New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
CAPTAIN GR1DLEYs ANCESTRY.
THE HERO WHO COMMANDED THE oLfM
PA CAME FROM FIGHTING STOCK.

THE HERO WHO COMMANDED THE OH NJ
PA CAME FROM FIGHTING STOCK.
To the Editor Of The Tribure.
Sir: It seems quite appropriate at this Ni@'
to give an account Of the ancestry Of Captain
Charles Vernon Gridley.
The data which have secured Of the GT'ley
family are explicit ana autlrntio. and date back
over period Of vital ineres.. period Of intense
thought AMI action. pregnant with iAe
prophecy Of future greatness and achievement
that The actors left their Impress for ali time
There were heroes in the Gridley family
then as now. and the Aehhng blood has not de-
terioratod A cause once espoused, 'ts followers
were brave courageous. faithful and ehi0ient
When immediate and decisive action was neces-
sarv the superior officer IT ruler felt the same
confidence then as did Admiral Dewey when he
gave the command. "Gridlay. when You are
ready. nrc"
The family IS Of Norman descent and the
name has undergone considerable change ana
various OrthograIhy.
Anertus Grcslet. son Of Robert Dc Greeley on
tered England from Normandy with the army of
William tn. Conqueror and was pr sent AZ me
battle Of Hastings He and his descendants
were Barons Of Manchester from the Conquest
until 1915
Albert DO Creole. grandson o. NNertns
was killed an the vars in Wales where ne
had followed his King.
Robert de Griedlcy took part with the ren''-
lious Barons. and IL King Johns time iori1i'i
alI his lands in Lincoln. Norfolk. Suffolk OK
fordshire and Lancashire twelve krlgh'S ices
IN ain. However. be made his peace with h'hIH
Ill and received ,hem back. He married the
u zee Of Crur Dc Lions famous Chance.!or
William lie LongchamIs and was one OK INC
Barons who witnessed The confirmation ''
tho Magn, Charta IN 1903 at Wes'mins',r'
lie died i'm 123O while he was serving Win '"e
King before Nantes
Thomas de Greeley had summons for military
service and in l942 he was serving ia 'iasc'n|.
He also served against the Scots In ia nav
ing haA knight Service summons win horses
and arms that year Again IN l-oV "' ''
found il the army against Wales
Now hcla comes a break in Captain NTI.'i
military descent. and W. find his n'cSt.r I.','
de- Grolcye warden Of the church of Manc nos
fer and 'hudwaN but his son Inn restored lHr
military line for in 1917 We hni MN Ir4I'l
ing military service against the NoI-Ih 'u''
this dat, on for nearly FOUR hundred H''iT
discover radical change In occupation Law.
yers ana cergymen then commander I'D" '" 1913
and theological forts
In IG3( Thomas Grillcy twenty-thirl in o.
scent from Albertus cmieraied rom fs'' ~
england and became the founder ~ the amer
lean FANNY from which Captain Charles vernon
Cridl.v hls descended. And now we NM
,i,al ~ tie military spirit f1r Thomas GTa.'t
was one e the thirty men from lH' JOY
Windsor '0nn.. who volunteered Z" nRi' me-
Pequots All 70 this aa' ihe in' n',l- ..,Lr
ancestor il the PCquot fight Is an hon0il"''
heirloom II every Connecticut iainli{-
Elisha Gtdley. the great grandfather or 'ai-
tain Gridle-. entered military serF icr az '.t"-
81 he American Revolution. He served his
country faithfully ana often. His first service