The Price Family Pages are dedicated to
my great grandmother
Cynthia Barthena McClaire Price Marrs
I would like to thank all those
who have shared their Price family stories with me.
** Indicates my direct line
I actually have two Price lines that meet with Cynthia's parents.
I have marked Her Mother's line as *L1
and her Father's line as *L2
GENERATION 1
RICE PRICE b. 1680-1690 Cardiff, Glamorshire,Wales. d. 1753
Lunenburg Co VA
m. (1) ELIZABETH
m. (2) THOMASINA (TOMZIN) MATHIS 1718 New Hanover Co
NC b. 1703 New Haven Ct d. 1768
WILL: September 27 1756. Sons: Richard, James Edmond
(to each is bequeathed negroes). Wife and Executrix: Tomzin.
Executor: Richard Price. Witness: John Rogers,
Henry Harker, Wm Pearse. Clerk of the court Ja. Moran
Children of Rice and Elizabeth RICE PRICE JR JOHN PRICEb. 1715 d. Jan 1802
Children of Rice and Tomasina JAMES PRICE b. 1719 d. 1795
RICE PRICE b. 1730 New Hanover Co NC d. 1790 Johnston Co NC
EDMOND PRICE b. 1731 New Hanover Co NC
GENERATION 2
JOHN PRICE (Rice1) b. 1715 d. Jan 27 1802
Mecklenburg Co NC
m. MARY WHITE 1746 b. 1725 d. Nov 25 1804
both buried Steeles Creek Presbyterian Mecklenburg Co NC
REESE PRICE b. Nov 28 1753 d. Nov 22 1794 m. SARAH
MARY PRICE b. May 13 1755
WILLIAM PRICE b. Mar 13 1757
ELIZABETH PRICE b. Oct 11 1759
JONATHAN PRICE b. Mar 2 1766 d. Sept 17 1822 buried in
Steeles Creek Presbyterian Cemetery
JAMES PRICE ( Rice1)b. 1719 New Hanover Co NC
d. 1795 Johnston Co NC
m. MARY b. 1720 New Hanover Co NC 1790 census Johnston Co NC 1 male over 16 2 males under 16 2 females
Children of James and Mary JAMES PRICE b. 1742 m. SARAH WATTS 1763 New Hanover Co
NC b. 1740 New Hanover Co NC Two children Richard b. 1764 and
James b. 1765
EDWARD PRICE(Rice1) b. 1721 New Hanover Co NC
d. May 28 1789 Johnston Co NC
m. (1) UNKNOWN
m. (2) ANN MORRIS 1745
Children of Edward and Unknown JAMES PRICEb. 1740 d. 1795
MARY MOLLY PRICE (Rice1) b. 1725 New Hanover
Co NC d. 1813 Sampson Co NC
m. EDMOND HILLERY MATHIS (son of EZEKIEL (ZEAKELL)
MATHEWS MATHIS and ELIZABETHBODDIE) b. 1720
Isle of Wight Co VA d. 1783 Sampson Co NC Military: Edmund served in the Revolutionary War for two and a
half years as a musician in Captain Turner's Company. He enlisted
April 25 1776 and discharged Aug 10 1778.
Property:Edmond was granted land in 1766, 1770, and 1774
Duplin Co NC He also may have lived in Southampton Co VA as
he owned 135 acres south of Nattaway River. He sold this land to
Nathaniel Ridley Jan 8 1745
Occupation:Commissioned Nov 29 1766 as Justice of the
Peace in Duplin Co and served several years.
Will: Probated October term of Court 1783 Named his wife
Mary Mathis. Edward Fennell appointed Administrator of Edmond's
estate in SampsonCo Aug 1794 and the estate was divided in 1798
Children of Mary and Edmond EDMOND HILLERY MATHIS JR b. 1744 Duplin Co NC d. 1795 NC
m. SARAH DAVIS