Person:Robert Pryor (20)

Acquisition of Land

12 April 1689 - Robert Pryor received a grant for 309 acres at the head of Craney Creek in Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 92 acres of which were originally granted April 1, 1668 to Thomas Jefferson, and by him deserted, and afterwards granted to Robert Collis, who on 21 April 1689, assigned to Robert Pryor.

29 October 1693 - Mr. Robert Pryor received a grant for 92 acres in on Craney Creek, Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 76.

Records in Virginia

1704/5 - Listed on Rent Roll in Ware Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Notes

Robert Pryor seems to have been a carpenter during his time at Petsworth Parish for he appears in the Vestry Book as early as 1695 when he was paid for posting the church and making a horse block. In 1697 he tarred the roof of the church and in 1700 he made benches and horse blocks. In 1707-1708 he is paid for shingling the Church. His name last appears in 1743 as one of a pair of processioners. If this is the same Robert, he would be about 80 years old at this time. John Pryor and Arthur Pryor are mentioned as adults by 1715-1719, and could possibly be sons of Robert. 1783-1784 sees a Christopher or Christian Pryor and an M. Pryor collecting tithe lists for the parish. Ancestry Member Tree

1.   Public Member Trees. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.)
   Ancestry Family Trees.

   http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5869814&pid=-883859511

2.   National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

   Name: Robert Pryor
   Birth Date: 1663
   Birth Place: Gloucester, Virginia
   SAR Membership: 88511
   Role: Ancestor
   Application Date: 2 Jun 1962
   Spouse: Betty Virginia Green
   Children: John Pryor

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8996275/person/-831053886

4.   Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. (Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Historical Society)
   Vol. 7, No. 1, Pg. 76.

   Extracts from notes in the Mitchell Family Bible, made by James Mitchel from personal recollections and conversations, correspondence & c., with other members of the family.
   "Grandmother's father, Colonel Samuel Pryor's parents were from England, and had settled in Caroline County, Va. He married a Miss Thornton, whose parents were also from England, and settled in Caroline, Hanover and Spotsylvania counties. They had ten children, eight sons, and two daughters: William, Samuel, John, Thornton, Robert, Luke, Frank and Joseph: the youngest of the brothers and least of them weighed 220 pounds. Nancy Pryor married Colonel Samuel Wells, judge of the County Court of Amelia county. Mary Pryor was born 15th November 1730 and married Major William Berry, of Gloucester, Va., who died, leaving two daughters, Nancy and Prudence."