Rachel Dolover

Not the same as Rachel Humphrey

Rachel Rice

• Birth: September 2, 1664 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
• Parents: John Rice, Ann
• Married: Jedediah Everett, Samuel Dolliver
• Death: about 1733 - East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Children with Jedediah Everett were Tabitha, Ebenezer, Timothy, Abigail, Rachel

Biography

Rachel Rice was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, 2 Sep 1664, the daughter of John Rice and Ann Hackley, [1] [2] her parents' marriage recorded at Dedham, the "27 of 9 mo" (27 Nov) 1649. [3]

She married (1) c. 1680, Jedediah Everett, b. 1656, d. Dedham, MA 1699, [4] the son of Richard and Mary Everett. Following Jedediah's death, she married (2) 18 May 1699,, Joseph Dolliver, [5] also a widower, whose first wife has not been identified. Rachel lived with her second husband in Greenwich (later East Greenwich), Rhode Island, following their marriage. She was living in 1731 as the executrix of her husband's will, and thought to have lived a few years thereafter. [6]

Note: No death or burial record has been found for Rachel, but she is likely buried in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with her second husband. Her death year is an approximation; she was living in 1731 when she was the executrix of her husband's will. [6]

Notes

• marriage to Joseph Dolliver proven by deeds dated Oct 20 1711 when Joseph & Rachel Sweet of East Kingston RI with consent of parents Joseph & Rachel Dolliver sell land in Dedham MA - a tract by our grandfather Richard Everett to our father Jedidiah Everett, deceased

References

1. The early records of the town of Dedham. Published 1886 by Dedham Transcript Press in Dedham, Mass .Written in English. Page 9: 1664 Births. "Rachell, the daughter of John and An Rice, borne 2 of Sept., 1664."
2. Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts : a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches, and other contemporaneous documents (Baltimore : Geneal. Pub., 1991), p. 383
3. Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. by an unknown author. Published 1902 by Priv. print. [T. R. Marvin & son, printers] in Boston. Written in English. Page 32. Jedediah Everett b 1656 at Dedham married Rachel, probably the daughter of John and Ann (Hackley) Rice, born at Dedham Sept 2 1664. She married 2nd to Joseph Dolliver, and lived at East Greenwich, RI, where he died in 1731. She died in 1733.
4. Joseph Dolover of East Greenwich, Rhode Island PDF document - Perry Streeter, 2000