Descendants of Thomas DeGrish/DeGrish of Trinity, Newfoundland

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Descendants of Thomas de Grecia/ de Gruchy



This tree, researched 20 years ago by a Canadian descendant of the Newfoundland DeGrish family, was given to Guy Dixon. It has proved impossible to establish definite links to the de Gruchy family of Jersey, although these are likely to have existed. [1] A further descent, from Elias Degrushe, generation 3, has been added, subject to future verification of Elias`s baptism in 1718. Members of this immediate family, prior to emigration were, with the exception of one soldier, most likely shipyard workers and mariners. The tree was first added in 2021

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  • 1 Elias Degresha (1660?- ) in Arundel, Sussex [2] m Mary Unknown
    • 2 Mary DeGresha (1698- )
  • 1 Thomas de Grecia (1660?- ) "of Jersey" m (1683, Newport, IOW) Frances Hambleton [3] perhaps father of:
    • 2 Philip Degreshe (1685?-) of Christchurch [4] m (14/01/1710, Christchurch, Hants.) Mary Bartholomew ( -1735)
    • 2 Thomas Degreshe (1690-1750) [5] m (14/01/1710, Christchurch) Charity Virge. In the next generation:
      • 3 Mary Degreshe ( -1720) [6]
      • 3 Thomas DeGreshe or DeGrish (1712?-1762) [7] m (1750, Christchurch) Elizabeth Newsam [8]
        • 4 Mary Degreshe, or DeGrish, (1751- ) Chichester [9] m (1783, Christchurch) William Hopkins
        • 4 Son DeGrish (1753- )
        • 4 Eliza DeGrish (1753- ) twin? m (1771, Trinity, Nfld.) Joseph Troke, of Hampshire
        • 4 Anne DeGrish (1755?-1795) m (1788, St Paul, Nfld.) Jonathan Combes, of Somerset
        • 4 Thomas DeGrish (1758-1823) of Trinity, Nfld. m (1806, Trinity, Nfld.) Mary White, d of William and Honora Archer, his wife
          • 5 Elizabeth DeGrish (1807- )
          • 5 Thomas DeGrish (1811-1886)( Trinity, Nfld.)
          • 5 William DeGrish (1815-1905) [10] m Joanna Seward (1824-1890)
            • 6 Thomas DeGrish (1844-by 1856)
            • 6 William John DeGrish (1847-1906) (Nova Scotia) m (1871, N.S.) Sarah House (1848-1923), d of William and Ann Piercey, his wife
              • 7 Arthur George DeGrish (1872-1891) ae 19
              • 7 William Charles DeGrish (1873-1915) (Ontario) [11] m (1905, Nova Scotia) Maud Matthews (1885-1915)
              • 7 Annie DeGrish (1875-1877)
              • 7 Jessie DeGrish (1877-1969) [12] m (1911, N.S.) Edward Henry Carr (1871-1944)
              • 7 Ada DeGrish (1878-1879)
              • 7 Helen Lilian DeGrish (1881-1966) [13] m (1905, N.S.) Joseph Ivey (1880-1935)
              • 7 Jane DeGrish (1883-1965) [14] m (1909, N.S.) John Wilson Gillis (1883-1963)
              • 7 Walter DeGrish (1884-1884)
              • 7 John Dixon DeGrish (1885-1886)
              • 7 Alonzo DeGrish (1887-1918) [15]
            • 6 George DeGrish (1849-1938) (Trinity, Nfld.) [16] m (1877, Trinity Bay) Bertha Brown ( -1922), d of Septimus
              • 7 Frances Ann DeGrish (1879- ) m (1901, St John, Nfld.) Charles Moores
              • 7 Henrietta Ethel DeGrish (1881-1957) m (1903, St John, Nfld.) Robert James Randell (1869-1920)
              • 7 Sarah DeGrish (1883-1984) m Harold Simms
              • 7 Florence DeGrish (1885- ) m (1911, St John, Nfld.) Matildus Emile Davidsen (Norway)
              • 7 Julia DeGrish (1888- ) m Walter Toope of Trinity Bay
              • 7 Minnie Seager DeGrish (1892- ) m (1918, N.S.) Samuel James Hefferson (1896-1980)
            • 6 Mary Elizabeth DeGrish (1851- ) m (1878, Trinity, Nfld.) Thomas Myers Hunt, s of William and Jane, his wife
            • 6 Anna Maria DeGrish (1854- )
            • 6 Thomas DeGrish (1856-1929) (St John`s) m 1 Unknown; 2 (1885, Nfld.) Cecilia Susan Morris, d of Robert and Catherine Tavernor
              • 7 Walter DeGrish [17] m (1916, Philadelphia) Mary E. Ellmore
              • 7 Gordon William DeGrish (1890-1951) m (1898) Myrtle Rita Fader (1898-1968)
            • 6 Aubrey DeGrish (1859-1859)
            • 6 Fanny Loraine DeGrish (1861-1863)
            • 6 Frances Louisa De Grish (1864-1881)
        • 4 Jean DeGrish (1759- )
      • 3 Elias Degrushe (1718?-1775) (Hants. > New York) [18] m Mary Unknown
        • 4 Elias Degrushe (1736-1781) (NY) [19] m (1761, NY) Sarah A. Myers (1724- )
          • 5 James Elias DeGrushe (1766-1816) (NY) [20] m 1 (?1805) Rhoda Unknown (1780-1808)
            • 6 Rhoda DeGrushe (1805- ) (NY)
            • 6 James Olmstead DeGrushe (1806-1881) (NY) [21] m (1832, NY) Mary Lyon (1811-1888)
              • 7 Mary DeGrushe (1846- ) (NY) [22]
            • 6 Sarah Myers DeGrushe (1808- ) (NY)
            • 6 Fannie DeGrushe [23]
          • by the 2nd marriage of James Elias DeGrushe, m (?1808, Washington Co.) Lucy Unknown (1785- )
            • 6 Edward C. DeGrushe (1809-1884) (NY > Maine) [24] m Betty Woodard (1819-1900)
              • 7 William James DeGrushe (1841-1865) (Maine) [25] m (1864, Saratoga) Henrietta Hill (1843- )
              • 7 Melvina (Amanda) DeGrushe (1842-1905) (Maine) m (1862, Fillmore) David Thomas Allen (1838-1922)
              • 7 Eliza J. DeGrushe (1848-1879) (Maine) m (1865, Maine) John D. Brink
            • 6 Adeliza DeGrushe (1811-1871) (NY)
            • 6 Benjamin B. DeGrushe (1811-1856) (NY)
            • 6 Egbert Emery DeGrushe (1813-1870) (NY)
            • 6 Samuel DeGrushe (1816-1863) (NY)
        • 4 Adam Degrushe (1737-1777) (NY) [26] m (1764, NY) Jane Stymest
        • 4 Cornelius Degrushe (1749- ) (NY)
        • 4 Thomas Degrushe (1750- ) (NY)
        • 4 Robert Degrushe
        • 4 Mary Degrushe m Edward King

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Known members of the Jersey de Gruchy family, living on the south coast of England did experience their surname being recorded as de Greschye and Degres[h]ue, and Degrish, see Descendants_of_Noel_de_Gruchy_and_Jeanne_Langlois
  2. ↑ Soldier (1698)
  3. ↑ Henry Coutanche, in Channel Islands Family History Journal, No. 84, (1999), 106: "Strays"
  4. ↑ Note: Philip and Thomas Degreshe married in Christchurch on the same day, their marriages being being recorded simultaneously. They were no doubt brothers
  5. ↑ Of Christchurch, Hampshire
  6. ↑ Probable daughter of Philip or Thomas, buried 19/6/1720, Christchurch, Hampshire
  7. ↑ Thomas married as “Degreshe” but afterwards spelt his name Degrish or DeGrish. He and Elizabeth settled at Trinity, Newfoundland, where he bought a seat in the Church, in 1753, from Richard Brown. He was, from the outset, a prosperous citizen. The 1753 Census of Trinity, Newfoundland, records him as being a planter on the west side, with a wife and no family present. They employed 10 English and 5 Irish servants, 11 of whom were winter servants. The fact that some part of their employed staff was seasonal and that the census also records his ownership of “two boats” might suggest that he was both a Planter and fishery owner. His entry in the 1754 Census adds to the boats, a skiff. He now had 8 English and 8 Irish servants, also a son and a daughter. He was clearly high-handed: In September 1758, he was charged with turning cows into the churchyard, which broke the fence, and beating John Green, clerk of the peace. He was fined
  8. ↑ She married secondly, Thomas Gestican of Newfoundland
  9. ↑ Mary seems to have remained in Christchurch, Hampshire, where she married. She was perhaps poorly when her parents left; she was also absent from the 1753 Trinity, Newfoundland Census
  10. ↑ Planter and Fisherman
  11. ↑ Clerk. His age at death is a little ambiguous. Furthermore, it is recorded online as having been in York County as well as Toronto County, both being in Ontario
  12. ↑ She died in Victoria, British Columbia
  13. ↑ She died in Vancouver, British Columbia
  14. ↑ She also died in Victoria, British Columbia
  15. ↑ Of Halifax, Nova Scotia
  16. ↑ Occupation, in 1885: Courier
  17. ↑ Died at Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania
  18. ↑ Shown on a U.S. online tree as brother of Thomas, baptised at Holy Rood, Southampton in 1718. Information/proof request has not been acted upon
  19. ↑ "Sergeant, Major Thomas Barclay`s Company, Flushing, Long Island, 18/6/1781. Fought for the British: Sergeant, Loyal American Regiment of Loyalists, at the Battle of Yorktown Heights (1781) and died as a result, 28/10/1781"
  20. ↑ Citizen and Ropemaker of New York, Free of that City, 1/8/1787. Died Sabbath Day Point, Bolton, Washington CO., NY: "Glen`s Falls (NY) Oct. 31: Melancholy accident. On Wednesday evening, 23rd October last, near Sabbath Day Point on Lake George, a boat was upset in a gale and four persons drowned. Their names were [--] Rhodes, Thomas Herdiet, James Degrushe and William Comstock. Rhodes and Degrushe left large families in needy circumstances. The boat being in ballast with stone, sunk immediately in more than 200 foot of water."
  21. ↑ Carpenter: US Census (1870)
  22. ↑ Teacher (1870)
  23. ↑ Twin or of 2nd marriage?
  24. ↑ Farmer, of Pilot Mount, Fillmore, Maine
  25. ↑ Farm hand on his father`s farm
  26. ↑ Born Mayfield, Fulton Co., New York, where he died in 1777
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