The Pritchard/Pritchett Family History: The Virginia Line from Thomas, Jamestown Immigrant, with related families Tichenell, Nestor, and Meredith. Fou - Paperbackby Emily P. Cary (Author) The more we learn, the less we know. Since the publication of the third edition of The Pritchard Family History in 2006, several discoveries make it clear that Thomas Pritchard, the immigrant of our line, was not, as earlier believed, the carpenter for the London Company who arrived on the ship Abigaile in 1620. New details about the immigrant Thomas Pritchard allow the reader to disregard conjectures found in past editions