Person:Earl Rice (2)

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  • HEarl Rice1781 - 1856
  • W.  Hannah Hammond (add)
m. 2 May 1811
  • HEarl Rice1781 - 1856
  • W.  Betsey (add)
m. 15 Oct 1817
  • HEarl Rice1781 - 1856
  • WMary Smith1796 - 1866
m. 31 Oct 1822
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Name[4] Earl Rice
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Oct 1781 Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 2 May 1811 Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Hammond (add)
Marriage 15 Oct 1817 Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Betsey (add)
Marriage 31 Oct 1822 Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Smith
Death[2][3][5] 3 Jun 1856 Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903)
    p. 72.

    RICE, Earl, s. Jotham and Elizabeth, [born] Oct. 15, 1781.

  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths registered in the Town of Barre for the year 1856.
    No.: 21
    Date of Death: June 3 [1856]
    Name: Earl Rice
    Age: 74
    Place of Death: Barre
    Cause: Appolplexy
    Sex: Male
    Occupation: Wheelwright
    Place of Birth: Barre
    Parents: Jotham Rice Father

  3. Find A Grave: Lincoln Cemetery, Barre, MA, in Find A Grave
    Earl Rice.

    Mr.
    EARL RICE
    DIED
    June 3, 1856,
    aged 74 y'rs.

  4. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. A Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Barkhamstead, England and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9. (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858)
    p. 128, 208.

    Earl Rice, s/o Jotham Rice and 2nd wife Elizabeth Sullivan, b. 15 Oct 1781, m. (1) 2 May 1811 Hannah (Hammond) Rice, widow of James Rice, m. (2) 31 Oct 1822 Mary Smith of Barre.
    [Note: Ward appears to miss the middle wife, Mrs. Betsey White.]

  5. Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate records 1731-1916, index 1731-1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2001)
    Case 49569: Rice, Earl Barre 1856.

    Will of "Earl Rice of Barre ... Yeoman", dated 12 May 1856, proved 1 Jul 1856, names wife Mary Rice; my Grandsons Viz. George Freeman Rice, Frederick Earl Rice and John Allen Rice, children of my son Larkin Rice deceased; Lucy Hapgood wife of Chauncy Hapgood; Sophronia Rice widow of the aforesaid Larkin Rice; David Rice and Lemuel P. Rice to be executors.
    25 Jun 1856: The Widow and the guardian of the sole heirs at law of Earl Rice, late of Barre, deceased consent that the will be proved. Signed Mary Rice, Martin Nelson.
    26 Aug 1856: Inventory of Earl Rice late of Barre: $44,118.08, by James M. Jemkins Jr, Seth Caldwell, Henry S. Miner.
    1 Nov 1859 Petition of executors: that Earl Rice left a widow whose name was Mary Rice, who has since intermarried and is now the wife of Nathan Stevens of said Barre; that said Earl Rice at his decease left no child: and that his only heirs at law are his three Grand-children, to wit; George Freeman Rice, Frederick Earl Rice and John Allen Rice, the children of Larkin Rice, a deceased son of said Earl Rice, they being minors and now under the Guardianship of Martin Wilson of said Barre, and ask for permission to distribution undevised balance of estate.
    1 Nov 1859: Distribution to widow and three grandchildren, the only heirs at law, Mary Steavens formerly Mary Rice the widow; George Freeman Rice grandchild; Frederick Earl Rice grandchild; John Allen Rice grandchild.