I was contacted by a researcher of William H. Scally, who came to VA as an indentured servant of William Fielding, George Washington’s brother-in-law, in Spotsylvania County, in about 1769-1770.
He arrived in the American Colonies on the brigand Fanny. She discovered that he had left for western VA where he enlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War in 1776 in Fincastle Co. along with four other men who had also come to the colonies on the Fanny, two of which were Jacob and Thomas Prier. There may have been a strong friendship or a connection by marriage because an ancestor was named Pryor Scally (also spelled Prier and Prior) which is rather unusual for a first name (at least before it became popular due to politician Pryor Lea). There were other family members in later generations of the Scallys who had the first or middle name of Pryor. William Scally enlisted Aug. 10, 1776, VA Continental Line, 8th (later 4th) Infantry, serving under a Capt. Croghan.
Has anyone stumbled upon the Scally, Skelly, Scully or other spelling of this surname while tracing their Pryor family? Does anyone know which line of Pryors is related to Thomas and Jacob Pryor?
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