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John Gregory Campbell Macgregor 1732–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Apr 1732

Birth Location: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 24 APR 1783

Death Location: St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England

Father: Colin MacGregor

Mother:

Spouse(s): Adriaantje Wolmershuijsen)

Children(s): James Major, Robert Macgregor

In 1732, John Gregory Campbell Macgregor entered the world in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Colin Campbell Macgregor And Margaret Murray. John Gregory Campbell Macgregor married Adriaantje Adriana Wolfershuysen Van Wolmershuijsen, Margaret Macalpine, and had children including James Murray Mcgregor Major, Robert Macgregor. John Gregory Campbell Macgregor passed away in 1783 in St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1732, John Gregory Campbell Macgregor entered the world in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland, born to Colin Campbell Macgregor And Margaret Murray.
  • John Gregory Campbell Macgregor married Adriaantje Adriana Wolfershuysen Van Wolmershuijsen, Margaret Macalpine, and had children including James Murray Mcgregor Major, Robert Macgregor.
  • John Gregory Campbell Macgregor passed away in 1783 in St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Colin MacGregor
1698–1754
Birth Location: Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Adriaantje Wolmershuijsen)
1732–1793
Birth Location: Grevelsduin- Capelle, North Brabant, Netherlands,
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Children(s)

James Major
1759–1818
Birth Location: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Robert Macgregor
1761–1803
Birth Location: –
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John Macgregor's Ancestors

Self
John Macgregor
1732–1783
Birth Place: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Parents
Colin Campbell MacGregor
1698–1754
Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Roy (Rob Roy)) Macgregor
1671–1734
Glen Gyle, Trossachs, Loch, Scotland
Mary (Helen) Macgregor
1671–1745
Leny Farm, Strathyre, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Gregor MacGregor
1645–1715
Catherine Lady
1640–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gregor MacGregor
1590–1675
Anne Buchanan
1621–
Malcolm Lord
1590–1675
Catherine MacDonald
1610–1660

John Macgregor's Descendants

1.
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John (Gregory Campbell) Macgregor (5 Apr 1732–24 APR 1783) m. Adriaantje ((Adriana) Wolfershuysen (van) Wolmershuijsen) (15 Jun 1732–4 Nov 1793)
  1. 1. James (Murray McGregor) Major 1759–1818 m. Catharine (Wedderburn) Dunbar 1785–1856
    1. 1. Barbara (Helen) McGregor 1804–1889 m. Charles (Christian) Shortt 1804–1847
      1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Shortt 1832–1848
      2. 2. Octavia (Lavinia) Shortt 1847–1889
      3. 3. Cecilia (Georgiana) Shortt 1841–1912
      4. 4. John (Arthur) Shortt 1835–1889
      5. 5. Barbara (Augusta) Shortt 1835–1905
      6. 6. Charles (Bateman) Shortt 1838–
      7. 7. Robert (Donald Edmund) Shortt 1845–1910 m. Lydia Komareck 1850–1871 m. Sarah (Ruth) Shortt 1849–1928 m. Hellen (Louisa) Butfoy 1844–1880
        1. 1. Geraldine (Ruth Adkins) Shortt 1897–1942
        2. 2. Blanche (Komareck) Shortt 1870–1870
        3. 3. Maud (Komarick) Shortt 1871–1953
        4. 4. Mabel (Komareck) Shortt 1868–1924 m. Henry (Edward John) Fitzpatrick 1861–1896 m. George (Frederick Augustus de Bretton) Priestley 1875–1942
        5. 5. Aileen (Olive Atkins) Shortt 1888–
        6. 6. Alfred Shortt 1886–1886
        7. 7. Donald (George MacGregor) Shortt 1884–1958
        8. 8. Ida (Helen) Shortt 1877–
        9. 9. Norman (Robert Atkins) Shortt 1886–1945
        10. 10. Edna (Marguerita) Shortt 1894–1930
        11. 11. A Shortt 1875–
        12. 12. Helena Shortt 1880–
        13. 13. Bertram (Morris Butfoy) Shortt 1873–
    2. 2. John (Robert) McGregor 1798–1799
    3. 3. Thomas (Alexander Knox) Mcgregor 1809–1835
    4. 4. Robert (Guthrie) MacGregor 1806–1869
      1. 1. George (William) Browne 1833–1912 m. Eleanor (Anne) Batman 1838–1908
        1. 1. Percival (James Melville) Browne 1868–1946
    5. 5. James (Melville) MacGregor 1808–1809
    6. 6. John (Robert) McGregor 1796–1846 m. Mary (Barbara) Featherston 1809–
    7. 7. Isobel (Dunbar) McGregor 1789–1805
    8. 8. Margaret McGregor 1789–1805
    9. 9. Sarah MacGregor 1798–1825
  2. 2. Robert Macgregor 1761–1803
    1. 1. Robert Macgregor 1800–1868
      1. 1. Robert McGregor 1840–1890 m. Jane Shaw 1833–1878
        1. 1. Duncan McGregor 1866–1908 m. Jemima (Kinnaird) Wishart 1869–1951

John Macgregor's Timeline

4 Records

1732
5 Apr 1732
Birth of John Gregory Campbell Macgregor in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
1732
19 Dec 1732
John Gregory Campbell Macgregor was baptized in Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
1783
24 APR 1783
Age 51
Death of John Gregory Campbell Macgregor
None
1784
Oct 1784
Age 52
Death of John Gregory Campbell Macgregor in St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England
St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Apr 1732
    Event Place: Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 19 Dec 1732
    Event Place: Balquhidder, Perth, Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Oct 1784
    Event Place: St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 APR 1783
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