The surname Gregg first appeared in England. Gregg is a variation of the name Gregson which derived the nickname “the son of Gregory”.The earliest written references to persons bearing the name Gregory as fort name in the counties of Yorkshire, and Lancaschire aproximately beetwen the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The ravages of time are the worst enemies of written documents; while the stone that was used to construct castles, towers and other structures often assured that these precious monuments were to survive to the present day, old scrolls were more often than not lost or even destroyed without leaving a trace. Nonetheless, careful research has revealed the following: The earliest written reference to someone with this surname pertains to a certain ‘Simon ful Greg’ mentioned in a document from the year 1273. In the passenger lists of individuals who undertook the often hazardous voyage to the American colonies in order to start a new life in a land of great natural wealth as well as political …
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