Mary Grigsby

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Grigsby was born on 30 August 1789, in Stafford, Virginia, United States, her father, Moses Grigsby Jr., was 26 and her mother, Abigail Fritter, was 31. She married Redmond Adams on 26 December 1807, in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1840, in her hometown, at the age of 51, and was buried in Stafford, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Redmond Adams
1787–
Mary Grigsby
1789–1840
Marriage: 26 December 1807
James Adams
1811–1895
Moses Adams
1812–1894
Rhoda L. Adams
1815–1857
Robert A Adams
1819–1892
Martha Ann Adams
1824–1898
Elijah H Adams
1825–1894
Redmond W Adams
1825–1911

Sources (16)

  • Mary Polly Grigsby, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Mary Adams in entry for Robert A Adams, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
  • Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850

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World Events (8)

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

1791 · The Bill of Rights

After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): habitational name from a lost or unidentified place called Gregby, apparently in Lincolnshire. Although it is not certain that the surname in Kent is connected with the early bearers in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, it seems plausible. A habitational name with the Scandinavian generic -by (Old Danish ‘settlement, village’), while typical of the Danelaw, is an impossible coinage in southeastern England.

English: perhaps a variant of Grebby from a place so called in Scremby (Lincolnshire).

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

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