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Sarah Muse was born circa 1710 at Westmoreland County, Virginia.² She married (?) Carter circa 1729.¹ Sarah Muse married William Thorn circa 1747 at Virginia.¹ Sarah Thorn was granted administration of the estate of William Thorn on 25 May 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia. She executed bond with Henry Peyton and Edward Gwatkins. The same day Howson Hooe, John Baylis, John Hooe and Thomas Bland were appointed to inventory and appraise the estate.³ Sarah Muse married Henry Wilson circa 1762 at Prince William County, Virginia.¹ Sarah Muse was named guardian to John Thorn and Frances Carter, orphans in May 1762 at Prince William County, Virginia. She entered into and executed a bond for her faithful performance with William Ellsey, gentleman, and Richard Carter. John Thorn and Frances and Richard Carter were her children.⁴ She and Henry Wilson werelegally separated on 3 November 1766 at Prince William County, Virginia.⁵

Sarah Muse left a will on 6 November 1782 at Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia; The will reads:
     In the Name of God Amen, I, Sarah Wilson of the county of Prince William and Parish of Detingen being about Seventy two years of age and being sick of body but of good & sound memory Do make this my last Will & testament revoking and disannulling all and every will or Wills heretofore by me made and that this only shall be taken for my last Will & testament Viz: Item I give and bequeath to my loving son Elisha Muse one feather bead beadstead & furniture to be delivered to him after my deseace and no more, Item I give & bequeath to my loving Son George Carter five shillings sterling and no more, Item I give & bequeath to my loving Son Richard Carter five shillings Sterling and no more, Item I give & bequeath to my loving daughters Elizabeth Summers & Barbary Peak my Wearing Apparel to be equally divided between them and no more Item I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Jemimah Williams five shillings sterling and no more, Item I give and bequeath to my loving Daughter Frances Cotrel five Shillings Sterling and no more, Item I give & bequeath to my loving son John Thorn all the remainder part of my estate to him and his Heirs forever, Item I leave my loving Son John Thorn Executor of this my last Will & Testament in Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my Seale Dated ths 6th Day of November 1782. Sined Sealed & Acknowledged In presence of:
Samuel Byrne
Josiah Murphy
Joseph oone
Sarah X Wilson (her mark) (Seal)

At A Court held for Prince Wm County the Sd day of Septr 1786; This last will & testament of Sarah Wilson decesd was proved by the oaths of Samuel Byrne & Josiah Murphy & order to be recorded. Test. R. Graham [Cl Cur].^1,2

She died circa 1786 at Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, Virginia.¹ Her will was proved on 2 September 1786 at Prince William County, Virginia.¹

Elijah Muse was the son of Sarah Muse.¹

George Carter was the son of Sarah Muse.¹

Richard Carter was the son of Sarah Muse.¹

Barbary Carter was the daughter of Sarah Muse.¹

Frances Carter was the daughter of Sarah Muse.¹

John Thorn was born circa 1748.¹ He was the son of William Thorn and Sarah Muse.¹

William Thorn was born between 1685 and 1693.¹ He married Sarah Muse circa 1747 at Virginia.¹ William Thorn died in 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia.² Administration of the estate of William Thorn was granted to on 25 May 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia. She executed bond with Henry Peyton and Edward Gwatkins. The same day Howson Hooe, John Baylis, John Hooe and Thomas Bland were appointed to inventory and appraise the estate.² In November 1761 at Prince William County, Virginia, the inventory of his estate was admitted to record.³ On 2 May 1763 at Prince William County, Virginia, an additional inventory and appraisement of William Thorn's estate was returned and admitted to record.³

(?) Carter married Sarah Muse circa 1729.¹ (?) Carter died before 1747.¹

Henry Wilson married Sarah Muse circa 1762 at Prince William County, Virginia.¹ Henry Wilson and Sarah Wilson werelegally separated on 3 November 1766 at Prince William County, Virginia.²

In 1632 Matthew Smallwoodwas residing at Commonwealth of Virgiinia.¹ 30Mar1634 – LEASE: Mathew Smallwood, Merchant, for 21 years, 500 acres in Charles City County, on Bickers Bay, easterly upon land of Captain Nathaniel Powell, Decd., now in the occupation of William Barker, Mariner, westerly on a creek parting it from land called Chaplin’s Choice, northerly on the Main [James] River, and southerly into the Main Woods.
[Consideration not given.] (Virginia Patents, 1-I:151)

“Captain Nathaniel Powell was, said a contemporary, “born a gentleman and bred a soldier.” He married a daughter of William Tracy (who brought a party of colonists to Virginia in 1620), came
to the Colony in 1607, was appointed to the Council in 1621, and was, for a short time, Governor. With all of his family he was killed by the Indians in the massacre of 1622. In 1626, Thomas Powell, his elder brothers, and other brothers and sisters, all in England, petitioned the government in regard to his estate. They stated that William Powell, who had gotten possession of all of it [the estate] in
Virginia, was no relation.” W.G. Stanard, Virginia Land Records (Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Company, 1982), 533. All of Stanard’s “Notes” are from a series of articles appearing in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1893-1901. Hereafter W.G.Stanard, and the page number in Virginia Land Records will be used in citations and quotes.)

William Barker, Mariner [Ship Captain], was an agent for a syndicate of
London Merchants, which was in the process of assembling a large plantation
centering on Powell Creek, which Barker or his London clients had renamed “Merchants Hope,” the same name as the Company’s plantation. Subsequently the Merchants also acquired Martin’s Brandon, the larger original plantation of Captain John Martin to the east.

Smallwood was another sea captain turned merchant. In 1630, sponsored
by the Earl of Carlisle, he commanded the Ship Tryall of London carrying fifty men to establish a colony at St. Christopher (St. Kitts) in the West Indies. (Coldham, I:91).²

On 17 April 1807 at White County, Tennessee, Joseph Pryor was one of twenty men appointed to work on the road from three mile tree to Isam Russells.² Joseph Pryor died in 1816 at White County, Tennessee.¹

William Pryor was born circa 1791 at Tennessee.² He was the son of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹

Jonathan Pryor was born circa 1808 at Tennessee.² He was the son of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹ Jonathan Pryor married Polly Robinson.¹

Polly Robinson was born circa 1806 at Tennessee.² She married Jonathan Pryor, son of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹

Pleasant Pryor was born circa 1805 at Tennessee.² He was the son of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹

Martha (?) was born circa 1775.¹ She married William Pryor, son of Joseph Pryor.¹ Martha (?) died in 1830 at White County, Tennessee.¹

Jackson Pryor was the son of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹

Sally Pryor was the daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹ Sally Pryor married John Bohannon.¹

John Bohannon married Sally Pryor, daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹

Susannah Pryor was born circa 1800 at North Carolina.² She was the daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹ Susannah Pryor married Thomas Robinson; Their children include Catherine b. ca 1827, Rebecca b. ca 1831, Margaret b. ca 1835, Pleasant P. b. ca 1837, Alexander b. ca 1839, Elizabeth b. ca 1844, and Wesley b. ca 1848. They are all said to be born in North Carolina.^1,2

Thomas Robinson was born circa 1790 at Virginia.² He married Susannah Pryor, daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?); Their children include Catherine b. ca 1827, Rebecca b. ca 1831, Margaret b. ca 1835, Pleasant P. b. ca 1837, Alexander b. ca 1839, Elizabeth b. ca 1844, and Wesley b. ca 1848. They are all said to be born in North Carolina.^1,2

Nancy Pryor was the daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹ Nancy Pryor married Thomas Webb.¹

Thomas Webb married Nancy Pryor, daughter of William Pryor and Martha (?).¹