Samuel GREGG

1842 - 1923  (81 years)

• Name	Samuel GREGG
  Born	08 Apr 1842  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Sep 1923  [1, 2]
  Buried	23 Sep 1923	Lower Brandywine Presbyterian, New Castle Co. DE
  Person ID	I16644	Primary
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Peter Walraven GREGG,   b. 1809,   d. 10 Feb 1887  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann SHIELDS,   b. 1821,   d. 08 Mar 1894  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F6522	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret A. CHANDLER,   b. 06 Sep 1848,   d. 18 Mar 1914, Christiana Hundred, New Castle Co., DE  (Age 65 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1867  [3]
  Children	1. Elsie GREGG,   b. 21 Sep 1868,   d. 21 Mar 1927  (Age 58 years) + 2. Willard S. GREGG,   b. 15 May 1870,   d. 11 Dec 1951  (Age 81 years) + 3. Irwin Walraven GREGG,   b. Abt 1875,   d. 14 Jun 1947  (Age ~ 72 years) + 4. Joseph C. GREGG,   b. 16 Nov 1882,   d. 19 Mar 1931  (Age 48 years) + 5. Helen L. GREGG,   b. 20 Jul 1885,   d. 13 Aug 1977  (Age 92 years)   6. Elizabeth GREGG
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2017
  Family ID	F6523	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] Death Certificate. [S247] Newspaper Clipping, The Evening Journal - Wilmington DE, 21 Sep 1923. Gregg Funeral Sunday Afternoon Funeral of Samuel Gregg who died on Thursday morning, will be held from his late residence at Centreville at 2.30 o'clock, advanced time, on Sunday afternoon. Interment will be at the cemetery of the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church, near Centreville, of which church he had been a member since 1866 Mr. Gregg was in his eighty-second year. He was the son of Peter W. and Mary A. Gregg and was born on April 8, 1842, on the old Gregg property near DuPont station, Montchanin, which had been in the possession of the family for seven generations. His ancestors came from Scotland in 1684 and bought a large tract of land in that neighborhood from William Penn, on part of which the duPont powder mills formerly stood. Mr. Gregg, who was the seventh bearing the name of Samuel, sold the homestead to the DuPont family about 36 years ago and purchased the old Chandler estate at Centreville, where he lived until the time of his death. He was educated at the Clarkson Taylor School, and was a member of the Fifth Delaware Regiment, which was stationed at Fort DuPont during the Civil War. His wife, who was Margaret A. Chandler, daughter of Dr. Joseph P. Chandler, died about nine year ago. The deceased is survived by three sons and three daughter. They are: Mrs. Henry Eves, Wilmington; Willard S. Gregg, who resides on the farm at Centreville; Mrs. Thomas Y. Wilson, Germantown; Irwin W. Gregg, Malvern, Pa.; Joseph C. Gregg, Brandywine Springs and Mrs. Henry Wilson, of this city. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Frederick Darlington. [S276] NEWS: Del Co Republican (Reliability: 3), 08 Nov 1867. Marriage On the 23d ult., at the residence of the brideparents, by the Rev. David W. Moore, Mr. SAMUEL GREGG , of Christiana Hundred, to Miss MAGGIE A. CHANDLER, daughter of Dr. J.P. Chandler, of Centreville, Delaware.