Benjamin Prichard was born about 1684 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His father arrived in Philadelphia from Wales in about Nov 1683.[1]
Benjamin along with his brother Matthew removed to Pasquotank, North Carolina in 1701.[2]
He married first Sarah Culpepper on 13 Nov 1704 in Pasquotank, North Carolina.[3] Sarah passed away 5 Jan 1724.[4]
In 1720 he and brother Matthew were included in a list of those suffering from church rates or priest's dues.[2] In 1722 he was made the overseer of his Quaker preparatory meeting.[2]
He married second Isabel Newby, relict of John Henley, 18 Aug 1729.[6]
Isabel would later marry again to Thomas Pierce in 1744.[2]
Benjamin passed away 2 Oct 1739. Quaker record shows "the 21 of the 7th month in 1739" as the death date. Quaker "7th" month was September before 1752, and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582 yields 2 Oct 1739 as the Gregorian date.[8][9]
References in Quaker Meeting Minutes
Residence: "23rd of 12th Month 1699/700 ... Matthew Pritchard laying before this meeting that he intends to transport himself, his brother Benjamin & family into Carolina, and desiring a Certificate, ..."
Residence: "At a Monthly Meeting held in Pasquotank at Symons Creek 21st : 6th Mo. 1712 ... Friends at the Request of Benjamin Pritchard appoint Edward Mayo to be Clerk in his Stead.", Page 46, Item 66
Residence: "At a Monthly Meeting held ... 18th : 2nd month 1717 ... James Took chose John Symons and Caleb Bundy chose Benjamin Pritchard ... to adjust and Settle the Difference between them [regarding money allegedly owed to James by Caleb] ...", Page 66, Item 120
Residence: Brothers Matthew & Benjamin Prichard were mentioned in minutes of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting on "fifth day of ye 8th month 1717" at page 12.
Residence: "At a Monthly Meeting held in Pasquotank at Symons Creek ye 5th Day of the 3rd Month 1726 ... Benjamin Pritchard ... that he is Desirous to be released from keeping the Meeting Book as Clerk. ...", Page 125, Item 229
Residence: "At a Monthly Meeting held in Pasquotank at Symons Creek ye 2nd Day of the 4th Month 1726 ... Benjamin Pritchard and John Symons are appointed to represent the State of the Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting ...", Page 125, Item 230
Residence: "248. At a Monthly Meeting held in Pasquotank at Symons Creek ye 7th Day of the 10th Month 1727 ... friends appoint Benjamin Pritchard and John Morris to Represent the State of friends to the next Quarterly Meeting ..."
Residence: "250. At a Monthly Meeting held in Pasquotank at Symons Creek ye 5th Day of the 12th Month 1727 ... we appoint Benjamin Pritchard and Edward Mayo to write a paper ..." Quaker "12th" month was February of the year following the stated year until 1752.
Residence: On "7th day of 1st Month 1727/8 ... Benjamin Pritchard ... is about to take a Voyage to New=England [sic] and Desires of friends a few lines by way of recommendation to friends there ...", Page 133, Item 251
Residence: On "6th day of 4th Month 1728 ... Friends appoint Benjamin Pritchard and John Morris to Represent the State of this Meeting to the Quarterly Meeting ...", Pages 134-135, Item 254
Residence: "At our yearly meeting held at Perquimans the fourth and fifth days of the 8th month 1729 ... Gabriel Newby is Desired to write an Epistol to friends in London and Benjamin Pritchet is desired to write one to friends in Pennsylvania ..."
Residence: "At our yearly meeting held in North Carolina ye 6th to ye 8th of ye 8th Month 1732 ... Gabriel Newby is requested to write an Epistle to London and Benjamin Pritchard to Philadelphia. ..."
Residence: "At a Yearly Meeting held in North Carolina ... from ye 5th Day untill [sic] ye 7th of ye Eighth Month 1733 ... Gabriel Newby & Robert Wilson is [sic] appointed to write to London and Benjamin Pritchard to Philadelphia Yearly Meetings ..."
Residence: "At our yearly meeting held at Perquimans in North Carolina the 4th 5th and 6th days of ye 7th Month 1734 ... our friend Benjamin Pritchard is requested and appointed to write Epistle to London and Philadelphia. ..."
Residence: On "5th of 6th Month 1735 ... Our friend Benjamin Pritchard is Desired to Represent the same to the Quarterly Meeting ...", Page 173, Item 337
Residence: On "2nd of 9th Month 1738 ... Benjamin Pritchard and Thomas Pritchard who inform friends that the said Nathaniel [Martin] Acknowledges said Act [adultery] ...", Page 200, Item 392
First declaration of marriage intention was on "5th of the 8th Month 1704", Page 12 of Quaker Monthly Meeting record, yielding 16 Oct 1704 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582.
Second declaration of marriage intentions was on "2nd Day of the 9th Month 1704", Page 12 of Quaker Monthly Meeting record, yielding 13 Nov 1704 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582. The were "liberated to marry" at the same meeting.
First declaration of marriage intentions at Men's Meeting on "3rd Day of 5th Month 1729", Page 140, Item 267", yielding 14 Jul 1729 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582.
First declaration of marriage intentions at Women's Meeting on "3rd : 5th Month 1729", Page 17, Item 169, yielding 14 Jul 1729 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582.
Second declaration of marriage intentions at Women's Meeting on "6th : 6th Month 1729", with "liberty to go before the mens meeting", Page 18, Item 170, yielding 17 Aug 1729 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582.
Marriage: Page 140, Item 268, at meeting on "... ye 7th Day of 6th Month 1729 ... Benjamin Pritchard Desired friends approbation to what he and Isabel Henly proposed last Monthly Meeting in Respect of Marriage ... [they] are left to their Liberty to Accomplish said Intentions when they please ..." , yielding 18 Aug 1729 after conversion to Gregorian date and adding 11 days for leap year correction since 1582.
↑ 2.02.12.22.3 Hinshaw, Wm Wade, et al., compilers, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I:162
↑ William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume I North Carolina, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978 (reprint of 1936 edition), p.162 Source: #S28 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48129/QuakerGenVolI-000420-162/263433). Source shows "liberated to marry" on "1704, 9, 2", which translates to 13 Nov 1704 after conversion to the Gregorian Calendar.
↑ William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume I North Carolina, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978 (reprint of 1936 edition).
p.115 Source: #S28 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3753/quakergenvoli-000373). Quaker record states: "10-25-1723" for the death date. Conversion to Gregorian date yields 5 Jan 1724, including addition of 11 days for leap year corrections.
↑ Hinshaw, Wm Wade, et al., compilers, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Volume I:114
↑ Source: #S28 Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol I:115 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48129/QuakerGenVolI-000420-162/263433). Record shows Benjamin was liberated to marry Isabel Henly on "1729, 6, 7", which yields 18 Aug 1729 after conversion to the Gregorian Calendar.
↑ Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Records, Births, and Deaths, Vol 01, 1679-1813; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/31906_290410-00091/99626690 -- Quaker record shows: "23d of the 12th month 1699/700" for the meeting date. Quaker "12th” month was February before 1752. Strict conversion of the Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields “1700 Mar 5”, after changing “12th” month to February in the following year and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582. See also, regarding date conversions, http://www.adamsonancestry.com/calendar/.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00010/8949779 -- Strict conversion of the Julian date in its Quaker form, "15th Day of 2nd Mo 1709", to its Gregorian equivalent yields “26 Apr 1709”, after changing “2nd” month to April and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_302630-00009/9035828 -- Strict conversion of the Julian date in its Quaker form, "The 8th of ye Eight Month 1711", to its Gregorian equivalent yields “19 Oct 1711”, after changing “Eight Month” to October and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00021 -- The mention of Benjamin Prichard in this record is in Item 66 on Page 46, dated "21st : 6th Mo. 1712". Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields “1 Sep 1712”, after changing “6th Mo” to August (21 Aug 1712) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00031 -- Quaker record mentions Benjamin Prichard at a meeting on "18th : 2nd month 1717", Page 66, Item 120. Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form, to its Gregorian equivalent yields “29 Apr 1717”, after changing “2nd month” to April (18 Apr 1717) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_301796-00200 -- Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form, to its Gregorian equivalent yields “16 Oct 1717”, after changing “8th month” to October (5 Oct 1717) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00060 -- Two dates appear for items on Page 125 in which Benjamin Prichard is mentioned: Item 229 - "5th Day of 3rd Month 1726" (16 May 1726 Gregorian) and Item 230 - "2nd Day of 4th Month 1726" (13 Jun 1726 Gregorian).
↑ Source:: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00060 -- Two dates appear for items on Page 125 in which Benjamin Prichard is mentioned: Item 229 - "5th Day of 3rd Month 1726" (16 May 1726 Gregorian) and Item 230 - "2nd Day of 4th Month 1726" (13 Jun 1726 Gregorian).
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00064 -- Two items on this record mention Benjamin Prichard: Item 248 - "7th Day of the 10th Month 1727" (18 Dec 1727 Gregorian) and Item 250 - "5th Day of 12th Month 1727" (16 Feb 1728 Gregorian). The latter date moves to 1728 on the Gregorian Calendar, because the Quaker "12th" month was February of the year following the stated year until 1752.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00064 -- Two items on this record mention Benjamin Prichard: Item 248 - "7th Day of the 10th Month 1727" (18 Dec 1727 Gregorian) and Item 250 - "5th Day of 12th Month 1727" (16 Feb 1728 Gregorian). The latter date moves to 1728 on the Gregorian Calendar, because the Quaker "12th" month was February of the year following the stated year until 1752
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00064 -- Benjamin Prichard was mentioned in Item 251 at a meeting dated "7th day of 1st Month 1727/8". Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 18 Mar 1728 as the Gregorian date after changing “1st month” to March (7 Mar 1728) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00065 -- Quaker record shows "6th day of 4th Month 1728" for the meeting date. Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 17 Jun 1728 as the Gregorian date after changing “4th month” to June (6 Jun 1728) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_301796-00212 -- Quaker meeting was on "fourth and fifth days of the 8th Month 1729". Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 16 Oct 1729 as the Gregorian date after changing “8th month” to October (5 Oct 1729) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_301796-00216 -- Quaker meeting was on "6th to ye 8th of ye 8th Month 1732". Strict conversion of that Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 17 Oct 1732 as the Gregorian date after changing “8th month” to October (6 Oct 1729) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_301796-00218 -- Quaker meeting was held "from ye 5th Day untill [sic] ye 7th of ye Eighth Month 1733". Strict conversion of the Julian date in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 16 Oct 1733 as the Gregorian date after changing “8th month” to October (5 Oct 1733) and adding 11 days for leap year conversion since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/40642_301796-00220 -- Record states the yearly meeting dates as "the 4th 5th and 6th days of ye 7th Month 1734". Strict conversion of the Julian date "5th of 7th Month 1734" in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 16 Sep 1734 as the Gregorian date after changing “7th month” to September (5 Sep 1734) and adding 11 days for leap year correction since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00083 -- Strict conversion of the Julian date "5th of 6th Month 1735" in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 16 Jun 1735 as the Gregorian date after changing “7th month” to September (5 Jun 1735) and adding 11 days for leap year correction since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
↑ Source: #S29https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/41236_306592-00097 -- Strict conversion of the Julian date "2nd of 9th Month 1738" in its Quaker form to its Gregorian equivalent yields 13 Nov 1738 as the Gregorian date after changing “7th month” to November (2 Nov 1738) and adding 11 days for leap year correction since the beginning of the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
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Pritchard-232 and Prichard-378 appear to represent the same person because: Prichard-378 (Benjamin Prichard) was my 5th great-grandfather and I have added significant source references to this profile. Prichard is the correct LNAB, according to the wills of Benjamin's parents, Thomas and Barbara Prichard of Philadelphia.