[4] Shortly after Allen's death, Prior and her only remaining son removed to New York, where she could have the counsel of an elder sister who resided in the city.

[4] In 1814, six years after the death of her first husband, she married William Prior, a merchant, and a member of the Society of Friends, who was somewhat distinguished for his benevolence and public spirit.

She said they were deprived of their parents, and had no friends to bestow the little gifts that other children expect on such occasions; and the privilege of conferring such favors was a source of enjoyment.

Her connection with the House of Refuge, where she was a constant visitor, led her to dwell upon the causes and consequences of early crime among the type of females who were gathered there.

Prior died September 14, 1829,[7] and subsequently, she removed from her Bowery hill home to a more modest residence.

She remarked that she had written littled for many years, and at her advanced age, she felt unable to commit to writing for the press.

Her reports, as given verbally, were briefly narrated, together with her remarks, and then read to her for correction and alteration, so that the statements and sentiments expressed were her own.

[2][3] After her death a small volume, containing a narrative of her work in the cause of benevolence, was published by the American Female Moral Reform Society.

It describes the death of her second husband and that of seven children; her removal from a pleasant home on Bowery Hill; and many other trials through which Prior passed.