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Ruth Rice (Peirce)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: September 26, 1830 (84)
Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Peirce, III
Wife of Moses Rice
Mother of Moses Rice; Ebenezer Rice; Dinah Rice; Elias Rice; Phebe Rice and 4 others
Sister of Abigail Peirce and Relief Nelson

Managed by: Kris Hewitt
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About Ruth Rice

Daughter of Samuel Peirce III (1706-1775) and Abigail (Flagg) Peirce (c1711-1794).

Sister of Relief Peirce Nelson.

The family of Samuel Peirce of Zoar,MA is treated in NEHGR Volume 161 (2007).

She married Moses Rice, the son of Samuel Rice and Dorothy Martin Rice, on Aug 6,1767 in Charlemont,MA. Moses was born Apr 5,1742 in Rutland,MA, and died in Charlemont,MA on Sept 10,1784.

Children: Persis Rice Edgerton, Candace Rice Edgerton, Ruth Rice Stockwell Ward, Mary Rice Russell, Moses Rice Jr, Phebe Rice Wilcox, Elias Rice(husband of Freedom Rice Rice), Dinah Rice Cottle, and Ebenezer Rice. Note: She is referred to as "Widow" on her stone, which is largely unreadable.

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Ruth Rice's Timeline

1745
November 6, 1745
Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1768
May 21, 1768
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1770
April 21, 1770
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1771
December 28, 1771
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1775
March 6, 1775
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1777
January 9, 1777
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1778
November 16, 1778
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1780
November 8, 1780
Charlemont, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, USA
1782
October 11, 1782