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Jackson Pryor [Male] b. 15 JAN 1816 Morgan CO., TN
From Goodspeed's Biographies of Marion County:
GEN. JACKSON PRYOR is an honored and well-known citizen of Jasper. He was formerly one of its leading merchants and is one of the men to whom that city owes much of its present state of growth and prosperity. He is now living on a beautiful farm of three hundred acres situated scarcely outside the limits on the north side of the city.
Mr. Pryor was born in Morgan county, Tenn., January 15, 1816, a son of Green H. And Biddy (Halloway) Pryor, and the father was a son of Matthew Pryor. Matthew Pryor was a native of Virginia and moved from there to North Carolina, but soon after settled in Marion county, Tenn., where he spent the remaining years of his life on a farm. Green H. Pryor, the father of our subject, was born in North Carolina about the year 1787, and moved from thence to Marion county, Tenn., with his parents when a child. He served in the Creek Indian war under General Jackson, was a farmer by occupation, and died June 4, 1862, four years after the death of his wife. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom we have the following record: Jackson, the subject of this sketch; Polly A., deceased; Sampson, deceased; William, a farmer near Whitwell, Tenn.; Preston, who died in infancy; John, deceased; Washington, a farmer living on the old homestead; Anderson M., deceased; Jeremiah, deceased; Benjamin F., deceased; Eliza J., widow of Isham P. Alexander, and is now living with her brother, Jackson, the subject of this sketch; and Caroline Z. died in Arkansas.
Jackson Pryor was educated in the public schools of Marion county, and for a time was engaged in farming. He began selling goods in Jasper in the year 1838, and a few years later formed a partnership with W. S. Griffith. About two years later Mr. Pryor bought out his partner and carried on an extensive mercantile business alone until 1857. He then sold out to W. S. Griffith, his former partner, and L. P. Alexander, and returned to his farm, which is situated just north of the city, and has made that his home since 1861. He is a man of the very best character and of good business qualifications and as such is well respected throughout the county, and, as a token of the respect in which he is held, his fellow citizens have bestowed upon him the title of “General,” although he took no part in the war. Politically he is a Democrat, and, although he has never sought public honor, he once accepted the office of entry taker. In business matters and all matters tending to the welfare and improvement of Jasper and vicinity he has always proved a valuable factor. He has always sanctioned and given material aid in the development of all financial matters which tended to the better establishment of the business interests in jasper. The Pryor Institute was established here in 1889 by General Pryor, Col. A. L. Spears and Washington Pryor, and the institution was named “Pryor Institute” in honor of the subject of his sketch.
General Pryor has been twice married. He first met at the hymeneal altar Miss Beersheba L. Perkins who became his wife June 28, 1841. She was a daughter of Isam Perkins who moved, during the early part of his life, to Dade county, Ga., and sent his daughter to the Sam Houston Academy, in Marion county, Tenn., and it was while there that she formed the acquaintance with and was united in marriage to Mr. Pryor. She was born in Warren county, Tenn., in the year 1822, and died in Jasper, January 17, 1881. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. To this union were born four children: the first died in infancy; John; William G. And Elizabeth, all of whom died when young. July 18, 1882, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Hornbeck, who was born in Marion county, in 1839, the daughter of James H. Hornbeck. Mr. And Mrs. Pryor are both members in good standing of the Methodist Episcopal church, South.
From Goodspeed:
WASHINGTON PRYOR, one of Marion county’s most extensive land owners, and a very prominent farmer and stock raiser, living in the Seventh district, near the city of Jasper, was born nine miles north of that city, November 14, 1824, a son of Green H. And Obedience (Holloway) Pryor, and Green H. was a son of Matthew Pryor.
Matthew Pryor, the grandfather of our subject, and his wife were both born in North Carolina, and he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He moved with his family to Tennessee in an early day and settled on a farm in Roane county, and later moved to the Sequatchie valley, settled on a farm and died near Whitwell. Green H. Pryor, our subject’s father, was a farmer and stock trader by occupation, and died June 2, 1862, and his wife died a few years before. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They were the parents of a family of twelve children, viz: Jackson, who is living in Jasper, Tenn.; Sampson, deceased; Mary, deceased; William, a farmer living near Whitwell; John, deceased; Washington, the subject of this sketch; Preston, who died while young; Anderson, deceased; Jeremiah, deceased; Benjamin F., deceased; Eliza, widow of I. P. Alexander, is living with her brother Jackson, in Jasper; and Caroline, deceased.
Washington Pryor, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the valley, in the public schools of the district in which his boyhood was spent, and after completing his course of study engaged in farming. At the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he enlisted as a private at Chattanooga, and went with the command to Memphis on flatboats, and from thence to Brazos Island, Camargo, Tampico, and to Vera Cruz in sailing vessels. He participated in the battle at the last named place, and then moved toward the city of Mexico, taking part in the battle of Cerro Gordo. He was discharged and returned to his home in the year 1847, having served in Haskal’s regiment, under Capt. William J. Standefer.
After the close of the was Mr. Pryor returned to his home and began farming and selling goods at Oates Landing. In 1850 he formed a partnership with Mr. Prigmore, and engaged in business for a time under the firm name of Pryor, Prigmore & Co. Our subject then bought out his partner and continued the store alone for several years, and also sold goods in Jasper until the breaking out of the Civil war. During this time he continued his farming operations in connection with his mercantile interests. He lost very heavily by the war, as the soldiers on both sides took his horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs and grain, and also robbed his store, burned his fences and plundered his house, and he also lost twenty-four slaves, and was left with nothing but his land. In 1866 he moved to Jasper and stayed one year, and then moved back to his farm near Oates Landing. In 1875 he continued his selling goods at that place, but after a few years he sold out and since has devoted his attention to farming and dealing in stock.
Mr. Pryor has been married three times, first to Miss Ruth Kelly, July 14, 1848, and to this union two children were born, viz: Sarah G., wife of Samuel Bennett, a farmer near Oates Landing; and William A., deceased. Mrs. Pryor died December 25, 1855, and in February, 1858, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Jane Reed. She died in 1871, and Mr. Pryor was married February 22, 1872, to Miss Mary A. Beene, who was born in Marion county, Tenn., August 16, 1838, daughter of O. R. and Martha (Roulston) Beene. Her grandparents were pioneers of Tennessee. Her grandfather Col. Joseph Roulston, and his father published the first newspaper published in Tennessee. She is the second child in the order of birth in a family of ten children, and attended school at the Sam Houston Academy at Jasper, and afterward attended the Robert Donnels Institute at Winchester. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. To this union have been born two children: Frances K., born February 12, 1873, and educated at the Nashville College for Young Ladies. She is still unmarried and is living with her parents, and is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. The younger child, Andrew W., married Miss Mollie E. Kelly. He is a miller by occupation, and lives but a few rods from his father’s home. Politically, our subject is a Democrat. He is a Master Mason, holding his membership at Jasper. As a farmer he is thorough and systematic, enterprising and progressive, and has become one of the wealthy and popular men of Marion county. His lands comprise more than five thousand acres.
Samuel's birth is not consistent with the dates Goodspeed atributes to his father. Obviously, one or both are incorrect.
Our subject and Mrs. Pryor are the parents of a family of three children, of whom we have the following record: Mary A., born February 27, 1846, is the wife of William B. Hilliard, living on a part of Mr. Pryor’s original farm. To them have been born seven children, five of whom are living, viz: Carry A., Alexander W., James G. (deceased), Edgar L., Luther W. (deceased), Anna and Myrtle. The second child, Ephraim G. H., who was born August 29, 1849, lives not far from his father’s home, married Miss Icy Foster, and four children - Hallie, William, Dora A. And Samuel L. - have been born to them. The third child, Samuel L., was born October 26, 1852, and is also living in this district. He married Miss Lucy Williamson, and six children have been born to them, five of whom are still living: Maude E., Mary A., Milton, William (deceased), John and Eva.
Goodspeed's Biographies of Marion County
WILLIAM ALEXANDER PRYOR, one of Marion county’s popular and well-to-do citizens, is carrying on an agricultural and horticultural business near the city of Jasper, in the Seventh district. He was born in Marion county, Tenn., September 16, 1837, a son of John H. and Harriet (Williams) Pryor. John Pryor is supposed to have been born in North Carolina, and was a son of William Pryor. Harriet (Williams) Pryor was a native of Virginia. Her father was a direct descendant of Roger Williams, of Rhode Island.
Our subject’s parents were married in the Sequatchie valley, and settled on a farm there. In 1838 they moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where the father followed the cooper’s trade until his death, which occurred January 19, 1844. His wife then returned to jasper and spent the remaining years of her life in that city. She died in may, 1868. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics the father was a Whig. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom we have the following record: Hayden, deceased; Matthew, deceased; Mary N., deceased; Nancy J; Juda S., deceased; Betsey A., deceased; Sarah, deceased; Philip G., a farmer living on Looney creek, Marion county; Paul M., deceased; William A., the subject of this sketch; Harriet, deceased; and one who died in infancy.
William Alexander Pryor, the subject of this sketch, was educated in Chattanooga after which he followed the carpenter trade for a number of years. In 1863 he went to Kentucky to evade the war, but later enlisted in the Union army at Louisville. He was first sent to Nashville, and from thence to Lookout Mountain, where he served on detached duty until the close of the war. He was discharged in August, 1865, and returned to Lookout Mountain, where he had previously lived. In the beginning of the war he was arrested on account of his sympathy with the Union cause, and was taken to Bridgeport, Ala., and confined for about three weeks. A Confederate soldier then assisted him in making is escape about eleven o’clock one night in May, while the guard was asleep.
April 19, 1866, Mr. Pryor was united in marriage to Miss Louise Cox, who was born near Jasper, Marion county, Tenn., a daughter of George W. and Tabitha (Pearson) Cox, and their wedded life has been blessed by the advent of a family of four children: Hattie, deceased, was the wife of M. A. Wall; May, wife of R, B, Patton, a moulder living in South Pittsburg; Frederick died in childhood while his parents were living in Texas; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Pryor lived at Lookout Mountain about two years after his marriage, and then moved to Jasper and engaged for a time in the meat market business, but most of his time has been devoted to farming. In 1871 he moved to Grayson county, Texas, and, after making that his home about one year, returned to Marion county, Tenn., and began farming there. In 1892 he bought a tract of land three miles east of Jasper, in the Seventh district, and began farming on a scientific plan, making a specialty of small fruit. In this line of work he has been quite successful, and has become one of the substantial and well-to-do citizens of the district, and has accumulated considerable means. He and his wife are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Politically he is a Republican, but has never aspired to office.
From Goodspeed:
PHRAIM WILLIAM PRIGMORE, a leading and representative agriculturist of Marion county, Tenn., has spent all his life there, his birth occurring January 25, 1850. His father, Joseph K. Prigmore, was born March 20, 1815, a son of Ephraim and Margaret (Kelly) Prigmore, who were of French descent. Before the war the father engaged in merchandising near Whitwell, Marion county, but later removed to Oats Landing and turned his attention to farming. From early boyhood, he made his home in Marion county, and was here married, February 20, 1840, to Miss Mary Pryor, who was born March 21, 1818, of Irish descent. They became the parents of eight children, namely: Margaret and Melinda J., both deceased; Louisa A., wife of J. S. Richmond; Ephraim W., of this sketch; James G., who married Laura Stafford and is engaged in merchandising at South Pittsburg, Tenn.; John A., who married Florence Heiskell and lives on a farm adjoining our subject’s; Mary, wife of Robert Richards, who lives near our subject; and Ruth, wife of John Ely, of Moore county, Tenn. Their parents were both sincere and faithful members of the Presbyterian church and died in that faith, the father November 12, 1889, the mother November 6, 1865, being laid to rest in Gotts cemetery, where the remains of their parents were also interred.
Mr. Prigmore, whose name introduces this sketch, obtained his education in the Sam Houston Academy, and when his school days were over he returned to the old homestead, where throughout life he has successfully followed agricultural pursuits. On the 7th of January, 1886, he led to the marriage altar Miss Lizzie Mitchell, who was born December 25, 1853, in Marion county, and is a daughter of Preston and Mary A. (Deakins) Mitchell. Her father was a native of the same county, born November 18, 1819, but the birth of her mother occurred near Dunlap, Sequatchie county, Tenn., September 26, 1826. They were the parents of six children: James A., Lizzie, John F., Mary A., Mattie and Laura E. The mother, who was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died August 19, 1873, and was buried at Shiloh. Mr. Mitchell was again married, July 15, 1877, his second wife being Mary J. Hudson. He is a prominent farmer of the Fifth district of Marion county, where he has lived for many years.
To Mr. And Mrs. Prigmore have been born three children, namely: Joe M., who was born March 13, 1890, and died October 23, 1895; Mary A., born June 21, 1892; and Victor E., born March 2, 1894. The parents hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and socially Mr. Prigmore is an active and prominent member of the Masonic fraternity. As a Democrat he has been prominently identified with local political affairs, and in 1886 he was triumphantly elected trustee of the county by a large majority, though the county is usually strongly Republican. The fact that he was elected plainly indicates his personal popularity and the confidence and trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens.
Inscription:
How great thou art (above praying hands)
Safe in the arms of Jesus (below GREGORY name)
John Gregorie (1598-1650)
John Gregorie was educated at schools in Aberdeen, and at Marischal College from May 17, 1613, graduating in 1616. He studied theology at St Andrews University and was appointed minister of Drumoak in Aberdeenshire.
The following year he married Janet Anderson (see Davie Do A’ Thing).
Seventeenth century Scotland was in a ferment of religious unrest. Militant fundamentalists known as the "Covenanters" were trying to reform the established episcopal church along presbyterian lines — replacing priests with ministers chosen by their congregations, and replacing bishops with moderators elected by the church assemblies.
John Gregorie was a "riche man" and "of the moderate party in the Church" — that is to say, he was a supporter of the established church. He spoke out against the Covenant from the pulpit, offending the zealous Covenanters who controlled the Assembly of Aberdeen.
In 1638 he was fined 1000 merks for "outstanding against the Covenant" and thrown into prison. He escaped by sea the following year, but was recaptured. The Assembly of Aberdeen dismissed him from his position at Drumoak in 1640, but he was reinstated in 1641 by the Assembly of St Andrews.
In 1644 David Anderson, Janet’s brother, died without heirs and the estate of Finshaugh came to Janet and her two sisters. The family’s wealth was further increased when the estates of Kinairdy and Netherdaill in Banffshire were made over to John Gregorie in 1647 as a result of legal proceedings against the Crichton family, who apparently owed him a considerable amount of money.
In 1649 he was again dismissed by the Assembly but was reinstated by the Synod. He died in 1650 and was buried at Drumoak. John and Janet Gregorie had five children: Alexander (1623-1664) (see Kinairdy Castle), David (1625-1720) (See Kinairdy Castle), James (see Telescopes, Books & Patent Medicines and A Father’s Legacy), Margaret (married Thomas Mercer, merchant in Aberdeen, by whom she had a son, James, and four daughters, Agnes, Jean, Christian and Isabel) and Janet (married Thomas Thomson, of Faichfield, by whom she had three daughters, Isabel, Janet and Margaret.).
Thanks to http://www.gregorie.org/gregories/history/gregories.htm for information on this part of the Gregorie family
compiled by David Gregorie
Aropaoanui
The Story of a New Zealand Family
The Gregories of New Zealand
Their Forebears and their Descendants
James Gregorie ( - 1623)
James Gregorie was a saddler in Aberdeen, who held the office of Deacon-Convenor of the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen. His name is entered in the Register of Burgesses of the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1599-1631, dated May 23, 1595. He married Margaret Barber (or Barbour), a merchant’s daughter. He died in 1623. James and Margaret Gregorie had two surviving sons: John (1598-1650), and James — a merchant in Aberdeen, who left no descendants.
John Gregorie, Min. of Drumoak
Birthdate: 1598
Death: Died March 31, 1653
Immediate Family:
Son of James Gregorie and Margaret Barbor
Husband of Janet Gregory
Father of David Gregory of Kinairdy; Alexander Gregory and James Gregory
Thanks to: Alisdair James Smyth
Description of the Coat of Arms:
Silver fir tree growing out a green base, a blue sword supporting a gold crown on its point and a red lion in each of the unoccupied corners. The crest is the same as that on the family seal - a fallen oak log with a vigorous shoot growing out of it. The motto is "Non deficit alter" - there shall not fail to be another. Under the crest is a wreath of family colours - white and red - and there is a red and silver mantle-arrangement behind the shield.
The first person to use the surname Gregorie was James MacGregor, a descendant of Gregor MacGregor of Glenlyon, who settled in the lowlands of Aberdeen in the mid-sixteenth century.
Gaelic was not spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, and James MacGregor dropped the Gaelic "mac", meaning "son of", from his name, adopting the Lowland diminutive "ie" instead. He was known thereafter as James Gregorie.
James was given the post of chamberlain at Woodland, in the parish of Udny, by Lord Ogilvie of Findlater, his maternal grandfather. He married Agnes, sister of William Moir (or More), Laird of Ferryhill, near Aberdeen. He died on December 11, 1584. James and Agnes Gregorie had three surviving children: James, Thomas (died without issue) and Janet.
David Gregorie of Kinairdy (1625-1720)
David Gregorie, second son of the Rev. John Gregorie, was born on December 20, 1625. He was given a thorough grounding in mathematics by his mother, but his father decided that he should be a merchant and he was apprenticed to a Scottish mercantile house at Campvere (Kampen), in the Netherlands. He was elected a Burgess of Aberdeen on September 20, 1648.
Soon after his father’s death he returned to Scotland and in 1655 settled in Aberdeen. From 1663 to 1669 he was librarian at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and corresponded widely on scientific matters. In 1664, his elder brother Alexander was killed and David inherited his estates of Kinairdy and Netherdaill. He secured possession of Kinairdy Castle and went there to live, hence the Scottish title "of Kinairdy" attached to his name (see Kinairdy Castle).
He was noted for his skill as a self-taught physician and for his scientific interests.
At the outbreak of the first Jacobite rebellion in 1715, he took his family to Campvere in Holland, staying there until shortly before his death in 1720. David Gregorie married twice and had 29 children. He married Jean, daughter of Patrick Walker of Orchiston, on February 8, 1655.
David and Jean Gregorie had fifteen children as under:
Jean b. 27 Mar 1656 d. Nov 1675
John b. 3 Feb 1657 d. 21 Feb 1658
Alexander b. 24 Feb 1658 d. Nov 1658
David b. 3 Jun 1659 d.1708)
William b. 12 Jul 1660 d. Mar 1661
Isabel b. 18 Jul 1661 d. 1697
Janet b. 10 Aug 1662 d. 1686
Christian b. 15 Jan 1664 d. 12 Jan 1739
Margaret b. 5 Feb 1665 d. Oct 1667
Marjorie b. 5 Feb 1665 d. Sep 1665
James d. 29 Apr 1742
Patrick b. 26 Jul 1667 d. 29 Jan 1668
Son b. 13 Sep 1668 stillborn
Anna b. 16 Feb 1670 d. Oct 1675
Daughter b. Oct 1671 stillborn
Jean Gregorie died giving birth to her fifteenth child.
On February 15, 1672, David married Isabel, daughter of John Gordon, bailie and merchant in Aberdeen.
David and Isabel Gregorie had fourteen children as under:
Margaret b. 25 Mar 1673 d 1732
John b. 23 Jun 1674 d. 1675
Daughter b. 7 Oct 1675 stillborn
Jean b. 1676
Alexander b. 1678 lost at sea, no date
John b. 1679 d. 10 Jul 1713
Charles b. 14 Feb 1681 d. 1754
Mary b. 5 Jun 1682
William b. 2 Feb 1684 died young
George d. 1731
Anna dates unknown
Robert dates unknown
Arthur b. date unknown d. 1715
Infant stillborn, date unknown
David Gregorie of Kinairdy died in 1720 at the age of 95. Of his 29 children, four were stillborn, seven died in infancy and at least two died while they were quite young. Only four children from his first marriage — David, Isabel, Christian and James — married and of these only David (see Professors) and James (see South Carolina and Massachusetts) are known to have had children of their own. Five children of his second marriage — Margaret, Jean, Charles, George (see Dunkirk) and Anna — married and of these only Margaret, Charles (see below) and George are known to have had children of their own.
Charles Gregorie (1681-1754)
Charles Gregorie, the twenty-second child of David Gregorie of Kinairdy, was born on February 14, 1681. He studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen, then at the University of Glasgow, then at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. and 1701 and M.A. in 1704.
By 1707 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics at St Andrews University and held the post for 32 years. About 1739 he resigned in favour of his son David. He published "several mathematical treatises", but these have not been traced. (see Professors)
He married Margaret Campbell. Charles and Margaret Gregorie had three children: Margaret (baptised 21 Dec 1710), David (baptised 19 Sep 1712) and Isabel (baptised 29 Jan 1714).
David Gregorie (1712-1765)
David Gregorie, only son of Charles Gregorie, was baptised on September 19, 1712. He was for some time tutor to the sons of the Duke of Gordon. In 1739 he succeeded his father as professor mathematics at St Andrews. (see Professors)
David Gregorie published only one work, "Arithmeticæ et algebræ compendium," Edinburgh, 1736. He married a Miss Patterson. David Gregorie died in 1765.
David and Mrs Gregorie had two children: Charles (1751 - ) and Catherine (dates unknown), who married John Graham-Bonar, by whom she had issue.
Charles Gregorie (1751 - )
Charles Gregorie, the only son of David Gregorie, was born on Nov 22, 1751. He entered the service of the East India Company and eventually became captain of an Indiaman called the "Fortitude". On June 7, 1787, he married Catherine Sophia, daughter of George Macaulay, MD. George Macaulay was the son of Archibald Macaulay, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and brother of Anne Macaulay, the first wife of David Gregorie of Dunkirk. Catherine Gregorie died on April 8, 1821, but the date of the death of Charles Gregorie is not known. Charles and Catherine Gregorie had four children, as under:
Catherine (1788-1870) In 1813 she married John Fortescue Brickdale, by whom she had issue. David William (1790-1842). See below.
Charles (1791-1858) Born on April 14, 1791. Served in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo as Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons. Charles died unmarried on October 16, 1858.
George (1792-?) George was born on November 21, 1792. He graduated BA in 1816, MA in 1822, at Christ Church, Oxford, and practised as a barrister-at-law. He died unmarried.
Charles (1791-1858) Born on April 14, 1791. Served in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo as Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons. Charles died unmarried on October 16, 1858.
George (1792-?) George was born on November 21, 1792. He graduated BA in 1816, MA in 1822, at Christ Church, Oxford, and practised as a barrister-at-law. He died unmarried.
Archibald Macaulay, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, and brother of Anne Macaulay, the first wife of David Gregorie of Dunkirk. Catherine Gregorie died on April 8, 1821
David Gregorie of Dunkirk.
Thanks to http://www.gregorie.org/gregories/history/gregories.htm for this part of the Gregories.
Thanks to Martin C. Gregorie
Charles Frederick Gregorie (1834-1918)
Charles Frederick Gregorie, eldest son of David William Gregorie, was born on November 24 (or 25), 1834. He was educated at Westminster School, as a Queen’s Scholar. After leaving school in 1853, he worked as a clerk in the Post Office for two years.
In 1855 he joined the army as an ensign in the 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and was promoted lieutenant the same year. In that year he served in the Crimean War. In May 1857 he was appointed adjutant and served with his regiment in the Indian mutiny of 1857-58, being present at the relief and capture of Lucknow, for which he received a medal with two clasps.
He was promoted captain in 1859 and served in Malta for two years before returning to England. In 1871 he was promoted major and joined the 18th Regiment of Foot (Royal Irish Regiment). In 1878, after 24 years’ service, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and then brevet colonel in 1881. In 1882 he served in the Egyptian Campaign, taking part in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (see War in Egypt, 1882). For his part in this campaign he received the medal with clasp, the medal third class of the Medjidie, the Khedive’s Star, and he was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette of November 2, 1882.
In 1890 he was promoted major-general and in 1897 was appointed Colonel in Chief of the Royal Irish Regiment.
He was said to have been a strict disciplinarian, very fair to the lower ranks but a tyrant to the young officers. He was also described as a high-principled man and an unsympathetic father.
On October 20, 1859, Charles Frederick Gregorie married Henrietta Amy Lawrence, (b.16 Oct 1837, d.14 Mar 1904), third daughter of George Lawrence of Moreton Court, Hereford. She was said to have been a woman of great character and charm. After the general’s retirement, they lived at Lymington, Hampshire. Charles and Henrietta Gregorie had ten children, as under:
David George (1860-1886)
Frederick Macaulay (1861-1945) (see below)
Charles (1862-1951)
Eleanor St Barbe (1865-1869)
Edith Mary St Barbe (1866-1911)
Mary St Barbe (1868-1874)
Jessie Christian (no dates known)
Catherine Henrietta (1874 - )
Hugh Gilbert (1878-1928)
Margaret Augusta (b.& d. 1883)
Of these, only Frederick Macaulay, Charles, Catherine Henrietta and Hugh Gilbert married and had issue. Edith Mary St Barbe took her own life by jumping from a railway overbridge in 1911. Jessie Christian died unmarried at Alassio, Italy, about 1956.
George Wayne Gregorie (1836 - 1926), second son of David William Gregorie, was born in London on March 25, 1836. Unlike his better known elder brother Major-General Charles Frederick Gregorie, George Wayne chose the Royal Navy as a career.
He served as gunnery officer, with the rank of lieutenant, in various ships. While serving in HMS Juno he took part in the evacuation of the Pitcairn Islanders to Norfolk Island. He retired from the navy in 1836.
In 1860 he married Eliza Sarah Harwood (1835-1859). He died, aged 90, on October 9, 1926.
George and Eliza Gregorie had five children: George Harwood, Mabel Annie, Eleanor Millicent, Constance Mary and Frank St Barbe. Of these, only Frank St Barbe had children.
Frank St Barbe Gregorie (1869-1949), married Beatrice Mary Swan (d. 1933) in 1904. They had two children, David Clayton Harwood (1905-1963) and Evelyn Mary (b. 1926).
David Clayton Harwood Gregorie, the only son of Frank St Barbe Gregorie, was born on February 7, 1905. He married Mary Joyce Goodchild in 1934 and they had two children, Timothy Harwood MacDonald (b.1935-) and Pamela Mary, b. 4 Nov 1938). He died on October 28, 1963.
Timothy Harwood MacDonald Gregorie, the only son of David Clayton Harwood Gregorie, was born on July 15, 1935. He married Wilhelmina (Mieneke) Johanna Bot about 1960.
They have two children, Timothy Harwood (b. 1 Jun 1962) and James Harwood (b. 25 May 1964).
There has been no contact between the New Zealand branch and the English branch of the Gregories for some time.
David George Gregorie (1860-1886)
David George Gregorie was born on 4 August, 1860. He was educated on the training ship Worcester and went into the merchant navy at the age of 16. At the age of 20 he entered the army as a second lieutenant in his father’s regiment, the Royal Irish. He served in the Egyptian campaign in 1882, and was awarded the Bronze Star and Medal with Clasp for his part in the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. In 1884 he was attached to the Egyptian Army and served in the Nile and Suakin campaigns. The Medal with Three Clasps and Fourth Class Osmanieh, was conferred on him by the Khedive of Egypt. An account of the campaign in the boys’ novel "Blue Lights" by R M Ballantine, refers to him as "the gallant Captain Gregorie". He was killed on October 22, 1886, by being thrown during a polo match and crushed by the falling horse. He died unmarried.
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