John Thomas Price ^{2,3,4,6,10,11,14,16,18,19}

   Cause of his death was ventricular enlarged heart.

  General Notes:

Father, John Price, not proven.
1850 census of 12 Sept. identifies John T. Price as a farmer, age 37, b. MD, and the entire family living in Election District 3, Census District 2, Harford County, MD. Election District 3 is Bel Air. Precincts are Fallston, Bel Air, Churchville ... so I would assume 3-2 is Bel Air / Bel Air. Also in the household are wife Sarah, 35, b. in MD; son William H., 8, b. in MD; dtr Anna M., 5, b. in MD; son John R., 2; b. in MD; dtr Martha J., 10, b. in MD; sister [my guess] Julia A. Price, 22, b. in MD; and several others: Andrew Thompson, 34, a white labourer born in Canada (could be indentured); Bill Boyer, 23, mulatto and born in MD; Maria Fields, 45, black; Althea Frisby, 40, black; Rachel King, 5, black; Francis Clark, 7, black male; Wm. Clark, 5, black male; Eliza Clark, 1, black -- all b. MD. John T. Price doesn't appear to be a farmer owning land, as the closest farmers owning land of any value are George Draves ($1000), Thos. Hanway ($6000), Thos. Griffin ($3000), Samuel Patterson ($5000), Wm. Roberts ($10,000).
1860 (23 July) census indicates John as 47 and occupation as dairyman with Wm H., 17, living at home as a saddlery apprentice (harness maker) in the borough of Oxford, Chester Co., PA. Also in the household are dtr Martha J., 19; dtr Anna M., 15; son John R., 11; son Oliver C., 9; and son Thomas W., 7. Census indicates entire family was born in MD. Wife Sarah does not appear in this census, as her tombstone indicates she died in 1858--nor does wife #2 Ann appear at this time.
1867-1881 Records of his being a member of Oxford Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church.
1870 (8 July) Census shows John Price, 57, born in MD and living in nearby East Nottingham, Oxford P.O., Chester Co., PA, as a farm 'labourer' with wife Annie E. ("keeping house"), 52, born PA, and son Whitfield (Thomas W.), 17, born PA. Main property owner was Harvy Groves, 31, paper mfr, and family.
1880 (9 June) census indicates John, 67, occupation as farmer and both of John's parents born in Maryland, and John's family residing in Lower Oxford Twp, Chester Co., PA. This census also indicates Julia A. Dardy [sic], 40, b. MD, father b. MD and mother b. PA, as their widowed dtr and living "at home" with just John and wife #2, Ann E., 64, b. PA as were parents. Although not confirmed, Julia may be Ann's dtr from previous marriage. It may be a coincidence that this Julia A. has same name as his sister, Julia A. Price, listed on the 1850 census. On the other hand, this could be the same Julia, who lied about her age and is actually John's dtr, and not his sister. Sarah may or may not have been the mother. She is same age as John's first child, Martha J.
Per obituary in the Press newspaper, "John Thomas Price, a former citizen of Oxford, died in the 80th year of his age on Sunday at the residence of his son, T. W. Price, No. 2318 Ingersoll St., Phila." Another obituary mentions a prolonged illness. Etched on his tombstone are his first wife, Sarah, his sister Mary Ann (1809-1877), and his mother Ann (1788-1863).
City of Philadelphia death certificate of 22 May 1892 indicates cause of death as ventricular enlargement of the heart, his plae of birth as Harford County, MD. Parents names are omitted.
6-27-1929 A letter from Oxford, PA, to "My dear Virginia" attempts to answer some questions about "Cousin Chap" and parents. The author, a Rigdon cousin who has his Rigdon family Bible with birth dates back to 1750, affirms Chap's mother as Sarah Rigdon Price, born May 27, 1814, to the Rigdons of Harford County. His stepmother's name was Eliza Price with no record of her death or burial. This cousin states Sarah died and was buried in Harford County [another cousin thinks perhaps Old Kennett Friends Cemetery or old Oxford cmtry] before the Prices moved to Chester County. "The lot in which the Price burials were made was purchased in January 1859 by John Thomas Price. The first burial recorded is Ann Price, 75 Years old, died or buried in Oxford 8-4-1863. Next is Mary Ann Price, 68 years old, died in West Nottingham Twp. Apr. 13, 1877, then John Thomas Price himself, died in Phila, 80 Yrs old...This Price lot is a double one, lots 297 & 299. Ann & Thomas [sic] are buried in one and Mary Ann in the other."

  Research Notes:

The name Price is of Welsh origin and derived from 'ap' meaning 'son of' and Rhys, which stems from the Welsh personal name 'Rhys' denoting 'hero or strong man.' ApRhys later became Price when the 'a' was dropped. Also in the Welsh language 'ab' means 'son of' and thus the surname Brice and Bryce have the same derivation as Price. A Thomas Price (b. 1610) arrived at St. Mary's City, MD, on 3-25-1634 aboard the Ark or the Dove. He could have been the originator of the Price line in America.

John married Sarah Rigdon, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, before Dec 1839 in Harford County, Maryland. (Sarah Rigdon was born on May 27, 1814 in Harford Co., Maryland, died in 1858 and was buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Chester Co., PA.)

John next married Ann Eliza after 1860 in Pennsylvania. (Ann Eliza was born in 1815 in Pennsylvania and died before 1892.)