John Price (bef. 1714 - abt. 1784)

Born before 14 Mar 1714 in Henrico County, Virginia [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Randolph) Price — married 1741 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1784 after about age 69 in Hanover, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

John Price married Mary Randolph, daughter of William Randolph II.

John was born before 1714. Information regarding the residence at Cool Water indicates the home was constructed by John Price in 1740. This leads one to believe John Price was at least 21 years of age at that time. ^[1]

Caption below historical photo of Coolwater: "located in the western part of Hanover County, was erected circa 1740 by John Price, who emigrated from Wales shortly before 1734. He was employed as a builder by William Randolph of Turkey Island. Prior to 1742, he married Randolph's daughter Mary. Mary's sister Elizabeth, Wife of John Chiswell lived at Scotchtown, four milies distant. John and Mary's son Thomas, inherited the 1500 acre estate..." ^[2]

Cool Water the first home of the Prices was next to Scotchtown, the home of Elizabeth Chiswell (Sister of Mary and wife of John Chiswell)...we have been told that there was a vista four miles long between the homes of the sisters. We are also told that both parents (John and Mary) died while the sons were young and they were reared by Mrs. Chiswell, Thomas being the ward of his brother-in-law Captain George Dabney. ^[3]

Online family descendancy chart Price family of "Cool Water," Hanover County, Va.; maternal ancestry, and descendants in two lines to the year 1906^[4]

Estate known as Coolwater in Hanover County and built by John Price about 1740 and willed to his son Captain Thomas Randolph Price ^[5]

The two men named John Price who died in Cumberland County are not John Price married to Mary Randolph. The information for their children and heirs does not match. If the son, Thomas Randolph Price, inherited the estate known as Coolwater, then it would appear that this was the location of this John Price when he died. Cumberland County Virginia Chancery Court Records ^[6]

"The Thomas Price who witnessed Walter Coles' will and the Codicil thereto was Walter Coles father-in-law. He was the son of John Price of Cool Water, Hanover County, Virginia, and Mary Randolph, the daughter of William Randolph II, of Turkey Island, Henrico County and Elisabeth Beverley, his wife." "Thomas Price Jr who qualified as Executor of Walter Coles' will was his brother-in-law. ^[7]

Information for Mary Randolph family. ^[8]

Turkey Island and Chatsworth- Randolph Descent ^[9]

YDNA for Henrico & Hanover male Price descendants R-M269 YDNA for Shenandoah male Price descendants is I-M253. ^[10]

• Membership applications for Sons of the American Revolution Patriot ancestors Captain Thomas Randolph Price and George Dabney
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The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: page 561

Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Author: Yates Publishing

Note: Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (- Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com photos
2. ↑ Ancestry.com photos
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/pricefamilyofcoo00pric/page/n7/mode/2up
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/pricefamilyofcoo00pric/page/n7/mode/2up
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/14696301/person/147529773/media/84957065-0a25-4e9e-92f5-ca63563bb52d
6. ↑ http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/
7. ↑ Virginia Will Records, Ancestry.com for Walter Coles
8. ↑ The Randolphs of Virginia : a compilation of the descendants of William Randolph of Turkey Island and his wife, Mary Isham
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/21739506/person/1125881435/media/78c0653f-859b-4416-8bcc-914f06dc17a1
10. ↑ https://www.familytreedna.com/public/PRICESRNAMEDNA?iframe=yresults

Research Notes

It has not been proven that the John Price married to Hannah Williamson was the father of John Price of Coolwater. The John Price in the will below may or may not be the correct person. Notation added by wikitree suggested Mary Williamson was not old enough to give birth to a son born in 1714, the date often given as his birth.

The will attached below does not match with the children of John Price and Hannah Williamson found in deed records of Goochland County. This will was executed too early to be the correct family. It has been said John Price and Hannah Williamson died intestate.

John Price left bequests to daughter Mary Cannon, son John Price, son Daniel Price, son Pew Price, daughter Eliza. Price. Wife Jane Price to be executrix Signed: 15 Dec 1710. Witnesses: Theoderick Carter, John Atkins, Joseph Pleasants.

...to daughter Mary Cannon, three ewes; son John Price, 7 head of cattle that is two cowes, three heifers and two yearlings, one feather bed and bolster, one rug and one blanket, and the bed steed it lyeth on, coutch called the red coutch and one iron pott, called the midling pott, with pott racks and pott hooks, two pewter dishes and two plates and one paile and one large chest which was called his chest; to son Daniel Price, one chest called the linnen chest, one horse colt which goeth along with the one-eyed mare, one small gun, one three-year-old heifer called Primrose; to son Pew Price, one feather bed and bolster, one red yard sett rugg, one blanket; and the bed steed it lyeth on, one large chest, one greate pott with pott racks and pott hooks, two pewter dishes and two plates, on large iron spitt, 1 large brass kettle, 1 large dripping pan, one pied cow named Pye and 1 yearling and one white coutch and 1 ovil table; to daughter Eliza Price, one large tirkey leather trunck with drawers, two pewter dishes and two plates, one stew pott and cover lid, one cow called Mottley with her increase. All the rest to dear and loving wife Jane Price. Will of John Price: Henrico Records, 1710-1714, p. 79-80. Proved Jun Court 1711.