born Fredericksburg (Carmel), NY, died Prescott, Ontario - SGT, Revolutionary War MA, VT, NY - s/o David & Rebecca (Rice) Honeywell, h/o (1) Ruth Allen, (2) Catherine Fishback (3) Martha S. - Memorial marker at Plot 100.
In 1773, the probable date of his father's death, Rice went to live with his oldest brother Isaiah at Lanesborough, Massachusetts. From there, when two months short of his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in January 1776, along with Isaiah, in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment. It was immediately marched to Montreal and on to Quebec to join General Benedict Arnold's troops. His five months of service were up just after the Americans fell back on Montreal and he was returned to Lanesborough. Another enlistment of six months followed in General Poor's Brigade. He was at New York when it was taken by the British, being in a "guard" that was led to safety through the British lines under cover of fog by General Israel Putnam. In 1777 he was called out on a tour of militia duty on the approach of General Burgoyne from the north, was wounded in the left arm in a skirmish at Wood Creek, but continued to fight with his arm in a sling. Although not fully recovered, he turned out soon thereafter to fight under Colonel Warner at Bennington, New York. Beginning in May 1778 he had a number of periods of service in which he went as a substitute for others. One such period was for nine months with General Wayne's Brigade at Valley Forge. Both Isaiah and Rice were numbered among the Green Mountain Boys.
In March 1778 he moved from Lanesborough to "Old Hoosac on the Hoosac River" in New York State, "where he resided until March 1785 when he removed to Augusta in the County of Grenville, Upper Canada."
One account has it that after the war Rice came back into Canada to see it and fell in love with Ruth Allen, the daughter of a Tory, Weston Allen, U.E., who had brought his family to the Prescott area. The date of the marriage is not known, nor the place, although it is probably Prescott. In any case Rice took his bride Ruth back to his home in New York (probably Hoosac). When they returned to Canada in 1785 because Ruth wished to be near her own family, it was with two children, a daughter and son Ira.
On 10 June 1791 in Luneburg District Minutes, Public Archives of Canada, Rice was listed as being examined, sworn, and admitted as a settler of Said District, with 200 acres.
On April 27, 1803, Rice deposed that he was a farmer of the District of Johnstown, born in the State of New York, hazel eyes, dark hair, five feet-nine inches high, forty-three years old, having taken the Oath of Allegiance and the other oaths prescribed by Law. This made Rice eligible to receive Crown land grants. (Pioneer Periods, P. 23)
Rice Honeywell has Concession 1, Lot 6, W1-2, 115 acres, June 10, 1801 granted by Crown, and Concession 6, lot 5, all of lot, 200 acres, 200 acres, May 17, 1802. History of Leeds & Grenville.
In 1773, the probable date of his father's death, Rice went to live with his oldest brother Isaiah at Lanesborough, Massachusetts. From there, when two months short of his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in January 1776, along with Isaiah, in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment. It was immediately marched to Montreal and on to Quebec to join General Benedict Arnold's troops. His five months of service were up just after the Americans fell back on Montreal and he was returned to Lanesborough. Another enlistment of six months followed in General Poor's Brigade. He was at New York when it was taken by the British, being in a "guard" that was led to safety through the British lines under cover of fog by General Israel Putnam. In 1777 he was called out on a tour of militia duty on the approach of General Burgoyne from the north, was wounded in the left arm in a skirmish at Wood Creek, but continued to fight with his arm in a sling. Although not fully recovered, he turned out soon thereafter to fight under Colonel Warner at Bennington, New York. Beginning in May 1778 he had a number of periods of service in which he went as a substitute for others. One such period was for nine months with General Wayne's Brigade at Valley Forge. Both Isaiah and Rice were numbered among the Green Mountain Boys.
In March 1778 he moved from Lanesborough to "Old Hoosac on the Hoosac River" in New York State, "where he resided until March 1785 when he removed to Augusta in the County of Grenville, Upper Canada."
One account has it that after the war Rice came back into Canada to see it and fell in love with Ruth Allen, the daughter of a Tory, Weston Allen, U.E., who had brought his family to the Prescott area. The date of the marriage is not known, nor the place, although it is probably Prescott. In any case Rice took his bride Ruth back to his home in New York (probably Hoosac). When they returned to Canada in 1785 because Ruth wished to be near her own family, it was with two children, a daughter and son Ira.
On 10 June 1791 in Luneburg District Minutes, Public Archives of Canada, Rice was listed as being examined, sworn, and admitted as a settler of Said District, with 200 acres.
On April 27, 1803, Rice deposed that he was a farmer of the District of Johnstown, born in the State of New York, hazel eyes, dark hair, five feet-nine inches high, forty-three years old, having taken the Oath of Allegiance and the other oaths prescribed by Law. This made Rice eligible to receive Crown land grants. (Pioneer Periods, P. 23)
Rice Honeywell has Concession 1, Lot 6, W1-2, 115 acres, June 10, 1801 granted by Crown, and Concession 6, lot 5, all of lot, 200 acres, 200 acres, May 17, 1802. History of Leeds & Grenville.
born Fredericksburg (Carmel), NY, died Prescott, Ontario - SGT, Revolutionary War MA, VT, NY - s/o David & Rebecca (Rice) Honeywell, h/o (1) Ruth Allen, (2) Catherine Fishback (3) Martha S. - Memorial marker at Plot 100.
In 1773, the probable date of his father's death, Rice went to live with his oldest brother Isaiah at Lanesborough, Massachusetts. From there, when two months short of his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in January 1776, along with Isaiah, in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment. It was immediately marched to Montreal and on to Quebec to join General Benedict Arnold's troops. His five months of service were up just after the Americans fell back on Montreal and he was returned to Lanesborough. Another enlistment of six months followed in General Poor's Brigade. He was at New York when it was taken by the British, being in a "guard" that was led to safety through the British lines under cover of fog by General Israel Putnam. In 1777 he was called out on a tour of militia duty on the approach of General Burgoyne from the north, was wounded in the left arm in a skirmish at Wood Creek, but continued to fight with his arm in a sling. Although not fully recovered, he turned out soon thereafter to fight under Colonel Warner at Bennington, New York. Beginning in May 1778 he had a number of periods of service in which he went as a substitute for others. One such period was for nine months with General Wayne's Brigade at Valley Forge. Both Isaiah and Rice were numbered among the Green Mountain Boys.
In March 1778 he moved from Lanesborough to "Old Hoosac on the Hoosac River" in New York State, "where he resided until March 1785 when he removed to Augusta in the County of Grenville, Upper Canada."
One account has it that after the war Rice came back into Canada to see it and fell in love with Ruth Allen, the daughter of a Tory, Weston Allen, U.E., who had brought his family to the Prescott area. The date of the marriage is not known, nor the place, although it is probably Prescott. In any case Rice took his bride Ruth back to his home in New York (probably Hoosac). When they returned to Canada in 1785 because Ruth wished to be near her own family, it was with two children, a daughter and son Ira.
On 10 June 1791 in Luneburg District Minutes, Public Archives of Canada, Rice was listed as being examined, sworn, and admitted as a settler of Said District, with 200 acres.
On April 27, 1803, Rice deposed that he was a farmer of the District of Johnstown, born in the State of New York, hazel eyes, dark hair, five feet-nine inches high, forty-three years old, having taken the Oath of Allegiance and the other oaths prescribed by Law. This made Rice eligible to receive Crown land grants. (Pioneer Periods, P. 23)
Rice Honeywell has Concession 1, Lot 6, W1-2, 115 acres, June 10, 1801 granted by Crown, and Concession 6, lot 5, all of lot, 200 acres, 200 acres, May 17, 1802. History of Leeds & Grenville.
In 1773, the probable date of his father's death, Rice went to live with his oldest brother Isaiah at Lanesborough, Massachusetts. From there, when two months short of his sixteenth birthday, he enlisted in January 1776, along with Isaiah, in Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment. It was immediately marched to Montreal and on to Quebec to join General Benedict Arnold's troops. His five months of service were up just after the Americans fell back on Montreal and he was returned to Lanesborough. Another enlistment of six months followed in General Poor's Brigade. He was at New York when it was taken by the British, being in a "guard" that was led to safety through the British lines under cover of fog by General Israel Putnam. In 1777 he was called out on a tour of militia duty on the approach of General Burgoyne from the north, was wounded in the left arm in a skirmish at Wood Creek, but continued to fight with his arm in a sling. Although not fully recovered, he turned out soon thereafter to fight under Colonel Warner at Bennington, New York. Beginning in May 1778 he had a number of periods of service in which he went as a substitute for others. One such period was for nine months with General Wayne's Brigade at Valley Forge. Both Isaiah and Rice were numbered among the Green Mountain Boys.
In March 1778 he moved from Lanesborough to "Old Hoosac on the Hoosac River" in New York State, "where he resided until March 1785 when he removed to Augusta in the County of Grenville, Upper Canada."
One account has it that after the war Rice came back into Canada to see it and fell in love with Ruth Allen, the daughter of a Tory, Weston Allen, U.E., who had brought his family to the Prescott area. The date of the marriage is not known, nor the place, although it is probably Prescott. In any case Rice took his bride Ruth back to his home in New York (probably Hoosac). When they returned to Canada in 1785 because Ruth wished to be near her own family, it was with two children, a daughter and son Ira.
On 10 June 1791 in Luneburg District Minutes, Public Archives of Canada, Rice was listed as being examined, sworn, and admitted as a settler of Said District, with 200 acres.
On April 27, 1803, Rice deposed that he was a farmer of the District of Johnstown, born in the State of New York, hazel eyes, dark hair, five feet-nine inches high, forty-three years old, having taken the Oath of Allegiance and the other oaths prescribed by Law. This made Rice eligible to receive Crown land grants. (Pioneer Periods, P. 23)
Rice Honeywell has Concession 1, Lot 6, W1-2, 115 acres, June 10, 1801 granted by Crown, and Concession 6, lot 5, all of lot, 200 acres, 200 acres, May 17, 1802. History of Leeds & Grenville.
