Lemuel Rice (abt. 1757 - 1827)

Born about 1757 in Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Stone) Rice — married 3 Apr 1777 in Cumberland County, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1827 at about age 70 in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Lemuel was born about 1757 in Maine. His parents are at this time unknown. He passed away on 16 January 1827 (age 70) in Gorham, Cumberland County, Maine.^[1] Note: birth date calculated from age at death in death record. He is buried in Bradbury Cemetery, Durham, Androscoggin County, Maine.^[2][3]

Lemuel married Anna Stone on 3 April 1777 at the Second Congregational Church, Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine.^[4]

Lemuel is living in Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine on the 1800 census. He and his life are listed as age 26 to 44. In the household are 3 males age under 10, 3 males age 10-15, 1 male 816-25, 1 female 816-25.^[5]

In 1820 Lemuel Rice and family are living in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. In a household are 1 male age 45 and over, 1 female age 26-44, 1 male under age 10, 1 male age 26-44, 1 female age 16-25.^[6]

Census records for 1830 and later appear to be Lemuel's son, Lemuel.

Lemuel served as a Private in the War of 1812 in the 2d Regiment (Burbank's), Massachusetts Militia between 1812-1815 from Cumberland County, Maine.^[7] He was awarded a pension 28 April 1818 for this service. The record for US Pensioners, 1818-1872 gets his death date and 16 January 1827.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1907 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVR-N7M : accessed 8 May 2016), Lemuel Rice, 1827.
2. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-QCR9 : accessed 9 May 2016), Lemuel Rice, 1827; citing Burial, Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,296.
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 46577891
4. ↑ Cumberland County Marriages
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1800", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-6TP : accessed 9 May 2016), Limuel Rice, 1800.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG3-VG2 : accessed 9 May 2016), Lemuel Rice, 1820.
7. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-GTFD : accessed 9 May 2016), Lemuel Rice, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 174; FHL microfilm 882,692.
8. ↑ "U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C.