Margaret (Unknown) Pritchard (abt. 1700 - bef. 1739)

Born about 1700 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland [uncertain]

Wife of Obadiah Pritchard — married about 1717 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died before 19 May 1739 before about age 39 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Margaret (Unknown) Pritchard was a Maryland colonist.

The LNAB and the place of birth of Margaret Prichard is not proven. Her birth is an estimate based on the fact that her will names four children one of which was probably over 21 since he was named her executor.

Marriage

Margaret was married to Obidiah Prichard around 1717 and was the mother of four known children:

1. James Prichard b. abt. 1718
2. Obadiah Prichard b. abt. 1720
3. Sarah Prichard b. abt. 1722
4. Samuel Prichard b. abt. 1724

Death

Margaret Prichard signed her will on 26 MAR 1739. An abstract follows: I Margaret Prichard of Baltimore County in the Province of Maryland, widow, being weak . . .

• to my son Obadiah ten cider casks & 5 barrels of Indian corn & no more.
• to my daughter Sarah all my wearing apparel & 1 looking glass & 1 warming pan, (other household goods)
• to my son Samuel 1 cow & calf & 1 yearling.
• the rest of my estate to be equally divided between my two sons Samuel & James.
• I make my sole executor my son Samuel Prichard.

Signed with her mark and witnessed by Mich. Gilbert, Elisabeth Eastwood & Hannah Gilbert. Probated 19 MAY 1739.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Prerogative Court Wills of Maryland Liber 22 folio 75 [1]

• Barnes, Robert W., "Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759", (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1989), pp. 523-524