Brief Life History of William
When William Gregory was born on 7 July 1752, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, John Gregory, was 30 and his mother, Mary Parlett, was 25. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Isabella Maud. He died on 25 October 1784, at the age of 32.
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- William Gregory, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
- William Gregory, "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
Spouse and Children
1752–1784 Male
1784–1784 Female
Children (7)
1775–1832 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1723–1761 Male
1727–1767 Female
Siblings (7)
1747– Female
1749– Female
1752–1784 Male
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World Events (4)
1776
Age 24
1776
Age 24
1781
Age 29
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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