‘Placeholder’ Gresham

This ‘Placeholder’ Father Gresham profile has all the known grandchildren of Edward Immigrant listed because their parents are unproven. Their parents are either John or George or Edward on the 1704 QRR for King and Queen, Virginia, the 3 sons of Edward Immigrant Gresham without known children. Thomas d. 1741 has documented children.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-547

(Haplog R-BY56690 is the beginning haplog for all biological US Greshams descending from Edward Gresham Immigrant to Virginia in 1650. All biological Gresham males descendants who test at FtDNA and the Big Y 700 Gresham Surname Project have this haplog. Haplog R-U198 is attached to this profile in error)

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-547

John or Edward or George or Thomas Gresham are estimated to have been born between 1665-1670. These are the 4 Gresham men listed on 1704 QRR for King and Queen County. They are the theorized sons of Edward Gresham Immigrant to Virginia in 1650.

Only the son Thomas d. 1741 with wife Mary has 4 children that are named. The other three men may have been the fathers of these group children.

There are no records that absolutely prove whether George or John or Edward is the father for the next generation of Gresham children. It is not correct to assign children to one of these 3 debated men as the father without proper valid documentation.

The only other option is to create a separate profile using all three names which then becomes unwieldy. So they are all grouped together here as a THEORY ONLY but it is more genealogically correct than dividing them up and putting some under George, some under Edward, some under John with just a loose theory. There are certain groupings of siblings that are closely associated by deeds, wills and migration patterns but to know for certain which man their father is problematic.

Note: A Ydna Study is currently underway at FTDNA and is trying to align the descendant lines of these 4 Gresham men. If you are a Gresham male please consider joining the Gresham/Grissom/Grisham Surname Project at 111 markers and then the Big Y Project.

Attached children

As of 16 April 2022, Wikitree has:

1. Henry Gresham (abt. 1690 - abt. 1766)
2. Ambrose Gresham (abt. 1700 - bef. 1752) m Alice
3. John Gresham (abt. 1700 - abt. 1745) m Barbara (Holcombe) Rash Father of Rhoda Gresham
4. Lawrence Gresham (abt. 1700) m Mary Townley
5. George Gresham (abt. 1710 - abt. 1785) m Sarah (Dinwedddie)
6. Mary (Gresham) Lee (abt. 1710 - aft. 1763) m Richard Henry Lee II Esq
7. Philip Gresham (abt. 1710 - abt. 1780) m ? Father of John Gresham
8. Robert Gresham (abt. 1712 - abt. 1766) m Mary Harris had son Harris
9. James Gresham (abt. 1715 - 1770) m Elizabeth (Williams)
10. Edward Gresham Sr. (abt. 1720 - bef. 1787) m 1) (probably) Mary Holcomb 2) Mary (unknown) son Harris
11. Louvenia (Gresham) Forrest (abt. 1724 - aft. 1779) m William Forrest

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DNA Studies

Please refer to the discussions about DNA on R U-198 haplog error being automatically assigned by WIKI in error.

U198 is not a Gresham Haplogroup, it is a Winters haplog. Questions can be directed to Woody Hewitt at FTDNA or the Gresham/Grisham/Grissom Surname Study or the Big Y Gresham group.

References

• Milt's Theories of Early Virginia Greshams-Research Notes (Shared by Private Researcher) Posted 23 Jun 2020. < AncestryImage >
• Gresham, Robinson & Allied Families https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6989691/person/-11...
• Various sources and theories of Gresham family researchers. See Research Shared by Private Researcher on profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-86
• Numerous Gresham Genealogies found online.
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/gresham-grissom/about/background