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, colonel for the Stonewall Brigade for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, and commander in the Battle of Antietam
* Beverly Grigsby, American musician
* Bill Grigsby, announcer for the Kansas City Chiefs
* Boomer Grigsby, American football fullback
* Charles Grigsby, American Idol contestant
* Chuck Grigsby, American basketball player
* Denver Grigsby, Major League Baseball outfielder
* Elisenda Grigsby, American mathematician
* Gary Grigsby, American game designer
* George Barnes Grigsby, delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska
* Hugh Blair Grigsby, Virginia statesman and historian
* J. Eugene Grigsby, American multimedia artist
* Jill S. Grigsby, American sociologist
* John Grigsby, captain in the United States Army, leader in the Bear Flag Revolt and the Grigsby-Ide Party
* Lewis Grigsby, American real estate investor
* Margaret E. Grigsby, African American woman physician
* Melvin Grigsby, Attorney General of South Dakota
* Michael Grigsby, British filmmaker
* Nic Grigsby, Canadian football running back
* Nicholas Grigsby (American football), American football linebacker
* Noel Grigsby, American football wide receiver
* Otis Grigsby, American football defensive end
* Pearl Grigsby Richardson, American educator, clubwoman
* Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of Abraham Lincoln
* Sioux K. Grigsby, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
* Tamara Grigsby, representative for the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Wayne Grigsby, Canadian screenwriter and producer
* Will Grigsby, 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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