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- Pryors began to appear in Amherst County soon after it was established in 1761. LDS records show an F. Nicholas Pryor born in Amherst in 1740, with children Nancy, Sally, Jesse, David, William, John and Mary born there between 1766 and 1778. A William Pryor was granted land on the Pedlar River in 1762, and a survey was done for a Nicholas Pryor in 1763. Additional grants or surveys appear for William or Nicholas Pryor until at least 1804.
Grose, S. Amherst County Virginia Heritage Book Family Section 2000 pg. 209.
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Descendants of Phillip Pryor
1 Phillip Pryor 1699 - 1769 b: Bet. 1699 - 1710 in Gloucester Co. VA d: 1769 in Granville Co., North Carolina
.. +Ann Haden 1702 - b: Abt. 1702 m: Abt. 1723 in Amelia County Virginia
2 Samuel Pryor 1725 - b: Abt. 1725
2 Frances Pryor 1727 - b: Abt. 1727
.. +Micajah Bullock m: June 21, 1769
2 William Pryor, Senior 1729 - 1784 b: 1729 d: 1784 in Amherst Co. VA
.. +Margaret 1730 - b: Abt. 1730 in possibly Virginia
3 [1] John A Pryor, Jr. 1748 - 1800 b: Abt. 1748 in Amherst Co. VA d: Aft. 1800
... +Nancy Floyd 1752 - b: Bef. 1752 m: Bef. 1771 in possibly Amherst Co. VA
*2nd Wife of [1] John A Pryor, Jr.:
... +Sally Alford m: October 11, 1796 in possibly Augusta Co. VA
3 [2] Nicholas Pryor 1750 - 1830 b: Abt. 1750 in probably Amherst Co. VA d: Bef. 1830 in Kanawha County, VA (West Virginia)
... +Mary (possibly)
*2nd Wife of [2] Nicholas Pryor:
... +Sally Sarah Paxton 1764 - 1789 b: 1764 in Rockbridge CO. VA d: Bet. 1789 - 1790 m: December 06, 1782 in Amherst Co. VA
3 [3] William Pryor,Jr 1754 - 1832 b: 1754 in Pedlar River, Albemarle/Amherst Co. VA d: Aft. 1832 in Amherst Co. VA
... +Elizabeth Wright 1767 - b: Aft. 1767 m: October 13, 1788 in Amherst Co. VA
*2nd Wife of [3] William Pryor,Jr:
... +Nancy Adkins m: March 15, 1807
3 [4] Susannah Pryor 1760 - 1820 b: 1760 d: Bet. 1820 - 1830 in Kanawha County, West Virginia (VA)
... +Shadrach Harriman 1748 - 1791 b: Bef. 1748 in Probably Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut d: March 07, 1791 in on what is now known as Donnally farm, near Charleston, WV m: August 25, 1789 in Kanawha Co. West Virginia
*2nd Husband of [4] Susannah Pryor:
... +David Milburn 1753 - 1830 b: 1753 in Frederick County, Virginia d: Aft. 1830 m: March 16, 1794 in Kanawha County,West Virginia
2 John Pryor 1731 - b: Abt. 1731
2 Susanna Pryor 1734 - b: Abt. 1734
2 F. Nicholas Pryor 1740 - b: Abt. 1740 in Amherst Co. VA
.. +Mary 1744 - b: 1744 in Amherst Co. VA m: Bef. 1766 in Virginia
3 Elizabeth Betsy Pryor 1766 - 1839 b: Abt. 1766 d: Bef. 1839
3 Nancy Pryor 1766 - 1821 b: 1766 in Amherst Co. VA d: 1821 in Grant County, Kentucky
3 Sally Pryor 1768 - 1797 b: Abt. 1768 in Amherst Co. VA d: Bef. 1797 in Amherst Co. VA
3 Jesse Pryor 1770 - b: Abt. 1770 in Amherst Co. VA
3 David Pryor 1772 - b: 1772 in Amherst Co. VA
3 William Pryor 1774 - b: Abt. 1774 in Amherst Co. VA
3 John Pryor 1776 - b: 1776 in Amherst Co. VA
3 Mary Pryor 1778 - b: 1778 in Amherst Co. VA
2 Haden Pryor 1745 - b: 1745
2 Samuel Pryor 1747 - b: Abt. 1747 [1, 4]
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