Way back in 2000 an online researcher posted the question: How is William Pryor of Albemarle related to William Lafoon who died about 1744 in Henrico/Goochland County. http://genforum.genealogy.com/prior/messages/111.html
The same researcher posted that in 1751, “WILLIAM PRIOR/PRYOR (who was then listed as a resident of Albemarle Co., VA) sold 200 acres of land in Henrico County to WILLIAM HARDING of Henrico Co. This land was noted as “part of a greater tract of land granted to WILLIAM LAFFOON by patent.”
In prior posts (no pun intended) I established that William Pryor was the son of Nicholas Pryor of Henrico/Goochland County. William and his wife Margaret were living in Albemarle County in 1750. They were the parents of William Pryor who served in the Revolution and married Elizabeth Wright, residing in Amherst County in an area that had been part of Albemarle County.
I don’t want to rock the authority of the Amherst County Museum and Historical Society — Their article (http://amherstcountymuseum.org/local.html) states William Pryor and wife Elizabeth had a daughter named Margaret Lafew Pryor. I wish I could find a source for the information on the museum’s website. Could it possibly be Margaret Laffoon Pryor? Was she named for William’s mother? This would certainly explain how the elder William Pryor was connected to William Laffoon… an inheritance could be explained if William Pryor was married to Margaret Lafoon.
