I will collect what material I have on Pyrons before William and Charles, but there is nothing conclusive. Research for the family prior to the Pyron family moving into North Carolina must be done in Virginia. Researchers might start with the variant spelling, Pyrant, names that can be found in Virginia from the early seventeenth century on. James Pyrant and John Pyrant appear to be the most common.Some early researchers thought the spelling, Perrin, could possibly relate to our family. An early map of Henrico County, Virginia shows a Rich. Perrin with property just off the James River and near Cornelius Creek to the east and Falling Creek west, time 1672. Most of Henrico County was settled by the Cocke family with the Jordan family prominient also. Just below the Rich. Perrin holdings a Sarah Perrin Cocke is printed with a date of 1695. This Perrin family must have had connections with the Cockes some way. If so, they probably were part of the Planter Class. I doubt that any of this family would have left Virginia for North Carolina. There is evidence that James Pyrant owned property in Henrico County, on the Chickahominy River to the north east. A part of Henrico County, like other eastern Counties in Virginia was covered with wet lands, or swamps as they called them. The property may not have been too desirable . MBush