An American Family History

Anne Hadley Gregg

The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.

Ann Hadley was born about 1717 in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Simon Hadley.

She married Richard Gregg on April 12, 1735 at the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Richard was born on February 6, 1718, in New Castle County, Delaware. His parents were George Gregg and Sarah Hogg.

Simon Gregg (1736),
Sarah Gregg (1738, married Andrew Smith),
Ruth Gregg (1739, married William Bracken),
Jacob Gregg (1741, Susannah Underwood),
William Gregg (1744)
Miriam Gregg (1746)
Deborah Gregg (1747)
Phoebe Gregg (1749)

About 1734 Richard requested a certificate from Newark Monthly Meeting to New Garden Monthly Meeting in Chester County, Pennsylvania where he married Ann.

Richard made his last will on September 17, 1754 at Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware.

His will was probated on Oct 21, 1754 with his cousins Samuel and Harmon Gregg as trustees.

A yeoman was a man who owned and cultivated a small farm. He belonged to the class below the gentry or land owners. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.

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