Jonas-4 [Jr.] was the son of Jonas-3 Rice Sr. (3/6/1673-9/23/1753) and his wife Mary Stone (8/10/1677-11/5/1764).
4 RICE siblings: Silence Rice, Adonijah Rice, [Self], Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Jonas married 1) Jane Hall (5/5/1700-12/21/1769) on 1728 in Worchester, MA, daughter of Percival Hall and Jane Willie.
Jonas married 2) Lydia Conant on 1/6/1772. No children.
6 RICE children:
1. Moses Rice B-11/16/1729; m. Elizabeth Gleason.
...2 RICE children:
...1. Moses Rice B-1757.
...2. Phineas Rice (1755-1824).
Phineas: 117912523 Linked
2. Jonas Rice III (8/5/1732-11/1/1824); m. Bathsheba Parmenter (1735-1998).
...3 RICE children:
...1. Bathsheba Rice B-1755.
...2. James Rice B-1756.
...3. Hannah Rice (1771-1776).
3. Jane Rice (8/7/1734-8/5/1807); m. William Gates.
34369795.
...4 GATES children:
...1. Solomon Gates (1769-1847; m. Ester Whitney. 33626197
......1. George Washington Gates (1796-1882).
......2. Ralph Gates (1791-1862).
......3. Roxalana Gates (1799-1822). 34369785
......4. Jonas Parkhurst Gates (1806-1854). 34369804
......5. James Madison Gates (1815-1886).
...2. Jane Gates (1764-1807).
...3. Aaron Gates (1762-1840). 33200482
...4. Benjamin Gates (1777-1866). 34369786
4. Mary Rice (5/18/1737-1767); m. Jasper Partridge
...6 PARTRIDGE children:
...Jonas, Thomas, Jasper 55982759, Mary, Hannah, David.
5. Silence Rice (5/25/1739-1824); m. Micah Rice.
...8 RICE children:
...1. Molly Rice (1761-1848); m. Ephraim Gale.
...2. Silence Rice (1763-1832); m. Joseph Bartlett.
......5 BARTLETT children:
......1. Harriet Bartlett.
......2. Cylinda Bartlett B-1785.
......3. Micah Bartlett B-1789.
......4. Asa Bartlett B-1791.
......5. Olive Bartlett B-1806.
...3. Betsy Rice B-1765.
...4. Asa Rice 1769; m. Ester Gould.
......1. Abigail Rice B-1794.
......2. Joseph Rice B-1799.
......3. Daniel Rice B-1803.
......4. Esther Rice B-1807.
...5. Lydia Rice B-1774.
...6. Nathan Rice (1767-1824); m. Sally (_).
......1. Artemus Rice (1795-1860).
......2. Nathan Rice (1788-1870).
......3. Sally Rice B-1795.
...7. Sarah Rice B-1759.
...8. Hannah Rice (1772-1816).
6. Thomas Rice (10/5/1741-6/21/1822); m. Sarah Nurse.
...1 RICE child:
...1. Hannah Rice (4/20/1778-9/22/1850); 92553840 m. John Partridge.
......5 PARTRIDGE children: Jonas, Francis, Hannah, Willis, Rugus Rice Partridge (11/1/1798-10/20/1864).
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ABOUT Jonas Rice Jr.:
"...JONAS RICE m. Jane Hall, and after residing some years at Wor., removed to Barre (then Rutland District), 1753, and was deacon of the church there. His 2d wife was Lydia Conant of Warwick, whom he m. Jan. 6, 1772. He d. at Barre in March or April, 1793, aged 86."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family," by Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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RICE lineage: Jonas-4 Rice Jr., Jonas-3 Rice Sr., Thomas-2 Rice, Edmund-1 Rice who came to Sudbury, Massachusetts, from Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England in 1638.
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ABOUT his father, Jonas Rice Sr.:
"JONAS RICE m. Mary Stone* of Sud., Feb. 10, 1701, 2. She was sister of the wife of his brother James, and b. Aug. 10, 1677.
When J. Rice removed from Sud. for the first time to Wor. is not known; he was living at W. in the time of its second settlement, which was broken up and abandoned soon after the commencement of Queen Anne's war, so called, which began in 1702. As the births of all his chil., except the youngest, are on Sud. records, it is probable he returned there when driven from Worcester. He may have resided for a time at Marlboro, but there is no evidence of it on the records of that town.
He returned to Wor., Oct. 21, 1713, where he remained with his family alone in the forest and in solitude until the spring of 1715, when his brother Gershom moved in with his family. Upon the return of Jonas Rice, in 1713, commenced the permanent settlement of Worcester; hence he has been called the "first settler" of that town. He was truly "the father of the town," a title disputed by none, but bestowed by all. He officiated in many of the town offices, and in some of them to the close of life. He was appointed, in 1753, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, in which office he d. on the 22d of Sept. in that year, aged 80 years 6 mo. and 14 days not 84 years, as said in the Boston Gazette. That appointment, and his entrance upon the duties of that office at the age of 80 years, are unquestionable evidence that he then retained his mental and bodily faculties in a remarkable degree. He then exceeded, by ten years, the age at which judges in many of the States are required by law to retire from the bench by reason of presumed incapacity, arising from the infirmities of age. His gravestone at Worcester says he " d. Sept. 20th, (town record says Sept. 22d) 1753, aged 81. He was the first settler in Worcester, and one of the judges of the Inferior Court for Worcester County."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
4 RICE siblings: Silence Rice, Adonijah Rice, [Self], Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Jonas married 1) Jane Hall (5/5/1700-12/21/1769) on 1728 in Worchester, MA, daughter of Percival Hall and Jane Willie.
Jonas married 2) Lydia Conant on 1/6/1772. No children.
6 RICE children:
1. Moses Rice B-11/16/1729; m. Elizabeth Gleason.
...2 RICE children:
...1. Moses Rice B-1757.
...2. Phineas Rice (1755-1824).
Phineas: 117912523 Linked
2. Jonas Rice III (8/5/1732-11/1/1824); m. Bathsheba Parmenter (1735-1998).
...3 RICE children:
...1. Bathsheba Rice B-1755.
...2. James Rice B-1756.
...3. Hannah Rice (1771-1776).
3. Jane Rice (8/7/1734-8/5/1807); m. William Gates.
34369795.
...4 GATES children:
...1. Solomon Gates (1769-1847; m. Ester Whitney. 33626197
......1. George Washington Gates (1796-1882).
......2. Ralph Gates (1791-1862).
......3. Roxalana Gates (1799-1822). 34369785
......4. Jonas Parkhurst Gates (1806-1854). 34369804
......5. James Madison Gates (1815-1886).
...2. Jane Gates (1764-1807).
...3. Aaron Gates (1762-1840). 33200482
...4. Benjamin Gates (1777-1866). 34369786
4. Mary Rice (5/18/1737-1767); m. Jasper Partridge
...6 PARTRIDGE children:
...Jonas, Thomas, Jasper 55982759, Mary, Hannah, David.
5. Silence Rice (5/25/1739-1824); m. Micah Rice.
...8 RICE children:
...1. Molly Rice (1761-1848); m. Ephraim Gale.
...2. Silence Rice (1763-1832); m. Joseph Bartlett.
......5 BARTLETT children:
......1. Harriet Bartlett.
......2. Cylinda Bartlett B-1785.
......3. Micah Bartlett B-1789.
......4. Asa Bartlett B-1791.
......5. Olive Bartlett B-1806.
...3. Betsy Rice B-1765.
...4. Asa Rice 1769; m. Ester Gould.
......1. Abigail Rice B-1794.
......2. Joseph Rice B-1799.
......3. Daniel Rice B-1803.
......4. Esther Rice B-1807.
...5. Lydia Rice B-1774.
...6. Nathan Rice (1767-1824); m. Sally (_).
......1. Artemus Rice (1795-1860).
......2. Nathan Rice (1788-1870).
......3. Sally Rice B-1795.
...7. Sarah Rice B-1759.
...8. Hannah Rice (1772-1816).
6. Thomas Rice (10/5/1741-6/21/1822); m. Sarah Nurse.
...1 RICE child:
...1. Hannah Rice (4/20/1778-9/22/1850); 92553840 m. John Partridge.
......5 PARTRIDGE children: Jonas, Francis, Hannah, Willis, Rugus Rice Partridge (11/1/1798-10/20/1864).
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ABOUT Jonas Rice Jr.:
"...JONAS RICE m. Jane Hall, and after residing some years at Wor., removed to Barre (then Rutland District), 1753, and was deacon of the church there. His 2d wife was Lydia Conant of Warwick, whom he m. Jan. 6, 1772. He d. at Barre in March or April, 1793, aged 86."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family," by Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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RICE lineage: Jonas-4 Rice Jr., Jonas-3 Rice Sr., Thomas-2 Rice, Edmund-1 Rice who came to Sudbury, Massachusetts, from Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England in 1638.
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ABOUT his father, Jonas Rice Sr.:
"JONAS RICE m. Mary Stone* of Sud., Feb. 10, 1701, 2. She was sister of the wife of his brother James, and b. Aug. 10, 1677.
When J. Rice removed from Sud. for the first time to Wor. is not known; he was living at W. in the time of its second settlement, which was broken up and abandoned soon after the commencement of Queen Anne's war, so called, which began in 1702. As the births of all his chil., except the youngest, are on Sud. records, it is probable he returned there when driven from Worcester. He may have resided for a time at Marlboro, but there is no evidence of it on the records of that town.
He returned to Wor., Oct. 21, 1713, where he remained with his family alone in the forest and in solitude until the spring of 1715, when his brother Gershom moved in with his family. Upon the return of Jonas Rice, in 1713, commenced the permanent settlement of Worcester; hence he has been called the "first settler" of that town. He was truly "the father of the town," a title disputed by none, but bestowed by all. He officiated in many of the town offices, and in some of them to the close of life. He was appointed, in 1753, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, in which office he d. on the 22d of Sept. in that year, aged 80 years 6 mo. and 14 days not 84 years, as said in the Boston Gazette. That appointment, and his entrance upon the duties of that office at the age of 80 years, are unquestionable evidence that he then retained his mental and bodily faculties in a remarkable degree. He then exceeded, by ten years, the age at which judges in many of the States are required by law to retire from the bench by reason of presumed incapacity, arising from the infirmities of age. His gravestone at Worcester says he " d. Sept. 20th, (town record says Sept. 22d) 1753, aged 81. He was the first settler in Worcester, and one of the judges of the Inferior Court for Worcester County."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
Jonas-4 [Jr.] was the son of Jonas-3 Rice Sr. (3/6/1673-9/23/1753) and his wife Mary Stone (8/10/1677-11/5/1764).
4 RICE siblings: Silence Rice, Adonijah Rice, [Self], Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Jonas married 1) Jane Hall (5/5/1700-12/21/1769) on 1728 in Worchester, MA, daughter of Percival Hall and Jane Willie.
Jonas married 2) Lydia Conant on 1/6/1772. No children.
6 RICE children:
1. Moses Rice B-11/16/1729; m. Elizabeth Gleason.
...2 RICE children:
...1. Moses Rice B-1757.
...2. Phineas Rice (1755-1824).
Phineas: 117912523 Linked
2. Jonas Rice III (8/5/1732-11/1/1824); m. Bathsheba Parmenter (1735-1998).
...3 RICE children:
...1. Bathsheba Rice B-1755.
...2. James Rice B-1756.
...3. Hannah Rice (1771-1776).
3. Jane Rice (8/7/1734-8/5/1807); m. William Gates.
34369795.
...4 GATES children:
...1. Solomon Gates (1769-1847; m. Ester Whitney. 33626197
......1. George Washington Gates (1796-1882).
......2. Ralph Gates (1791-1862).
......3. Roxalana Gates (1799-1822). 34369785
......4. Jonas Parkhurst Gates (1806-1854). 34369804
......5. James Madison Gates (1815-1886).
...2. Jane Gates (1764-1807).
...3. Aaron Gates (1762-1840). 33200482
...4. Benjamin Gates (1777-1866). 34369786
4. Mary Rice (5/18/1737-1767); m. Jasper Partridge
...6 PARTRIDGE children:
...Jonas, Thomas, Jasper 55982759, Mary, Hannah, David.
5. Silence Rice (5/25/1739-1824); m. Micah Rice.
...8 RICE children:
...1. Molly Rice (1761-1848); m. Ephraim Gale.
...2. Silence Rice (1763-1832); m. Joseph Bartlett.
......5 BARTLETT children:
......1. Harriet Bartlett.
......2. Cylinda Bartlett B-1785.
......3. Micah Bartlett B-1789.
......4. Asa Bartlett B-1791.
......5. Olive Bartlett B-1806.
...3. Betsy Rice B-1765.
...4. Asa Rice 1769; m. Ester Gould.
......1. Abigail Rice B-1794.
......2. Joseph Rice B-1799.
......3. Daniel Rice B-1803.
......4. Esther Rice B-1807.
...5. Lydia Rice B-1774.
...6. Nathan Rice (1767-1824); m. Sally (_).
......1. Artemus Rice (1795-1860).
......2. Nathan Rice (1788-1870).
......3. Sally Rice B-1795.
...7. Sarah Rice B-1759.
...8. Hannah Rice (1772-1816).
6. Thomas Rice (10/5/1741-6/21/1822); m. Sarah Nurse.
...1 RICE child:
...1. Hannah Rice (4/20/1778-9/22/1850); 92553840 m. John Partridge.
......5 PARTRIDGE children: Jonas, Francis, Hannah, Willis, Rugus Rice Partridge (11/1/1798-10/20/1864).
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ABOUT Jonas Rice Jr.:
"...JONAS RICE m. Jane Hall, and after residing some years at Wor., removed to Barre (then Rutland District), 1753, and was deacon of the church there. His 2d wife was Lydia Conant of Warwick, whom he m. Jan. 6, 1772. He d. at Barre in March or April, 1793, aged 86."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family," by Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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RICE lineage: Jonas-4 Rice Jr., Jonas-3 Rice Sr., Thomas-2 Rice, Edmund-1 Rice who came to Sudbury, Massachusetts, from Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England in 1638.
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ABOUT his father, Jonas Rice Sr.:
"JONAS RICE m. Mary Stone* of Sud., Feb. 10, 1701, 2. She was sister of the wife of his brother James, and b. Aug. 10, 1677.
When J. Rice removed from Sud. for the first time to Wor. is not known; he was living at W. in the time of its second settlement, which was broken up and abandoned soon after the commencement of Queen Anne's war, so called, which began in 1702. As the births of all his chil., except the youngest, are on Sud. records, it is probable he returned there when driven from Worcester. He may have resided for a time at Marlboro, but there is no evidence of it on the records of that town.
He returned to Wor., Oct. 21, 1713, where he remained with his family alone in the forest and in solitude until the spring of 1715, when his brother Gershom moved in with his family. Upon the return of Jonas Rice, in 1713, commenced the permanent settlement of Worcester; hence he has been called the "first settler" of that town. He was truly "the father of the town," a title disputed by none, but bestowed by all. He officiated in many of the town offices, and in some of them to the close of life. He was appointed, in 1753, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, in which office he d. on the 22d of Sept. in that year, aged 80 years 6 mo. and 14 days not 84 years, as said in the Boston Gazette. That appointment, and his entrance upon the duties of that office at the age of 80 years, are unquestionable evidence that he then retained his mental and bodily faculties in a remarkable degree. He then exceeded, by ten years, the age at which judges in many of the States are required by law to retire from the bench by reason of presumed incapacity, arising from the infirmities of age. His gravestone at Worcester says he " d. Sept. 20th, (town record says Sept. 22d) 1753, aged 81. He was the first settler in Worcester, and one of the judges of the Inferior Court for Worcester County."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
4 RICE siblings: Silence Rice, Adonijah Rice, [Self], Absalom Rice, and Adonijah Rice.
Jonas married 1) Jane Hall (5/5/1700-12/21/1769) on 1728 in Worchester, MA, daughter of Percival Hall and Jane Willie.
Jonas married 2) Lydia Conant on 1/6/1772. No children.
6 RICE children:
1. Moses Rice B-11/16/1729; m. Elizabeth Gleason.
...2 RICE children:
...1. Moses Rice B-1757.
...2. Phineas Rice (1755-1824).
Phineas: 117912523 Linked
2. Jonas Rice III (8/5/1732-11/1/1824); m. Bathsheba Parmenter (1735-1998).
...3 RICE children:
...1. Bathsheba Rice B-1755.
...2. James Rice B-1756.
...3. Hannah Rice (1771-1776).
3. Jane Rice (8/7/1734-8/5/1807); m. William Gates.
34369795.
...4 GATES children:
...1. Solomon Gates (1769-1847; m. Ester Whitney. 33626197
......1. George Washington Gates (1796-1882).
......2. Ralph Gates (1791-1862).
......3. Roxalana Gates (1799-1822). 34369785
......4. Jonas Parkhurst Gates (1806-1854). 34369804
......5. James Madison Gates (1815-1886).
...2. Jane Gates (1764-1807).
...3. Aaron Gates (1762-1840). 33200482
...4. Benjamin Gates (1777-1866). 34369786
4. Mary Rice (5/18/1737-1767); m. Jasper Partridge
...6 PARTRIDGE children:
...Jonas, Thomas, Jasper 55982759, Mary, Hannah, David.
5. Silence Rice (5/25/1739-1824); m. Micah Rice.
...8 RICE children:
...1. Molly Rice (1761-1848); m. Ephraim Gale.
...2. Silence Rice (1763-1832); m. Joseph Bartlett.
......5 BARTLETT children:
......1. Harriet Bartlett.
......2. Cylinda Bartlett B-1785.
......3. Micah Bartlett B-1789.
......4. Asa Bartlett B-1791.
......5. Olive Bartlett B-1806.
...3. Betsy Rice B-1765.
...4. Asa Rice 1769; m. Ester Gould.
......1. Abigail Rice B-1794.
......2. Joseph Rice B-1799.
......3. Daniel Rice B-1803.
......4. Esther Rice B-1807.
...5. Lydia Rice B-1774.
...6. Nathan Rice (1767-1824); m. Sally (_).
......1. Artemus Rice (1795-1860).
......2. Nathan Rice (1788-1870).
......3. Sally Rice B-1795.
...7. Sarah Rice B-1759.
...8. Hannah Rice (1772-1816).
6. Thomas Rice (10/5/1741-6/21/1822); m. Sarah Nurse.
...1 RICE child:
...1. Hannah Rice (4/20/1778-9/22/1850); 92553840 m. John Partridge.
......5 PARTRIDGE children: Jonas, Francis, Hannah, Willis, Rugus Rice Partridge (11/1/1798-10/20/1864).
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ABOUT Jonas Rice Jr.:
"...JONAS RICE m. Jane Hall, and after residing some years at Wor., removed to Barre (then Rutland District), 1753, and was deacon of the church there. His 2d wife was Lydia Conant of Warwick, whom he m. Jan. 6, 1772. He d. at Barre in March or April, 1793, aged 86."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family," by Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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RICE lineage: Jonas-4 Rice Jr., Jonas-3 Rice Sr., Thomas-2 Rice, Edmund-1 Rice who came to Sudbury, Massachusetts, from Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England in 1638.
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ABOUT his father, Jonas Rice Sr.:
"JONAS RICE m. Mary Stone* of Sud., Feb. 10, 1701, 2. She was sister of the wife of his brother James, and b. Aug. 10, 1677.
When J. Rice removed from Sud. for the first time to Wor. is not known; he was living at W. in the time of its second settlement, which was broken up and abandoned soon after the commencement of Queen Anne's war, so called, which began in 1702. As the births of all his chil., except the youngest, are on Sud. records, it is probable he returned there when driven from Worcester. He may have resided for a time at Marlboro, but there is no evidence of it on the records of that town.
He returned to Wor., Oct. 21, 1713, where he remained with his family alone in the forest and in solitude until the spring of 1715, when his brother Gershom moved in with his family. Upon the return of Jonas Rice, in 1713, commenced the permanent settlement of Worcester; hence he has been called the "first settler" of that town. He was truly "the father of the town," a title disputed by none, but bestowed by all. He officiated in many of the town offices, and in some of them to the close of life. He was appointed, in 1753, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester, in which office he d. on the 22d of Sept. in that year, aged 80 years 6 mo. and 14 days not 84 years, as said in the Boston Gazette. That appointment, and his entrance upon the duties of that office at the age of 80 years, are unquestionable evidence that he then retained his mental and bodily faculties in a remarkable degree. He then exceeded, by ten years, the age at which judges in many of the States are required by law to retire from the bench by reason of presumed incapacity, arising from the infirmities of age. His gravestone at Worcester says he " d. Sept. 20th, (town record says Sept. 22d) 1753, aged 81. He was the first settler in Worcester, and one of the judges of the Inferior Court for Worcester County."
Source: "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" Andrew H. Ward, 1857.
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Research: Fraya Weiss, 2013.
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