Background
He was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1612, the son of Henry Gregory and Mary Goody Gregory. He emigrated with his father in the early 1630s.
He was born in Nottinghamshire, England in 1612, the son of Henry Gregory and Mary Goody Gregory. He emigrated with his father in the early 1630s.
He was a deputy of the General Court of the Connecticut Colony in the sessions of October 1659, October 1662, May 1663, May 1665, October 1667, May 1668, May and October 1669, October 1670, October 1671, May 1674, May 1675, October 1677, May 1679, October 1680, May 1681, October 1695. He is known to have lived in the New Haven Colony between 1639 and 1646. In 1644, he was admitted to the New Haven Court.
Roger Ludlow purchased the land that would become Norwalk in 1640.
Ludlow contracted with fourteen men for the original planting of Norwalk. In 1649, Richard Olmsted and Nathaniel Ely became the first two settlers.
One of the fourteen was Richard Webb, whose wife was John Gregory"s sister. John Gregory lived in the East Norwalk section of Norwalk, along what is now East Avenue.
He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founding settlers of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.
The group chose the present day site of Newark for a new settlement. Matthew Canfield was among the Norwalk settlers who left to settle Newark.
He was an active member of the community, holding office almost continuously during his life in Norwalk.