then retired again. Rear Admiral Gregory died in Brooklyn, New York, on October 4, 1866, and was buried at New Haven, Connecticut. Legacy Two ships were named USS Gregory for him. There is an old family story related to Admiral Gregory during his imprisonment in England during the War of 1812. He had been placed under "house arrest" at a country estate, where he lived by a gentleman's agreement not to attempt escape by passing beyond certain boundaries, one of which was defined by a large stone marker. At some point, there was a formal dinner party at another estate a mile or so away that the captain wished to attend, yet was beyond the set boundary. The dinner guests were surprised during the party by the arrival of the American captain, and he was accused of violating the terms of his incarceration by going beyond the marker. The captain smilingly ushered the complainants outside...where they found a wheelbarrow parked at the far corner of the house containing the large marker stone. Admiral Gregory was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John Shaw, an early naval commander and a hero of the 1st Barbary Coast campaign and the War of 1812. See also References Bibliography External links 1780 births 1866 deaths Union Navy admirals People from Norwalk, Connecticut United States Navy rear admirals United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812 People of Connecticut in the American Civil War Military personnel from Connecticut United States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom