Life History

Other facts

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  Benjamin F. Gregory 3 (1804-4 March 1847), was the last known child of Isaac and Elizabeth.  His tombstone has been located in the Cane Creek Quaker Cemetery, thanks to Michael Crocker.
  
  A Deed of Gift, executed 8 January 1838 and recorded 20 March of that year (Union County Deed Book Y, p. 370) from Isaac to son Benjamine (sic) Gregory, bestows upon that son 179 acres adjoining Mary Cotten (Cotter), Gideon Steen, Messer Fuller and Jehu Gregory.
  
  Benjamin married first: Lucyan.  She must have died about 1835-36, because their youngest daughter, Jane, is listed in the 1850 census with her grandfather, Isaac, and her twelve year old half-sister, Mary.  [In the 1850 census, Mary was reported as 17 years old, not 12, and Jane was 19.  Thus was born about 1831, Mary about 1833.  So Benjamin married Mary Van Lew about 1832, meaning Lucyann must ahve died in 1832, perhaps in childbirth, or early 1832.]
  
  More than likely, Lucyan was a Steen and niece of Lucy Ann (Louisa Ann) Townsend, who died in 1841.  Gideon Steen was administrator of Mrs. Townsend’s estate, which indicates she died without issue.  Her heirs, with Benjamin shown as guardian in right, where his and Lucyan’s five children: Robert; Elizabeth; William; Jane; and Mary C. Gregory.
  
  Benjamin married, second: Mary S. Van Lew (15 May 1795) in 1838.  She was the daughter of John and Margaret Cox Van Lew.  A prenuptial agreement between the two appears in Deed Book Y, p. 357.  A later trust deed for infant daughter, Mary E.J. Gregory, executed 28 June 1839, indicates that baby Mary was three months old.  Within this document, Benjamin lists Joseph H. Crawford as the baby’s grandfather.  A mulatto girl, Julia, is to be held in trust for Mary E.J.  Mary S. Van Lew Gregory died in 1861 at about 66 years of age.
  
  Much information regarding this family can be gleaned from Robert Gregory’s petition to be granted Letters of Administration for Benjamin’s estate (8 January 1848).  A transcript follows.
  
  To John J. Pratt Ordinary of Union District
  
  The humble petitioner, Robert Gregory, would shew unto your Court that his father, Benjamin Gregory, late of the District and State aforesaid, departed this life intestate on or about the fourth day of March 1847, leaving a widow, Mary S. Gregory, with who there was a prenuptual contract barring her from any portion of his estate, and the following named children from a former marriage, him surviving, to wit: your petitioner; and Elizabeth, who has inter-married with John C. McJunkin; William Gregory; Jane Gregory; and Mary C. Gregory; his sole heirs him surviving.
  
  Your petitioner would further show unto your Court that the said intestate at the time of his death was possessed of a small personal estate of a value not exceeding $600 that no administration has been granted therein.  He therefore prays your Court to grant unto him Letters of Administration on the said estate upon the usual terms and conditions as in duty bound he will ever pray and so forth.
  
  Signed: Robert Gregory
  Filed 8 January 1848
  --  Gregory Family Genealogy, http://gregoryfamilygenealogy.org/?page_id=387
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Sources

• 1. Gregory Family Genealogy
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, DeKalb County, Alabama
  • 1 June, Township 8, District 56, page 1 (scan 596), Hse/Fam #9
• 3. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
  • 21 September, page 83 (scan 42), Hse/Fam #610
• 4. 1860 Federal Census, DeKalb County, Alabama
  • 13 June, Division 2, page 6 (scan 98), Hse #40, Fam #42
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
  • 19 November, page 44 (scan 222), Hse/Fam #350
• 7. 1850 Federal Census, Union County, South Carolina
  • 19 November, page 44 (scan 222), Hse/Fam #349