Mordecai Price, son of Thomas Price and Eliza Johnson. Born 1660 at Calvert Co., MD, died 1715 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, 54 or 55 years REFN: 1890 Mordecai Price owned 116 acres "Locust Neck", 50 acres "Papa Ridge", 50 acres "Greenwood", lived in West River, Anne Arundel County, MD. He married Mary Parsons in 1683 when he was 23 years old and had 14 children with her. He died in 1715 at the age of 55. In 1703 Mordecai took his indentured servant Sarah Dimant (or Dyamond) and his slave Daniel to court for having borne a "mulatto bastard girl" together. (Mulatto is an old term that refers to someone who is bi-racial. Sarah was probably white. Daniel was black because he was referred to as "Negroe") Sarah received fifteen lashes after which she was returned to Mordecai, her master, to finish out the last few months of her seven years of indentured service. After she completed her indenture to Mordecai she was surrendered to the court and sold to Bladen Planter for 3000 pounds of tobacco. She was indentured to Bladen for seven years "in compliance with the act of assembly providing against such unnatural copulations." Interesting tidbit: (Named for a descendant of our Mordecai Price????) Price Town, MD Always known as Price or Prices Station, it is a laid back, peaceful village rich in history and country charm. It is one of several small towns which developed as a direct result of the construction of the Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad, Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Price was established in 1871, when the Pennsylvania Railroad extended its lines through this point on its route to Centreville. The town's name was derived from the surname of a prominent individual connected with the establishment of the railroad station and post office, named Mordecai Price. Price has rural and tranquil settings of beautiful farmland, rich in agriculture. It is centrally located off U.S. Highway 301 and Rt. 405 East. The area also boosts locations for wild game hunting and is centered in the midst of a rapidly growing chicken industry and pig farming. It is also home to horse stables, race horses and grazing cows. The town itself has a small community post office, a Community Building Center (once an elementary school) for community activities and annual events, two churches, the Price Bethany United Methodist Church and Price Apostolic Church. There are always booming businesses in Price, such as the new Price Market Deli & Restaurant and across the street is Price's Station General Store & Antiques. While visiting these businesses, next to the railroad tracks, you may be just in time to see the train passing through and listen to its whistle. Married 1683 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD (31 or 32 years married) to: Mary M. Parsons, daughter of Thomas Parsons and Isabella ?. Born ± ABT. 1662 at Anne Arundel Co., MD, died ± ABT. 1717 at Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MD, approximately 55 years REFN: 1891 Mary died 1718 in Anne Arundel Co., MD. Will dated May 8, 1718, pro June 15, 1718, Wills, Bk 14 p. 628, Land Records Bk. 6 p. 446 Annapolis, MD) Ex. Stephen Price and son-in-law, Thomas Carr. Wits: Thomas Crutchley, Jacob Holland and William Tipton. REFN16219 Children: 1. Elizabeth PriceBorn 1685 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died 1726, 40 or 41 years REFN: 1937 2. Stephen PriceBorn 1687 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died ± ABT. 1727 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, approximately 40 years REFN: 1938 3. Mary PriceBorn ± ABT. 1689 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died ± ABT. 1778, approximately 89 years REFN: 1939 4. Leah PriceBorn ± ABT. 1690 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died before BEF. 1748 at Baltimore Co., MD REFN: 1885 5. John PriceBorn 1704 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died ± ABT. 1789 at Baltimore Co., MD, approximately 85 years REFN: 1940 6. Edward PriceBorn 1695 REFN: 2000 7. Hannah PriceBorn 1698 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died 1776 at Baltimore Co., MD, 77 or 78 years REFN: 1941 10. Sarah PriceBorn Apr 1705 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died 1788 at Baltimore Co., MD, 82 or 83 years REFN: 1944 12. Benjamin PriceBorn 1707 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died between 1741 BET., - and at Baltimore Co., MD, 54 or 55 years REFN: 1946 13. Thomas PriceBorn Jan 1, 1711 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died 1741 at Maryland, 29 or 30 years REFN: 1947 14. Samuel PriceBorn ± ABT. 1713 at West River, Anne Arundel Co., MD, died at Anne Arundel Co., MD REFN: 1948 |
2nd marriage/ relation Mordecai Price, son of Thomas Price and Eliza Johnson. Married/ Related to: Rebecca Yewell Died before BEF. 1683 REFN: 2078 REFN16715 |