Battle: | Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland |
Ship/Arrival: | Unity, Dec 1650 |
Prisoner and List: | |
Name Variations: | |
Residences: | |
Other SPOW Associations: |
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