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Female Martha Pryor Click to view Martha Pryor in the family tree

Martha was born in 1761 in Gloucester, Virginia.  Martha's father was William Pryor and her mother was Sarah (Sally) Wood.  Her paternal grandparents were Samuel Pryor and Prudence Thornton; her maternal grandparents were Henry Wood and Martha Cox. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Samuel, William, John, Valentine Wood, Luke, Sally, Elizabeth, Patty, Mary and Anne.  She was the sixth oldest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 39 in 1800 in Virginia.


Martha's family with William Jordan Morton

‌Martha and William Jordan were married in a religious ceremony on March 16th, 1779 in Goochland Co., Virginia.  They had two sons named Joseph and Marmaduke Beckwith.

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