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Richard Pryor 1663–1757 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 JAN 1663

Birth Location: Flintshire, Wales, England

Death Date: 29 OCT 1757

Death Location: Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Sr.

Mother: Margaret Lewis

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Pryor, Mildred Pryor, Anne Bland

Children(s): Colonel Pryor, Richard Pryor, Mary Pryor, John Pryor, Samuel Pryor, Phillip Pryor

In 1663, Richard Pryor entered the world in Flintshire, Wales, England, born to Robert Pryor Sr And Margaret Patience Donniger Lewis. Richard Pryor married Anne Bland, Elizabeth Betty Virginia Green Pryor, Mildred Pryor, and had children including Colonel Samuel Pryor, John Pryor, Mary Pryor, Phillip Pryor, Richard Pryor, Samuel Pryor. Richard Pryor passed away in 1757 in Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1663, Richard Pryor entered the world in Flintshire, Wales, England, born to Robert Pryor Sr And Margaret Patience Donniger Lewis.
  • Richard Pryor married Anne Bland, Elizabeth Betty Virginia Green Pryor, Mildred Pryor, and had children including Colonel Samuel Pryor, John Pryor, Mary Pryor, Phillip Pryor, Richard Pryor, Samuel Pryor.
  • Richard Pryor passed away in 1757 in Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sr.
1635–1720
Birth Location: Flintshire, Wales, England
RS
Margaret Lewis
1642–1689
Birth Location: Wapping St Johm or St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
ML

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Pryor
1666–1761
Birth Location: Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, Virginia
EP
Mildred Pryor
1666–1790
Birth Location: Gloucester, Virginia, USA
MP
Anne Bland
1735–
Birth Location: Jordan's Point, Prince George, Virginia, USA
AB

Children(s)

Colonel Pryor
1693–1766
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
CP
Richard Pryor
1706–1757
Birth Location: Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
RP
Mary Pryor
1687–1727
Birth Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
MP
John Pryor
1695–1771
Birth Location: Virginia
JP
Samuel Pryor
–1783
Birth Location: Charlotte Co, VA
SP
Phillip Pryor
1710–1769
Birth Location: Gloucester County, Virginia, United States of America
PP

Richard Pryor's Ancestors

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Richard Pryor
1663–1757
Birth Place: Flintshire, Wales, England
Parents
Robert Pryor Sr.
1635–1720
Flintshire, Wales, England
Margaret (Patience (Donniger)) Lewis
1642–1689
Wapping St Johm or St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Richard Lewis
1613–
Stepney St Mary Whitechapel, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Placentia (Elizabeth) Towne
1617–
St Botolph Bishopsgate, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Pryor's Descendants

1.
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Richard Pryor (4 JAN 1663–29 OCT 1757) m. Elizabeth ('Betty' Virginia Green -) Pryor (29 JUN 1666–1761) m. Mildred Pryor (29 June 1666–AFT 1790) m. Anne Bland (15 August 1735–)
  1. 1. Colonel (Samuel) Pryor 1693–1766 m. Prudence Pryor 1699–1742 m. Mary Hamlin 1699–1742 m. Frances Morton 1714–1792 m. Prudence Pryor 1699–1751
    1. 1. Polly Pryor 1720–1720
    2. 2. William Pryor 1718–1777
      1. 1. Mary Pryor 1764–1836
    3. 3. Martha Pryor 1723–1780
    4. 4. John Pryor 1727–1785 m. Anne Bland 1745–1785
      1. 1. Philip Pryor 1750–1825
      2. 2. Mary Pryor 1765–1834
      3. 3. Luke Pryor 1770–1851
      4. 4. Samuel Pryor 1765–1790
      5. 5. Frances Pryor 1744–1807
      6. 6. Richard Pryor 1755–1815
    5. 5. RICHARD (R) PRYOR 1700–1797 m. Mourning (Pryor Huddleston) White 1764–1802 m. Mary Mooney 1740–1767 m. Mary Pryor 1740–1765
      1. 1. Samuel Pryor 1800–1881
        1. 1. William (Hamlin) Pryor 1827–1912
      2. 2. Theodrick (Bland) Pryor 1730–1890
      3. 3. Theodorick (Bland) Pryor 1805–1890
        1. 1. Roger (Atkinson) Pryor 1828–1919
      4. 4. Nancy Pryor 1798–1860
      5. 5. Jerimiah Pryor 1812–1893
        1. 1. Sarah Pryor 1822–
      6. 6. Jeremiah Pryor 1789–1852 m. Phoebe Prior 1789–1850
        1. 1. Martin (Walton) Pryor 1811–1876
        2. 2. Henry Prior 1819–
        3. 3. charles Pryor 1816–1913
        4. 4. John (C) Pryor 1816–1913
      7. 7. James Prier 1786–1856
      8. 8. Richard Pryor 1763–1770
      9. 9. Sallie Pryor 1765–1820
        1. 1. Sarah Jobe 1804–1881
        2. 2. Mourning Jobe 1800–1856
        3. 3. Mornan 1800–
        4. 4. Samuel Jobe 1809–1870
        5. 5. William Jobe 1793–1835
        6. 6. Eda (Elizabeth) Jobe 1795–1881
        7. 7. Nancy Jobe 1798–1858
        8. 8. Permelia Jobe 1805–1891
        9. 9. Mary ("Polly") Jobe 1807–1875
        10. 10. Ireby (Stone) Jobe 1813–1897
        11. 11. Melissa Jobe 1815–1898
        12. 12. Eda (A.) Jobe 1795–1881
        13. 13. William (Christopher) Jobe 1793–1835
        14. 14. Nancy Jobe 1798–1852
        15. 15. Permelia Jobe 1800–1829
        16. 16. Parmelia Jobe 1815–1891
        17. 17. Permelia (Pamela) Jobe 1805–1891
        18. 18. Ireby Stone 1813–1897
      10. 10. Jonathan Pryor 1764–1765
      11. 11. William (M) Pryor 1768–1857
        1. 1. Joseph Pryor –1913
      12. 12. Joseph Pryor 1767–1851
      13. 13. Sarah ((Sallie)) Pryor 1770–1820 m. Caleb Jobe 1762–1824
        1. 1. Mourning Jobe 1800–1856
        2. 2. William Jobe 1793–1835 m. Zilphia Norris 1796–1861
        3. 3. Melissa Jobe 1815–1898
        4. 4. William (Christopher) Jobe 1793–1835
        5. 5. Sally Jobe 1794–1867
        6. 6. Eda (A.) Jobe 1795–1881
        7. 7. Iraby (Stone) Jobe 1814–1897
        8. 8. Samuel Jobe 1816–
        9. 9. Mourning Jobe 1818–
        10. 10. Permella Jobe 1805–1891
        11. 11. Polly Jobe 1807–1875
        12. 12. Nancy Jobe 1798–1858
        13. 13. Mornan Jobe 1801–
        14. 14. Sarah Jobe 1804–1881
        15. 15. Melissa Jobe 1815–1898
        16. 16. Eda (A.) Jobe 1795–1881
      14. 14. Mourning Jobe 1772–1849
      15. 15. John Pryor 1788–1862
      16. 16. Susannah Newby 1774–1840
      17. 17. Richard Pryor 1763–1770
      18. 18. Jonathan (Pryor) Sr 1788–1862 m. Elizabeth White 1788–1857
      19. 19. Nancy Pryor 1777–1799
      20. 20. Jonathan Pryor 1786–1856 m. Mary Wilson 1805–1887
      21. 21. Sarah (Sallie Jobe) Payne 1770–1820 m. Caleb (J.) Jobe 1762–1824
      22. 22. Thompson Pryor 1782–1838
      23. 23. Richard (Pryor) Jr 1763–1770
      24. 24. Elizabeth Rhea 1765–1840 m. James ((Whitsun)) Whitson 1867–1928 m. Ezekiel Rhea 1768–1811
        1. 1. John Whitson 1786–1844 m. Grace (Ruth) Rush 1787–1872
        2. 2. Jemima Perkins 1808–1889
        3. 3. Moses Rhea 1799–1852 m. Martha (Viannah) Austin 1801–1858
        4. 4. Mary (Ann) Rhea 1793–1854 m. William (Pryor) Rhea 1792–1856
      25. 25. Elizabeth (Betsy) Pryor –1840 m. Ezekiel (Rhea) Wray 1768–1811
        1. 1. Sebird (Smith) Rhea 1795–1878 m. Nancy Cooke 1793–1879 m. Nancy Rhea 1797–1879
        2. 2. Ezekiel Rhea 1811–1869
        3. 3. William (Pryor) Rhea 1792–1856 m. Mary (Ann) Rhea 1793–1854
        4. 4. Moses Rhea 1799–1852
        5. 5. Mary (Polly Ray) Rhea 1802–1856
        6. 6. Cynthia (Jane Rhea) Wray 1802–1869
        7. 7. Mahala Rhea 1807–1854
        8. 8. Sarah (Sally) Rhea 1800–1860
    6. 6. Robert Pryor 1715–1771
    7. 7. Joseph Pryor 1717–1774
    8. 8. Ann ("Nancy") Pryor 1727–1803
    9. 9. Thornton Pryor 1726–1763 m. Mary Nance 1730–
    10. 10. Anne(Nancy) Pryor 1723–1769
    11. 11. Col. (Samuel) Pryor 1725–1777 m. Frances Pryor 1720–1777 m. Prudence Pryor 1699–1742 m. Elizabeth Gilbert 1726–
      1. 1. William Pryor 1723–1777
      2. 2. Martha (Patsy) Pryor 1723–1780
        1. 1. John (Daniel Gardner) Sr. 1748–1796
        2. 2. George Gardner 1750–1819
        3. 3. Thomas Gardner 1756–1827
        4. 4. Pryor Gardner 1758–1830
        5. 5. Sterling (Gardner) Sr. 1762–1843
      3. 3. Samuel Pryor 1768–1769
      4. 4. Sarah Pryor 1761–
      5. 5. Nancy Pryor 1764–1857
      6. 6. Polly Pryor 1720–1720
      7. 7. Elizabeth Pryor 1725–1767 m. Daniel Lane 1732–
      8. 8. Francis (Frank) Pryor 1728–1786
      9. 9. Mary Pryor 1730–1804
      10. 10. John (Luke) Pryor 1735–1783 m. Anne Bland 1735–
        1. 1. Luke Pryor 1770–1851
      11. 11. Thornton Pryor 1741–1763
      12. 12. Robert Pryor 1747–1781
    12. 12. Joseph (Pryor) Sr 1736–1797 m. Mourning (Pryor Huddleston) White 1764–1802 m. Mary Mooney 1740–1767 m. Mary Pryor 1740–
      1. 1. Joseph Pryor 1767–1851
      2. 2. John Pryor 1772–1857
      3. 3. Polly Pryor 1776–
      4. 4. Prudence Pryor 1764–
      5. 5. Richard Pryor 1772–1864
      6. 6. Samuel Pryor 1770–1851
      7. 7. Samuel Pryor 1766–1792
      8. 8. Joseph Pryor 1767–1851
      9. 9. Edward Pryor 1780–1828
      10. 10. Mary (Amanda Eliazer) Pryor 1813–
      11. 11. Mary (Emmeline) Pryor 1782–1851
      12. 12. Richard Pryor 1772–1864
      13. 13. William Pryor 1775–1833
        1. 1. Mary Pryor 1810–1899
        2. 2. Elizabeth Pryor 1821–1885 m. William (Taylor Roberts) Sr 1813–1849
    13. 13. William (Hamlin) Pryor 1723–1777
    14. 14. Mary Pryor 1730–1804
    15. 15. Luke Pryor 1736–1783
    16. 16. Francis Pryor 1736–
    17. 17. Prudence Pryor 1738–1848
    18. 18. Martha (Patsy) Pryor 1723–1780
    19. 19. Martha Pryor 1723–1780
    20. 20. Joseph Pryor 1730–1813 m. Mary Pryor 1740–1765 m. Mary (C) Fleming 1751–1937
      1. 1. Joseph Pryor 1767–1851
        1. 1. Elizabeth Pryor 1803–1869
        2. 2. Hannah (Rose) Pryor 1808–1873
        3. 3. John (R) Pryor 1795–1870
        4. 4. Margaret Pryor 1816–1902
        5. 5. Mary Pryor 1793–1859
        6. 6. Mourning Pryor 1800–1862
        7. 7. Nancy Pryor 1805–1885
        8. 8. Rachel Pryor 1797–1854
        9. 9. Rebecca Pryor 1819–1862
        10. 10. Samuel (Odle) Pryor 1811–1860
        11. 11. Sarah (Sallie) Pryor 1813–1860
      2. 2. Martha (Marietta) PRYOR 1758–1823
      3. 3. John (Alexander Armstrong) PRYOR 1750–1791
      4. 4. Nance Pryor 1760–1783
      5. 5. Mourning Pryor 1764–1802
      6. 6. Luke Pryor 1764–1800
      7. 7. Samuel Pryor 1762–1811
        1. 1. Catherine Pryor 1800–1888
        2. 2. Frances (Franny Morton) Pryor 1808–1836
        3. 3. George (Morton) Pryor 1804–1895
        4. 4. Harry (Henry W) Pryor 1808–1900
        5. 5. James Pryor 1805–1882
        6. 6. John ((Jack)) Pryor 1790–1858
        7. 7. Lucy Pryor 1792–1810
        8. 8. Martha Pryor 1793–
        9. 9. Mary Pryor 1807–1895
        10. 10. Nancy Pryor 1802–1890
        11. 11. Samuel Pryor 1804–1833
    21. 21. Martha Pryor 1723–1780
  2. 2. Richard Pryor 1706–1757
  3. 3. Mary Pryor 1687–1727
  4. 4. John Pryor 1695–1771
    1. 1. John Pryor 1756–1840
  5. 5. Samuel Pryor –1783 m. Mary (Prudence) Thornton 1699–1745
    1. 1. Thornton Pryor 1726–1763
  6. 6. Phillip Pryor 1710–1769

Richard Pryor's Timeline

5 Records

1663
4 JAN 1663
Birth of Richard Pryor in Flintshire, Wales, England
Flintshire, Wales, England
1757
29 OCT 1757
Age 94
Death of Richard Pryor in Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
1779
ABT 1779
Age 116
Richard Pryor resided here
None
1779
DEC 1779
Age 116
Richard Pryor - Probate in Charlotte, Virginia, USA
Charlotte, Virginia, USA
1780
3 APR 1780
Age 117
Richard Pryor - Probate in Charlotte, Virginia, USA
Charlotte, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 JAN 1663
    Event Place: Flintshire, Wales, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 21
    [2] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [7] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations
    [8] U.S., Find a Grave Index
    [9] Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: BET 1673 AND 1674
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1673-1674; Page Number: 143
    [2] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1673-1674; Page Number: 143

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: ABT 1779
    Record Source:
    [1] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [2] Age:
    About 115-116

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania : Genealogical and Personal Memoirs

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Record Source: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania : Genealogical and Personal Memoirs

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 OCT 1757
    Event Place: Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave Index
    [7] Millennium File
    [8] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [9] Age:
    94

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: DEC 1779
    Event Place: Charlotte, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [2] Age:
    116

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 3 APR 1780
    Event Place: Charlotte, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records
    [2] Age:
    117
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