THE two Hughes brothers had been dreamers.
Pryce and brother Richard were born in Llanllugan in 1687 and his brother two years later had joined him in dreaming of the New World.
Pryce was influenced by explorer and colonist pioneer Thomas Nairne who had spoken of the virtues of Carolina when the two had met in England in 1710 with the pair sharing a dream of expanding the British empire based on Christian principles and fair trade with the native Americans.
The Pryce family had friends in high places and had used their connections with the Herbert family to gain Queen Anne’s support for a colony which he had named Annarea in her honour.