Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn GREGG, 8G Grandfather
Web Notes notes for John GREGG
Info from Gregg Family History, extract from the publication "Irish Families their names, arms and origins":
The Clan MacGregor derives descent from Sir Malcolm of that name, a figure of legendary renown, who in the twelfth century defended king Malcolm, son of Duncan who was murdered by Macbeth, from the attack of a boar while hunting in a forest. Requesting permission to go to his king's aid, and receiving the reply "Do so, spare naught", he uprooted an oak sapling and with one hand bayed the beast, whilst with the other he dispatched it with his sword. For this deed he was raised to the peerage of Scotland with the title "Lord Malcolm of the Castles." Hence the arms of his descendants: Argent, a sword in bend, azure, an oaktree eradicated in bend sinister, in chief a crown, gules. And the motto (adopted by the GREGG branch) "E'en do bait spair Nocht." The crest is a lions head, crowned with an antique crown with points.
In 1603 was fought the battle of Glenfruin between the MacGregors (of Scotland) and the Colquhouns, as a result of which the MacGregors were prescribed. Many sought to restore their fortunes in Ireland under the names Gregg, Greer, Grogory, and other variants; and in the same century record is found of John Gregg, and of his son Jonathan Gregg of Cappagh near Ennis in county Clare. Jonathan's elder son Richard Gregg of Cappagh, born about 1700, married Elizabeth Robnett in Cork. Their fourth son, Richard Gregg of Cappagh and Ennis born 1747 and died about 1808 inherited the small family property. He married Barbara, daughter of William Vesey Fitzgerald of Ashgrove, County Clare, and by her had 12 children. Richard Gregg died intestate and the property passed against his wishes to his eldest son Richard in whose hands it did not increase.
-Extracted from "John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg" by George Seaver.
The origin of the surname Gregg - the Scottish version, which precedes both Burke's and Black's references by at least 4 centuries - is a derivative of Griogair. The spelling of the surname has varied considerably throughout the last four centuries. From Grig to Greg, and Greig to Gregg and to a lesser degree we found Graig, Grege, Griggs and Greigge. Occasionally, there were even variations of the surname within a close family unit; particularly where different priests or clerks had written up the parish registers, or the family had moved from one parish to another.
All these spellings however are said to be associated with the ancient Scottish Clan MacGregor -The children of the Mist. The name MacGregor means son-of-Gregor, or in Gaelic - son of Griogair.
The early MacGregor motto in Gaelic - 'S RIOGHAL MO DHREAM , means 'Royal is my Race'. The war cry or slogan of the Clan is " Ard Coile " meaning 'High Wood"
The Clan MacGregor derives descent from Sir Malcolm of that name, a figure of legendary renown, who in the twelfth century defended king Malcolm, son of Duncan who was murdered by Macbeth, from the attack of a boar while hunting in a forest. Requesting permission to go to his king's aid, and receiving the reply "Do so, spare naught", he uprooted an oak sapling and with one hand bayed the beast, whilst with the other he dispatched it with his sword. For this deed he was raised to the peerage of Scotland with the title "Lord Malcolm of the Castles." Hence the arms of his descendants: Argent, a sword in bend, azure, an oaktree eradicated in bend sinister, in chief a crown, gules. And the motto (adopted by the GREGG branch) "E'en do bait spair Nocht." The crest is a lions head, crowned with an antique crown with points.
In 1603 was fought the battle of Glenfruin between the MacGregors (of Scotland) and the Colquhouns, as a result of which the MacGregors were prescribed. Many sought to restore their fortunes in Ireland under the names Gregg, Greer, Grogory, and other variants; and in the same century record is found of John Gregg, and of his son Jonathan Gregg of Cappagh near Ennis in county Clare. Jonathan's elder son Richard Gregg of Cappagh, born about 1700, married Elizabeth Robnett in Cork. Their fourth son, Richard Gregg of Cappagh and Ennis born 1747 and died about 1808 inherited the small family property. He married Barbara, daughter of William Vesey Fitzgerald of Ashgrove, County Clare, and by her had 12 children. Richard Gregg died intestate and the property passed against his wishes to his eldest son Richard in whose hands it did not increase.
-Extracted from "John Allen Fitzgerald Gregg" by George Seaver.
The origin of the surname Gregg - the Scottish version, which precedes both Burke's and Black's references by at least 4 centuries - is a derivative of Griogair. The spelling of the surname has varied considerably throughout the last four centuries. From Grig to Greg, and Greig to Gregg and to a lesser degree we found Graig, Grege, Griggs and Greigge. Occasionally, there were even variations of the surname within a close family unit; particularly where different priests or clerks had written up the parish registers, or the family had moved from one parish to another.
All these spellings however are said to be associated with the ancient Scottish Clan MacGregor -The children of the Mist. The name MacGregor means son-of-Gregor, or in Gaelic - son of Griogair.
The early MacGregor motto in Gaelic - 'S RIOGHAL MO DHREAM , means 'Royal is my Race'. The war cry or slogan of the Clan is " Ard Coile " meaning 'High Wood"