Gregory, John

Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
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Published on: 11 June 2018, Updated: 15 Sep 2018
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust


John Gregory, #32 on “The Dunbar Prisoners” List


IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, in, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 253, John is categorized as:

Possible [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Gregory, John. No evidence found about him except his name on GS Stewart’s list. [SPOWS]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.


Misc. Notes:
There is a John Gregory in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He marries Hannah by 1669 in Weymouth and dies there in 1692. American Ancestors.com

There is also a John Gregory, Boston Merchant. American Ancestors.com

There is a “negro” servant named John Gregory born 1691. American Ancestors.com