Walter Price (abt. 1613 - 1674)

Born about 1613 in Bristol, England [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Cary) Price — married 3 May 1638 in Bristol, England

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1674 at about age 61 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Walter married Elizabeth ___________ in Bristol, England.

Walter emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was in a Salem court record on 29 October 1640.^[1]

Walter died on 5 June 1674 at age 61^[2] The will of Walter Price of Salem is dated 21 May 1674 and was proved the 24th of the 9th month 1674 (i.e. 24 November in the Julian calendar).^[3][4] It mentions:

• grandchildren Elizabeth Price and Anne Price
• son John Price (executor)
• wife Elizabeth Price (executrix)
• son William Price
• grandchildren Elizabeth Croade, John Croade, and Elizabeth Price
• sister Hannah Croade of Elizabeth Croade and John Croade
• daughters Elizabeth Rucke, Hannah Verin, and Anne Bradstreet
• "beloued brother" Capt. William Gerrish of Newbury and Capt. Thomas Lothrop (overseers)

Sources

1. ↑ "Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files, The Essex Antiquarian 3 (1899) page 190. It is remarkable that when these court records were later transcribed into a stand-alone volume published by the Essex Institute, part of of the records from 29 October 1640 were omitted, including the reference to Walter Price.
2. ↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Vital Records
3. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts, probates vol. 301 [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-KLC9?i=40&cat=412735 page 57 indexed, 29 penned on the page
4. ↑ Transcription on "Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681", database and images on American Ancestors (subscription), vol. 2 pages 405-6