John Price

Name John Price Gender Male Birth[1] 16 Jun 1739

Marriage c 1760 Sussex, New Jersey, United States to Esther Smith

Death[2] Bef 1768

▼References 1.↑ Weaver, Gustine Courson. The Gustine compendium. (Cincinnati, Ohio: Powell & White, c1929). 2.↑ The following is related on some family genealogies: No cite given:

John Price went back from Sussex Co., NJ to seafaring from Connecticut. A Capt. John Price was the captain of the "Sea Flower," from Rocky Hill Conn., to South Carolina in 1772. No "Sea flower" was listed from Connecticut during the Revolutionary War. John's wife, Esther was a widow before 1/7/1782.

John probably died at sea prior to Jan. 7, 1782, according to his father-in law's will on that date. As he was not listed as a survivor in his father's will in 1768, he probably had died before 1768.

John and Esther (Smith) Price

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In his genealogy of the Smith families (NYBG Record, Vol. 85, 1954), Samuel Stelle Smith provided the only information found so far on Esther Smith, daughter of Hezekiah (4) Smith. It is not known whether she was a daughter by his first wife Mary (-) or his second wife Sarah (-). According to a Bible owned by a Smith descendant, Esther was born 16 Jan 1746, and died 9 May 1799.

In an unrecorded will written 7 Jan 1782, Hezekiah Smith gave a bequest to daughter Esther Price which consisted of “..one-1/6 part of my land and mortgages and investments and salt meadows while she continues to be the widow of John Price.” On 22 Jun 1799, Hezekiah made another will which was recorded and in which Esther was not mentioned.

To date, no record of her marriage to John Price has been found. There also is very little known about him. He was born in Glastonbury, CT, 16 Jun 1739, the son of Samuel 2 (Robert 1) Price and Sarah Perrin who migrated from Connecticut to Sussex Co., NJ, perhaps as early as 1741. John died before 7 Jan 1782. In the “History of Sussex County, New Jersey”, compiled by James P. Snell, it is related that John returned to Connecticut, and eventually to seafaring. It is not known if this is an accurate account. A Captain John Price, Stepney, CT, was master of the ‘Sea Flower’ to North Carolina as early as 1772, but further information has not been found to confirm that he was the same person.