“Goody” Gregory

Henry Gregory married - - ; nothing is known about her or her origins.

Children:

• 1. John (b.~1612-1615 Nottinghamshire, d.8/15/1689 Norwalk, CT, m.1635 Sarah St. John? (unproven), 7 children)
• 2. Perry/Perrie (female -- b.~1616-1619 Nottinghamshire, d.>1650 -- perhaps in England)(p.41)
• 3. Judah (b.~1620 Nottinghamshire, d.9/4/1649 Stratford, CT, m.6/20/1643 Sarah Burt, 2 children)(p.51, p.52)
• 4. Elizabeth (b. Nottinghamshire, d.1/24/1680-81, Norwalk, CT, m.1635 Richard Webb, 0 children)(p.41, p.42)
• 5. Elizaphatt (male -- likely died after 1655 since Henry's will suggests a second son living)(p.42)
• 6. Anne (bap. St. Peter's parish 1/29/1625 Nottinghamshire, d.1/15/1714 Oyster Bay, NY, m.1-1646 William Crooker, 2-1670 John Rogers, 4 children)(p.42, p.52, p.53)
• 7. Triphosa (bap 9/23/1627 Nottinghamshire, bur. 10/2/1629 Nottinghamshire)(p.42)
• 8. William (bap 6/271630 Nottinghamshire, bur. 8/6/1635 Nottinghamshire)(p.43)
• 9. Abigail (bap 3/17/1632 Nottinghamshire, bur. 3/25/1633 Nottinghamshire)(p.43)

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GEDCOM Note

Disputed Surname ===Henry Gregory was married and his children have a mother. No records of her were found in England. She was referred to as Goody Gregory and persons then used this as a surname. Goody was not a given name, but an abbreviation for Goodwife, much like the modern term "Mrs" which in early colonial times was reserved for women of some status. Parents were even attached following this imagined surname, Charles Goode/Gott and his wife.

Biography ==In Springfield, Massachusetts, Henry's wife was referred to only as Goody Gregory, when she and Henry were witnesses in a suit against John Woodcock, tried 15 Feb 1640/1. Unfortunately, GoodyGregory was herself then accused: : "Goody Gregory being accused by oath of John Woodcoke & Richard Williams for swearing before God I could break thy head: she did acknowld it was her great sin & fault & saith she hath bin much humbled for it.She is fined 12d to the pore to be paid to Henry Smyth within a month; of if she doe not she is to sit 3 hours in the stockes." It was the swearing before God that got her in trouble.<ref name=Gregory>Gregory, Grant. Ancestors and descendants of Henry Gregory. (Provincetown, Mass., The Compiler, 1938.) p. 37 Gregory cites the note book of William Phynchon, located at the Harvard Law School, inthe case of the law suit.</ref><ref>Green, Mason Arnold. Springfield, 1636-1886 : history of town and city : including an account of the quarter-millennial celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886 ( [Springfield, Mass.] : C.A. Nichols & Co., 1888) </ref>

"Goody" Gregory died between 15 Feb 1640/41, when she testified, and 5Jan 1641/2. On that date, Henry received a grant of land in the second division of only 8 rods, given to single men, not the 10 rods given to married men.<ref name=Gregory />

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• Ancestral File Number: WVH1-7L