Cornet Abraham Rice

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Biography

Abraham Rice[1] m. Patience Eames of Framingham, Massachusetts about 1721-2, and resided there.

He was a captain, selectman, etc., and was killed by lightning.

"Abraham Rice departed this life in a sudden and awful manner, and, as we ,trust, entered a better, June 3, 1777, in his 81st year."— Gravestone, Framington.
The will of Abraham Rice, dated Sept. 3, 1773, proved June 24, 1777, gave to wife Patience; to sons Abraham, Samuel, Henry, David, land in Lancaster; to daus. Sarah Fisher and Patience Toombs; to son Jonathan of Holden, Ex'or.

His widow, Patience d. Jan. 2,1796, aged 94.—Gravestone.

Children

Jonathan, Nov. 4, 1722, m. Abigail Nichols.
Abraham, May 9, 1725, m. Susannah Wild.
Sarah, April 9, 1727, m Fisher
Samuel, May 10, 1730.
Patience, July 22, 1732, m. Daniel Toombs of Hopkinton, his 2d wife.
Henry, April 3, 1736, m. Sarah
David, Jan. 23, 1738-9, m. Mary Sanger
Richard, Sept. 23, 1743, d. Sept. 26, 1746
Birth not found in public records.

Abraham Rice (abt. 1697 - 1777)

Cornet Abraham Rice

Born about 1697 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Son of Jonathan Rice and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Rice

Brother of Martha Rice [half], Jonathan Rice [half], David Rice [half], Anna Rice [half], Henry Rice [half], Martha (Rice) Whitney, Hezekiah Rice, Ezekiel Rice, Elizabeth (Rice) Pratt, Bethalia Rice, Phineas Rice, Sarah Rice, Richard Rice, Richard Rice and Abigail (Rice) Pratt

Husband of Patience (Eames) Rice — married 1 Feb 1722 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father of Jonathan Rice, Abraham Rice, Sarah (Rice) Fisher, Samuel Rice and Patience (Rice) Toombs

Died 3 Jun 1777 at about age 80 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Rice-3427 created 15 May 2013 | Last modified 24 Dec 2022

Sources

↑ Unless otherwise noted, extracted from Andrew Henshaw Ward C.B. Richardson, A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who Came from Berkhamstead, England, and Settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 Or 9, (1858
Epitaph in Framingham, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 344.
Edmund Rice (1638) Assoc. , Rice Family - Supp. 1, pg. 6.
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