Grigsby

Grigsby is an English surname derived from the name of a "lost" medieval village in Lincolnshire recorded in the Domesday Book as "Gredbi", which was itself a development of the Old Norse "Griot-byr".[1] The spelling "Grigsby" is believed to stem from a common progenitor, John Grigsby (1623–1730). Most Grigsbys in the United States trace their descent from this 17th-century landowner, in Stafford County, Virginia.[citation needed]

## Notable people named Grigsby

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* Andrew Jackson Grigsby (1819–1895), colonel for the Stonewall Brigade for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, and commander in the Battle of Antietam
* Beverly Grigsby (1928–2022), American musician
* Bill Grigsby (1922–2011), announcer for the Kansas City Chiefs
* Boomer Grigsby (born 1981), American football fullback
* Charles Grigsby (born 1978), American Idol contestant
* Chuck Grigsby (1928–2003), American basketball player
* Denver Grigsby (1901–1973), Major League Baseball outfielder
* Elisenda Grigsby, American mathematician
* Gary Grigsby, American game designer
* George Barnes Grigsby (1874–1962), delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska
* Hugh Blair Grigsby (1806–1881), Virginia statesman and historian
* J. Eugene Grigsby (1918–2013), American multimedia artist
* Jill S. Grigsby (born 1954), American sociologist
* John Grigsby, captain in the United States Army, leader in the Bear Flag Revolt and the Grigsby-Ide Party
* Lewis Grigsby (1867–1932), American real estate investor
* Margaret E. Grigsby (1923–2009), African American woman physician
* Melvin Grigsby (1845–1917), Attorney General of South Dakota
* Michael Grigsby (1936–2013), British filmmaker
* Nic Grigsby (born 1988), Canadian football running back
* Nicholas Grigsby (American football) (born 1992), American football linebacker
* Noel Grigsby (born 1991), American football wide receiver
* Otis Grigsby (born 1980), American football defensive end
* Pearl Grigsby Richardson (1896–1983), American educator, clubwoman
* Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of Abraham Lincoln
* Sioux K. Grigsby (1873–1968), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
* Tamara Grigsby (1974–2016), representative for the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Wayne Grigsby (born 1947), Canadian screenwriter and producer
* Will Grigsby (born 1970), American IBF light flyweight champion boxer

## See also

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* Grigsby, Kentucky

## References

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1. ^ SurnameDB, https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Grigsby#ixzz6qPckMynS

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