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Descendants of Rees Prees

Generation No. 1

1. REES¹ PREES was born in Wales, and died 1700 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. He married (1) ANN UNKNOWN Bef. 1664 in Wales. She died Abt. 1687 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. He married (2) ELIZABETH WILLIAMS December 20, 1688 in Radnor, Delaware Co., PA. She died Unknown.

Notes for REES PREES:
Per Deborah Preece Williamson, a Preece descendant, when she was doing research on this line she found a Rees Prees travelling from Radnorshire, England on the ship "Vine". The Vine had originally left from Doleyshere, Marionethshire, Wales arriving at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA on July 17, 1684. He was travelling with his wife Ann & children Mary, Sarah, Phoebe, Richard and John. The ship's master was listed as William Preeson.

Per Ruth Priest Dixon's book, "Mijamin Priest and his Family from William Penn's Colony to East Texas 1684 to 1884", we learn Rees and Ann Prees left Radnorshire, Wales in 1684 for William Penn's colony in the new world just two years after it was established by William Penn. They departed from sailing from Doleyshere (Dolesororen), Merionethshire, England on the Vine of Liverpool captained by William Presson. The trip took over two months. They were with a large group of Quakers and landed in Philadelphia on the 17th day of the 7th month of 1684 according to the Quaker calendar or September 17, 1684. Their name is listed as Prees in the manifest.

Ann died within a few years after they arrived at Penn's colony and Rees married Elizabeth Williams at the Hartford Monthly Meeting. Apparently this is where the changing of the name from Prees or Priest to Price first occurred. According to Ruth Priest Dixon's research it is clear that it was Rees Prees that married Elizabeth Williams, however, his name is listed as Price. A change that some of the family carries on in future generations.

The family lived in or near Philadelphia and they had a least five children. William, David, Thomas, Joseph, and Elizabeth were name in that order in Rees' will. However, he named his eldest son Richard who came with him from Wales as his administrator. He died in 1969.

Children of REES PREES and ANN UNKNOWN are:

	i.		MARY² PREES, d. Unknown.
	ii.		SARAH PREES, d. Unknown.
	iii.		PHOEBE PREES, d. Unknown.
	iv.		RICHARD PREES, d. 1699.
	v.		JOHN PREES, d. Unknown.

Children of REES PREES and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS are:

2.	vi.	DAVID² PREECE, b. 1691, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. 1745, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA.
	vii.	WILLIAM PREECE, b. Pennsylvania; d. Unknown.
	viii.	THOMAS PREECE, b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. Abt. 1759, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.
	ix.	JOSEPH PREECE, b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. Unknown; m. NANCY SKAGGS, March 16, 1806, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
	x.	ELIZABETH PREECE, b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. Unknown.

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