William Price, Sr.

Not the same as William Price, Esq., of Winchester (?)

Arrived at Jamestown with his parents, John and Mary Price. He was 19 when he came to Virginia. Came to Henrico County in 1620. Lived at College Land, near Jamestown, in 1623 and raised a family there. His descendants lived in Glouchester, Middlesex, and other Eastern countries. ( Burkes History of Virginia)

Ship Starr 1620 father John was 40. His mother died sometime between arrival and the massacre of Jamestown in May 1622. It is assumed that his house was destroyed. John Price the Emigrant, p. 8

By the time he was an adult, William had settled at the College Land, near Henrico. He was likely there when the Indian Massacre of 1622 took place, and he is counted among the survivors on the List of the Living and Dead.[6][7]

Another more comprehensive census was taken in 1624/25, and William is listed living alone, a free man, at the College Land, Henrico. This census notes that he had arrived on the Starr.[8][9]

William married Susan Tracy[10] (NO - we don’t know the name if his wife) and they raised a family in the Henrico area. One of their children was:[10]

Robert Price (1640-1689), m. Jane Smith

Child of William Price is:

• 1. i. Robert Price was born ABT 1640 in VA., and died 11 JAN 1689/90 in Middlesex Co., VA.. He married Jane Smith ABT 1670, daughter of John Smith and ? ?. She was born ABT 1645 in VA., and died 27 MAR 1687 in Middlesex Co., VA..

William passed away around 1661.[10][11]

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Links

• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flager&i...
• http://www.pricedna.com/JohnPricetheEmigrant.pdf
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Price-2069
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8T1-CK2