Andrew Prewitt (1695 - 1763)

Born 1695 in Varina, Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Unknown) Prewitt — married 1720 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 1763 at about age 68 in Bedford, Bedford County, VIRGINIA

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Biography

Children:

Michael Prewitt born 1720 in Henrico County, Virginia who married first to Elizabeth Simpkins daughter of John Simpkins

Mourning Prewitt born 1725 in Henrico County, Virginia

Byrd Prewitt born 1728 in goochland County, Virginia

Andrew lived in the Northern Parish of Goochland County Virginia along with his brother Richard Prewitt

Andrew's will was proved in Bedford County in 1763

The Pruitt's were a French Family (Protestant, probably) who moved to Scotland following the Normand Conquest in 1066?. About 1620 some of the family moved to Ireland. Seven Pruitt brothers sailed for Virginia around 1680. From Virginia some Pruitt's moved down the Appalachian Trail to the Carolinas and others through the Cumberland gap (1775) to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri. Children of HENRY PRUITT and REBECCA DOBBS are:

6. i. THOMAS PRUITT, b. 1693, VARINA PARISH, HALIFAX CO, VIRGINIA; d. Abt. 1759, HALIFAX CO, VIRGINIA.

7. ii. ANDREW PRUITT, b. 1695, GOOCHLAND CO, VIRGINIA; d. 1763, BEDFORD CO, VIRGINIA. Married 1720 to Agnes Goochland (1699-1740)

iii. HUGH PRUITT, b. 1697, HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

8. iv. RICHARD PRUITT, b. 1698, GOOCHLAND CO, VIRGINIA.

9. v. URIAH PRUITT, b. Abt. 1699, HENRICO CO, VIRGINIA.

10. vi. REBECCA PRUITT b. ca. 1702 Henry Co., VIRGINIA. SHE MARRIED JAMES MAGOHEY

Andrew Pruitt and Agnes Goochland had four children: Michael Pruitt 1720-1798 Mourning Pruitt Byrd Pruitt David Pruitt

Sources

• WikiTree profile Prewitt-66 created through the import of Anderson Family Tree.ged on Jun 10, 2011 by Sheri Anderson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Sheri and others.

• Prewitt Pruitt Records in Virginia by Richard A Prewitt

• Source: S-1937354290 Repository: #R-1965763166 Title: Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: APID: 1,5774::0
• Repository: R-1965763166 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
• Source: S-1962721342 Repository: #R-1965763166 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
• Source: S-1962728174 Repository: #R-1965763166 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Note: APID: 1,7836::0

• US and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 Virginia

1688-1697 Quaker Rolls -names given in deposition by Henry James Pruitt.

Virginia Deeds 1677-1705 Bk compiled by Benjamin B Wisiger III , 1996 pg 153 and 219

notes or source: ancestry.com (Source: (1) TREE# 4315 VOL # 1. Tree #4989 vol. 1 Patent book # 1, (2) PRUITT ANCESTORS BY CHARLES DILLON.) http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/a/p/Terry--Sappah/GENE4-0002.html http://www.intersurf.com/~rcollins/pruit2.html