Mordecai Price (l), of “North River”

Mordecai Price I

• BIRTH 1660 Calvert County, Maryland, USA
• DEATH 8 May 1715 (aged 54–55) West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA

No birth record for Mordecai Price has been found. He was likely born around the West River area of Anne Arundel County, Maryland around 1660. No proof of his parentage has been found, but some researchers have placed him as the son of Thomas Price and Elizabeth Johnson.

Mordecai married (2nd) Mary PARSONS daughter of Thomas PARSONS and Isabella Holland in 1683 in West River, Anne Arundel, Md. Mary was born about 1662 in Anne Arundel Co, MD. She died on 08 May 1718 in Anne Arundel Co, MD.

They had the following children:

• + 14 F i Hannah Price
• + 15 M ii John PRICE
• + 16 M iii Thomas Price
• 17 F iv Elizabeth Price 1 was born 2 in 1684 in West River, Anne Arundel Co, MD. She died 3 in 1726. Elizabeth married Thomas Carr on 22 Nov 1705 in West River, Anne Arundel Co, MD. Thomas was born in 1680.
• 18 M v Stephen Price 1 was born 2, 3 in 1688 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland. He died 4 in 1726/1727 in <West River, Anne Arundel>Maryland. Stephen married Constance Horne on 27 May 1716 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Constance was born in 1695 in Maryland.
• 19 F vi Mary Price 1 was born 2 about 1690 in Maryland. Mary married (1) Jonathan Hanson on 29 May 1718 in Maryland. Jonathan was born in 1686. Mary married (2) George Walker about 1736 in Baltimore, MD.
• 20 F vii Leah PRICE 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 in 1690 in West River, Anne Arundel, Md. She died 6, 7 after 1731 in Baltimore, , Md.
• + 21 F viii Rachel Price
• 22 M ix Edward Price 1 was born 2 in 1695 in Maryland.
• + 23 M x Mordecai Price
• 24 F xi Isabella PRICE 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 in 1700 in West River, Anne Arundel, Md. She died 6, 7 in , Baltimore, Maryland.
• 25 M xii Benjamin Price 1 was born 2 about 1703 in Maryland. Benjamin married Elizabeth Hewitt on 22 Jun 1730 in Maryland. Elizabeth was born in 1709.
• 26 F xiii Sarah Price 1 was born 2 in Apr 1705 in Maryland. She died 3, 4 on 20 Sep 1788. Sarah married Thomas Taylor in Oct 1725 in Maryland. Thomas died after 1725.
• 27 F xiv Leah Price 1 was born 2 about 1706 in Maryland.
• 28 M xv Benjamin PRICE 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 in 1708 in West River, Anne Arundel, Md. He died 6, 7 on 20 Jun 1786 in , Lincoln, Ky.
• 29 M xvi Samuel Price 1 was born 2 on 17 Jan 1712/1713 in Maryland. He died 3 in St Paul's Parish, Baltimore Co, MD.
• 30 F xvii Sarah PRICE 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 on 01 Sep 1728 in West River, Anne Arundel, Md. She died 6, 7 on 20 Sep 1788 in West River, Anne Arundel, Maryland.

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The date that William Tipton married Hannah Price is placed around 1719 because their first child was born in May of 1721. Hannah, the daughter of Mordecai and Mary (Parsons) Price, was born about 1700 in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Price family appears to have been Quaker because may of the records of that family are found in the Gunpowder Meeting records and William converted to that religion later in live.

William Tipton's 1726 will gave all of his land and holdings to his two sons, but, in the event of their death, the estate was to go to his daughter Sarah. It was not so stated in the will, but the widow retained the right to live on the estate and was the guardian of the children and executor of the estate.

In 1727, Jonathan Tipton, Hannah's father-in-law, gave her "in consideration of love, good will, and affection", a servant boy, three cows, seven pigs, and various and sundry household goods to be held in trust for Jonathan's granddaughter, Sarah, until the day of her marriage. In the event of Sarah's death, the goods were to be divided equally between Samuel and Mordecai.

Hannah Tipton, who was 24 or 25 at the time of her husband's death, did not stay a widow long. She married John Bosely about 1728, dividing his estate among his widow and his two sons. When Hannah died in 1777, she divided her estate among her three Tipton children and her several Bosely grandchildren.

Reference: Tipton, The First Five American Generations by Charles D. Tipton, page 82.

He held 116 a. Locust Neck in his own right and 18 a. for the orphans of Anthony Holland; also owned 50 a. Papa Ridge and 50 a. Greenwood; his wid, Mary d. leaving a will, 8 May 1718 - 15 June 1718, naming ch. John, Thomas, Benjamin, Stephen, Mordecai, Rachel, Hannah, Elizabeth, w. of Thomas Carr, Leah Ford, Mary, and Sarah Price, and granddau. Mary Carr; est. was admin. 4 Nov 1726 by Thomas Carr and named dec.'s dau. Mary w. of Jonathan Hanson; est. was admin. 10 Nov 1729 naming William Wheeler as the husband of Constant, wid. and admnx of Stephen Price, and a dau. who m. Thomas Taylor; est. was admin. 25 May 1728;

Mordecai and Mary had iss.;

• ELIZABETH, b. c.1685, m. Thomas Carr on 22 Oct 1705 at West River Meeting; STEPHEN, b. c.1687; MARY, b. c.1688/9, m. 1st, on 29 Aug 1718, Jonathan Hanson, and 2nd, Dr. George Walker; JOHN, b. c.1690; LEAH, m. 1 Jan 1711 at All Hallows Par., in A. A. Co. to Thomas Ford; HANNAH, m. 1st William Tipton, and 2nd John Bosley; ISABELLA, m. William Wheeler; MORDECAI, b. c.1702; SARAH, b. April 1705, m. Thomas Taylor in Oct 1725; RACHEL, b. c.1706, m. Dennis Garrett Cole; BENJAMIN, b. c.1709, m. Elizabeth Hewett on 22 June 1730; THOMAS, b. 1 Jan 1711; SAMUEL, b. c.1713.

[Extract from page 520 of "Baltimore Families 1659 - 1759" ]

[Extract from Ancestors of Kenneth Lemmon (RootsWeb)

1703. In his will dated Feb. 12, 1702/03, ANTHONY HOLLAND named his brother-in-law MORDECAI PRICE I as one of the executors of his estate: "HOLLAND, ANTHONY, Herring C[ree]k., A[nne] A[rundel] Co., 12th Feb., 1702 [1702/03]; 2nd Aug., 1703. Exs.: Benj. Capele, Mordecay PRICE, Wm. Richardson, Sam'l Gassaway." --Jane Baldwin Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills, v.3 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968), citing Liber 11, Folio 316; courtesy Curt Sytsma <curt.ellen@worldnet.att.net>, e-mail, Feb. 21, 1999.

ca. 1703. MORDECAI PRICE, ANTHONY HOLLAND's brother-in-law, served as executor or co-executor of Anthony Holland's estate as documented in a 1728 probate record: "Mary PRICE; 9.189; A; AA; L 35.10.3; May 25, 1728. . . . Payments to . . . John Norris, due from estate of deceased's husband (unnamed) as administrator of Anthony Holland." --Skinner's Abstracts, p.103, citing Liber 9, Folio 189; courtesy Curt Sytsma, Feb. 21, 1999.

1707 Rent Roll, West River Hundred, Anne Arundel Co., MD: "Mordica" PRICE possessed a 170 [acre] tract known as Cumbers Ridge, rent of 3 shillings 5 pence, located at the head of the branch of Deep Creek near the 3 islands in the swamp, originally surveyed for John Cumber Jr., July 10, 1663. --Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976), 145; courtesy Curt Sytsma, Feb. 21, 1999.

ca. 1703-1711. An undated rent roll lists "Mordica" PRICE as the owner of a 116 acre parcel known as Locust Neck, and held an additional 18 acres for the orphans of Anthony Holland: "Locust Neck. 116 A: Sur: for Mordica PRICE & is what was found in the other moyety of the sd. Rema. Pt of Locust Neck entred in pa: 14 & of Truswell in page 15. Rent 4 shillings and 7 + pence. 18 A: the same being that sold first out of Locust Neck as in page 14. Rent 8 + shillings. Posssrs. 116 Mor: PRICE in his own right. 18 ditto PRICE for Anth: Hollands Orp." --Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976), 137; courtesy Curt Sytsma, Feb. 21, 1999.

ca. 1703-1711. An undated rent roll lists "Mordica" PRICE as the possessor of 50 acres which was part of a 155-acre tract known as Papa Ridge; the remaining 105 acres was possessed by Widow Hurst. Papa Ridge was in the Herring Creek Swamp in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, originally surveyed July 13, 1673, for Edward Parish. --Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976), 129-30; courtesy Curt Sytsma, Feb. 21, 1999.

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"PRICE, MORDECAI (4), s. of THOMAS (2), is said to have been b. c. 1660, and is known to have d. c. 1715; m. MARY, dau. of THOMAS and ISABELLA PARSONS; c. 1707 he held 116 a. Locust Neck in his own right and 18 a. for the orphans of ANTHONY HOLLAND; also owned 50 a. Papa Ridge and 50 a. Greenwood; his wid. MARY d. leaving a will, 8 May 1718- 15 June 1718, naming ch. JOHN, THOMAS, BENJAMIN, STEPHEN, MORDECAI, RACHEL, HANNAH, ELIZABETH w. of THOMAS CARR, LEAH FORD, MARY, and SARAH PRICE, and granddau. MARY CARR; est. was admin. 4 Nov. 1726 by THOMAS CARR and named dec.'s dau. MARY w. of JONATHAN HANSON; est. was admin. 10 Nov. 1729 naming WILLIAM WHEELER as the husband of CONSTANT, wid. and admnx of STEPHEN PRICE, and a dau. who m. THOMAS TAYLOR; est. was admin. 25 May 1728; Mordecai and Mary had iss.: ELIZABETH, b. c. 1685, m. THOMAS CARR on 22 Oct. 1705 at West River Meeting; STEPHEN, b. c. 1687; MARY, b. c. 1688/89, m. 1st, on 29 Aug. 1718, JONATHAN HANSON, and 2nd, Dr. GEORGE WALKER; JOHN, b. c. 1690; LEAH, m. 1 Jan. 1711 at All Hallows Par., in A. A. Co. to THOMAS FORD; HANNAH, m. 1st WILLIAM TIPTON, and 2nd JOHN BOSLEY; ISABELLA, m. WILLIAM WHEELER; MORDECAI, b. c. 1702; SARAH, b. April 1705, m. THOMAS TAYLOR in Oct. 1725; RACHEL, b. c. 1706, m. DENNIS GARRETT COLE; BENJAMIN, b. c. 1709, m. ELIZABETH HEWETT on 22 June 1730; THOMAS, b. 1 Jan. 1711; SAMUEL, b. c. 1713 (2:303, 307, 315; 210-14:628; 211)." --Robert W. Barnes, Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989), 520, citing (1) 2:303, 307, 315, Baltimore County Administration Accounts, Liber 2, Folios 303, 307, & 315; (2) 210-14: 628, Maryland Will Books, Hall of Records, v.14, p.628; (3) 211, Maryland Rent Rolls, Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724 (Baltimore: 1976); courtesy Curt Sytsma, Feb. 21, 1999.

Family

• Father: THOMAS (2) PRICE b: ABT. 1635 in Calvert Co., MD
• Mother: ELIZABETH JOHNSON b: ABT. 1640 in England, or Calvert Co., MD
• Marriage 1 MARY PARSONS b: ABT. 1661 in Baltimore Co., MD Married: ABT. 1683 in Anne Arundel Co., MD (West River Monthly Meeting)

Children

1. Elizabeth PRICE b: ABT. 1685 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
2. Stephen PRICE b: ABT. 1687 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
3. Mary PRICE b: ABT. 1688 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
4. Leah PRICE b: ABT. 1692 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
5. Hannah PRICE b: in Anne Arundel Co., MD
6. John PRICE b: ABT. 1700 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
7. Isabella PRICE b: ABT. 1701 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
8. Mordecai (2) PRICE b: BET. 1702 - 1708 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
9. Sarah PRICE b: APR 1705 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
10. Rachel PRICE b: ABT. 1706 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
11. BENJAMIN (1) PRICE b: ABT. 1709 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
12. Thomas (3) PRICE b: 1 JAN 1710/11 in Anne Arundel Co., MD
13. Samuel PRICE b: ABT. 1713 in Anne Arundel Co., MD

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MORDECAI Price (3), son of Thomas (2), is said to have been born 1660, and is known to have died 1715; married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Isabella Parsons, 1707, he held 116a. Locust Neck in his own right and 18 a. for orphans of Anthony Holland; also owed 50 a. Papa Ridge and 50 a. Greenwood;

His widow, Mary died leaving a will 8 May 1718,-15 June 1718 naming children, John, Thomas, Benjamin, Stephen, Mordecai, Rachel, Hannah, Elizabeth wife of Thomas Carr, Leah Ford, Mary, and Sarah Price, and grand daughter Mary Carr; estate was admin. 4 Nov 1726, by Thomas Carr and named Dec's daughter Mary, w. of Jonathan Hanson; est. Was adm. 10 Nov. 1729, naming William Wheeler as the husband of Constant, widow and administrator. Of Stephen Price, and a daughter. Who married Thomas Taylor ; est. Was adm 25 May 1728;

Mordecai and Mary had issue;

1. Elizabeth, b. 1865, m. Thomas Carr on 22 Oct. 1705 at West River Meeting;
2. Stephen, b. 1687;
3. Mary, b. 1688/9, m. 1st. 29 Aug. 1718, Jonathan Hanson, and 2nd. Dr. George Walker;
4. John b.1690;
5. Leah, m. 1 Jan 1711 at All hallows Par., in A A Co. Md. to Thomas Ford;, #Hannah, m. 1st. William Tipton, and 2nd John Bosley;
6. Isabella, m. William Wheeler;
7. Mordecai, b. 1702;
8. Sarah, b.. April 1705, m. Thomas Taylor in Oct. 1725;
9. Rachel, b. 1706, m. Dennis Garrett Cole;
10. Benjamin, b. 1709, m. Elizabeth Hewett on 22 June 1730;
11. Thomas, b. 1 Jan 1722;
12. Samuel, b. 1713.

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Mordecai Price was born in 1660 in Ann Arundell, Maryland, to Thomas Price and Elizabeth Johnson. Thomas was 24 when Mordecai was born, and his mother was 19 years old. Mordecai and Thomas descended from Andrew Price, who was born in Wales and came to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1610, on The Ark or The Dove ships. Mordecai was also a Quaker, owned slaves, sired at least 13 documented children, and is the ancestor or President Richard Nixon, my mother-in-law, and myself.

Mordecai married his first wife, Mary Holland about 1683, but she died, likely in childbirth, less than a year later. In 1684/6, Mordecai married Mary Parsons, also from an established family, in West River, Ann Arundell, Maryland. About 1693, Mordecai petitioned the Council of Maryland:

“To His Excellency, the Governor & the Honorable Council “The humble Petitioner being lawfully Vested in a Certain tract or Parcel of Land called Cumbers Ridge lying in Ann Arundell County formerly taken up by one John Cumber and now in the Possession of your Petitioner humbly prays that Warrant of Resurvey my issue from this Board to Resurvey the same to be made in the Presence of the Sheriff of the said County and a Jury by him Summoned impaneled and Sworne and according to the known Bounds and Courses thereof and not running into the Lines of an antienter survey then itself or Land reserved for the Lord Baltemores use and that the Surveyor may have Power to Examine upon oath such Evidences as originally bounded and marked the said Land at the first taking up. “And your Petitioner shall pray”

His petition was answered affirmatively in 1693. The Court issued a re-survey to take place with the Sheriff watching. After which, the Court received a Certificate of Resurvey for Mordecai Price on February 14, 1693. Then, in 1707, Mordecai pops up again: in the Rent Rolls. In the first Rent Roll, he is listed as the possessor of 170 tract known as Cumber’s Ridge (the same land which he had re-surveyed). At this time, the rent was 3 shillings and 5 pence, and this land was located at the head of the branch of Deep Creek near the three islands in the swamp. In the next Rent Roll, Mordecai is listed as the owner of a 116 acre parcel known as Locust Neck. This must have been a little better than swampland, though, because the rent raised from 4 shillings and 7-3/4 pence to over 8 shillings by 1711.

Mordecai Price's Baltimore City Land Ownership Deed

Mordecai Price’s 1709 Baltimore City Land Ownership Deed

In September of 1709, Mordecai, then a planter, bought more land. This time it was 100 acres on Britton Ridge, in Baltimore City, Maryland, for 16 English pounds. He purchased 93 acres more on Sater Hill, in Baltimore County, Maryland, in 1711 for another 16 pounds. Later, at his death, he owned 116 acres himself, and was in charge of another 18 acres for the orphaned daughter of his friend, and former father-in-law Anthony Holland. This estate of Anthony was valued at over 400 English pounds. Sometime between 1703 and 1711, undated Rent Rolls show Mordecai as the possessor of 50 acres which was part of a 155-acre tract known as Papa Ridge (the remaining portion of the Ridge was owned by Widow Hurst). Papa Ridge was located in the Herring Creek Swamp in Ann Arudell County, Maryland.

Enough of where he lived… How did he live? I already mentioned he was a Quaker. The first Quaker to visit Maryland was a traveling Friend as Quaker missionaries were called. Her name was Elizabeth Harris and it is thought that she visited around 1655. By 1700, it is estimated that there were approximately three thousand Quakers in Maryland, enough to support two yearly meetings. Along with Catholics, this made Quakers a significant minority in the Colony. In 1649, the freeman of Maryland enacted an Act Concerning Religion which is more familiarly called the Toleration Act. The usual explanation for this Act is that the current Lord Baltimore was trying to protect the Catholics in the province who had become a minority in the province established as a haven for them. Usually, the Quakers are mentioned as the second beneficiary to the Act; however, theirs is a much more complicated case. In fact, the history of Quakers in Maryland seems to be one of those threads which parallels and reflect the development of Maryland society in General.

American Genealogical-Biographical Index: Mordecai Price American Genealogical-Biographical Index: Mordecai Price

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While the condition of Quakers in Maryland as a minority is far better than it is for them in almost every other colony, it is no cake walk. While it is true that the Toleration Act of 1649 allowed dissenters to practice their religion, it does not always protect them fully from discrimination and acrimony. It is true that the Toleration Act made Maryland appear to be more welcoming but it is also true that Lord Baltimore needed to solidify his hold on the Eastern shore over which he was in dispute with Virginia. The Act encouraged Quakers to escape Virginian persecution by moving to territory claimed by Maryland on the Eastern Shore. Those immigrants then became loyal to the proprietor. Once Maryland’s jurisdiction over the territory solidified, there was a shift in attitude from viewing Quakers as model citizens to viewing them as obstinate shirkers. Of course, by that time immigrants from England reflected the more orthodox religious views from that island. While the atmosphere in Maryland will never reach the extremes of discrimination and persecution that Quakers experienced in other colonies, it was far from idyllic. One constant theme during this period of time seems to be perseverance. While they will chafe under the requirement to support the Anglican church through forced tithing as well as their ouster from public office because of their refusal to swear oaths, they do not give up but develop new methods to influence the political process.

Hidden behind the story reflected in the written records of the provincial government, is a history of a group who were struggling to define the basic tenets of their faith as well as solidifying a supporting consensus. Today, we associate Quakers with non-violence and conscientious objectors. We also portray them as ardent abolitionists and activists for women’s suffrage. At one point, they were leaders in education. Their efforts to purchase land from Native Americans, rather than just appropriate fits very well with modern-day attitudes. However, these characteristics that we associate with Quakers today were not fully developed in colonial Maryland. Just as colonial society was developing and maturing, so was that of the Quakers. While in most cases their course has been the proven course, it was not always a straightforward move ahead – it sometimes required dissent from within. In this way, their struggles can be seen as a more universal struggle.

Sketch of Gunpowder Meeting House, Attended by Mordecai Price

In about 1700, the Friends were no longer persecuted in Maryland, and in 1705 Esther Palmer, a Quaker missionary, visited Ann Arundell County. She said she found the Quakers there had “planted the theory of the Inward Light deeply and intensively.” However, it took until 1777 for the Quakers to outlaw slavery. It may seem strange to us to think of Quakers as slaveholders instead of abolitionists, but at this time, slavery was so ingrained in the New World. Some Quakers were converted slaveholders, and some coming into the colony from elsewhere adopted the practice when the settled in Maryland. Looking at the wills left from Maryland Quakers between 1669 and 1750, we can see at least 42% of them owned slaves. Not only are the Maryland records of the Society of Friends silent on the practice for the first 100 years, on occasion the Quaker meeting itself benefited from the institution of slavery. Mordecai, being a large land owner in the area, was one of these Quaker slave-owners.

There are two records regarding Mardecai’s slave-ownership in the Ann Arundell County Judgement Records, 1703-1765. This first is on page 4, and it describes the results of an affair of an indentured White woman, Sarah, and Mordecai’s slave, Daniel. At this time white men simply did not mention if they had urges for women other than those they were married to, like Benjamin Franklin. He notoriously told a young man seeking advice, to leave his fiance at he altar and bed as many elderly women as possible. Ben also liked to party in France with very pretty young, but “low” women. However, while men were able to brush these things aside, even if with a slave, women were still to be chaste always. Think of Hester, and her scarlet A, and now imagine if this had been earned with a African-American man. Unfortunately for Sarah, she could not hide the product of her affair quite like a man could in her day.

“2 January 1703 Her Majesty vs Sarah Dyamond … presented a Mallato Bastard … declaring that one Daniel, a Negro belonging to Mordecai Price, was the begetter of the said Mallato Child … this 13 January 1702 that said Sarah Dyamond … fifteen lashes … master delivered her up to the Court after expiration of her term to serve as the law directs.”

Then, again, in 1704, page 323 tells us the conclusion of this episode:

“14 March 1704 “Sarah Dimant [Dymond] having had a Mullato bastard girl and being thereby obliged to serve the county seven years in compliance with the act of assembly providing against such unnatural copulations is by her former master Mordecai Price now surrendered to the Court”

We see slavery with 21st Century eyes, and the knowledge of the past to guide our view. However, for Mordecai, this was only a few years after the 1664 law sanctioning slavery and requiring slaves to be so for life. Additionally, while today we see all slavery as wrong, we do not have any records of the thoughts of Mordecai on the institution of slavery. We also do not know how his slaves were treated, although we can see some of his actions. For instance, Sarah could have expected a very harsh treatment for what the Court deemed “such unnatural copulations”. She received 15 lashes and seven years of servitude. Since she was a White woman, and slavery in Maryland was in full-swing, we can assume Sarah was a free woman before her affair. However, we do not know if she was having an affair by our standards at all. It says nothing about her committing adultery, which Quakers would have been sure to also charge her with in a scenario of this nature. Therefore, we can also assume she was a single woman. Daniel may have been a handsome or charming man, and they may have not considered their relationship an affair as much as a marriage, although obviously at the time neither would have spoken of it, and perhaps that is the reason we do not see Daniel punished. The alternative to this is Sarah not being a willing participant, in which case we might expect to see this as a defense, and we would certainly hope not to see her living in the same household as a man who took her virtue against her will.

Then, again, maybe why we don’t see the punishment of Daniel is the same reason we do see Sarah being released from the house of Mordecai Price. I am likely putting on my rose-colored glasses to tell this story, but I like to think Mordecai was trying to follow his faith in a time when the Christian faith was taking many paths which we consider unnerving today. I think what we can read in these documents and the life of Mordecai is a man who did not see slavery and his faith in opposition until later in his life. I would like to think he owned Daniel and allowed him to marry Sarah and live as a family. Then, maybe, when the town saw Sarah’s baby and realized what was going on, he gave her the chance to keep her family together the only way he could: by taking ownership of her as well. I would also like to think Mordecai offered the Court the punishment of 15 lashes to satisfy the people who were so angry at this act, and this couple.

Regardless of Mordecai’s views on slavery, he does not oppose the Friend’s ban on the practice. Sixty-two years before Quakers outlawed slavery, Mordecai died at the age of 55. He died on the 8th of May, 1715, at his home. His wife, Mary took ownership of his estate on December 20, 1715, but she died three years later, in 1718. The estate then passed to their children, and a friend named Edward Parrish, Sir. At this time, they were likely meeting at the Gunpowder Meeting House. It is also likely they were buried there, in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Price family is all over America, and has multiplied from the first few brothers, including my ancestor, Andrew, who came such a long way.

The Price Coat of Arms (2 of 2) The Price Coat of Arms (2 of 2)

How is Mordecai related to Nixon, my mother-in-law and myself? Well, follow along…

I won’t go through the line of Mordecai to Nixon, but this is available online, at thE

He held 116 a. Locust Neck in his own right and 18 a. for the orphans of Anthony Holland; also owned 50 a. Papa Ridge and 50 a. Greenwood. His widow, Mary died leaving a will, 8 May 1718 - 15 June 1718, naming children. John Thomas Benjamin Stephen Mordecai Rachel Hannah Elizabeth, w. of Thomas Carr Leah Ford Mary Sarah Price granddau. Mary Carr est. was admin. 4 Nov 1726 by Thomas Carr and named dec.'s dau. Mary w. of Jonathan Hanson est. was admin. 10 Nov 1729 naming William Wheeler as the husband of Constant, wid. and admnx of Stephen Price, and a dau. who m. Thomas Taylor est. was admin. 25 May 1728 Mordecai and Mary had iss:

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• Extract from page 520 of "Baltimore Families 1659 - 1759"
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• < “ Mordecai Price: He was also an Ancestor of President Richard Nixon …” > JULY 9, 2014