Robert PRYOR  (1663 - 1707)

He is the earliest known ancestor of this line in America. He is probably 
the same man of the name who was listed as one of 77 passengers brought to 
Virginia in 1673 by Tho. Hall and Jno. Pigg, who received 3,831 acres for 
bringing them into the Colony from England. In 1689 he received a grant 
of 309 acres in Gloucester County, Virginia. The tract was located in Ware 
Parish near the headwaters of Craney Creek. He received a second grant of 
92 acres in the same general vicinity in 1693. This particular tract had 
originally been granted to Thomas Jefferson in 1668 and subsequently aban-
doned by him. His name appears on the Rent Roll of Ware Parish in 1704/5. 
Numerous mentions of his name appear in the vestry book of Petsworth Parish
which adjoined Ware Parish. He was paid in pounds of tobacco for carpentry 
work he performed on the church building between 1695 and 1708. Other 
possible sons were Christopher, Luke, and William Pryor.

Sources:
"Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. IV, p.898, "The Pryor Family".
"A Pryor Family Narrative"; J. Gatewood Pryor, Atlanta, GA. 1995.
"Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia", Volumes I & II; pp.60, 
85, Polly Cary Mason, Clearfield Co., Baltimore, MD. 1992.