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From: Judy Ardine <>
Subject: John PRICE md: Elizabeth ??
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 22:54:09 -0500

Wills of Chester Cnty, PA 1766-1778, F Edward Wright, 1999, WillowBend
Books & FamilyLine Publications, Westminster, MD
p. 71
PRICE, John. Lower Chichester.
17 Dec 1770. 13 Dec 1773.
Provides for wife, Elizabeth. To dtr Ann wife of Robert EYRE use of my
plantation in Brandywine Hundred containing about 100 acres during life of
her husband and then to her and her heirs. To son Samuel plantation whereon
I now live in Chichester consisting of several contigious tracts containing
in the whole about 100 acres w/grist and saw mills, also plantation adj
bought of Jno PIERCE containing about 80 acres. To dtr Hannah PRICE £900.
To dtr Sarah PRICE £900 at 21 or marriage. To son John all that tract of
land in Lower Chichester purchased of Thomas CLAYTON containing 32 & 3/4
acres and lot of woodland containing 2 acres, also messuage and lot in
Chichester at wife's decease, also £900 at 21. To dtr Elizabeth £700 at 21
or marriage. To my sister Sarah PRICE £25. Remainder to Hannah, Sarah, John
& Elizabeth. Rev Geo CRAIG guardian of 2 youngest children, John &
Elizabeth. Executors: Friend Elisha PRICE & son John. Wit: John SMITH,
Richard RILEY, Levi LLOYD.
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I ordered and received a copy of the above will for John PRICE which gives
me primary documentation that he is the father of "my" Ann PRICE who md:
"my" Robert EYRE. The above will also gives us primary documentation that
"my" Ann PRICE's mother's name was Elizabeth. But Elizabeth WHO? What was
her mother, Elizabeth's, maiden name?
The common belief is that this John PRICE's wife, Elizabeth, was Elizabeth
ALRICKS, who md: 1st John STALCOP by whom she had a son, Peter STALCOP.
Does anyone have primary documentation that Elizabeth (nee Alricks) STALCOP
is the Elizabeth who was 1. the wife of the above John PRICE and 2. the
mother of the above Ann PRICE?
Is there any primary documentation of the birthdates of "any" of the above
John and Elizabeth PRICE's children?
One assumes from the order of mention of the children in the above will
that Ann PRICE was the first born of John PRICE's children and Samuel PRICE
his second born, that Samuel & therefore Ann PRICE, were more than 21 years
of age in 1770 when the will was written and therefore born "prior" to
1749. One would also assume that Hannah was also 21 or more years of age in
1770 and that Sarah PRICE had not yet attained 21 years of age. John[2]
PRICE would have been less than 21 years of age in 1770 and Elizabeth being
the youngest would than also have to have been less than 21.
Since John[2] PRICE was an Executor of the will one also assumes that he
was in all likelihood 21 years of age in 1773 giving him a birthdate
sometime between 1748 & 1752.
Either Sarah and John[2] PRICE were twins or John[2] was born between 1749
& 1752. The John PRICE of the will above was said to be a shipwright from
Delaware who arrived in Pennsylvania prior to 1742. Which makes the
following marriage from the church records of Old Swedes Church in
Wilmington, DE quite intriguing. Is the John PRICE of this marriage record
the John PRICE of the above will who d: in 1773? Is Elizabeth (nee Wollows)
PRICE of this marriage record the mother of "my" Ann PRICE who md: "my"
Robert EYRE? Or is Elizabeth (nee Alricks) the mother of "my" Ann PRICE who
md: "my" Robert EYRE??
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John PRICE
Sex: M
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Elizabeth WOLLOWS
Marriage: Oct 1745 Holy Trinity Or (old Swedes) Church, Wilmington,
New Castle, Delaware
Source Information:
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout
Call No. Type
M505861 1713-1799 0908217 It
1 Film 0883757 Film
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