The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-18

/ mStnS or knowing. But one thing is,
certain, viz: that Sir Alvred de Waller
was OF Norman descent, and bore coat
armor, For ut that time no one In Eng
4 land, except those Of Norman descent,
and who had n oont-of-arlns could have
the prefix de before their stirnaines.
4 These statements are only made on llistor-
ical authority, und the authority of tho
old Waller family records, which are still
preserved The Tazewell-Taylor records
in The Times Dispatch aud the Waller
| family records confirm each other.
The following descent has also been
1 sent u.s.
Roger Gregory, born 172o. married first.
Mary Cole Claibow,. 175G; married second,
/ 17T6 Frances Lowry; she was a widow,
! with one child, Mary Lowry, who mar
rlcd DR.. John Garland. Our branch comes
from the second marriage OF Roger Greg
| Dry and Frances Lowry, who had nine
Children, my grandfather being one OF
thcm--Richard Henry Gregory. His
youngest sister, my grent-aunt, Salllo
! Gregory (who died a short time back,
4 and was eighty-four or eighty-fve years
| old, gave me this Information. which I
also copied from an old family Bible. 1t
! gave the birth and sponsors, always three.
| one of whom for Roger Gregory. was
Thomas West, who she told me, YVES
/ Lord Delaware, who was Governor, 1CNi,
and as Roger Gregory was born in ITO.
i.this sponsor must have been a son of
I Thomas West. ar 4 Lord Delnwafe, the
i Governor, as he was then called.
| Roger Gregory married Frances Low
~, March 80 1776 This date is from
the Virginia Quarterly, wherein the will
! OF tho Gregory is spelled "Grcgori." Is
this the same family?
John Posey, son Of General Thomas
Poscy, married Lucy Thornton (his ster-
/ sister. Her name was Lucy Frances, for
her two grandmothcrs, Lucy Thornton
| and Frances Gregory, one the wife Of
/ John Alexander, the other that of Fran
els Thornton. Frances Gregory wns
| daughter Of Mildred Washington. tho aunt
4 and Godmother OF the President One OF
the correct things to remember In the
tangled web of Virginia genealogy Is that
i these brothers, John, Reuben and Francis
4 Thornton, married the three sisters, Mil
4 dred, Elizabeth and Frances Gregory
i (From William and Mary Quarterly.)
A SUBSCRIBER.
j In reply to several other queries like
] the above, as to the authenticity of Greg
! DRY and AIcGregor being of the same
/. family, as stated in our article on Greg
DRY Of November Goth, the following Is
! given from which the fact was deduced
] The Scotch name Gregor or MacGregor
| is from the simple word, Greg or Gregg
as found in the Hundred Rolls OF the
/ thirteenth century. (See Bardsley's Eng
i lish Surnames.) The prefix Mac, Mag.
Nc Is the Gaelic word for son., and is
1 similar to Op, Welsh and fills. Fren CHI for
4 son. The clan Gregor or AlacGregor
i (says Burke) sprang from Gregor or
! Grcgorius, third son of Alpin. one of the
i Scottish Kings of the eighth century.
1 The prefix made it form Ma cAlpine.
/ which is still sometimes called the clan
/ Alpine but they were generally known
Las MacGregors or Sons Of Gregorers."
i who were even up TO the close of the
i eighteenth century a very wild set, but
i welding great power and wealth through
/ out England. But the name in England
gradually dropped the prefix Mac-thc
/ name becoming McGregors and then Sim
ply Gregory or Gregory. The same can
I be said of Magruder, now SO common
among us--this, too. came from the Scot
/ tsh clan McGregor, but retained the Ma.
] ard changed the e, into d, as was often
| the case in Scotch names.
4 We find no N1cGregors in Virginia dur
4 ing the early colonial period, but have the
j Roger Gregory of 1923. who was de-
4 seconded from James AlcGregor Cor of the
same family that Edmund Burke says
came to America about 100, and settled
in America What strengthens our be-,
lief IN this Is the similarity OF arms as
1 given by Burke for Magrcgor, or Me-
Grcgor. Of iG44. to those for William
i Gregory, OF Boston. Mass, 17A0 the
bearing OF the shield being the same oak
or fir tree crossed With the sword. The
ilegend OF this escutcncon IL that one OF
ithc McGregors OF the twelfth century.
while hunting. was attacked by a Wild
\ boar. when Sir Malcolm requested per-
4 mission to encounter the animal.
i"E'endo,' said the king. ''and SPAR
nocht," whereupon the strong baronet
/ tore up the oak sapling. and dispatched
the enragcd creature. For this the king
4 gaze Sir Malcolm permission to use the
said motto, and IN place Of the Scotch
fir. 10 adopt tho OAK, nrndlcatcd by the
roots for n crest. We thus find In her
aliry. the retaining Of some charge by
the most distant descendants OF a fam
4 iiy, which connects 1t with the parent
stock. and bat for tho lcraldic designs
the American family Of noble descent
could nsYer bs clcag!Y traced,
! Certainly the Grcgors and Magruders
% Virginia bear noble blood in their
! ycing and can rest confident Of their
just claim 10 It. f. G. n.
Morton.
Editor Genealogical Column. ,rimes-Dls-
patch:
Dear Gir,--Iu answnr 10 "a Subscrib-
~" WHO ankfs about William Morton.
IsatkEdaIe, nfc send the following few
points. H!i.aln Morton, ol Orange conn
~. Va, III EEppored N have married
Ann Hoiherllead: her ancestry not known.
William Horton died III lTiS; made will
Deceriber =, i7a7. proved Jnly 28, 17ta
fStni I>pok 2. page 1911 II mentions
wife Ann, ron Ktijah, nm Jeremiah SON
3I.iaW Henry fsppstie. Eon-ip-law Thomas
,f"~tnsil. d&psiitfsf Aafy Amor, son-ln-
lar &pdfrw 3>1'ifsle. son George. list:
&2g John. d3l9b,ef Aap, At0fatff H,IiS, ~.
Il u Jstfsgiasg aloftpjtI a0u of william,
married Eafati 1fai!ot9, a,icsstots or Gcn-
st.ai j, H. Is, stuart. = y. a, Jeremiah
ass many lEaf8 ttalle1 Glates consrfnht
t3sn
n F5!Eab &sortta, married H25 Itliza-
l@lh iiaF,fi'las gi}eestH,is ~ jaGtb,n
Morton. fiaifel3 is,sieK is@rg,pi from Flor
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