Mary Grice

Brief Life History of Mary

Mary Grice married Robert Mayes on 29 May 1720, in Cratfield, Suffolk, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Robert Mayes
–1738
Mary Grice
Marriage: 29 May 1720
Elizabeth Mayes
1720–1720
Mary Mayes
1722–
Robert Mayes
1722–
Catherine Mayes
1732–1732
Elizabeth Mayes
1724–1757
William Mayes
1727–
Catherine Mayes
1733–
Anne Mayes
1734–1736

Sources (11)

  • Mary Grice, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Grice in entry for Robert Mayes, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Mary in entry for Anne Mayes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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Name Meaning

English (Midlands): from Middle English grice, grise ‘pig’ (Old Norse gríss), probably a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a swineherd.

English: nickname for a gray-haired man, from Middle English grice, gris ‘gray’ (Old French gris, apparently of ancient Germanic origin, and probably a distant cognate of Gray 1).

Possibly also an Americanized form of German Greis .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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