GREY, JOHN [SSNE 6545]

Surname
GREY, GRAY
First name
JOHN
Nationality
ENGLISH
Region
BUILDWAS ABBEY, TELFORD

Text source

During the civil wars in Britain (1639-59) John Grey of Buildwas Abbey  near Telford, lost his lands and was expelled from England. Around 1643-4 he fled to Norway where he married Magdalene Bang, the daughter of a clergyman Gabriel Anderson Bang. Her father was the minister of Fjellberg parish and held several pieces of property. John became known as the count of Netteland, where he died circa 1666.

Statsarkiv, Bergen: L.H. Horton, Ancestral History of the Grey-Lason-Hjortaas family, (California, 1963), p.24.

 

English Civil War

Service record

ENGLAND, BERGEN, NORWAY
Arrived 1643-01-01
Departed 1666-12-31
Capacity MISC, purpose MISC