Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Pritchard, Sr.
Born: ca 1733 in Virginia 1
Died: bef 1811 2
Census: 1800 in Allegany Co, MD 3
Resided: 1759 in Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA 4
Occupation: farmer, carpenter, mason 5
Father: Christopher Pritchard II
Mother: Sarah ___
Notes 1
Wife: Rachel Davis
Married: ca 1759 in Loudoun Co, VA 1
Born: ca 1745 in Loudoun Co, VA 6
Died: aft Jun 1813 in Allegany Co, MD 7
Father: John Davis
Mother: Cecelia Fitzhugh Edderington
Notes 6
M Child 1: John Prichard
Also known as: John Pritchard 8
Born: Jul-29-1760 in Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA 9
Died: Mar-28-1847 in Decatur Co, IN 9 (see note 1)
Buried: Sandcreek Cem, Wass - Twp in Decatur Co, IN
Resided: since 1833 in Decatur Co, IN 10
Resided: formerly in Scott Co, KY 10
Resided: 1798 in Selbyville, Allegany Co, MD 11
Military: Mar 1781 - Sep 1782 Revolutionary War 12
Wife: Anna Smarr b. 1774 d. Dec-15-1841
Married: Oct-12-1795 in Loudoun Co, VA 9
F Child 2: Sarah Pritchard
Born: ca 1762 in Loudoun Co, VA 9
Died: in Fairfax Co, VA 9
Husband: John Smarr
Married: bef 1789 9
Husband: Cornelius Skinner
Married: Aug-17-1799 in Loudoun Co, VA 9
F Child 3: Eleanor Pritchard
Born: ca 1764 in Loudoun Co, VA 9
Died: bef 1825 9
Husband: Richard Price
Married: aft 1800 9
M Child 4: Thomas Pritchard, Jr.
Born: Jan- 9-1768 in Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA 9,13,14
Died: Dec-24-1846 in Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14
Buried: in Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 15,16 (see note 2)
Resided: ca 1832 (settled) in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13
Census: 1810 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 2
Resided: 1809 (moved) to Monongalia Co, (W)VA 17
Census: 1800 in Allegany Co, MD 3
Occupation: miller (saw and grist) 13
Wife: Nancy Tichenell b. ca 1767 d. bef Oct 1812
Married: Jan- 9-1796 in Allegany Co, MD 13,18
Wife: Mary Moody b. 1785 d. May-31-1867
Married: Oct-25-1812 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 9
F Child 5: Elizabeth Pritchard
Born: ca 1777 12
Husband: John Smith
Married: Jan- 9-1798 in Allegany Co, MD 12
Husband: George Furbay
Married: aft 1800 in Allegany Co, MD 12
M Child 6: William Prichard
Also known as: William Pritchard 19
Born: Dec-17-1777 in Loudoun Co, VA 12
Died: Apr- -1866 in Marion Co, WV 12
Buried: Asbie Rice Cemetery 20
Resided: (settled 1824) in Monongalia Co, VA (now Marion Co, WV) 20
Census: 1810 in Allegany Co, MD 2
Wife: Hannah Meredith b. 1785
Married: Feb-18-1805 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 21
F Child 7: Nancy Anne Pritchard
Also known as: Anne Pritchard 12
Born: ca 1780 in Loudoun Co, VA 12
Died: aft 1850 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 12
Husband: Davis Meredith b. ca 1757 d. May-24-1825
Married: Nov- 8-1800 in Allegany Co, MD 22
F Child 8: Mary L. Pritchard 11
Born: ca 1782 in Loudoun Co, VA 12
Husband: Charles Roberts
Married: Mar- 4-1799 in Loudoun Co, VA 12
Husband: John Parker
Married: Dec-22-1804 in Allegany Co, MD 22
Sources:
(1) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 34.
(2) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 48.
(3) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 78.
(4) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 36.
(5) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), pp. 36, 37.
(6) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 49.
(7) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, Descendants of Thomas Pritchard,
http://hackerscreek.com/norman/PRITCHARD.htm.
(8) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001). "There are several explanations why John Prichard dropped the 't' from his surname. Because clerks filling
out many of his Revolutionary War documents used this spelling, he may have decided to adopt it for legal purposes. His
younger brother, William, also eventually dropped the 't', although it was retained in some of his earlier legal
papers.
"One intriguing factor which may have considerable bearing upon their decision is the influx into western Virginia -
notably Monongalia County - of Melungeons (or Guineas) with the surname Pritchard. These people were regarded by their
neighbors as 'half-breeds,' as they often were a mixture of Portugese, Spanish, Turkish, Muslim, American Indian, and -
more infrequently - blacks. Since the Pritchards and other settlers in the area were proud of their English and Welsh
heritage, they did not wish to be mistaken for 'mixed breeds.' Both John and William may have chosen this means of
distancing themselves from people they considered to be undesirable, because once the connection was made, it was almost
impossible to undo. ... Besides Pritchard (with a 't'), other common Melungeon surnames in western Virginia were
Dalton, Goens, Kennedy, Mayle, Minard, Minor, and Norris. ... A detailed account of them is found in 'The Melungeons:
The Resurrection of a Proud People - An Untold Story of Ethnic Cleansing in America' by N. Brent Kennedy (Mercer
University Press, Macon, Georgia, September 1996.)", p. 56, 58.
(9) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 56.
(10) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 60.
(11) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 47.
(12) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 57.
(13) Harold A. Tichenor, Tichenor Families in America, Braun-Brumfield Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988, p. 149.
(14) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993,
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995.
(15) Headstone.
(16) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV,
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 420.
(17) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 79.
(18) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001). Marriage date reported as Jan 6 1796 on p. 47, but as Jan 2 1796 on p. 56. pp. 47 &
56.
(19) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), p. 57, 58.
(20) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001)
(21) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001). Marriage date reported as Feb 21 1805 on p. 32, but as Feb 18 1805 on p. 57. pp. 32 &
57.
(22) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999,
rev 2001), pp. 47 & 57.
Event Notes
Note (1) There are several discrepancies about the date of John Pri(t)chard's death.
On DAR records, it ranges from Jun 21 1842 to Mar 24 1847, the date carved on
his tombstone at Sandcreek Cemetery. (Emily Pritchard Cary, p. 61)
Note (2) Emily Pritchard Cary (p. 82) reports his burial in "White Oak Cemetery,
Oxford," while "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 631, reports his as the only
burial at Pritchard Cemetery, described as "Incomplete. Near Oxford; Exact
Location Unknown. See MKL - p. 40."
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