GREGORY DNA Project - Family Project Website

Project Results:

I want to give a big thank you to Jim Gregory for reworking the Results portion of the GREGORY Project to be much clearer.

There are currently 41 participants in the Gregory Project. This page provides information about their DNA results, how and with whom they match, and available information about their most distant ancestor. Within each group, the name of the most distant ancestor follows the kit number of the participant.

GROUP 1
89441 and 82049: Charles W. (Phillips?) Gregory was born in 1824 in perhaps SC, GA or AL. Both participants list Charles as the most distant ancestor, have each tested 37 markers, and are exact matches.

GROUP 2
25690: Edward Gregory, born about 1757, place unknown. Two sons, Flemming and Mordecai, were both married in Washington Co., VA about 1800. These brothers along with their father and two other brothers named Hiram and Meshack appear in Wayne Co., KY between 1803 and1805. The Wayne Co. KY census records verify that the four sons were born in VA. Edward died in Wayne Co., KY between the1810 and 1820 census. The family began appearing in the Wayne Co., KY tax rolls between 1803 and 1805. It is believed Edward had a daughter named Nancy who remained in VA. She married Moses Cawood on Oct 12, 1798 in Washington Co., VA. It is known there were at least four sons who migrated from VA to Wayne Co. Approximate dates of birth for them are: Mordecai, born about 1776 in VA married Jane Burke Jan. 13, 1803 Washington Co., VA; Flemming, born about 1777 in VA married Elizabeth Bell on June 23, 1801 in Washington Co., VA; Meshack, born about 1779 in VA married Anne Beeson on Dec 29, 1809 in Wayne Co., KY; Hiram, born about 1784 in VA married 1st, Mary Logston on Aug 13, 1807 in Wayne Co., KY, and married 2nd, Jane (Stevenson) Troxell on March 22, 1821 in Wayne Co., KY.

57598: 57598: This line goes back to Haden GREGORY, b7-20-1807, d12-5-1899. He migrated to Arkansas from Wayne county Kentucky with his family and the Shores family also of Wayne county Kentucky. His son, Mordecai was born Wayne County Kentucky and died Crawford County Arkansas.

Both kits are an exact match on the 12 marker test.

GROUP 3
10445: Isaac Gregory of Union, SC, died in 1797. He came from Virginia, but the participant has not yet been able to identify his parents. A grandson of Isaac, Isaac T. Gregory, moved to the Fayette/Shelby Co region of TN in the 1830’s and stayed there. This participant tested 25 markers.

N28920 This participant tested 12 markers and is an exact match with 10455. A most distant ancestor is not listed for N28920.

GROUP 4
23360 and 23361: John Gregory, born in VA in 1808. These two participants are descendants of John through his son, Alexander A. Gregory. Both are an exact match at 12 markers.

81123: John M. Gregory, born about 1785 in Loudoun Co. VA. This participant is an exact match at 12 markers with the other two participants in this group. To confirm the connection, 23361 and 81123 subsequently tested a total of 37 markers and they match on 36 out of the 37 markers.

GROUP 5
30977: Charles Gregory, born about 1719 in what is now Northampton Co. NC. This branch migrated to the Quincy, FL area sometime in the early eighteen hundreds. Some of the family, a bit later, migrated on to TX and OK.

88303: Andrew Gregory, Sr. (b. ca. 1742, place not known) died 3 June 1822 Mecklenburg Co., VA and wife Frances S. Gregory died August 26, 1824, Mecklenburg Co., VA. This participant is out of his son Elijah G. Gregory, born Oct. 20, 1776, Mecklenburg Co., VA married Nancy Moody. Elijah Gregory died March 5, 1848, Mecklenburg Co., VA and Nancy Moody Gregory died Dec. 19, 1851, Mecklenburg Co., VA

1961: William Gregory, born about 1750 in Virginia.

73223: Joseph Gregory, born about 1742 and died in 1842 in Rutherford Co TN.

67166: William Gregory, born about 1764 in Pittsylvania Co VA.

43232: Thomas Gregory, Sr., born about 1730 in either VA or NC. He died in Smith Co. TN in about 1818. His will mentions his wife, Elizabeth, and seven children; Harden, Bry, William, Thomas, Jr., Sina, Elizabeth and Abraham.

83615: James Gregory, born about 1745 and died in 1824 in Lunenburg Co. VA.

58711: Gideon Gregory, born in about 1804 in NC, probably Iredell Co. He married Anna, last name unknown. They both died in Barren Co. KY after 1860.

8100: James Gregory, born about 1700 in Scotland.

All nine of the participants in Group 5 are exact matches for the first 12 markers. Eight have tested at least 37 markers. Seven of the eight are exact matches for the first 25 markers and among these are three people who are perfect matches at all 37 markers. Each of the three has a documented paper trail back to one of three Gregorys previously not known to be related. The first (73223) is Joseph Gregory who was born in VA about 1742 and died in Rutherford Co TN in 1842. The second (67166) is William Gregory who was born in Pittsylvania Co VA about 1764. The third (43232) is Thomas Gregory, Sr. who was born in VA or NC about 1730 and died in Smith Co TN about 1818.

Six of the participants have tested a total of 67 markers and are perfect matches at markers 38 through 67.

GROUP 6
37169: William F. Gregory, born about 1850 in VA, is the most distant known ancestor for 37169, who has tested 25 markers.

68306: The most distant ancestor is not shown, but this participant tested 12 markers and is an exact match with 37169 on those 12 markers.

GROUP 7
41438 and N16843: John King Gregory, born about 1890 in AR is the most distant known ancestor. This is a Native American line.

GROUP 8
81125 and 90825: 81125 has tested 67 markers and 90825 has tested 37. They are a 33/37 match, giving them a genetic distance of 4. According to information on interpreting genetic distance provided by Family Tree DNA, they are probably related. They are an exact match on the first 12 markers.

Kit 81125 shows their most distant ancestor as "Colonel" Issac Gregory b abt 1772 in Augusta Co, VA married Sarah Hannah GIVEN 25 March 1790 in Augusta Co, VA. He died August 1852 in Webster Co, WV and buried in GREGORY CEM, Curtin, Webster Co, WV. They had 9 children. "Colonel" Isaac's mother's name was Mary, but not sure of his father's name. Believed to be William GREGORY. Mary, his mother, went to KY with her son David GREGORY, but have no info on this part of the family.

GROUP 9
Kits 110856 and 42914. No informttion yet on these kits.

Group 10
Kit 105233: Russell Gregory was the oldest verified ancestor. Russell was in Cades Cove, Blount County, TN in the 1850 census. Family history has his father as John, but have not been able to prove with documents. Cades Cove is part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park located near Knoxville and Gatlinburg, TN.

Kit N60771: Last know ancestor is George Gregory 1871-1967 Dublin, Ireland. A gardener by trade he married twice, first to Maria Fowler and then to Henrietta Smith. He and Maria had 4 children. George Jr., John (aka Jack) Robert and Sara (aka Sally) George Jr. and his brother John came to Ontario, Canada as Little Immigrants in 1907 after their father abandoned them to a Home for Boys in Dublin. George Jr. married Mary Jane Keys and had 3 children, Alexander, Mary and George (3rd).

Group 11:
36006: John Gregory, born in 1390 in Ashfordby, Leicestershire, England

93411: John GREGORY bc1612 Nottingham England>Henry is from the New Haven Colony records,1644. He had 7 children who are mentioned and Jachin and Thomas are two of them. This line is from Thomas.

96199: Moses?1770>Aaron GREGORY 1816NY (this one is a 11/12 match but I have included it in this group until further testing clarifies whether it shoudl be included)

119936: Edward Riggs GREGORY SR. was born June 18, 1818 in Cattaraugus Co. New York, and died September 10, 1898 in Manchester, Adams Co, OH. He married Margaret STOUT February 27, 1842 in Adams Co. OH. Brothers to Edward Riggs GREGORY Sr. include George N. GREGORY b. Abt. 1814 in Cattaraugus Co. NY d. ? 1844, Rufus King GREGORY Sr. b. April 17, 1815 Cattaraugus Co, NY and Oscar Y. GREGORY b. June 27, 1820 Flemingsburg, Kentucky, d. October 06, 1909 West Point, Mississippi.

NO MATCH GROUP
The following participants have not matched anyone currently in the project:

38122: Harbert Chapman Gregory was born about 1825 in Pulaski Co. GA and migrated to Wakulla Co. FL around 1850.

36842: Christopher Gregory. The participant provided the following information: He was born in Armagh, Ireland, date unknown. He married Margaret Downey on January 6, 1814 and they had ten children, one of whom was James Gregory (1827-1897). James arrived in the U.S. on December 27, 1848, and eventually settled in Amboy, Illinois. He married Bridget Carty who was born in Ireland in 1832. Several members of this branch of the Gregory family settled in Amboy, Illinois, where we know they worked for the railroad building locomotives, farmed, and ran the Gregory Brothers Grocery Store. One of the ten children was Joseph Christopher Gregory, born in 1864. He married Alice Dorinda Doyle. They moved to Rockford, Illinois, and my father, Edmund Bernard Gregory, was born on August 2, 1896.

24223: William James Gregory, born in Montgomery Co. MO in October, 1840. He married Nancy Ann Amason in AL in 1867 and died in 1870. He was a blacksmith and a Confederate veteran.

N52932: David W. Gregory died 1854 Louisa County, Virginia. His birth year in unknown but it is believed it was in the 1780s – 1790s.

36102: William Gregory, born in VA in 1798. He married Susan Densmore on March 24, 1833 in Hamilton Co, IL, and then Frankie (Frances) Allen on April 15, 1838 in Hamilton Co. IL. William died in Hamilton Co. IL in February, 1857. William’s line: William P. Gregory, born in Hamilton Co. IL, died in Saline Co. IL in 1917, married Clarissa Jane McFarland >> James Wesley Gregory, born in 1878 in Hamilton Co. IL, died in Macoupin Co. IL in 1957, married Myrtle Effie Vantrease >> Jesse Sheridan Gregory, born in Saline Co. IL in 1904, died in Macoupin Co. IL in 1951, married Jessie Oreah Riley.

35798: Benjamin Gregory, born about 1800 in NC.

75995: Henry Gregory, born in Lexington, VA in 1820.

32836: William Spilsby Gregory, born about 1759. Revolutionary War records show that he grew up in Spottsylvania Co. VA and Caroline Co. VA. He married Caroline Muse, daughter of Lt. Col. George Muse on Dec. 27, 1787. They moved to Nelson Co. KY between 1792 and 1794.

89900: This line has been traced back to the 9th century in Scotland.

N50249: Very little information exists for this line, but John Gunther Gregory, bc1860, d1925 in Charleston SC. Married Alice (unknown last name) two known sons Willie and George. Married Margaret Elizabeth Burkett Barrineau August 18,1913. They had three children, John Irvin Gregory b. July 14, 1914(my father), Irene Caroline Gregory b. November 5, 1916 and Woodrow Wilson Gregory b. January 16 1919. In 1910 census he states he is 52 making his birthdate 1858. His Marriage Certificate, dated Aug 1913, to Elizabeth Burkett Barrineau, states he is 51 making his birthdate 1862. The submitter remembers his father saying he came from Marietta GA to Charleston.

73052: John Gregory is first listed (confirmed) in the 1850 census living in Buffalo Township, Butler County, PA. His name is spelled in the census as Gragory (with an A) age listed 37, native of Ireland. His birth date between 1800 &1811, and believe he was born in Ireland.

The provider of this sample's best guess is that Patrick and Bridget Gregory are his parents. They migrated from County Louth, Ireland about 1811. In June 24, 1811 a John Gregory came to America, New York harbor form Dublin Ireland, Co. Louth, in ship Huntress. Also aboard was M. Gregory and Family from County Meath, Ireland.

The following in the no match group have not provided the identity of their most distant ancestor: 74721 and 71792.

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