Person:Rees Price (5)

Will Abstract

Reese Price, yeoman, Merion, Pro. of Penna.

Will d. Feby. 29, 1760. Pr. May 12, 1760 [s/b 1762]. Rec., L, 284, 443.

Wife: Ann; children: John, Edward, Mary Harry, Ellis, Margaret Paschall, Jane & Elias; grandchildren (children of Mary Harry), (children of Magaret Paschall); daughter-in-law Mary Price.

Exrs., Ellias & John Price & John Roberts.

Wit: Robert Roberts, John Roberts, John Roberts (carpenter).

[Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, Philadelphia Wills, 1724-1802]

1.   Browning, Charles H. (Charles Henry). Welsh settlement of Pennsylvania. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1967).

   Rees Price, mentioned as "Rees Rees," in his father's will, b. 11. 11. mo. 1678. His father conveyed some land to him, by deed of 7 August 1708. He married three times. His children were:—(named in their grandfather's will) Edward Price; Mary, m. Rees Harry; and Margaret, m. first, Paschall; to. second, William Montgomery; issue by both husbands, and, it is said, Jane, John, and Ellis Price. He m. first, at Radnor Meeting, 6. 10 mo. 1705, Sarah, daughter of David Meredith, of Radnor.
   He m. secondly, at Haverford Meeting, 9. 10 mo. 1718, Elizabeth, daughter of Ellis Ellis, of Haverford, and his wife, Lydia, daughter of Samuel Humplireys aforementioned. She was buried at the Haverford Meeting House, 12mo. 5. 1733-4. Ellis Ellis' will, signed 13. 6. 1705, proved 6 April, 1706, names wife and son Thomas only. Overseers; Rowland Ellis, John Richard, Rees Price, and Benjamin Humphrey.
   He m. thirdly, at Haverfon' Meeting, 10. 3mo. 1737, Ann Scotharn, a widow, of Darby. Rees Price was the second landlord of the Blue Anchor tavern, on Dock Creek (now Dock street), Philadelphia, where Penn landed on his fust visit to his city, when the tavern, standing by the public landing place, was a little house, 22 feet on Dock (Street) creek, and 12 feet on Front Street, and was kept by Mr. Guest. His descendant, Esther Price, vi. at Merlon Meeting, 16. 10 mo. 1834, Benjamin Hunt, and this, it is claimed, was the last marriage at this Meeting.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Find A Grave.

   Rees Price
   BIRTH 11 Oct 1678
   DEATH 11 May 1762 (aged 83)
   Pennsylvania, USA
   BURIAL
   Merion Friends Burial Ground
   Merion Station, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
   
   Rees Price November 11, 1678 May 11, 1762 84 Son of Edward. Married 1) Sarah, 2) Elizabeth Ellis, 3) Ann Scotharn. Landlord of the Blue Anchor Tavern - Records of Merion Graveyard, by Thomas Wynn and C.E. Hires, 1702-1808
   - Merion in the Welsh Tract by Thomas A. Glenn
   - Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ... 1844. by John F. Watson. p. 131
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66533483/rees-price

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   Price Rees November 11, 1678 May 11, 1762 84 Son of Edward. Married 1) Sarah, 2) Elizabeth Ellis, 3) Ann Scotharn. Landlord of the Blue Anchor Tavern - Records of Merion Graveyard, by Thomas Wynn and C.E. Hires, 1702-1808
   - Merion in the Welsh Tract by Thomas A. Glenn
   - Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania ... 1844. by John F. Watson. p. 131
   
   http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/burial/merion/p.html

4.   U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014).

   Quaker Baptism Records:
   
   Mary Price, dau. of Rees and Sarah born 7-11-1706
   Edward Price, son of Rees and Sarah born 11-14-1707
   Margaret Price, dau. of Rees and Sarah born 3-28-1710
   Ellis Price, son of Rees and Elizabeth born 7-14-1719
   John Price, son of Rees and Elizabeth born 6-27-1721
   Jane Price, dau. of Rees and Elizabeth born 9-6-1729