Thomas Gragg (abt. 1715 - bef. 1773)

Born about 1715 in Ireland

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Died before 17 Aug 1773 before about age 58 in Augusta, Virginia

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Thomas Gragg was a Virginia colonist.

Biography

Thomas Gragg was born December 3, 1715, in Ireland a son of John Gragg and Nancy Wood. Robert's family immigrated to America, when he was a child. The family lived first in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and then in Augusta County, Virginia, which was formed from Orange County in 1738. About 1735, in Orange County Virginia, Thomas married Elizabeth Sample, who was also born in Ireland, a daughter of Samuel Sample, born circa 1693. Thomas and Elizabeth became the parents of as many as eight children. ^[1]

Will of Thomas Gragg

The Will of Thomas Gragg was probated August 17, 1773: Compiled by Lyman Chalkley, (Three Volumes) Published: Baltimore, Maryland (1966) Vol 3 p. 104, 1773-April 19: Testator: Thomas Greggs, names Wife, Elizabeth; "My three children, Ann, May and Elizabeth"; Executors: Daniel Smith and Andrew Ervin; Test: John Warren, Samuel Samples, George Davis; Probate 17 August 1773: by oath of George Davis and affirmation of Jno Warren

Researchers Notes

• The first mention of Thomas in Augusta County, Virginia, court records, was 16 August, 1758 - "Thomas Gregg's bond with Samuel Sample as administrator of William Woods estate." On 16 February, 1764, Thomas bought 140 acres of land from Samuel Sample, on Dry Branch of Linville Creek. The area in which the Thomas Gragg family lived, is about three miles north, and west of Harrisonburg, Virginia." ^[2]

From: "Gragg Descent" ~ George Robert Gragg, pages 47 & 48 ^[3]

• Thomas Gragg was probably born about 1715, in Ireland. According to Morton in his "History of Pendleton Coun­ty, West Virginia," Thomas Gragg came from Ireland with his sons, Henry, and William, and was of Scotch ancestry."
• Thomas Gragg's will, dated April, 1773, Augusta County, Virginia, named his wife, Elizabeth, and children: Ann, Mary, and Elizabeth - sons Henry, and William, were not mentioned in the will. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Sample. Thomas apparently died soon after the making of his will, as appraisers for the estate were appointed, 17 August, 1773. Mary, daughter of Thomas, was bound out to her brother, William, in 1775. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, was bound out to her brother, William, in 1780.

Land Record 1 Mar 1773

Name: Thomas Gragg [Gregg]

Location: Augusta Co., VA

Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

Remarks: Patent to Thomas Gragg, wife Elizabeth, 1 Mar 1773.

Description: Patentee

Book: 19-349^[4][5]

Probate Record 20 Sep 1773

Name: Thomas Gragg

Date: 20 Sep 1773

Location: Augusta Co., VA

Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.

Remarks: Thomas Gragg's estate appraised by David Ralston, Henry Ewin, John Ewin.

Description: Decedent

Book: WB5-183^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/G3BG-Y5H
2. ↑ https://gregg-graggancestry.webs.com/johngraggourancester.htm
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/46376/person/6053732415/facts
4. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
5. ↑ Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
6. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.

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Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of pleeelliott1.GED on 13 April 2011
• Thank you to David Black for creating WikiTree profile Gragg-298 through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013.
• Thank you to David Black for creating WikiTree profile Gragg-290 through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013