Maria Prichard (maiden name unknown) was born around 1820 in New York. She married John Prichard around 1840, and they had at least nine children: Jane, born around 1841; George F., born around 1843; John H., born around 1846; Sarah, born around 1848; Maria, born around 1850; Alfred, born around 1852; Charles, born around 1854; Ida, born around 1855; and Walter, born around 1858. Her husband worked as a clerk and trunk dealer. The family lived in New York City until the late 1850s, when they moved to Jersey City, New Jersey. They settled in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the 1860s, and her husband died there on May 27, 1897. She remained in Hoboken, and she passed away sometime after 1900.