Peter Gregory Jr. was born on 4. Jan. 1780 at Hereford, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Peter Gregory Jr. was born on 4. Dec. 1786 at Hereford, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of
Peter Gregory and
Mary Susannah Gearhart. Peter Gregory Jr. married
Elizabeth Moss, daughter of
Joseph Moss and
Elizabeth Matoniar, b 1811 at Pennsylvania. Peter Gregory Jr. died on 26. Aug. 1842 at Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, at age 55. He was buried at Benscoter Cemetery, Union Twp., Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. To Judith Churchhill
From Fred F. Gregory, November 26, 2004: Peter, Jr. married Elizabeth Moss who was born 8 June 1789, in Bethel Twp., Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Her ancestors were in New Jersey and New York for several generations and were basically Dutch.
Peter, Jr. and Elizabeth lived their lives around Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. Peter, Jr. and his father were millers. Peter, Sr. built a mill above Shickshinny in 1790. Peter, Jr. and Elizabeth had eight children: Mary (6 Nov 1811), Christiana (12 Apr 1813 - 20 Jan 1901; she married Joshua Clark Bonham and have descendants living in Luzerne County, PA today), Wesley (2 Dec 1814), Carline Matilda (10 Jul 1816), Joseph (9 May 1818 - 22 Apr 1904), George (3 Feb 1820 - 8 April 1887), Austin (7 Jun 1823 - 1 Jan 1911) and Jacob (15 Jan 1825).
Peter, Jr. died 26 Aug 1842. Elizabeth died 2 Nov 1862. Both were buried in the Benscoter Cemetery, Union Twp., Luzerne County, PA.
From Fred F. Gregory, November 29, 2004: For Peter Gregory, Jr., I was in error in saying he was a miller. He was a farmer. In an 1880 history of Luzerne County, two of his sons were named as farming his former land (he had died by the time the book was done) but Richard, a brother of Peter, Jr., was still living on his own farm. The mill passed to other hands after Peter, Sr., fell asleep in the snow before any of his children were old enough to take up working the mill.