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    Price Family Page


Welcome to the Price Family Page, which furnishes historical detail beyond the site index, exploring five generations of Prices in the line of Richard Price I of Mongomeryshire, Wales.
 

 

11. Margery Price -- Margery was born Nov. 10, 1660 in Shropshire, England (or possibly Maryland) and died ca. 1700 in Dorchester Co., Maryland. The Shropshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1812 show the baptism of a Margaret Price in Shopshire, England on  Aug.22, 1641 and lists her parents as John and Elizabeth Price. However there is no certainty that this Margaret Price is the same as Margery, whose  parents are thought to be John Price II and Mary "Jane" Wall and were probably born in Virginia. Margery was the first wife of Dr. John Pritchett. The date of their wedding is unclear, but as their first child, Zebulon, was born about 1681, they were likely married before that date. An early Dorchester County History indicates that Dr. John Pritchett married Margery Price on March 10, 1672. This date is in line with a statement from page 31 of"Early Dorchester County History" by C. W. Mowbray and Maurice Rimpo which says, "On April 1, 1679, Timothy MacNamara sold "Apes Hill" to Dr. John Pritchett who had came from Talbot Co. where he had married Margery, daughter of John and Margery Price of that county." The records are unclear whether Dr. John Pritchett was born in Wales or Maryland, however as Margery's father, John Price, is thought to have been born in Virginia--his parents having immigrated to Virginia from Wales-- this may indicate that Margery was born in America rather than Shropshire in Wales.) The couple had the following eight children: Zebulon (b. ca. 1681), Edward, John Jr., Phunback, Lott,  Mary, Jane and Margery. It appears that Margery, John Pritchett's wife, died somewhere around this time and John married a second wife, Abigail, whose last name is unknown. Abigail is named as John's wife in land deals in 1705 and 1710;  John's  1711 will mentions Abigail by name as well. (Note:Marriage records on Ancestry.com show a John Pritchard marrying an Abigail  (1660-1711) in Ratlinghope, Shropshire, England in 1699, and shows this John Pritchard dying there in 1714, however this is most likely a different couple of similar name.) If the marriage of Dr. John Pritchett and Margery Price extended as late as their last child, Margery (seemingly named after her mother), who was born between 1698 and 1701, then a second marriage with Abigail would probably have taken place in Maryland between 1699-1701. A record cited by researcher Curtis Older states that Margery died at Apes Hill in 1700 and that she was the mother of all of John's children except "by second marriage to Abigal Pritchett, one daughter, Phillis Pritchett." Margery Price Prichett had two siblings, Daniel and John Price III (1650-1711).
       Indirect relation to Pocohontas: There is an interesting family connection with Pocahontas through Margery Price's sister-in-law. The wife of Margery's brother, John, was Jane Pugh (or Pew; 1669-1713), whose mother, Jane Milner (ca.1635-1709), was the daughter of John Milner (1616-1685) and Elizabeth Rolfe (1620-1641), the step-daughter of Pocahontas. Elizabeth Rolfe was the daughter of John Rolfe (1585-1622) by his third and final wife, Jane Pierce. John Rolfe's first marriage, sometime before 1610, was to Sarah Hacker in Heacham, Norfolk, England. In 1610, John Rolfe and his wife set sail for the Virginia Colony in the famous "Sea Venture." which was blown ashore at the Bermudas. The passengers survived 10 months there, during which time Rolfe's wife gave birth to a baby girl, christened Bermudas. Both the baby and his wife died shortly thereafter. After leaving the Bermudas John established himself in the Colony of Virginia and on April 5, 1614 married Pocahontas, daughter of the local Indigenous leader Powhatan. The marriage appears to have been part political peace negotiation, part love match, and part of the campaign to convert the Indigenous tribes to Christianity. With the Chief's blessing, the couple were wed in the Jamestown Anglican Church. John Rolfe was said to be a very religious man who agonized for many weeks over the decision to marry Pocahontas after she had been converted to Christianity, as he stated "for the good of the plantation, the honor of our country, for the Glory of God, for mine own salvation..." Pocahontas was baptized and christened, taking the Christian name, Rebecca. In 1615, they had a son, named Thomas Rolfe (1615-1681).
    Amonute Matoaka (Pocahontas) "Rebecca" Rolfe (formerly Powhatan), daughter of Wahunsenaca Powhatan, was born ca. 1596 in Werowocomoco Village on Pamunkey River, Tsenacomoco (present-day Gloucester County, Virginia). After her marriage to John Rolfe, Pocahontas, now referred to as Lady Rebecca Rolfe, accompanied her husband to England in 1616 on a public relations tour on behalf of the Virginia Company, which included meeting King James I. In March 1617, the Rolfes decided to return to Virginia. Shortly after they began their return voyage, Rebecca became gravely ill and the ship she was on put in at Gravesend, Kent, England. Rebecca died on shore and was buried under the chancel of St. George's Church on March 21, 1617. John Rolfe returned to Virginia, while their young son, Thomas, who was too ill to make the sea  voyage,  was left in England to be raised by his father's family. Upon his majority (sometime after 1622) Thomas returned to Virginia to claim his parents' property and subsequently became a lieutenant in the English Army. Sometime after 1619 John Rolfe was married a third time to Jane Pierce and in 1620 they had a daughter named Elizabeth, who would marry John Milner. John Rolfe was killed when the natives massacred the Jamestown colonists in 1622 but he was survived by his son, Thomas (still living in England at the time), and his wife, Jane, who remarried and would die sometime after 1625.

 

​12. John Price II -- John Price Jr. was born ca. 1628 in Henrico Co., Virginia and died there before 1662 around the age of 34. He was the son of John Price I (who immigrated to VA ca.1624) and Ann (Matthews?). It is believed that John Jr. married twice but the names of his wives are uncertain. It is possible his first wife was Mary "Jane" Wall (born in 1628 in Warwickshire, England and died in 1660 in Henrico Co., Virginia; and she may have remarried John Rowen after John's early death), daughter of Capt. John Joseph Wall (1588-1664) and Mary Rowen Webb (1590-1644). There is also a marriage record showing that John Price's wife's name may have been Margery. (Records from London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 show a marriage on Sept.9, 1673 between John Price and Margery Price at St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, England.) Land records show that the orphans of John II--John Price III (b.ca.1650) and his brother, Daniel (b.1648)--sold 150 acres in 1677 on Turkey Island Pointe, land which was originally patented to John Price I, their grandfather.

    Find-a-grave gives this short bio: "John Price was born in 1627 in Charles City County, Virginia. He was the son of John Price (1584-1628) and Anne (Baker) Price (1604-1666). John married Jane Wall (1628-1662) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States in 1647. Jane Wall was born in 1628 in Warwickshire, England. Jane was the daughter of Captain John Wall (1588-1644) and Mary Webb Wall (1590-1644)."

Jane married John Price in Henrico County, Virginia, United States in 1647. He was the son of John Price (1584-1628) and Anne (Baker) Price (1604-1666).

     A combination of DNA testing and the family ties to Daniel Guinn Price who is documented as a descendant of Daniel Price by the North Carolina Genealogical Society has established the DNA connection to John Price I who immigrated to Virginia around 1611. Vina Chandler Price has also written a book (Ancestors and Descendants of John Price: Immigrant to Virginia 1610-11) that uses census reports, deeds and wills to trace the lineage back to John Price. John's three children were Daniel, John and Margery.

13. John Price I --  John was born ca.1584 in Manafon, Montgomeryshire, Wales, immigrated to Virginia in 1611 and died in 1628 in Charles City, Colony, of, Virginia. The Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 establishes his residence in 1624 on "Neck of Land" in Charles City County, Virginia. John was the son of Richard Price (1560-1638) and Ursula Middleton (1560-1637). John married Mary (surname unknown) in Wales and together they had several children: William (b.1606), Edward (b.1608), and possibly two others: Richard and Margaret (Vina Chandler Price states that John and Mary had two sons and a daughter). John and his family immigrated to the Jamestown Virginia Colony in 1611. They traveled on the ships The Prosperous, The Elizabeth and The Starr which made up the convoy of 300 people. With Sir Thomas Dale, John boarded the HMS Starr at Land's End on March 27, 1611. The trip took two months to make the journey and they arrived at Pt. Comfort, Virginia on May 22, 1611. Dale imposed martial law and ordered forts built in Henrico to protect Jamestown Colony from Indian raids. In Jamestown, they lived among other famous settlers such as Captain John Smith, John Rolfe and Pocahontas, who in 1616 left the settlement to return to England, leaving just 350 poorly protected settlers living in six widely scattered and dangerously isolated communities. John and his family lived on the "Neck of Land" in Charles City County, VA. On March 20, 1622 the colony suffered an Indian nighttime massacre which killed 347 people. The Indians burned their homes and plantations, almost defacing the beauty of the whole colony. John and some of his children managed to survive but Mary appears to have been killed. After the massacre at Jamestown, John became a man of importance in the Colony, and was one of the eleven counselors with Governor Sir Francis Watt in the provisional government when the London Company was dissolved. John was a Member of the Virginia Convention of 1625 and sent a letter to the King of England which still survives. John became known as an "Ancient Planter," meaning that any man who immigrated before 1616, remained for a period of at least three years, paid their passage,  survived the massacre of 1622, and worked seven years "plus" for their "divedent" of 100 acres, finally received their land. John married Anne (surname disputed; 1604-1666) in Virginia in 1621. Anne may have been the daughter of Richard Baker and Margaret Elkes. Other sources list her as Anne Matthews (b.ca 1599), who came over in the ship Francis Bonaventure in August, 1620 and was possibly the daughter of fellow colonist, Capt. Samuel Matthews. John and Anne Price moved and settled in Henrico County, Virginia , near the "Falls of James River," where they had three children: Mary (b.1623), Matthew (b.ca.1626), and John II (b. 1627). After John died between 1628 and 1630, Anne married Robert Hallom (with whom she had three more children), and after Robert's death married Daniel Llewellyn.

14. Richard Price II -- Richard was born in Newton Hall, Manavon, Montgomeryshire, Wales ca. 1555 and died in 1638 in Montgomeryshire, Cardiff, Wales. His parents were Richard Price I and Elizabeth (whose last name was either Blayney or Herbert). An indenture document in the British Museum reads: "John Pryce, was described as son and heir of Richard Pryce in an indenture in 1610-11 from Richard Pryce of Manavon, Montgomery County, Gentlemen, and Ursula Pryce, his wife to ___ Robinson. Thomas Pryce, brother of Richard Price II, was one of the witnesses." In 1582 in Wales Richard married Ursula Middleton (1560-1637), whose parents may have been David and Ellen Middleton. Richard and Urusla had the following children:

  1. Daniel Price 1578-

  2. John Price 1584-Sep 1628

  3. Andrew Price 1585-1608

  4. Richard Prie 1586

  5. William Price 1589-1590

  6. Thomas Price unkn-1629

  7. Walter rice

  8. Edward Prie

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15. Richard Price I -- In Welsh his name reads: Welsh: Richard ap John ap Meredydd ap Rhys David Lloyd, I. He was born in 1531 in Newton, Montgomeryshire, Wales and died August 23, 1601 in Montgomeryshire, Wales.  (Note: This Richard is likely not the same as Richard Price, b.1538, husband of Elizabeth Price and son of Sir John Price and Joan Williams.) Sources differ on the identity of Richard's wife and parents. According to one source, cited on Geni.com, Richard's parents were John Price and Goleu Verch John Goch and his wife was Elizabeth Herbert, daughter of Richard Herbert & Ann verch Daffydd. Alternatively, Richard may have been the son of Matthew Goch Price (1512-1550) and Joyce Verch (Rhys) Price (1504-1550), and husband of Elizabeth Blayney (1546-1574) whom he wed in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1550. She was the daughter of Rhys Ap Maurice Ap Blaeney (1493-1568) and Gwenllian Verch John (1498-1547). Richard's two known children were Richard Price II (b. ca 1555) and Thomas Price (b.1552). Three further possible children are Daniel, Richard and William. Available records are insufficient to confidently identify Richard's parents and his further ancestry.

Further Notes: In Rev. Benjamin Luther Price's 1910 book, John Price the Emigrant, the author includes a Price family tree, extracted from a 200 year old book entitled "A Historie of Cambia," by Humfrey Lhpyd,  allegedly tracing the family back to the Welsh prince, Cadell, Prince of all Cymru, who lived in the ninth century C.E. through a line of Welch kings and nobles such as Griffith ap Rhys (d.1137) Lord of South Wales and Syr Rhys Mawr, called "the Great" from his gigantic stature, a standard bearer to Henry VII at Bosworth. "Tradition says he slew Richard III with his own hands."
The Price lineage is said to go back (directly or indirectly) to the Ap Rhys of the 1400s. In Welsh language development, "Ap" was a by-name, similar to the by-names "Mac" or "Mc" in Scottish and Irish language development. In order for the Crown to develop a consistent system of family names throughout Wales the decree went out and the Welsh dropped the by-name "Ap" and created last names for their families. "Ap Rhys" became "Prhys" The "A" was dropped and the "P" was combined with the first name "Rhys" (Rice) to create the last name of "Prhys" (Price). "Prhys," as a Welsh name, evolved into "Pryce" and eventually in modern English, evolved into "Price." This appears to be the ancient origin and evolution of the family name of "Price," which has its origins in Wales.

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