Lydia (Fairbanks) Rice (1682 - 1755)

Born 8 Mar 1682 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay colony, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Rice — married 25 May 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1755 at age 73 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay colony, British Colonial America

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Biography

Lydia was born on 8 March 1683 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Eleazer Fairbanks I and Martha (Lovett) Fairbanks.^[1][2]

Lydia, age 20, married Edward Rice on 25 May 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3][4]

Lydia died at the age of 73 on 13 September 1755 in Marlboro, Massachusetts.^[5] Lydia was mentioned on a memorial in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 13 September 1755.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Birth, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.
   FamilySearch Record: Q29L-BQXP (accessed 14 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9RSY-B2V Image number 00008
   Lydia Fairbank born on 8 Mar 1683, daughter of Eleazer Fairbank & Martha Fairbank, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
2. ↑ 'A genealogical history of The Rice Family : descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts, in 1638 or 9 by Ward, Andrew Henshaw, 1784-1864', 1858, pp 38, archive.org (accessed 14 December 2022)
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Marriage, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934229.
   FamilySearch Record: Q29L-BHWM (accessed 14 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRSY-B56 Image number 00089
   Lydia Fairbank marriage to Edward Rice on 25 May 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
4. ↑ 'Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America, 1633-1897 by Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles, 1825-1897', 1897, pp 47, archive.org (accessed 14 December 2022)
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #81723514 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   Lydia Rice death 13 Sep 1755 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #33408887 (accessed 14 December 2022)
   Memorial page for Lydia Fairbanks Rice (8 Mar 1682-13 Sep 1755), citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Joe & Connie, and Mariah (contributor 46889617).
7. ↑ Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts) Probate papers 18707-18818; 18759, Lydia Rice, 1755. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9D5-MFKW?cat=263304

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