Richard T GREGORY West GREGORY Frances GREGORY Roger GREGORY Christiana GREGORY Richard W GREGORY Unity GREGORY Agnes GREGORY Mini tree diagram
Virginia Agnes WEST

Virginia Agnes WEST1,3,3,2,4,2,3

17041,2 - 27th May 17331

Life History

1704

Born in King William, King William, Virginia.1,2

1724

Married Richard T GREGORY in New Kent County, Virginia.2,4,2

about 1725

Birth of son West GREGORY in King William County, Virginia.5

about 1728

Birth of daughter Frances GREGORY in King William County, Virginia

1st May 1729

Birth of son Roger GREGORY in King William County, Virginia.3,6

about 1730

Birth of daughter Christiana GREGORY in King William County, Virginia

about 1733

Birth of son Richard W GREGORY in King William County, Virginia.1,7,7,2,6

27th May 1733

Died in Mount Pleasant, King William, Virginia.1

1740

Birth of daughter Unity GREGORY in King William County, Virginia

Other facts

 

Birth of daughter Agnes GREGORY in King William County, Virginia

Notes

  • FN 1 We are indebted to George Craghead Gregory, Esquire, Richmond, Virginia, an authority on the Gregory family history, for a critical reading of the data herein offered relative to Richard and Agnes (West) Gregory, their children and grandchildren.... George Craghead Gregory is the son of Archibald Hatchett Gregory and his (first) wife, Lucy Jane Brodie; grandson of Richard Henry Gregory and Mary Elizabeth Hatchett; great­ grandson of Herbert Gregory and Lucy Osborne Thweatt.
    --  "Gregory Family of King William County, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), p 259

    Richard West Gregory
    Birth 1734 King William, King William, Virginia
    Death 17 MAY 1817 Springfield, Washington, Kentucky
    Father Richard T. Gregory
    Birth 1695 Essex Co., Virginia
    Death AFT 1742 New Kent County, Virginia
    Mother Virginia Agnes West
    Birth 1704 King William, King William, Virginia
    Death 27 MAY 1733 Mount Pleasant, King William, Virginia
    Wife Nancy Ann Vaughan
    Birth 7 JAN 1735 Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia
    Death 21 OCT 1821 Springfield, Washington, Kentucky
    --  William Thomas Watkins, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/15292026/person/265999030/facts?ftm=1

    A land record in 1730 indicates Richard and Agnes sold land in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, that may have been her dower lands.  The record index notes that Agnes "acknowledged her dower," with no further clarification.

    Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
    Agnes Gregory
    4 Apr 1730 Spotsylvania Co VA
    Property 1000 acres in St. George Parish, Spotsylvania Coounty
    This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I, edited by William Armstrong Crozier.
    Richard Gregory of King William Co to John White of same county, 85 curr., 1000 acres in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co, granted the sd. Gregory by pat. June 16, 1727. April 7, 1730.  Agnes, wife of Richd. Gregory, acknowledged her dower, etc.
    Registered Spotsylvania County Land Book B

    Family Data Collection - Individual Records
    Agnes West
    Spouse Richard T Gregory
    Parents Thomas West
    Birth 1704 VA
    Marriage 1724 New Kent Co, VA
    Death 1724 New Kent Co, VA

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    RICHARD GREGORY married AGNES WEST, daughter of THOMAS WEST, of KING WILLIAM COUNTY (see WEST FAMILY, post page 267), and had issue:

    1. ROGER GREGORY (1729-1803), of KING WILLIAM COUNTY; of whom hereafter.

    2. Richard Gregory, of whom nothing further is known.

    3. West Gregory (living as late as January, 1758), married Susannah West, daughter of Colonel Francis West, son of Tromas [p 254] West, of King William County (see West Family, post page 281).  Mrs. Susannah (West) Gregory married, secondly, Colonel Holt Richeson.

    4. Frances Gregory, married William Phillips.

    5. Christiana Gregory, married Samuel Meredith.

    6. Agnes Gregory.

    7. Unity Gregory.
    --  "Gregory Family of King William County, Virginia," in Winston of Virginia and Allied Families, by Clayton Torrence (Richmond, Virginia: Whittet & Shepperson, 1927), p 253-254
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