Second Generation

4. William Pridgeon Jr. II)¹ was born about 1741 in Nash Co., NC.² ***** THIS PARTICULAR BRANCH OF THE FAMILY RETAINED THE SPELLING "PRIDGEON" UNTIL THE MID 1800'S WHEREAS SOME OF THE OTHER BRANCHES OF THE NASH COUNTY PRIDGENS DROPPED THE "O".

-- Last Will and Testament of William Pridgeon, d. 1762 in which he leaves William (2) the homestead.
-- Stepney Parish Records, Somerset Co., Maryland mentions all children except Sophia Waller Pridgen.
-- Personal memoirs of Sophia Waller Pridgeon Doles Dean Ralph as recorded in "From the Desk of Henry Ralph" by Geraldine Carson.

William Pridgeon Jr. II) and Sophia Waller were married on 20 Dec 1780. Sophia Waller (daughter of Nathaniel Waller and Elizabeth Strawbridge) was born in 1769 in MD.⁶ William Pridgeon Jr. II) and Sophia Waller had the following children:

21	i.	Harriet Pridgeon.
22	ii.	Dianna Pridgeon.
+23	iii.	Martha Horn Pridgeon.
+24	iv.	Sophia Waller Pridgeon.
+25	v.	Olivia "Olive" Pridgeon.
+26	vi.	William George Washington Pridgeon.
+27	vii.	Nathaniel Waller Pridgeon.
+28	viii.	Nancy Thomas Pridgeon.