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Colonel Samuel Pryor 1693–1763 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1693

Birth Location: Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 17 March 1763

Death Location: Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Pryor

Mother: Elizabeth Pryor

Spouse(s): Mary Thornton, Frances Meriwether, Margaret Gaines

Children(s): Martha Pryor, Thornton Pryor

In 1693, Colonel Samuel Pryor entered the world in Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA, born to Robert Pryor And Elizabeth Betty Virginia Green Pryor. Colonel Samuel Pryor married Frances Meriwether, Margaret Gaines, Mary Prudence Thornton, and had children including Martha Patsy Pryor, Thornton Pryor. Colonel Samuel Pryor passed away in 1763 in Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1693, Colonel Samuel Pryor entered the world in Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA, born to Robert Pryor And Elizabeth Betty Virginia Green Pryor.
  • Colonel Samuel Pryor married Frances Meriwether, Margaret Gaines, Mary Prudence Thornton, and had children including Martha Patsy Pryor, Thornton Pryor.
  • Colonel Samuel Pryor passed away in 1763 in Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Pryor
1663–1757
Birth Location: London, London, England, United Kingdom
RP
Elizabeth Pryor
1666–1761
Birth Location: Gloucester, Virginia, USA
EP

Spouses(s)

Mary Thornton
1699–1745
Birth Location: Gloucester, VA, USA
MT
Frances Meriwether
1720–1777
Birth Location: Richmond, Wise, Virginia, USA
FM
Margaret Gaines
1699–1778
Birth Location: Virginia, Virginia, USA
MG

Children(s)

Martha Pryor
1723–1780
Birth Location: Granville, North Carolina, United States
MP
Thornton Pryor
1726–1763
Birth Location: Amelia County, Virginia, USA
TP

Colonel Pryor's Ancestors

Self
Colonel Pryor
1693–1763
Birth Place: Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Parents
Robert Pryor
1663–1757
London, London, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth ('Betty' Virginia Green -) Pryor
1666–1761
Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert Pryor
1635–1720
Flintshire, Wales
Margaret (Patience) Lewis
1642–1689
Wapping St Johm or St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
Robert Green
1625–1693
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Mary Pritchett
1630–1693
Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Prior
1610–1670
Margaret Clayton
1612–1694
Richard Lewis
1613–1665
Placentia Towne
1617–1665
Ralph Green
1604–1688
Elizabeth Greene)
1613–1693
William Pritchett
1600–1679
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Pryor
1585–1616
Elizabeth Goodman
1590–1684
William Clayton
1566–1627
Margaret Cholmondelay
1570–1631
James **
1559–1622
Anne Gwraig
1575–1622
Arthur Towne
1597–1645
Ursula Gawsell
1598–1645
John Greene
1580–
Mary Thayer
1595–1636
Edmond (ENGLAND)
1583–1645
Mary (Possibly)
1588–

Colonel Pryor's Descendants

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Colonel (Samuel) Pryor (27 Aug 1693–17 March 1763) m. Mary (Prudence) Thornton (31 March 1699–3 May 1745) m. Frances Meriwether (1720–7 July 1777) m. Margaret Gaines (1699–3 June 1778)
  1. 1. Martha (Patsy) Pryor 1723–1780 m. John Gardner 1721–1800
    1. 1. Thomas Gardner 1756–1827 m. Jemima (D) Owings 1787–1864 m. Rebecca (Elizabeth "Betty") Waller 1754–1824 m. Jane McKee 1785–1847
      1. 1. Thomas Gardner 1785–1827 m. Jemima (D) Owings 1787–1864
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Buthama Duncan) Gardner 1809–1900 m. William (W.) Davis 1787–1862
        2. 2. Abram Gardner 1815–1881 m. Lucinda (A) Livingston 1836–1875
        3. 3. Jane (Kelsey) GARDNER 1814–1887 m. John (Alphord) Moore 1807–1878
        4. 4. Lewis (K) Gardner 1810–1880 m. Susannah (Caroline) Layton 1821–1885 m. Martha (Ann) Sikes 1816–1883
        5. 5. Houston Gardner 1811–1874 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Gardner 1819–1892
        6. 6. Martha (Jo) Gardner 1827–1880 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Shipley 1830–1860
        7. 7. Sarah (A) Gardner 1828–1909 m. John (Alfred) Griffin 1823–1901 m. Robert (H Griffin) Senior 1826–
        8. 8. Elizabeth Gardner 1809–1841 m. William Dorsey 1810–1838
        9. 9. Mary Gardner 1824–1880 m. William Langley 1816–1880 m. Baldie (James) Gardner 1812–1891
        10. 10. William (Hanan) Gardner 1807–1850 m. Amelia Gardner 1810–
        11. 11. Rueben (Thomas) Gardner 1827–1840
      2. 2. Daniel Gardner 1785–1872
      3. 3. Reuben Gardner 1790–1843 m. Lydia Bradford 1792–1856
        1. 1. Amanda Gardner 1824–1849 m. John (B) Gillespie 1808–1847 m. Lemuel (Butts) Stephenson 1825–1880
        2. 2. David Gardner 1827–1871
        3. 3. Mary Gardner 1825–1830
        4. 4. Milton (Reuben) Gardner 1829–1904
        5. 5. William (Hanaan) Gardner 1833–1881
        6. 6. James (B) Gardner 1831–
        7. 7. Thomas (Bradford) Gardner 1818–1869
        8. 8. Jane (Bradford) Gardner 1816–1860
        9. 9. John (Jefferson) Gardner 1820–1914
        10. 10. Martha Gardner 1822–
        11. 11. Amelia (Elizabeth) Gardner 1820–1892
        12. 12. Robert Gardner 1835–1836
      4. 4. Amelia Gardner 1788–1855 m. John Bell 1779–1863
        1. 1. William (Wilie) Bell 1811–1863 m. Mary (Ann Eliza) O'Kelley 1817–1853 m. Susan (Matilda) Parrott 1822–1889
        2. 2. John (Lawrence) Bell 1808–1884
        3. 3. James (B.) Bell 1812–
        4. 4. Jane (K.) Bell 1820–1882
        5. 5. John (T Bell) Jr 1807–1890
        6. 6. John (Lawrence) Bell 1807–1886
        7. 7. Jane (K.) Bell 1814–1882
        8. 8. Thomas (G) Bell 1810–
        9. 9. William (Wilie) Bell 1811–1863 m. Mary (Ann Eliza) O'Kelley 1817–1853 m. Susan (Matilda) Parrott 1822–1889
        10. 10. James (B.) Bell 1812–
        11. 11. John (T Bell) Jr 1807–1890
      5. 5. Jason (H) Gardner 1772–1826 m. Mary (K “Polly” Minter) (Gardner) 1778–1866 m. Sarah* Stuckey 1768–1835
        1. 1. Mariah (Elizabeth) Gardner 1814–1893
        2. 2. Rebecca (Minter) Gardner 1822–1798
        3. 3. Virgil (Homer\Hunter) Gardner 1808–1881
        4. 4. Nancy ((Ann) Gardner) Twin 1800–1832
        5. 5. Louisa (Cotton) Gardner 1805–1850
        6. 6. Garland (T) Gardner 1810–1856
        7. 7. Mary (Ann) Gardner 1812–
        8. 8. Dicy ((Eurydice)) Gardner 1798–1862 m. John (A) FLEMING 1792–1823 m. Harry ("Handy") Alford 1794–1861
        9. 9. Lewis Gardner 1793–1865
        10. 10. Thomas Gardner 1803–
        11. 11. Hannah Gardner 1796–1882
        12. 12. Elizabeth Gardner 1800–
        13. 13. Ann (Powell) Gardner 1806–1881
        14. 14. Martha (Lynn) Gardner 1821–
        15. 15. John (Morgan) Gardner 1817–
      6. 6. Nancy Gardner 1778–1800
      7. 7. John (Daniel) Gardner 1786–1837
      8. 8. Frances Gardner 1784–1841
      9. 9. Martha (Pryor) Gardner 1788–1829 m. Guilford Tally 1783–1858
        1. 1. Guilford (Talley) Jr 1815–1870 m. Eunice ((Henry) Tally Step 4th) GGM 1824– m. Susan Tally 1812–1850
      10. 10. Jacob Gardner 1799–1838
      11. 11. James (T) Gardner 1787–1843
      12. 12. George Gardner 1780–1854
      13. 13. Thomas (Gardner) Jr 1790–1874 m. Elizabeth Cutts 1795–1873
        1. 1. Lorten Gardner 1829–1899
        2. 2. Delilia Gardner 1824–1885
        3. 3. Thomas Gardner 1828–1885 m. Martha (A.(Patsy)) Smith 1830–1900
      14. 14. Polley Gardner 1780–1813 m. Francis Balthrop 1780–1858
        1. 1. John (Christian) Balthrop 1810–1892
        2. 2. Thomas (Gardner) Balthrop 1808–1881 m. Mariah (L HINSON) HENSON 1813–1884
        3. 3. James (Madison) Balthrop 1813–
        4. 4. Jordan (R) Balthrop 1826–1904
        5. 5. Patsy (Kemp) Balthrop 1805–
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Waller) Balthrop 1807–1880
        7. 7. Major (William) Balthrop 1811–
      15. 15. Lewis Gardner 1785–
      16. 16. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Gardner 1781–1850 m. Joseph Tanner 1781–1829
        1. 1. Robert (H) Tanner 1805–1878 m. Thetus (W.) Tanner 1811–1870
        2. 2. Elizabeth Tanner 1807–
        3. 3. Mary Tanner 1811–
        4. 4. Martha (F.) Tanner 1816–1881 m. Irijah Smith 1811–1887
        5. 5. John (Benjamin) Tanner 1802–1900 m. Susannah Stroud 1805–1879 m. Rachel (E) Potts 1848–1920
        6. 6. Susan Tanner 1810–1881
        7. 7. Nancy Tanner 1800–1885 m. John (D) White 1800–1856
        8. 8. Dorcus Tanner 1821–
      17. 17. William (Lewis) Gardner 1802–1847 m. Milley (Ann) Welch 1808–1870 m. Elizabeth Coward 1802–1841
        1. 1. Nancy (R.) Gardner 1843–1890
        2. 2. Franklin (Polk) Gardner 1845–1926
        3. 3. Philamon (Oglethorpe) Gardner 1831–1905
        4. 4. Daniel Gardner 1827–1908
        5. 5. Frances (Ann) Gardner 1835–1909
        6. 6. John (Curry) Gardner 1829–1906
        7. 7. Floyd (C) Gardner 1834–1860
        8. 8. Joseph (W) Gardner 1839–1880 m. Mary (J.) Fuller 1843–
        9. 9. James (I) Gardner 1838–1864
        10. 10. Benjamin (G) Gardner 1841–1861
        11. 11. Jane (E) Gardner 1823–1895 m. Benjamin Gray 1820–1856
        12. 12. William (Lewis) Gardner 1825–1856
    2. 2. Pryor Gardner 1758–1827 m. Drucilla ((mar Pryor Gardner)) Rose 1755–1806
      1. 1. Martha ((daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1808–
      2. 2. Sarah ((daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1781–1861
      3. 3. William (Henry (son of Pryor Sr) Gardner) Sr 1781–1840
      4. 4. Elizabeth ((daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1802–1872
      5. 5. Polly (P (daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1780–
      6. 6. Frances (Fanny (daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1789–1861
      7. 7. Elisha ((son of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1787–1827
      8. 8. Sterling Gardner –1827
      9. 9. Jackey ((daug of Pryor Sr)) Gardner 1805–
      10. 10. Martha Gardner 1776–1850
      11. 11. Susan ((Sacky\Sooky)) Gardner 1786–1861
      12. 12. John Gardner 1788–1810
      13. 13. Rushing Gardner 1779–
      14. 14. Anne Gardner 1780–
    3. 3. Mary Gardner 1762–1763
    4. 4. John Gardner 1748–1796
    5. 5. William (B.) Gardner 1748–1796
    6. 6. William Gardner 1744–1830
    7. 7. John (A) Gardner 1768–1830
    8. 8. Pryor Gardner 1741–1747
    9. 9. Betty Gardner 1742–1743
    10. 10. Thomas Gardner 1745–1760
    11. 11. Christopher Gardner 1752–1760
    12. 12. Kemp Gardner 1754–1755
    13. 13. Betty Gardner 1759–1806
    14. 14. Sterling Gardner 1762–1843
    15. 15. John (A) Gardner 1740–1830
    16. 16. George GARDNER 1750–1817
  2. 2. Thornton Pryor 1726–1763

Colonel Pryor's Timeline

5 Records

1693
27 Aug 1693
Birth of Colonel Samuel Pryor in Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
1705
1705
Age 12
Colonel Samuel Pryor was married in Gloucester, VA, Virginia, USA
Gloucester, VA, Virginia, USA
1742
1742
Age 49
Colonel Samuel Pryor was married in Gloucester Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Gloucester Co, VA, Virginia, USA
1750
1750-1797
Age 57
Colonel Samuel Pryor resided here in Goochland, Virginia, USA
Goochland, Virginia, USA
1763
17 March 1763
Age 70
Death of Colonel Samuel Pryor in Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Aug 1693
    Event Place: Gloucester, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1705
    Event Place: Gloucester, VA, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1742
    Event Place: Gloucester Co, VA, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1750-1797
    Event Place: Goochland, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: The Douglas Register

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 March 1763
    Event Place: Amelia, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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