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- Jane is the daughter of Rachel Evans (1690 Maryland), married 20 Oct 1705, & Zebulon Pritchett (1690 Apes Hill, Maryland - Jan 1741 Apes Hill).
Ontario Land Registry. Niagara North, Book 102, p272
Lot 22 - 23, Con 9 & 10, Grimsby Twp.
. 1798 Mar 14, Patent, Crown, to Stephen Pritchard, 100 Acres.
. 1808 Jul 12, Gargain&Sale, Stephen Pritchard eteu, to John & Geo. Ball, ££10 ? each, with Lot 22 and Lot 23, Con 10 [=400 Acres?]
. Pritchett Family
Zebulon Pritchett was the oldest son, having received the home plantation Apes Hill, as recorded in his father John Pritchett's WILL filed in August 1723 among some papers & recorded in Old Book No. 9, at Cambridge Md.
Ref: Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II.
. Pritchetts Crossroads:
Zebulon Pritchett, a 4th generation descendant of Dr. John Pritchet, found himself caught in the middle of a revolution, & with the other men living in Dorchester County, he had to defend his family from the aggressive tactics of professional British soldiers & their colonial supporters.
An excerpt from Revolutionary Patriots of Dorchester County Maryland 1775-1783 by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Zebulon was killed during the second year of the Revolutionary War. During the War the Tories would often make sneak attacks up the Hungar [Honga] River & burn homes, carry off supplies, & prisoners of war. It is thought that Zebulon Pritchett was killed on a sneak attack by Tories who came up in a boat to the rear of Captain Henry Lake's home for the purpose of capturing Capt. Lake & destroying his home.
Dr. John Pritchett when he first came to Dorchester County to live, he made the beautiful plantation Apes Hill his home. Later, when his son Zebulon married he gave Zebulon Apes Hill & he moved to his adjoining plantation, The Hope. These 2 plantations adjoining each other, on the Upper Straights of Hungar [Honga] River, almost out to the Chesapeake Bay, are still 2 of the finest locations in Dorchester County. Here is much tradition that has been handed down from one generation to another, how when Dr. John Pritchett first came to Dorchester County, that he was kind to the Indians, & administered to their needs, as well as the white man, & the Indians respected him & his family. To honor one of these old Indian Chiefs, it is said he named one of his sons "Phunback". Whether this tradition is true, we do not know, however we do know that he did name one of his sons "Phunback."
. WILL of Zebulon Pritchard, Dor. Co., MD, 9 July 1740, p. 17 Mar 1741/2 mentions
daughters: Elizabeth, Margary, Walley, Rachel Wingate, Mary Bramble, & Jane,
plus sons: John, Wm, Jeremaih, Edw., & Ezekial Pritchard. - - -
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1745 - 1770 (24 years)