Greep is as an Old English byname and was listed in Saxon times as AEdelwold des Greta c. 900. The same source listed AEdelmaeres Greatan in 1017.
Greep is thought to have been derived from the Old English word "great", or less commonly from Greta(f), probably short for Margaret. 1
Greet is a chapelry, in the parish and union of Winchcomb, Lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, in Gloucestershire and a parish, in the union of Tenbury, hundred of Overs in Shropshire. 2
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Greep Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Greet, Grete, Greetan, Greeton, Greep, Greeter and others.
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Early Notables of the Greep family
Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Greeting (fl. 1675), English musician who published in 1675 'The Pleasant Companion, or new Lessons and Instructions for the Flagelet.' Pepys engaged him to teach his... Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Greep Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Greep migration to Australia
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Mr. George Greep, (b. 1806), aged 38, English farm labourer who was convicted in Exeter, Devon, England for 10 years for stealing, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 9th May 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1870 3