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Capt David McGregor

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Capt David McGregor

Birth
Mansfield, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
4 Jul 1828 (aged 83–84)
Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Burial
Mayville, Chautauqua County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Revolutionary War officer. He was the grandson of Rev. James McGregor, who was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New England. His father was Rev. David McGregor.

He pursued a Collegiate course and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. He entered service in the American army at Winter Hill, Mass., in June or July, 1775, as First Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Moore's Company, Col. John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment. He was commissioned Captain Aug. 4, 1777, and in Dec., 1778, was transferred to the 2nd New Hampshire Reg't, commanded by Lieut. Col. George Reid, and later served as Captain of a company designated at various times as Capt. David McGregor's 4th and 1st Company. His name last appears on the Company muster roll for April, 1783. He was allowed a pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while residing at Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y. In 1820 he was living at Ripley, Chautauqua County, N. Y. He was married to Elizabeth Holland, who was born in 1764 and died in 1828. Their children were: Elizabeth, died in infancy; Stephen, born 1785, married Hulda Jones; David, born 1789,
married Clarissa Munson; Mary, married William Van Dusen. Captain McGregor was a member of the first Masonic Lodge, organized in Londonderry, N. H.

see History of Londonderry by Rev. Edward L. Parker p. 280-282 which gives the history of the McGregor family)
Contributor: Beth Davies (46824168)
Revolutionary War officer. He was the grandson of Rev. James McGregor, who was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New England. His father was Rev. David McGregor.

He pursued a Collegiate course and was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1774. He entered service in the American army at Winter Hill, Mass., in June or July, 1775, as First Lieutenant in Capt. Daniel Moore's Company, Col. John Stark's New Hampshire Regiment. He was commissioned Captain Aug. 4, 1777, and in Dec., 1778, was transferred to the 2nd New Hampshire Reg't, commanded by Lieut. Col. George Reid, and later served as Captain of a company designated at various times as Capt. David McGregor's 4th and 1st Company. His name last appears on the Company muster roll for April, 1783. He was allowed a pension on his application executed April 10, 1818, while residing at Romulus, Seneca County, N. Y. In 1820 he was living at Ripley, Chautauqua County, N. Y. He was married to Elizabeth Holland, who was born in 1764 and died in 1828. Their children were: Elizabeth, died in infancy; Stephen, born 1785, married Hulda Jones; David, born 1789,
married Clarissa Munson; Mary, married William Van Dusen. Captain McGregor was a member of the first Masonic Lodge, organized in Londonderry, N. H.

see History of Londonderry by Rev. Edward L. Parker p. 280-282 which gives the history of the McGregor family)
Contributor: Beth Davies (46824168)


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  • Added: Nov 6, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8065788/david-mcgregor: accessed ), memorial page for Capt David McGregor (1744–4 Jul 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8065788, citing Mayville Cemetery, Mayville, Chautauqua County, New York, USA; Maintained by Shiver (contributor 46539565).