Dorothy Gregory

September 1687–
Baslow, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Dorothy

Dorothy Gregory was born in September 1687, in Baslow, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Roberti Gregory and Female Unknown. She married Humphrey Brushfield on 15 February 1708, in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

Humphrey Brushfield
1682–
Dorothy Gregory
1687–
Marriage: 15 February 1708
Humphrey Brushfield
about 1708–
Mary Brushfield
about 1710–
Joshua Brushfield
after 1713–
Richard Brushfield
about 1720–1797
William Brushfield
about 1723–
Joseph Brushfield
about 1726–
Thomas Brushfield
1715–1797
Robert Brushfield
1717–1724

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 February 1708Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (1)

    1801 · The Act of Union
    Age 114
    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    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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    Story Highlight

    Humphrey Brushfield (1682)

    Humphrey Brushfield was born in the small township of Foggatt in north Derbyshire. The nearest parish church was in Baslow, and this is where his christening took place in 1682. He married in the …

    Sources (11)

    • Dority Brushfield in entry for Wm. Brushfield, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
    • Dorothy Gregory, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
    • Dorothy Gregory, "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918"

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