Records from Nova Scotia, Canada
1786 Poll Tax
Shelbourne Twp, Edmund PRYOR
Shelbourne Twp, James PRYOR
1794 Poll Tax
Annapolis Twp, John PRYOR
Windsor Twp, Edward PRYOR, carpenter
1798 News – “From a Halifax Paper of September 26: HURRICANE…”A schooner belonging to Messers. Pryors, drove from their wharf, and forced a passage through to the next wharf, nearly 30 feet from its head” (Green Mountain Patriot, Peacham, VT, Oct 26, 1798)
1824 Church Warden – At St. Paul’s Halifax, William Pryor. Edward Pryor also mentioned. (Report and Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, published 1883)
1831 Marriage – Sederunt Book. Marriage Contract Trust Laurence Davidson, W.S. and Emma Pryor daughter of John Pryor, Merchant, Halifax, Nova Scotia. December 1831 (from National Records of Scotland website)
1858 Death – On August 27, 1858 Eliza Phoebe Pryor, wife of Henry Pryor, Mayor of Halifax. She was the eldest daughter of Hon. George Pyke, a judge from Montreal. (The Gazette, Montreal, Sept 15, 1858)
Records from Ontario, Canada
1861 Marriage – Thomas PRIOR to Johanna Blatchford on 26 Mar 1861. The record states Thomas was born in Devon England and his parents were William and Joannah Prior. He is on the 1851 Census in Devon, England. (Thomas’ Find A Grave memorial is linked to his parents who are also buried in Ontario)
1866 Marriage – Jonathan PRYOR to
M Cubbage on 1 Dec 1866 in York
1881 Death – Cyrus E PRYOR, farmer, born abt 1808. Age 73. Died of cerebral apolplexy at intervals of 5 years (Note: this matches with the “Paralized” Silas Prior on the 1880 Census in Michigan, USA.) (Online family trees ID him as Silas Eaton Pryor, son of Silas H Pryor a loyalist during the Revolutionary War. Silas is possibly the same Silas b. 1808 in NY, living in Michigan in 1850).
Ontario, 1881 Census of Canada, St. Thomas, Elgin East
| Hiram PRIOR | M | Male | 52 | USA | Tin Smith | C. Methodist | |
| Mary Ann PRIOR | M | Female | English | 47 | England | C. Methodist | |
| Amelia PAULIN | Female | English | 22 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Frederick PAULIN | Male | English | 20 | O <Ontario> | Tin Smith | C. Methodist | |
| Edward PAULIN | Male | English | 15 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Elizabeth PRIOR | Female | English | 9 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Samuel CHARLESWORTH | M | Male | English | 80 | England | Gentleman | Bible Christian |
| Ann CHARLESWORTH | M | Female | Irish | 72 | Ireland | Bible Christian |
Ontario, 1881 Census of Canada, Westminster, Middlesex East
| John PRIOR | M | Male | African | 79 | USA | Labourer | C. Methodist |
| Jane PRIOR | M | Female | African | 53 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | |
| John PRIOR | Male | African | 27 | O <Ontario> | Labourer | C. Methodist | |
| Mahala PRIOR | Female | African | 25 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Thomas PRIOR | Male | African | 23 | O <Ontario> | Labourer | C. Methodist | |
| Frank PRIOR | Male | African | 20 | O <Ontario> | Labourer | C. Methodist | |
| Sarah PRIOR | Female | African | 18 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Nelvina PRIOR | Female | African | 16 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Matilda PRIOR | Female | African | 13 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Elsy Jane PRIOR | Female | African | 12 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| Emiline PRIOR | Female | African | 8 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| James PRIOR | Male | African | 6 | O <Ontario> | C. Methodist | ||
| David MONE | Male | African | 20 | O <Ontario> | Labourer | C. Methodist |
Ontario, 1881 Census of Canada, Chatham, Kent
| Himm PRYOR | M | Male | African | 40 | USA | Laborer | B M Methodist |
| Frances PRYOR | M | Female | African | 50 | USA | B M Methodist | |
| Henry PRYOR | Male | African | 22 | USA | B M Methodist | ||
| Sarah PRYOR | Female | African | 19 | USA | B M Methodist | ||
| Thomas PRYOR | Male | African | 17 | USA | B M Methodist | ||
| Mathew PRYOR | Male | African | 15 | USA | B M Methodist | ||
| Joseph PRYOR | Male | African | 13 | USA | B M Methodist | ||
| Mary PRYOR | Female | African | 9 | O <Ontario> | B M Methodist | ||
| Edward PRYOR | Male | African | 7 | O <Ontario> | B M Methodist | ||
| William PRYOR | Male | African | 5 | O <Ontario> | B M Methodist | ||
| M GATEWOOD | W | Female | African | 82 | USA | B M Methodist |
Ontario, 1881 Census of Canada, Windsor, Essex
| Emely PRIOR | W | Female | German | 55 | USA | Weslyan Methodist | |
| Charles E. PRIOR | Male | Scottish | 15 | USA | Weslyan Methodist |
Ontario, 1881 Census of Canada, Moore, Lambton
| Peter PRYOR | M | Male | English | 33 | USA | Laborer | C. Presbyterian |
| Elisa PRYOR | M | Female | Scottish | 36 | O. <Ontario> | C. Presbyterian | |
| Alisander PRYOR | Male | English | 8 | O. <Ontario> | C. Presbyterian | ||
| James PRYOR | Male | English | 5 | O. <Ontario> | C. Presbyterian | ||
| William PRYOR | Male | English | 3 | O. <Ontario> | C. Presbyterian | ||
| John PRYOR | Male | English | <1 Born: <Jul>; 9/12 | O. <Ontario> | C. Presbyterian |
1899 Marriage – Jonathan PRIOR age 53 to Sarah Jacks. Groom’s parents were recorded as Richard Prior and Philippa Harper (see Cornwall, England for possible parents and family)