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Thanks all for the help & info

Sorry, but I think it’s asking a bit much for people to get you back to the 1600's - especially as you don't even say 'please'

Others may not agree, of course


Have you done any research yourself?

Kath has already posted this possibility for his parents marriage, but without the place of the marriage - St Botolph is the same Church as Josiah and Catherine married at in 1783

David Pryce
England Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: David Pryce
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Bird
Event Date: 10 Mar 1745
Event Place: St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London

The Ancestry image shows nothing further other than it was by Licence

Possible children incase it helps with family names - from Family Search

William Donaldson Pryce - 1795 - bap Betteshanger, Kent (The Downs where the Royal Charlotte sailed from is said to be Kent))

George Pryce - 1798 - bap Old Church, St Pancras

Catherine Pryce 1801 - bap. St James, Westminster

William Francklin Pryce - 1803 bap St Mary, St Marylebone Road

? Thos. Pryce - 1804 - bap Saint Paul, Deptford (Father Josh. Price, Mother Cath. Sush)

POSSIBLE marriage of parents:-

First name(s) David
Last name Pryce
Name note -
Marriage year 1745
Marriage date 10 Mar 1745
Marriage place London
Spouse's first name(s) Elizabeth
Spouse's last name Bird
County London
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973

Kath. x

This is the only baptism I can find which may or may not be him:-

First name(s) Josiah
Last name Pryce
Birth year -
Baptism year 1753
Baptism date 14 May 1753
Baptism place Rotherhithe St Mary
Relationship Son
Father's first name(s) David <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Mother's first name(s) Elizabeth <<<<<<<<<<<<
County Surrey
Country England
Record set Surrey Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Kath. x

Is this him in the East India Pension records? :-

First name(s) Josiah
Last name Pryce
Age -
Event year 1809
Birth year -
Death year -
Presidency -
Country India
Archive reference L-MAR-C-785
Catalogue description Poplar Fund pension register vol 2
Record set East India Company & Civil Service Pensions

Served with the company for 16 years and 8 months.

He got the pension because of infirmity. Pension of £100 per year.

Kath. x

So probably this marriage -

England Marriages, 1538–1973
Name: Josiah Pryce
Spouse's Name: Catherine Parsons
Event Date: 04 Jun 1783
Event Place: Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, London

The image is on Ancestry -

Josiah Pryce Esq. Bachelor of this parish and Catherine Parsons of the Parish of Stratford Bow in the County of Middlesex Spinster
Married by Licence
witnesses - Edward Parsons, John Evans and Jonathan ?? Parker

Just for a bit more information about the man as you give no info on places etc

By googling
Asiatic Journal V12 comes up. A BMD section shows -
"October 22 1821 - death - At Poplar, Catherine, the widow of the late Capt. Josiah Pryce, many years in the Hon. East India Company's Service"

A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United.....
Season 1789-1890
The royal chart;tote, 1252 tons, 1 Voyage St Hel. Bencoolen and Chi.
(John Clements Esq.)
Cap. Josiah Pryce

Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Charlotte_(1789_EIC_ship)

East Indiaman

Royal Charlotte was the first vessel built by Thomas Pitcher at Northfleet.[4] A good model of her is in Northfleet Church.

Josiah Pryce, who was her captain for both her journeys to the Far East, seems to have been a thoroughly unpleasant and cruel person.[5]

It goes on to describe both of those journeys and gives the references used.

Have you tried Family Search site

Looking for info on Capt;Josiah Pryce (East India Company) b 1754 died 1810, also his siblings & his parents, then back to the 1600s