A baptismal name and surname of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ultimately from the Greek - watchful, though at times confused with the Latin gregarius from grex - flock; the name of at least three saints and of sixteen Popes including St. Gregory the Great. (Withycombe, Reaney, Cottle). Traced by Guppy in the Midlands and Somerset and Wiltshire, by Spiegelhalter in Devon, and by MacLysaght in Kerry in the 17th century and later in Co. Galway.
| At Ferryland: | Surrogate Court Records:October 1, 1797 - William Gregory's last will left property and plantations called Turkey Room, Timber Cove Point, and Henry's Cove to sons John, Thomas, and Simon. He left his boats and fishing gear to sons Richard and James. He left 40 pounds each to Elenor Norris and Mary Holly. |
| Surrogate Court Records: Nov. 1, 1815 - Records show that James Gregory, a Caplin Bay resident owed money to S.G. Carter & Co. | |
| At Caplin Bay: | Voter's List for Caplin Bay: 1847, 1849, 1852, 1855, 1859 - Peter Gregory. |
| Crown Lands - Ferryland District (1833 - 1886): # 2894 - Gregory, Peter - ½ mile North West of Caplin Bay and South West of main line to Cape Broyle - 1869 | |
| Crown Lands - Ferryland District (1833 - 1886): #3282 - Gregory, Robert - ½ mile North West of Caplin Bay, North of Look Out River - 1871 | |
| Lovell's 1871 Directory: Peter Gregory, fisherman. | |
| Headstone- Ferryland RC Cemetery: GREGORY - James Gregory, died 26 August 1887; 31 yrs. also father Peter, died 8 June 1872; 52 yrs. | |
| Headstone - Ferryland RC Cemetery: GREGORY - Catherine Gregory, died at Little Bay Mines 28 June 1884; aged 31 yrs, son Peter Joseph, died ????? , erected by her husband James Gregory | |
| Family History: | The Gregory family appears to have been at Caplin Bay since the early 1800s but it is not known if James Gregory was part of the Brigus South Gregorys. Peter, who was born about 1820 first appears in the Voter's List for Caplin Bay in 1847. His son James must have left Caplin Bay to work at Little Bay Mines since a headstone for his wife Catherine indicates that she died there in 1884. With the death of James Gregory in 1887, the surname disappeared from Caplin Bay . However, the baptism records for Ferryland indicate that a Mary Gregory was married to Patrick Boland and they had a large family, from sometime in the 1860s to 1883. They had a son that they named Peter James so there is reason to believe that this Mary Gregory may have been the daughter of Peter Gregory. She was born about May 1845. |
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