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Grigsby Family History

This is a locational name with a convoluted origin. It is of Lincolnshire background and derives from one of the "lost" medieval villages in the area called Grebby or Girsby, a developed form of the Old Norse-Viking "Griot-byr", the farm of Gryt. "Grebby" is recorded as "Gredbi" in the 1086 Domesday Book, and this spelling is carried forward into the original surnames, as in Margaret Greedgbe, who married John Borowdale at Lissington, Lincoln, on February 15th 1586. Margaret is also recorded as Gregbie, whilst other recordings of the same period include Richard Gregbi, who married Marie Wotherall at Kyme, on January 27th 1618...