John Gregg

1747 - 1799  (51 years)

• Name	John Gregg  [1, 2, 3]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	15 Oct 1747	Loudoun Co., Virginia
  	Inez Gregg has him born in Washington Co., Pa.
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	According to Kendall (S253), John Gregg enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Application was made to the DAR using his name by his GGGrandaughter Inez Gregg; according to her application he was a private in Capt. Thomas Giddis' Co., Virginia Militia from 9 Sept. 1776 to 2 Oct. 1776, and then later served in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. Here is his DAR data: GREGG, John Birth: VA 15 Oct 1747 Service: VA PA Rank: Ens PS Death: OH 7 Oct 1799 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: (1) Sarah Gregg The SAR database says that he died in 1840, but the DAR database says 1799, and this seems to be more accurate. He appears in Eckenrode's 1912 list of Revolutionary War Soldiers of Virginia; the source Eckenrode gives is the War Department, "payrolls of the Virginia LIne, referred to by folders (353 folders)"; his information is in folder 349.2. He is on the Revolutionary War page.  [4, 5]
  Died	7 Oct 1799	Bracken Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Carntown, Pendleton Co., Kentucky   [6]
  	The map marker is only approximate; the grave is on private property in this area. This spot right near Grandview Cemetery in Mentor, where members of the DeMoss family are buried.
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Thomas Gregg           b. 25 Oct 1743, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania           d. 1821
  2. Priscilla Gregg           b. 8 Sep 1745           d. Bef 1815, Scott Co., Kentucky
  3. Rebecca Gregg           b. 24 Feb 1749
  4. Ruth Gregg           b. 23 Apr 1752
  5. Israel Gregg           b. 2 Mar 1754           d. Bef 1802, Hamilton Co., Ohio
  6. Ann "Nancy" Gregg           b. 5 May 1756           d. 20 Jul 1817
  7. Samuel Gregg           b. 18 Apr 1758
  8. Aaron Gregg           b. 17 Jun 1761           d. 1803
  9. Elizabeth Gregg           b. 15 Apr 1763
  Headstones		John Gregg (d. 1799)
  		John Gregg (d. 1799)
  Notes	This marriage is interesting because it joins two branches of the Gregg family which seem to have diverged back in Ireland or Scotland (though how they once diverged seems to be unknown). The name seems to derive from "MacGregor." On both sides the family is Scots-Irish. Sarah Gregg's family is descended from William Gregg, the immigrant ancestor of the "Quaker Greggs" who came from (northern) Ireland to Delaware. John Gregg's ancestors derive from immigrant ancestor Samuel Gregg, who also immigranted from Ireland, and whose ancestor Capt. David Gregg fought in Cromwell's army. The line which the tree on this site traces descends through their son Aaron, whose daughter Elizabeth married into the Hamilton family, and thence to the Mannens and Lansdales. Note that this couple's daughter Elizabeth married Aaron Harlan, whose ancestors had also married into Greggs; their daughter Hannah also married John O. Hamilton, brother of another direct ancestor. According to Kendall, "After their marriage they lived in Green Co., PA, moved down the Ohio River to 'Buchanan's Station,' now Germantown, Kentucky, in 1792. . . . In Loudoun Co., Virginia on May 25, 1775 John Gregg was admitted to the Society of Friends. On Nov. 25, 1775 John Gregg joined the Military and was disowned. John Gregg served in the Revolution and was disowned. In the spring of 1793 he with William Buchanan and his wife Jane went across the Ohio River [from Germantown, KY] into Clermont Co. [Ohio] to build a log cabin on the site of the Neville. A wrong survey caused them to give up 1,000 acres to avoid trouble and [they] went back to Kentucky. John Gregg had not taken his family because the children were too small. . . . John built in Warren Co. [and] died of fever. Issue [were] born in Pa, returned to Kentucky with widowed mother; requested by dying father" (243). Seems like the one exception here is that Hannah born in 1795 must have been born in Kentucky if they migrated in 1792. He is buried near Carntown in Pendleton Co., Ky, right across the Ohio River from Moscow, Ohio.
  Person ID	I6053	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel Gregg           b. 1699, Coleraine, County Laois, Ireland           d. 1806, Loudoun Co., Virginia  (Age 107 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Alford           d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1720	Loudoun Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F4277	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Sarah Gregg           b. 6 Aug 1753, Loudoun Co., Virginia           d. 31 Jul 1833, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 79 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1773	Loudoun Co., Virginia   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Gregg           b. 18 Jun 1774           d. 10 Sep 1850, Warren Co., Ohio  (Age 76 years) + 2. Capt. Aaron Gregg           b. 3 Jul 1776           d. 30 May 1841, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 64 years) 3. Rebecca Gregg           b. 22 Nov 1778 4. Mary Gregg           b. 3 Apr 1781 + 5. Ruth Gregg           b. 5 Jul 1783           d. Feb 1859, Germantown, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 75 years) 6. Drusilla Gregg           b. 2 Feb 1785, Loudoun Co., Virginia           d. 9 Dec 1806  (Age 21 years) + 7. Judge John Gregg           b. 25 Jan 1786   8. Samuel Gregg           b. 24 Feb 1788           d. 11 Aug 1802  (Age 14 years) 9. George Gregg           b. 25 Mar 1790, Brownsville, Greene Co., Pennsylvania           d. 12 Jan 1862, Moscow, Clermont Co., Ohio  (Age 71 years) + 10. Sarah Gregg           b. 19 Oct 1792           d. 16 Sep 1850, Bracken Co., Kentucky  (Age 57 years) + 11. Hannah Gregg           b. 8 May 1795           d. 20 Dec 1836, Gallatin Co., Kentucky  (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	17 May 2007
  Family ID	F4276	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 15 Oct 1747 - Loudoun Co., Virginia  Married - 25 Sep 1773 - Loudoun Co., Virginia  Died - 7 Oct 1799 - Bracken Co., Kentucky  Buried - - Carntown, Pendleton Co., Kentucky   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "John Gregg". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I6053&tree=1sttree (accessed September 20, 2020).