Odds and Ends

"Samuel Gleig" Appears on a whaler's memorial in Chapter 7 of Moby Dick by Herman Melville.

"Gleig Place" is a Street name in Christchurch New Zealand.  View it as a on-line map or download map.  Tuesday is garbage collection day.   The Rev. George Robert Gleig is listed as a "Members of The Canterbury Association by which The Settlement of Canterbury was founded".  Listing found on the Canterbury Association Passenger Manifests.

Also relating to New Zealand there is mention of Reverend John Robert Gleig Taylor (vicar choral Hereford cathedral) on the Clergy at St. Michael's webpage.

John Cornelius Gleig member of the House of Assemby during the 1970's for Mablereign, Rhodesia.

Greenhill Cemetery Lindsay, Oklahoma 12 8 Logan Gleig "Pete" Logan 10-26-1914 10-23-1997

Kincardineshire and the Rebellion of 1745-46

On 7 May 1746 a general letter was transmitted to the various supervisors in Scotland asking them to make out a list of those who had in any way aided or abetted the Stewart Rebellion. Gleigs from Kincardineshire are shown below:

• Gleig, Adam Son to Robert Gleig, Drumlithie; went along with his father to assist the said French ship; at home.
• Gleig, Robert Smith, Drumlithie; went in arms to Stonehaven to assist a French Ship laden with arms etc. against one of His Majesty's Ships of War that had chas's her in there, and read an Intimation at the Kirk of Glenbervie ordering the people to pay their Excise to the Rebel's Collector; at home.
• Greig, James Son to Adam Greig, Bankhead of Ardica; carried arms in Rebellion, returned and submitted; at home.

Source: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/nescotland/articles/rebs3.htm

Gleig/Greig Variants:

McGREGOR, Sheila (ed), for the Clan Gregor Centre Archive, 1999. Assorted  Gregg Papers vol 4. Captain James Gregg b Ayrshire 1678 (Dr Herb Dedo).  Quaich vol 3 (10), 49-52. Greggs in Scotland in the 1600s. George James Greig b. Anstruther, Fife, 1840. Craig as a possible version. Gleig in Stirling. John son of  Captain David killed in Ireland 1689. The origin of the name David used by this Scots-Irish community.

Source: http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/cnmi/inventories/acc11713.pdf

House Of Names

Here is the summary text on House of Names, part of the larger 1800 word history. 

Origin Displayed: English. Gleig is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the region of Clegg in Rochdale in the county of Lancashire. In some cases, this name was derived from the Gaelic MacLiagh, meaning "son of the physician."

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clegg, Clegge, Cleg, Claig, Claigg, Claige, Cleig, Cleigg, Clegges, Clegs, Cllege, Cleagg, Cleagge and many more.

First found in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were:

Motto Translated: Let him take who can take.

Boxing Records

Bruce Gleig of Birkenhead, England is listed with a career total of W 1 (1 ko's)  |  L 3  |  D 0  |  Total 4 (all fights in Liverpool stadium, 1920-27).