Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameNancy (Tichenor) Tichenell 
Birthabt 1766, Morris Co., New Jersey
Deathbef 25 Oct 1812, The Glades, Preston Co., (W) Virginia
BurialThe Glades, Preston Co., (W) Virginia
Alias/AKATichenor; Tichinell; Tichnell; Tichenal; Tichinel
FatherMoses (Tichenal) Tichenor (~1743-1796)
MotherMargaret Jackson (1739-1818)
Spouses
Birth9 Jan 1768, Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia
Death24 Dec 1846, Oxford, Ritchie Co., (W) Virginia
BurialWhite Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co., (W) Virginia
FatherThomas Pritchard IV (~1740-1811)
MotherRachel Davis (~1745->1813)
Marriage2 Jan 1796, Allegany Co., Maryland
Marr Memo2 jan. 1790
Notes for Nancy (Tichenor) Tichenell
8Two weeks after their marriage (Thomas and Nancy) Thomas became the guardian of Nancy’s younger siblings, Stephen Tickenal (sic), Margaret Tickenal, and Jain (Jane) Thichenal, orphan children of Moses Tickenal, all of that county. The record states: Stephen Tichenal being over the age of fourteen years chooses Margaret Thichenal [Moses Tichenor’s widow] and Thomas Pritchet (sic) as his guardians and Margaret Titchenal and Jain Tichenal being under the age of fourteen years the court appoint the aforesaid Margaret Tichenal and Thomas pritchet as their Guardian.
Notes for Thomas (Spouse 1)
Thomas Pritchard, Jr. is buried in the White Oak Cemetery in Oxford, Ritchie County, VA (now WV). Before coming to Ritchie County (near Doddridge County line, at Oxford) in 1832, he lived in Preston County, coming there from Jamestown, Virginia [actually, he didn’t come directly from Jamestown, although the original Thomas Pritchard came to Jamestown in 1620 - this Thomas Pritchard moved from Allegany Co., Maryland before moving to Ritchie County [via the Glades area in Preston County] in about 1832 . . . ccs]
another source says: marr. February 26th, 1796 [or 2 January 1790]
8According to Minnie Lowther’s "History of Ritchie County" published in 1911, Thomas Pritchard Jr. arrived in 1832 at the South Fork of Hughes River, (below Oxford) Harrison Co., and made the first settlement there.: A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle and to erect a saw and grist mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed. The old grist mill was a water-power, the wheel run in a sycamore hum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, a marvelous improvement over the old hand mill.
145Berea
As before stated, Preston Zinn, and Thomas Pritchard were the first settlers at Berea in 1848; and Mr. Pritchard and J.C. Lowther built the first mill here the same year. Mr. Lowther is still a citizen of this community.
8As in the case of most American pioneers, the entire Prichard family makes the move from Loudoun Co. to Maryland. Thomas Pritchard, Jr. precedes his family to Allegany County. On August 10, 1795, a survey is made there for Thomas Pritchard, Jr. who marries Nancy Tichenell in Allegany County on January 6, 1796. Several months later, on May 22, 1796, his father purchases lots 96 and 97 containing a total of fifty acres from Michael Boyles and Frances his wife. This land is west of Fort Cumberland in what is now Garrett County. Upon assessment, these lots are valued at 22 pounds, 2 chillings, 8 pence. With personal property that includes 16 cattle, 110 pounds, 3 shillings 4 pence, he is one of eight living inthat area who are assessed with a silver plate.”
203. . . On January 2, 1796, a marriage license was issued to Moses and Margaret's daughter, Nancy (now 28 or 29) and Thomas Pritchard (28). Thomas Pritchard was born in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1768. His ancestors came from England (Welsh) and settled in Jamestown in 1610. His brother, John Pritchard, saw three years of service in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. . . .
Moses must have died sometime before the second Tuesday in January, 1796. Court records show, on that day:
203"Stephen, Margaret, and Jane Tichenal, orphan children of Moses Titchenal, late of Allegany County, deceased, came into Orphan's court. Margaret[4] Tichenal and Thomas Pritchard were chosen as their Guardians. Margaret (age 12 ?) and Jain (Jane's age is unknown but may have been 8 or 9). All being under the age of 14 years the court appointed the afore said Margaret[4] Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard as their Guardian who were present in court. They accepted the said guardianship and offered as security; Michael Bean and Aaron Duckworth[3] who were accepted by the Court and the Bond was Executed accordingly. Bond filed.
The Court also ordered; David Tickenal (33), administrator of Moses Tickenal's Estate, Deceased. To deliver and pay to Margaret * Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard all the estate of Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal and Jain (Jane) Tickenal now in his hands or possession. The Court also ordered a summon be issued against David Tickenal, administrator of Moses Tickenal, Deceased to show cause why the Inventory of said estate has not been returned agreeable by law."
(note many different spelling on same document)
203In 1798, when the first assessment of Moses' property was made and recorded, his property was assessed to his heirs as follows: Lots #1 and #2 and three other tracts, 268 acres, valuation £57, 11s, 6d. Personal property £46,10s. His sons estates were also assessed in their own names as follows:
sˇ David, personal property, valuation, £45,2s,6d.*
sˇ Joshua, personal property, valuation, £220.
sˇ Stephen, real estate, lot 68 and mill seat, 50 acres.
sˇ Thomas Pritchard (son-in-law) was assessed with military lots 96 and 97, valuation £22,1s,8d. and with personal property, including 16 cattle £110, 3s, 4d. He was one of eight then living in what is now Garret County, who were assessed with "silver plate" Note: the same year John Pritchard was assessed with a house and lot in the village of Selby's Port, £15, and a nearby military lot #3294.
(See footnote #5 for author's conjecture of these assessments)
145The Pritchard Mill. - Near the year 1832, Thomas Pritchard came from the Glades in Preston county, and built the first mill on the South fork of Hughes' river, below Oxford, on the farm that is now owned by the Zinn Brothers (G. P. and M. G.), and made the first settlement here.
A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle, and to erect a saw and grist-mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed.
This old grist-mill was a water-power, and the wheel run in a sycamore gum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, but this was a marvelous improvement over the old hand-mill.
Mr. Pritchard was born in 1768. His antecessors came from England and settled at Jamestown, in 1610; and his brother, John Pritchard, saw three years of service as a soldier of the Continental army during the American Revolution.
Thomas Pritchard was first married to Miss Nancy Tichinell, who died at the Glades, leaving seven children; and his second wife was Miss Mary Moody, who was the mother of his other eight children. He survived until 1846, when he was laid in the Baptist churchyard, at Oxford. His second wife rests by his side, but the first one sleeps at the Glades.
The children of the first union were: Peter, the White Oak pioneer; Mrs. Kathrine Queen; Mrs. Anna Queen; and Mrs. Peggy Castor, all of Harrison county; Mrs. Sarah (Jacob) Watson*, Auburn; Mrs. Elizabeth (John) Harris*, Pullman; and Mrs. Mary (William) Snodgrass, Berea.
Those of the second marriage were: Thomas D. Pritchard, John Moody, who was drowned in the pond at his own mill at the M. H. Davis farm in 1862; William, an early pedagogue, who never married; Mrs. Jane Gaston, Doddridge county; Samuel, Lewis county; Mrs. Emily (George) Garrison, Auburn; Rachel died in youth and Amos lost his life in the Civil war.
John Moody Pritchard was married to Miss Sarah Haddox, sister of the late Jonathan Haddox, and their children were: Philip, Jason, and Jackson, who all fought in the Civil war, and who are now all dead; the late Mary (Sylvester) Parker, Mrs. Eliza (Allen) Parker, Colorado; Henry, of California; and Thomas B., of Ohio.
another source says: marr. February 26th, 1796 [or 2 January 1790]
8According to Minnie Lowther’s "History of Ritchie County" published in 1911, Thomas Pritchard Jr. arrived in 1832 at the South Fork of Hughes River, (below Oxford) Harrison Co., and made the first settlement there.: A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle and to erect a saw and grist mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed. The old grist mill was a water-power, the wheel run in a sycamore hum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, a marvelous improvement over the old hand mill.
145Berea
As before stated, Preston Zinn, and Thomas Pritchard were the first settlers at Berea in 1848; and Mr. Pritchard and J.C. Lowther built the first mill here the same year. Mr. Lowther is still a citizen of this community.
8As in the case of most American pioneers, the entire Prichard family makes the move from Loudoun Co. to Maryland. Thomas Pritchard, Jr. precedes his family to Allegany County. On August 10, 1795, a survey is made there for Thomas Pritchard, Jr. who marries Nancy Tichenell in Allegany County on January 6, 1796. Several months later, on May 22, 1796, his father purchases lots 96 and 97 containing a total of fifty acres from Michael Boyles and Frances his wife. This land is west of Fort Cumberland in what is now Garrett County. Upon assessment, these lots are valued at 22 pounds, 2 chillings, 8 pence. With personal property that includes 16 cattle, 110 pounds, 3 shillings 4 pence, he is one of eight living inthat area who are assessed with a silver plate.”
203. . . On January 2, 1796, a marriage license was issued to Moses and Margaret's daughter, Nancy (now 28 or 29) and Thomas Pritchard (28). Thomas Pritchard was born in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1768. His ancestors came from England (Welsh) and settled in Jamestown in 1610. His brother, John Pritchard, saw three years of service in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. . . .
Moses must have died sometime before the second Tuesday in January, 1796. Court records show, on that day:
203"Stephen, Margaret, and Jane Tichenal, orphan children of Moses Titchenal, late of Allegany County, deceased, came into Orphan's court. Margaret[4] Tichenal and Thomas Pritchard were chosen as their Guardians. Margaret (age 12 ?) and Jain (Jane's age is unknown but may have been 8 or 9). All being under the age of 14 years the court appointed the afore said Margaret[4] Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard as their Guardian who were present in court. They accepted the said guardianship and offered as security; Michael Bean and Aaron Duckworth[3] who were accepted by the Court and the Bond was Executed accordingly. Bond filed.
The Court also ordered; David Tickenal (33), administrator of Moses Tickenal's Estate, Deceased. To deliver and pay to Margaret * Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard all the estate of Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal and Jain (Jane) Tickenal now in his hands or possession. The Court also ordered a summon be issued against David Tickenal, administrator of Moses Tickenal, Deceased to show cause why the Inventory of said estate has not been returned agreeable by law."
(note many different spelling on same document)
203In 1798, when the first assessment of Moses' property was made and recorded, his property was assessed to his heirs as follows: Lots #1 and #2 and three other tracts, 268 acres, valuation £57, 11s, 6d. Personal property £46,10s. His sons estates were also assessed in their own names as follows:
sˇ David, personal property, valuation, £45,2s,6d.*
sˇ Joshua, personal property, valuation, £220.
sˇ Stephen, real estate, lot 68 and mill seat, 50 acres.
sˇ Thomas Pritchard (son-in-law) was assessed with military lots 96 and 97, valuation £22,1s,8d. and with personal property, including 16 cattle £110, 3s, 4d. He was one of eight then living in what is now Garret County, who were assessed with "silver plate" Note: the same year John Pritchard was assessed with a house and lot in the village of Selby's Port, £15, and a nearby military lot #3294.
(See footnote #5 for author's conjecture of these assessments)
145The Pritchard Mill. - Near the year 1832, Thomas Pritchard came from the Glades in Preston county, and built the first mill on the South fork of Hughes' river, below Oxford, on the farm that is now owned by the Zinn Brothers (G. P. and M. G.), and made the first settlement here.
A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle, and to erect a saw and grist-mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed.
This old grist-mill was a water-power, and the wheel run in a sycamore gum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, but this was a marvelous improvement over the old hand-mill.
Mr. Pritchard was born in 1768. His antecessors came from England and settled at Jamestown, in 1610; and his brother, John Pritchard, saw three years of service as a soldier of the Continental army during the American Revolution.
Thomas Pritchard was first married to Miss Nancy Tichinell, who died at the Glades, leaving seven children; and his second wife was Miss Mary Moody, who was the mother of his other eight children. He survived until 1846, when he was laid in the Baptist churchyard, at Oxford. His second wife rests by his side, but the first one sleeps at the Glades.
The children of the first union were: Peter, the White Oak pioneer; Mrs. Kathrine Queen; Mrs. Anna Queen; and Mrs. Peggy Castor, all of Harrison county; Mrs. Sarah (Jacob) Watson*, Auburn; Mrs. Elizabeth (John) Harris*, Pullman; and Mrs. Mary (William) Snodgrass, Berea.
Those of the second marriage were: Thomas D. Pritchard, John Moody, who was drowned in the pond at his own mill at the M. H. Davis farm in 1862; William, an early pedagogue, who never married; Mrs. Jane Gaston, Doddridge county; Samuel, Lewis county; Mrs. Emily (George) Garrison, Auburn; Rachel died in youth and Amos lost his life in the Civil war.
John Moody Pritchard was married to Miss Sarah Haddox, sister of the late Jonathan Haddox, and their children were: Philip, Jason, and Jackson, who all fought in the Civil war, and who are now all dead; the late Mary (Sylvester) Parker, Mrs. Eliza (Allen) Parker, Colorado; Henry, of California; and Thomas B., of Ohio.
Notes for Thomas (Spouse 1)
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According to The Titchenal Saga, a marriage license was issued to Thomas Pritchard and Nancy Titchenal on January 01, 1796, but they did not marry until February 16, 1796. The reason may have been the death of Moses Titchenal, which took place shortly after this marriage license was issued. After their marriage, they settled three miles west of what is now Bloomington, on a farm (occupied by a Joseph Meyers in 1937).
Thomas Pritchard Jr. is listed in the 1800 Census on p. 29 as in Allegany County, Maryland at Georges Creek. He was then married to Nancy Tichinel. In the same census, Thomas Pritchard Senior is listed in Allegany County Maryland on Sandy Creek. He and his wife, Rachel Davis Pritchard, were over 45, and there were two males between 16-26 and two females 16-26.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. is listed in the 1810 Census as in Monongalia County, Virginia. He is in the 1820 census as in Harrison County, and in the 1840 census as in Lewis County. At that time, he was 72 and Mary Moody was 55.
Thomas Pritchard, Jr. was married twice. His first wife, Nancy Titchinell (Tichnell, Tichnal), died at The Glades, before 1812, in what is now Preston County, West Virginia. They had seven or eight children. Thomas buried Nancy in or near what is now known as Gladesville, Preston County, West Virginia, where they were then living. Life as a widower with seven children was hard, so Thomas Pritchard Jr. married for the second time on October 25, 1812. With his new wife, Mary Moody, he sired eight more children. He was a farmer, a carpenter, a justice of the peace, and the builder of a grist mill in Monongalia County. That land ultimately became Preston County. The deeds and other records of the family's transactions there were lost in a fire that destroyed the county court house some years later.
According to Minnie Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," published in 1911, Thomas Pritchard came from the Glades in Preston County, near the year 1832, and built the first mill on the South fork of Hughes River, below Oxford, and made the first settlement here. A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle and to erect a saw and grist-mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed. The old grist mill was a water-power, the wheel run in a sycamore gum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, a marvelous improvement over the old hand-mill.
The children of his first union were: Peter, the White Oak pioneer; Mrs. Katherine Queen; Mrs. Anna Queen, and Mrs. Peggy Castor, all of Harrison County, West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah (Jacob) Watson of Auburn, West Virginia; Mrs. Elizabeth (John) Harris of Pullman, WV; and Mrs. Mary (William) Snodgrass of Berea, WV.
Those of his second marriage were: Thomas D. Pritchard, John Moody, who was drowned in the pond at his own mill at the M.H. Davis farm in 1862; William, an early pedagogue, who never married; Mrs. Jane Gaston, Doddridge County; Samuel, Lewis County; Mrs. Emily (George) Garrison, Auburn; Rachel died in youth and Amos lost his life in the Civil War.
Sources of Information:
History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 100-101
History of the Queen Family.
Marriage Records of Allegany County, MD.
1800 Census Allegany County, MD.
1810 Census Monongalia County, VA.
1820 Census Harrison County, VA.
1830 Census Lewis County, VA.
Marriage Records Harrison County, Virginia (West Virginia) 1784-1850, by Earle H. Morris.
Allegany County, Maryland Deed Books, Register of Deeds Office, Allegany Co. Courthouse, Cumberland, MD.
Land Grant to Thomas Pritchard Jr. from the State of Maryland, Maryland Hall of Records, Baltimore.
Harrison County, Virginia Deed books, Register of Deeds Office, Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, WV.
Lewis County, Virginia Deed Books, Register of Deeds Office, Lewis County Courthouse, Weston, WV.
Death Records for Doddridge County, VA found in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. married Nancy Tichnell, daughter of Moses Tichenal and his wife, Margaret. The license was issued in Allegany County Maryland January 2, 1796.
According to The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 63, and No. 4, p. 79, The second Tuesday of January 1796, Stephen Tickenal (sic.), Margaret Tickenal, and Jain Tickenal Orphan Children of Moses Tickenal, all late of Allegany County Maryland came into court. Stephen Tichenal being over the age of fourteen years chooses Margaret Ti(t)chenal and Thomas Pritchet (sic.)as his guardians and Margaret Titchenal and Jain Tichenal being under the age of fourteen years the court appoint the aforesaid Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchet as their Guardian who present in Court accept the said Guardianship and offer as security Michael Bean and Aaron Duckworth who are accepted by the Court and Bond Executed accordingly Bond filed (p. 11).
Ordered that David Tickenal administrator of Moses Tichenal Deceased deliver and pay to Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchet all the estate of Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal, and Jain Tickenal now in his hands or possession.
In 1796, Thomas Pritchard Jr. settled three miles west of Bloomington, Maryland on the farm now occupied by Joseph Myers (from Mountain Democrat, Oakland, Maryland, May 27, 1937, p.3. Found in NSDAR Library, Washington, DC.) (Note: This land was part of the area later reclaimed from the Potomac River for the Jennings Randolph Lake near Westernport, Maryland.) He was assessed with military lots 96 and 97 valuation 22 pounds, 1 shilling, 8 pence and with personal property, including 16 cattle, 110 pounds, 3 shillings, 4 d, he was one of eight living in what is now Garrett County who were assessed with silver plate.
In 1798, John Pritchard was assessed with a house and lot in the village of Selbysport and with a nearby military lot 3294 (op. cit.)
1798 - On the second Tuesday and 9th day of January 1798, Allegany County Court ordered that Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard, Jr., Guardians to Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal, Jane Tickenal and Abigail Tickenal, be allowed to full amounts of the profits and interest of their wards' estate up to this date for their maintenance and support in diet, clothing, etc. (Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 59.)
Thomas Pritchard (Sr. or Jr.?) received a land grant from the State of Maryland called "Pritchards Folly" and containing 123 acres. Deed dated March 24, 1801.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. paid 18 shillings 9 pence for lot 12, westward of Ft. Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Land purchased from William McMahon, tax Collector Allegany County, August 27, 1802. (Allegany County Deed Book C, p. 538-539.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. received 12 shillings from John Fox for two acres of land in lots westward of Ft. Cumberland, Allegany County Maryland. Deed dated April 1, 1805. Nancy Pritchard relinquished her dower rights. (Allegany County Maryland Deed Book D, p. 355.)
Thomas Pritchard, Jr. of Allegany County Maryland purchased Lot 313 from John Boyd. Deed dated February 15, 1806. (Allegany County Maryland Deed Book E, p. 410.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. of Allegany County Maryland sold Lot 313 to John Brant March 17, 1809. (ibid.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. of Monongalia County Virginia sold land to John Brant on July 24, 1809 (Ibid.) This indicates that Thomas Pritchard moved to Monongahela (sic) County Virginia between March 17 and July 24, 1809.
In the Monongalia Story, Chapter Thirty-Four: 1810, p. 375, Thomas Pritchard is listed among the Justices of the peace appointed on April 10, 1810.
Thomas Pritchard of Harrison County (West) Virginia purchased 130 acres of land on Gnatty Creek in Harrison County from Jonathan Radcliff, April 24, 1819. (Harrison County Virginia Deed Book 14, p. 316.
Daughter Margaret Married Samuel Caster, January 30, 1821 in Harrison County, VA. (Harrison County Virginia Marriage Book 3, p. 3.)
Son Peter married Elizabeth Willis February 15, 1821 in Harrison County. (Marriage Records Harrison County Virginia 1784-1850 p. 119.)
Thomas Pritchard and Mary his wife of Harrison County, Virginia sold lot of land lying in the town of Weston, Lewis County, VA to Thomas Bland June 26, 1822. (Lewis County Virginia Deed Book B, p. 367.)
Daughter Catherine Pritchard married William B. Queen October 15, 1827 in Harrison County, VA. (Marriage Records of Harrison County Virginia p. 155.)
Daughter Anna married Charles C. Queen August 30, 1828 in Harrison County, VA. (Ibid. p. 161.)
Lewis County Virginia Census for 1830 p. 249 lists Thomas Pritchard.
Thomas Pritchard and Mary his wife of the County of Lewis sold land in Lewis County to Thomas Read October 1, 1832. (Lewis County Deed Book E, p. 343.)
In 1841, Thomas Pritchard, William Pritchard, and Thomas D. Pritchard of the County of Lewis and State of Virginia purchased land from Henry O. Middletown. Land lying on both sides of the South Fork of Hughes River including Pritchard Mill. (Lewis County Deed Book I, p. 60.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. died December 24, 1846. Buried in White Oak Cemetery, Oxford, West Virginia. This is in Doddridge County, just across the border of Ritchie County where Peter Pritchard lived and is buried.
U.S. Census of Doddridge County Virginia for 1850 p. 51 lists Mary Moody.
Mary Moody, wife of Thomas Pritchard, Jr., died May 31, 1867. Buried beside her husband. (Death records for Doddridge County Virginia found in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.)
According to The Titchenal Saga, a marriage license was issued to Thomas Pritchard and Nancy Titchenal on January 01, 1796, but they did not marry until February 16, 1796. The reason may have been the death of Moses Titchenal, which took place shortly after this marriage license was issued. After their marriage, they settled three miles west of what is now Bloomington, on a farm (occupied by a Joseph Meyers in 1937).
Thomas Pritchard Jr. is listed in the 1800 Census on p. 29 as in Allegany County, Maryland at Georges Creek. He was then married to Nancy Tichinel. In the same census, Thomas Pritchard Senior is listed in Allegany County Maryland on Sandy Creek. He and his wife, Rachel Davis Pritchard, were over 45, and there were two males between 16-26 and two females 16-26.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. is listed in the 1810 Census as in Monongalia County, Virginia. He is in the 1820 census as in Harrison County, and in the 1840 census as in Lewis County. At that time, he was 72 and Mary Moody was 55.
Thomas Pritchard, Jr. was married twice. His first wife, Nancy Titchinell (Tichnell, Tichnal), died at The Glades, before 1812, in what is now Preston County, West Virginia. They had seven or eight children. Thomas buried Nancy in or near what is now known as Gladesville, Preston County, West Virginia, where they were then living. Life as a widower with seven children was hard, so Thomas Pritchard Jr. married for the second time on October 25, 1812. With his new wife, Mary Moody, he sired eight more children. He was a farmer, a carpenter, a justice of the peace, and the builder of a grist mill in Monongalia County. That land ultimately became Preston County. The deeds and other records of the family's transactions there were lost in a fire that destroyed the county court house some years later.
According to Minnie Lowther's "History of Ritchie County," published in 1911, Thomas Pritchard came from the Glades in Preston County, near the year 1832, and built the first mill on the South fork of Hughes River, below Oxford, and made the first settlement here. A man by the name of Henry O. Middleton had given him one hundred acres of land in this wilderness so as to induce him to settle and to erect a saw and grist-mill, and here some of the first lumber in the county was sawed. The old grist mill was a water-power, the wheel run in a sycamore gum, and its capacity was from eight to ten bushels a day, a marvelous improvement over the old hand-mill.
The children of his first union were: Peter, the White Oak pioneer; Mrs. Katherine Queen; Mrs. Anna Queen, and Mrs. Peggy Castor, all of Harrison County, West Virginia; Mrs. Sarah (Jacob) Watson of Auburn, West Virginia; Mrs. Elizabeth (John) Harris of Pullman, WV; and Mrs. Mary (William) Snodgrass of Berea, WV.
Those of his second marriage were: Thomas D. Pritchard, John Moody, who was drowned in the pond at his own mill at the M.H. Davis farm in 1862; William, an early pedagogue, who never married; Mrs. Jane Gaston, Doddridge County; Samuel, Lewis County; Mrs. Emily (George) Garrison, Auburn; Rachel died in youth and Amos lost his life in the Civil War.
Sources of Information:
History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 100-101
History of the Queen Family.
Marriage Records of Allegany County, MD.
1800 Census Allegany County, MD.
1810 Census Monongalia County, VA.
1820 Census Harrison County, VA.
1830 Census Lewis County, VA.
Marriage Records Harrison County, Virginia (West Virginia) 1784-1850, by Earle H. Morris.
Allegany County, Maryland Deed Books, Register of Deeds Office, Allegany Co. Courthouse, Cumberland, MD.
Land Grant to Thomas Pritchard Jr. from the State of Maryland, Maryland Hall of Records, Baltimore.
Harrison County, Virginia Deed books, Register of Deeds Office, Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, WV.
Lewis County, Virginia Deed Books, Register of Deeds Office, Lewis County Courthouse, Weston, WV.
Death Records for Doddridge County, VA found in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. married Nancy Tichnell, daughter of Moses Tichenal and his wife, Margaret. The license was issued in Allegany County Maryland January 2, 1796.
According to The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 63, and No. 4, p. 79, The second Tuesday of January 1796, Stephen Tickenal (sic.), Margaret Tickenal, and Jain Tickenal Orphan Children of Moses Tickenal, all late of Allegany County Maryland came into court. Stephen Tichenal being over the age of fourteen years chooses Margaret Ti(t)chenal and Thomas Pritchet (sic.)as his guardians and Margaret Titchenal and Jain Tichenal being under the age of fourteen years the court appoint the aforesaid Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchet as their Guardian who present in Court accept the said Guardianship and offer as security Michael Bean and Aaron Duckworth who are accepted by the Court and Bond Executed accordingly Bond filed (p. 11).
Ordered that David Tickenal administrator of Moses Tichenal Deceased deliver and pay to Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchet all the estate of Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal, and Jain Tickenal now in his hands or possession.
In 1796, Thomas Pritchard Jr. settled three miles west of Bloomington, Maryland on the farm now occupied by Joseph Myers (from Mountain Democrat, Oakland, Maryland, May 27, 1937, p.3. Found in NSDAR Library, Washington, DC.) (Note: This land was part of the area later reclaimed from the Potomac River for the Jennings Randolph Lake near Westernport, Maryland.) He was assessed with military lots 96 and 97 valuation 22 pounds, 1 shilling, 8 pence and with personal property, including 16 cattle, 110 pounds, 3 shillings, 4 d, he was one of eight living in what is now Garrett County who were assessed with silver plate.
In 1798, John Pritchard was assessed with a house and lot in the village of Selbysport and with a nearby military lot 3294 (op. cit.)
1798 - On the second Tuesday and 9th day of January 1798, Allegany County Court ordered that Margaret Tickenal and Thomas Pritchard, Jr., Guardians to Stephen Tickenal, Margaret Tickenal, Jane Tickenal and Abigail Tickenal, be allowed to full amounts of the profits and interest of their wards' estate up to this date for their maintenance and support in diet, clothing, etc. (Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 59.)
Thomas Pritchard (Sr. or Jr.?) received a land grant from the State of Maryland called "Pritchards Folly" and containing 123 acres. Deed dated March 24, 1801.
Thomas Pritchard Jr. paid 18 shillings 9 pence for lot 12, westward of Ft. Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. Land purchased from William McMahon, tax Collector Allegany County, August 27, 1802. (Allegany County Deed Book C, p. 538-539.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. received 12 shillings from John Fox for two acres of land in lots westward of Ft. Cumberland, Allegany County Maryland. Deed dated April 1, 1805. Nancy Pritchard relinquished her dower rights. (Allegany County Maryland Deed Book D, p. 355.)
Thomas Pritchard, Jr. of Allegany County Maryland purchased Lot 313 from John Boyd. Deed dated February 15, 1806. (Allegany County Maryland Deed Book E, p. 410.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. of Allegany County Maryland sold Lot 313 to John Brant March 17, 1809. (ibid.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. of Monongalia County Virginia sold land to John Brant on July 24, 1809 (Ibid.) This indicates that Thomas Pritchard moved to Monongahela (sic) County Virginia between March 17 and July 24, 1809.
In the Monongalia Story, Chapter Thirty-Four: 1810, p. 375, Thomas Pritchard is listed among the Justices of the peace appointed on April 10, 1810.
Thomas Pritchard of Harrison County (West) Virginia purchased 130 acres of land on Gnatty Creek in Harrison County from Jonathan Radcliff, April 24, 1819. (Harrison County Virginia Deed Book 14, p. 316.
Daughter Margaret Married Samuel Caster, January 30, 1821 in Harrison County, VA. (Harrison County Virginia Marriage Book 3, p. 3.)
Son Peter married Elizabeth Willis February 15, 1821 in Harrison County. (Marriage Records Harrison County Virginia 1784-1850 p. 119.)
Thomas Pritchard and Mary his wife of Harrison County, Virginia sold lot of land lying in the town of Weston, Lewis County, VA to Thomas Bland June 26, 1822. (Lewis County Virginia Deed Book B, p. 367.)
Daughter Catherine Pritchard married William B. Queen October 15, 1827 in Harrison County, VA. (Marriage Records of Harrison County Virginia p. 155.)
Daughter Anna married Charles C. Queen August 30, 1828 in Harrison County, VA. (Ibid. p. 161.)
Lewis County Virginia Census for 1830 p. 249 lists Thomas Pritchard.
Thomas Pritchard and Mary his wife of the County of Lewis sold land in Lewis County to Thomas Read October 1, 1832. (Lewis County Deed Book E, p. 343.)
In 1841, Thomas Pritchard, William Pritchard, and Thomas D. Pritchard of the County of Lewis and State of Virginia purchased land from Henry O. Middletown. Land lying on both sides of the South Fork of Hughes River including Pritchard Mill. (Lewis County Deed Book I, p. 60.)
Thomas Pritchard Jr. died December 24, 1846. Buried in White Oak Cemetery, Oxford, West Virginia. This is in Doddridge County, just across the border of Ritchie County where Peter Pritchard lived and is buried.
U.S. Census of Doddridge County Virginia for 1850 p. 51 lists Mary Moody.
Mary Moody, wife of Thomas Pritchard, Jr., died May 31, 1867. Buried beside her husband. (Death records for Doddridge County Virginia found in the West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.)