Children of Elizabeth Pruden and James Thomas:
1. Abraham Thomas  26 Nov 1799 - 13 April 1879
      married Nancy Mitchell  ca 1807 - bef 1870
        dau of John Mitchell and Winnifred Saunders and sister of James S.
       a. Mary Henrietta Thomas 1824 -1897
            married 3 Feb 1842 Howell M Jones 6 Aug 1819 - 15 July 1865
       b. Martha A Thomas 1826 - 1913
            married ca 1845 Rev. William P Britton 1821 - 1852
                         Baptist preacher - killed by his horse - near Bethlehem
        c. John Q Thomas ca 1836 -    merchant at Vanndale, Ark
                        emig to Arkansas when young
             married Josephine Robertson of Memphis, TN
        d. Dr. Rascius P Thomas 2 Sept 1845 - 29 Oct 1916
              married 1879 Mary Green Mitchell 1858 - 17 Feb 1928
                     of Franklin Co, NC       Chowan grad. 1876
2. Mary Thomas  ca 1801  - 1848
      married James Saunders Mitchell  ca 1800 - 1869
            brother of Nancy
        a. Mary Elizabeth Winifred Mitchell ca 1823 -
             married William Watson Mitchell ca 1811 - 1897
        b. Rev. Dr. John Mitchell  
        c.  William H Mitchell
        d.  James W Mitchell ca 1835 -

Children of the Rev. Nathaniel Pruden and Marcella Newsome:
1. Lewis W Pruden  ca 1814 - 4 April 1855
     married 11 Oct 1838 Evelina M Harrell ca 1817-10 May 1845 [28th yr]
           dau of John Harrell and Winifred his wife
       a. John Lewis Pruden 20 July 1839 -
             married 29 Nov 1860 Virgininna S Hayes

                       dau of Willis R Hayes and Elizabeth his wife
       b. William Nathaniel Pruden 7 Aug 1841 - 16 Nov 1849
       c. Joseph Henry Pruden 18 April 1843 - 30 Jan 1918  [75th yr]
             married 26 Mar 1874 Mollie J [Mary Josephine] Roberts 
              i. Evelyn [Evvie] Pruden   1877 -14 Mar 1906   [29th yr]
                            of spinal meningitis which also killed her baby
                  married Caleb Ward
             ii. George L Pruden  died 10 Dec 1880
                    on Barfield's Farm, Tuscarora Beach, Winton, NC
             iii. Mary Lillian Pruden Jan 1880 -15 Feb 1981 [aged 101 yrs 20 days]
                  married Millard Alonzo Ward
             iv. Julian Paul Pruden  1883 - July 1950 aged 67
              v. William Roberts Pruden  1884 - 15 Oct 1939  [55th yr]
             vi. John Lewis Pruden 24 Sept 1887 - 24 Oct 1969 [age 82] dsp
             vii. Albert Leslie Pruden 31 Aug 1890 -
            viii. Nellie Lorraine Pruden 10 Aug 1893 - aft Feb 1982
                    married Thomas Ellis
              ix. Cyril  - -
               x. Charles Norfleet Pruden 28 Aug 1899 - 4 Mar 1979 [age 79] dsp
       d. Charles Norfleet Pruden 30 Jan 1845 - 23 Mar 1923 [age 78]
              married 20 Jan 1869 Martha S Jones
                         dau of Howell M Jones and Mary H. his wife
              married 30 Oct 1872 Nannie W Jones Askew
                       dau of Howell M Jones and Mary H. his wife
    married 2nd 30 Oct 1845 Sarah Louisa King  died 1870
               dau of Thomas C King and Sarah his wife
      she then married 2nd James Eley Newsome   died ca 1865/66
        e. Mary Julia Pruden 20 June 1850 -
        f. Emma Eley Pruden 27 Sept 1851 -
              married 1st Leander T Newsom her step brother
              married 2nd Irving Preston Newsome  his brother
        g. Thomas King Pruden 15 Sept 1853 - 28 Feb 1858
        h. Louisa Marcila Pruden 14 Jan 1855 - 1898
              married 5 Nov 1872 William F Jones
                      son of Howell M Jones and Mary H. his wife
2. William Dossey Pruden 22 Feb 1812 Gates Co  - 15 Jan 1874 ts  Mill Neck 
        orphaned early, raised by his uncle Capt. Michael B Newsom, Hertford Co
          despite being named for a leading Baptist he became a stanch Methodist
      married 1835 Martha G Riddick 20 May1813 Hertford Co - 1867    died age 53 years ts  
           this Pruden family's cemetery is about 1/4 mile up an old farming road by a big Pine Tree off Swain Mill Road very near Harrellsville -visited by Anne Laskin-Born May 04.
        a. Aurelia A. Pruden ca 1837 -
              married Horatio B Hayes ca 1829 -
        b. William Dossey Pruden 2 Feb 1847 Harrellsville NC - 27 Mar 1918 Edenton NC
             married Feb 1872 Mollie Norfleet d. 1889
             married June 1892 Annie Wood
        c. James N Pruden ca 1848 - 25 Dec 1868
                 died at the University of Virginia at age 20 ts
        d. Alfred A Pruden ca 1853 -  ca 1870 -  died aged 17 ts - male
        e. Martha [Pattie] S Pruden 4 Jan 1856 - 19 April 1877 ts- girl
3. Charles Norfleet Pruden  -
4. Martha Pruden  -
     married Moses Newsome ca 1803 -
5. Celia M Pruden 

Children of Abraham Pruden:
1. daughter
    married John Rice ca 1786 -
        a. Rachel Rice

Children of John Pruden of Gates County:
1. James Pruden
2. John Pruden
     married 1st Rebecca Tayloe
     married 2nd Rachel Spivey
       John and Rachael came to Arkansas in 1849. 
          According to family lore, the reason they settled in Arkansas was because their daughter Ollie (Olive, maybe) became sick and died here.   We have always been told that they were on their way to California.

Children of Terecey Pruden and Abel Savage:
1. Whitmel Savage
2. David D. Savage
3. Oliver Savage
4. Deborah Savage
      married Micajah Pierce ca 1800 -
5. Abel A Savage
6. Teresa Savage ca 1813 -
7.  Mary Savage

Children of Jacob Pruden and Sally Savage:
1. Lavinia Pruden dec bef 1838
      married Britton Barr ca 1803 -  of Gates Co
       a. Susan Barr
       b. Henry Barr
       c. Isaac Barr
2. Kintchen T Pruden 1801 -  Bertie Co
     married Elizabeth  ca 1787 -
      a. Jacob Pruden Jr 19 May 1827 - 18 Feb 1878
         married 20 Aug 1849 Mary L Hendrickson 25 Feb 1825 - 12 Oct 1888
       i. Martha E Pruden 1850 -
       ii.  George T Pruden 12 Oct 1852 - 
       iii.  Joseph C Pruden 20 Jun 1856 - 29 Mar 1915
              married Elizabeth Jenkins
       iv.  Williamston Pruden
       v.  Erastus F Pruden 1860 -
       vi.  Charles M Pruden 7 Mar 1866 -
       vii.  E Frank Pruden 8 Feb 1860 -5 Jun 1910
       viii.  Laura Pruden
       ix.   WT Pruden 2 Mar 1858 -
       x.   others
3. Abram Pruden ca 1812 -
       married Martha ca 1814 -
        a. Nathaniel A Pruden ca 1846 -
4. Teresa Pruden ca 1810 -
       married Thomas Hoggard ca 1808 -  Gates Co
5. Christianna Pruden ca 1812 -   Gates Co
       married James Smith ca 1805 - 

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Forerunners of Bob Holloman

   17 December 2009