in 1519 with no direct heirs. He was the second of his house to be called the Black. The succession of Eian was supported by the Campbells and he married a daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy. In 1547 Eian's son, Alistair, fought against the English at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh but died shortly after.

Colin Campbell refused to recognise the claim of Gregor Roy MacGregor to the estates and for ten years Gregor waged a war against the Campbells. He was an outlaw who raided cattle and sheltered in the high glens. However in 1570 he was captured and killed by the Campbells. The chiefship was claimed by his son, Alistair, but he was unable to stem the Campbell's persecution of the MacGregors who became known as the Children of the Mist.

John Drummond, of Clan Drummond was the king's forester and he was murdered after hanging some MacGregors for poaching. The chief took responsibility for the murder and it was condemned by the Privy Council.

17th century, clan conflicts and civil war

In 1603 Alasdair MacGregor marched into Colquhoun territory with a force of over four hundred men. The chief of Clan Colquhoun had been granted a royal commission to suppress the MacGregors. Colquhoun assembled a force of five hundred foot and three hundred horse and advanced to Glen Fruin to repel the Highland raiders.[4] MacGregor split his force in two and while the main MacGregor force and the Colquhouns engaged in combat the second MacGregor force attacked the Colquhouns from the rear. The Colquhouns were driven into the Moss of Auchingaich where their cavalry was useless and over two hundred Colquhouns were killed.[4] At the end of the eighteenth century the chiefs of the two clans met and shook hands on the very site of the former slaughter.

James VI of Scotland issued an edict in April 1603 that proclaimed the name of MacGregor as altogidder abolisheed. This meant that anyone who bore the name must renounce it or suffer death. In 1604 MacGregor and eleven of his chieftains were hanged at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh. As a result the Clan Gregor was scattered with many taking other names such as Murray or Grant. They were hunted like animals and flushed out of the heather by bloodhounds.

An Edinburgh burgess, Robert Birrel, who kept a diary of events at the time, described the episode thus:

"[MacGregor] wes convoyit to Berwick be the Gaird to conforme to the Earl's promese: for he promesit to put him out of Scottis grund. Swa [so] he keipit ane Hieland-manis promes; in respect he sent the Gaird to convoy him out of Scottis grund: But thai were not directit to pairt with him, but to fetche him bak agane! The 18 Januar, at evine [evening], he come agane to Edinburghe; and upone the 20-day he wes hangit at the Croce, and xj [eleven] of his freindis and name, upon ane gallous: Himself being Chieff, he wes hangit his awin hicht aboune the rest of hes freindis."

An Act of the Scottish Parliament from 1617 stated[6] (translated into modern English): "It was ordained that the name of MacGregor should be abolished and that the whole persons of that name should renounce their name and take some other name and that they nor none of their name and that they nor none of their posterity should call themselves Gregor or MacGregor under pain of death .... that any person or persons of the said clan who has already renounced their names or hereafter shall renounce their names or if any of their children or posterity shall at any time hereafter assume or take to themselves the name of Gregor or MacGregor .... that every such person or persons assuming or taking to themselves the said name .... shall incurr the pain of death which pain shall be executed upon them without favour."

Despite the savage treatment of the MacGregors they actually fought for the king during the Scottish Civil War. Two hundred men of the Clan Gregor fought for the Earl of Glencairn in what was known as Glencairn's rising, against the Commonwealth. In recognition of this Charles II of England repealed the proscription of the name but William of Orange reimposed it when Charle's brother James VII was deposed.

18th century and Jacobite risings

Rob Roy MacGregor was born in 1671, a younger son of MacGregor of Glengyle. However he had been forced to assume his mother's surname of Campbell. The adventures of Rob Roy MacGregor have been immortalised and romanticised by Sir Walter Scott in his novel Rob Roy. Rob Roy was undoubtedly a thorn in the flesh of the government until he died in 1734. He supported the Jacobite cause in 1715 and after the Battle of Sheriffmuir he set out plundering at will. In one such raid on Dunbarton, the town was put into panic and Dunbarton Castle was forced to open fire with its cannon. He also led the Clan Gregor at the Battle of Glen Shiel in 1719. He is buried in Balquhidder churchyard.

During the 1745 to 1746 uprising some of the Clan Gregor who were under the Duke of Perth fought as Jacobites at the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. The Clan Gregor were amongst the Jacobite force that was defeated at the Battle of Littleferry in 1746 in Sutherland,[7] and therefore missed the Battle of Culloden that took place the next day.[8]

Persecution of the MacGregors did not end until 1774 when the laws against them were repealed

19th century and restored clan

To restore pride in the clan the chiefs needed to be re-established. Eight hundred and twenty six MacGregors subscribed to a petition declaring General John Murray of Lanrick to be the true chief. Murray was in fact a MacGregor who was descended from Duncan MacGregor of Ardchoille who had died in 1552. His son was Sir Evan who played a part in the visit of George IV to Scotland in 1822, where he and his clansmen guarded the honours of Scotland. [47][48][49][50]

Sources

  1. ↑ Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families". mrl.
  2. ↑ http://www.gregghistory.com/Master.htm?#TreeGregg
  3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/thisbookrecordsd00kend/page/n11/mode/2up?q=Richard+Gregg
  4. ↑ Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families". mrl.
  5. ↑ Entered by [[Lechner-18|Michael Lechner.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Source: S255 OneWorldTree
  7. ↑ Source:S51
  8. ↑ LDS Website www.familysearch.org (AFN:B1Z2-JF)
  9. ↑ "Ancestry Family Trees," https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6676093/person/-1250178036/facts
  10. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  11. ↑ Heritage Consulting, "Millennium File," Online publication - Provo, UT, USA.
  12. ↑ "Ancestry Family Trees," https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6676093/person/-1250178036/facts
  13. ↑ Heritage Consulting, "Millennium File," Online publication - Provo, UT, USA.
  14. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900".
  15. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  16. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  17. ↑ Source: #S-1748472583 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #495869 Data: Text: Birth date: 1616 Birth place: Ir Marriage date: Marriage place: of DE APID: 1,7836::495869
  18. ↑ Source: #S-1731195065 Note: Ancestry Record millind #10655987 Data: Text: Birth date: 1616 Birth place: Glenarm Barony, Antrim, Ireland Death date: 1672 Death place: Ardmore, Antrim, Ire, Ireland APID: 1,7249::10655987
  19. ↑ Source: #S-1748472583 Page: Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Note: Ancestry Record worldmarr_ga #495869 Data: Text: Birth date: 1616 Birth place: Ir Marriage date: Marriage place: of DE APID: 1,7836::495869
  20. ↑ Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families". mrl.
  21. ↑ Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families". mrl.
  22. ↑ Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families". mrl.
  23. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900".
  24. ↑ this list (originally headed "Parents and Siblings" but not listing parents) was elsewhere in the biography. It was from a duplicate profile in Robert Weaver's gedcom (Gregg-42 and Gregg-47 were created on import because of the different first name fields, but both were shown as born/died 1616/1672 with source reference of S255.
  25. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  26. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  27. ↑ "One World Tree (sm)," Provo, UT, USA.
  28. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900".
  29. ↑ Heritage Consulting, "Millennium File," Online publication - Provo, UT, USA.
  30. ↑ Gregg-42
  31. ↑ Source: #S-1731195065 Note: Ancestry Record millind #10655987 Data: Text: Birth date: 1616 Birth place: Glenarm Barony, Antrim, Ireland Death date: 1672 Death place: Ardmore, Antrim, Ire, Ireland APID: 1,7249::10655987
  32. ↑ if date from Glenn Dixon's ged, "1 Jan" is default that's added when no month or day
  33. ↑ from what I can tell, this was originally in Robert Weaver's profile for Gregg-47
  34. ↑ Originally submitted by Frieda97 to Boyd Family tree on 4 Feb 2007.
  35. ↑ Added by cranerland on 20 Apr 2009.
  36. ↑ Family Tree DNA, website. mrl
  37. ↑ "Descendants of William Gregg", p. 22. mrl
  38. ↑ "Descendants of Gregor MacGregor (Gregg)". mrl
  39. ↑ "Mark and Mariah's Family Tree". mrl
  40. ↑ "The Davis-Bean Trees". mrl
  41. ↑ "Descendants of Gregor MacGregor (Gregg)". mrl
  42. ↑ "Descendants of William Gregg", p. 22. mrl
  43. ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/brit/macalpine.html
  44. ↑ McGregor Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com
  45. ↑ "MacGregor information from Electric Scotland"
  46. ↑ MacGregor history from ScotsClans.com"
  47. ↑ http://www.thefullwiki.org/Clan_Gregor
  48. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pfwilson/d0003/g0000389.html#I00249
  49. ↑ Way, George and Squire, Romily. Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia
  50. ↑ Reserved for future Sources and References Ron Gragg, Friday, January 24, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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Source: S-1731195065 Repository: #R-1789194159 Title: Millennium File Author: Heritage Consulting Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Note: APID: 1,7249::0 Repository: R-1789194159 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note: Source: S-1748472583 Repository: #R-1789194159 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Note: APID: 1,7836::0 Source: S-1761195704 Repository: #R-1789194159 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/46418950/family

LDS Website www.familysearch.org Heritage Consulting, "Millennium File," Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data - Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. "One World Tree (sm)," OneWorldTree Ancestry.com Provo, UT, USA: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6676093/person/-1250178036/facts The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Ancestry.com OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. Yates Publishing, "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Source number: 1663.021; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; NOTE:This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Diana Bouton, "The Bouton and Dennis Families," http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/i/e/Lynn-G-Pierce/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0012.html Citing: gregg family projectbackup.FBK, Date of Import: 27 Sep 2005. Hazel May Middleton Kendall, Descendants of William Gregg: This book records the descendants of William Gregg the Friend Immigrant to Delaware 1682 from which nucleus disseminated nests of Greggs to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina (1944, Anderson, Indiana; reprint on CD-ROM Pawtucket, Rhode Island: Quintin Publications, www.quintinpublications.com, 2002 (Gregg G34)), p. 22. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of William Gregg. Cited by The Davis-Bean Trees. Descendants of Gregor MacGregor (Gregg), online resource http://www.geocities.com/glbeireis/GregorMacGregor.html Cited by The Davis-Bean Trees. Mark and Mariah's Family Tree, found on Internet at http://mariah.stonemarche.org/famfiles/fam10063.htm, Marriage date and place shown on this website but do not know their source for them. Cited by The Davis-Bean Trees. Hazel May Middleton Kendall, Descendants of William Gregg, pp. 17, 22. Cited by The Davis-Bean Trees. S255: OneWorldTree (Ancestry Publication) database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. S51: Ancestry Family Trees

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