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Facts and Events
John GREGG, second son of Black John "of the Coat of Mail," of the Clan Gregor, , who led portions of his Clan to Ireland. King James I presented him with a silver studded, ivory headed cane, "in appreciation of his influence and responsibility in the removal of the GREGGs from Scotland to County Antrim, Ulster, 1618. William GREGG, oldest son of John GREGG, settled with his sons, Richard, William II and John, in Waterford County, Ireland, where Richard and John died. William II came to New Castle County, Delaware, in 1682, and became the ancestor of the GREGGs in America. Ann GREGG was his daughter.
Contributed by Joanne Costanzo via Lila Reynolds, 5/2002.
References
- Snow Camp Historical Drama Society staff. History of Snow Camp, NC/ Lila Reynolds File. (P.O.B.535, Snow Camp, NC, 27349).
- Myers, Albert Cook. Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750, with Their Early History in Ireland. (Swarthmore, Penn.: The Author, 1902)
Pages 319, 320.
William Dixon and Isabelle Rea, both of Parish of Sego, County Armagh, Ireland, were married at the house of Roger Webb, Parish of Sego, May 4, 1683. Among those who signed the marriage certificate were Henry Dixson, Rose Dixson, Thomas Harlan, and Isabelle Logan. – Marriage Book of Lurgan Mo. Mtg., Ireland.
This, no doubt, is the same family that came over to New Castle Co., prior to 1690. Henry Dixson, it is said, kept an inn at New Castle and had three children: 1. William was married about 1690 to Ann Gregg, daughter of William Gregg (1st ), who, it is believed, also came from the north of Ireland. William was a weaver by trade and settled on Red Clay Creek, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County. He made his will January 31, 1708, and it was probated September 20, 1708. He mentions his wife Ann, and appoints his brothers, Michael Harlan and John Gregg, as advisors. The widow, Ann Dixson, then married John Houghton, of New Castle County. 2. Dinah married Michael Harlan, January 1690, at Newark, Mtg. 3. Rose married in 1690, Thomas Pierson, widower, Deputy Surveyer of New Castle County. (See account of Thomas Pierson by the writer in Penna. Mag., XXI., 506-7.)(2nd )
(1st )William Gregg settled on a tract of 400 acres of land in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, surveyed to him March 11, 1685. He died “ye 1st of ye 7th month and was buried on his own plantation 1687.” Children: Richard; Ann; John, b. circa 1668, d. 1738, m. November 1694, to Elizabeth Cooke [John Gregg, of Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, yeoman, aged about 67 years, made a deposition about 1735, “that he has dwelt in the said County about 51 years” (No. 175, Penna.)]; George. It is presumed by the writer that William Gregg came from the north of Ireland with the Hollingsworths, Dixsons, Sharplys; but no doubt the point could be fully proven if a diligent investigation were made in Ireland.
One William Gregg, of Toberhead Mtg., and Ann Wilkinson, of Antrim Mtg., County Antrim, were married at Antrim November 5, 1702; and George Gregg, of Toberhead Mtg. and Alice Richardson, of Ballyhagen Mtg., were married August, 12, 1714, at Ballyhagen, - Minutes of Ulster Province Mtg.
William Edmundson attended a meeting, in 1700, at the house of Thomas Gregg, at Toberhead, County Antrim. – Journal, 223.
(2nd )See “Gregg-Dixon-Houghton, of New Castle County, Delaware” in Historical and Genealogical Department of the Literary Era (A. D. 1898) Vol. V., p. 331. (Library of Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
- Hockessin.
The book "Hockessin" says Ann Gregg the second child and only daughter of William Gregg, was the second wife of William Dixon, who had purchased a 100 acres farm from Letitia Penn which was located between the farms of John and Isaac Dixon. West of William Dixons land was a plot belonging to Thomas Dixon, which completed the belt across the Hockessin Valley with the exception of John Houghton's one hundred acres. The Dixons and the Houghtons were old family friends and after Williams death Ann married John Houghton.
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