Person:Thomas Gregson (2)
Thomas Gregson
chr.Bet 5 Mar 1598 and 3 Jun 1598 Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
d.1645/46
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1581
  1. John Gregson1583 - Bef 1620
  2. Robert Gregson1585 -
  3. Anne Gregson1587 -
  4. William Gregson1589 -
  5. Elizabeth Gregson1593 - Aft 1607
  6. Richard Gregson1596 -
  7. Anne Gregson1598 -
  8. Thomas Gregson1598 - 1645/46
  9. James Gregson1601 - 1601
  10. Edward Gregson1605 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas Gregson1598 - 1645/46
  • W.  Jane _____Bef 1611 - 1702
m. Bef 1631
  1. Anna GregsonEst 1631 - 1709
  2. Richard GregsonEst 1632 -
  3. Rebecca GregsonEst 1634 - Bef 1662
  4. Susanna GregsonEst 1636 - 1712
  5. Sarah GregsonEst 1638 - 1697
  6. Mary Gregson1639/40 - Aft 1691/92
  7. Phebe Gregson1643 - 1730
  8. Abigail Gregson1644/45 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] Thomas Gregson
Alt Name[3] Thomas Grigson
Gender Male
Christening[1] Bet 5 Mar 1598 and 3 Jun 1598 Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire, England
Marriage Bef 1631 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Jane _____
Emigration[4] 1637
Death[1][2] 1645/46 Lamberton ship, at sea.

"Mr. Thomas Gregson1 of New Haven, Conn, bap. July 14, 1611 (?); perhaps son of Henry and (_____) Gregsona of Duffield in Derby, England, and certainly grandson of that Henry's father,. m. Jane1. d. 1646. Inventory, £490,06. He sailed from London in company with Gov. Eaton and Rev. John Davenport, landing at Boston, June 26, 1637 and took part with them in the settlement of New Haven, where, as Winthrop says he was 'probably the chief man in the Colony after Eaton.' (History of N. E., 2, p. 120.) He was its first Treasurer and the first Commissioner of the United Colonies of New England, 1643-1644; an Assistant to the Governor or a member of the Upper House of the Legislature and an active merchant. He lived on the east side of the harbor. In Jan., 1646, he with Lamberton 'and divers other godly persons,' sailed for London and nothing was ever afterwards heard of them. (Winthrop's Hist, of N. E., 2, p. 223,) Hinman says he was one of the most active and useful men of the first settlers of New Haven. He came of an old and gentle family of Derbyshire. The loss of the ship in which he sailed forms the subject of Longfellow's 'Phantom Ship.' His son, Richard, settled in Bristol, England, whose son, William of London, had a son William, who March 26, 1736, conveyed to Rev. Jonathan Arnold of New Haven, land in that place formerly the property of his ancestor, Thomas Gregson1 for building and erecting a church thereon. On the 26th of October 1768, William Gregson of Exeter, England, a great-great-grandson of Thomas Gregson1 quit-claimed the property to Trinity Church, New Haven. Copies of the deeds are given in the New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, 1, p. 73. See also Ibid., I, pp, 76-78 and 48-53."[4].

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prindle, Paul W. English Ancestry of Mr. Thomas Gregson of New Haven. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jul, Oct 1973; Jan, Apr 1974)
    128:65.

    "Thomas Gregson (John, Thomas) was undoubtedly baptized at St. Michael Old Angels, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbyshire, during the hiatus of 5 March to 3 June 1598 in the church register entries. He was lost at sea in 1645/6, and an inventory of his estate was taken 2 Nov 1647. He married in England soon before 1630, Jane _____, who died at New Haven, 4 June 1702, 'aged and weak'."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gregson, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    3:689.

    Thomas (Gregson), a member of the family of Sherrow Hall, Thurvaston, Derby, Eng., d. 1646 (at sea); Treasurer & Magistrate of NH Colony, Commissioner for the United Colonies.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thomas Grigson, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:315-316.

    "Grigson, or Gregson, Thomas, New Haven, came from London Boston 26 June 1637, in comp. with Gov. Eaton and John Davenport, was one of the chief men, an active merch. and an Assist. of the Col. first treasr. and first Commissr. for the Union with other N. E. Col. liv. on E. side of the harbor, sailed in Jan. 1646 for London, with Lamberton and 'divers other godly persons,' of wh. nothing was ever heard, the little vessel hav. no doubt, foundered. He left wid. Jane, who liv. to 4 June 1702, one s. Richard and eight ds. Mary, bapt. 26 Jan. 1640; Phebe, 15 Oct. 1643; Abigail, 23 Feb. 1645; Ann, who m. Stephen Daniels; Susanna, m. 13 May 1661, Abraham Cruttenden; Sarah, m. 1667, John Gilbert; but Dodd calls her w. of Whitehead; Phebe was sec. w. 1673, of Rev. John Whiting of Hartford; and next, of Rev. John Russell of Hadley.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:626] [Vol. 2] P. 316. l. 4, bef 1667, ins. 12 Dec.─also, strike out "but Dodd calls her w. of" and ins. and 9 May 1676, Samuel
    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:626] [Vol. 2] P. 316. l. 6, at the end, add, Richard liv. in Eng."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Flagg, Ernest. Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926)
    202.
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