Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Gregory was christened on 7 October 1776, in Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, England as the daughter of James Gregory and Anne Sellars. She died in 1777, at the age of 1, and was buried in Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, England.
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Sources (3)
- Mary Gregory, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Gregory, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
- Mary Gregory, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"
Parents and Siblings
–1788 Male
1748– Female
Siblings (8)
1771– Female
1772– Male
1773– Male
1776–1777 Female
1780–1792 Male
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from a personal name that was popular throughout Christendom in the Middle Ages. The Greek original, Grēgorios, is a derivative of grēgorein ‘to be awake, to be watchful’. However, the Latin form, Gregorius, came to be associated by folk etymology with grex, gregis ‘flock, herd’, under the influence of the Christian image of the good shepherd. The Greek name was borne in the early Christian centuries by two fathers of the Orthodox Church, Saint Gregory Nazianzene (c. 325–390) and Saint Gregory of Nyssa (c. 331–395), and later by sixteen popes, starting with Gregory the Great (c. 540–604). It was also the name of 3rd- and 4th-century apostles of Armenia. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. Italian Gregorio , German, Slovak, and Slovenian Gregor , Polish Grzegorz, Czech Řehoř (see Rehor ), and French Gregoire , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Polish Grzegorczyk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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