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."
