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Matthew Prior

Also Known As: "Pryor"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
Death: January 31, 1739 (48)
Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Prior and Elizabeth Titus
Husband of Hannah Prior (Cock)
Father of Matthew Prior; Hannah Prior and Mary Prior
Brother of John Augustus Pryor; Hannah Frost; Elizabeth Pryor; Mary Prior; Sarah Prior and 5 others

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About Matthew Prior

HANNAH (COCK) PRIAR (John*, James1) b. Matinecock, Long Island, N. Y., 23/8 mo (Oct) 1689; d. before 1760; m. Matthew Priar, b. Killingworth upon Matinecock 29/1 mo (Mar) 1690, son of John and Elizabeth (Bowne) Priar, of Killingworth. (See Appendix). They were farmers and Friends.

Issue (Priar) :

i Hannah, b. 26/4 mo. (June) 1720; d. unm.

ii Mary, b. 2/11 mo. (Jan.) 1723-4; m. 1748, George Townsend, son of George and Roseannah (Coles) Townsend.

iii Matthew, b. 6/1 mo. (Mar.) 1728/9; m. ist 1754, Ann Pearsall. dau. of Henry and Mary (Titus) Pearsall, and widow Silas Willis ; m. 2d, 1789, Hannah53 Cock, dau. of Samuel21 and Martha (Ailing) Cock, and widow of Joseph Coles of Musketa Cove.

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Matthew Prior's Timeline

1690
March 29, 1690
Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
1720
1720
1723
1723
1729
1729
1739
January 31, 1739
Age 48
Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA