Edward W. Rice (1769 - abt. 1811)

Born 15 Sep 1769 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island

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Died about 1811 at about age 41 in Ontario, New York, United States

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Biography

Edward was the son of Job Rice and Ann Gorton. ^[1] He married Deborah]. Their children were^[2]:

1. Waite Rice 1787 -

2. Waitz Rice 1787 -

3. Noel Rice 1789 -

4. Charles R. Rice 1791 - 1850

5. Edward Rice 1792 -

6. Vinas Rice 1795 -

7. Nancy Rice 1797

8. Job Rice 1799 - 1875

9. Mahala Rice 1801 -

10. Squire Rice 1802 - 1881

11. Peleg Rice 1805 -

12. Lory Gorton Rice 1807 - 1856

13. Walter Rice 1811 -

They lived in Pitts Town, Albany, New York. ^[3]Family lore says that Edward and Deborah died young, leaving the youngest children to be raised by their older brother Charles R. Rice.

From CHAPTER XXIV. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF SENECA In the same manner we may also recall the names of other pioneers, among whom were Thomas Ottley, Nathan Whitney, Eben Burt, Isaac Amsden, Peter Gray, Matthew Rippey, David McMaster, Abram Post, Israel Webster, Simeon Amsden, Joel Whitney, Hugh Fulton and Gamaliel Brockway, all of whom with others named and yet to be named, were located in the town of Seneca as early as the year 1800. There were also William Rippey, Joseph Fulton, EDWARD RICE, Philip Gregory, John Dixon, Seba Squier, Jacob Reed,Thomas Densmore, Solomon Gates, Colonel Wilder, David Barron, all pioneers, nearly all of whom had families, and all of whom contributed to the prominent position Seneca early occupied among the towns of the county. ^{[4] [5]}

New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Record of the Orleans County Pioneer Association : original minutes, 1858 to 1905, pages 179-180. Not exactly sure if this is the correct Edward Rice:

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com Title: Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;
2. ↑ Family bible record held by J. Lehman, 2015.
3. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Pitts Town, Albany, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 353; Image: 323; Family History Library Film: 0568146
4. ↑ History of Seneca, New York. http://history.rays-place.com/ny/seneca-ny.htm.
5. ↑ History of Ontario County, New York. Ed. George S. Conover. Compiled by Lewis Cass Aldridge. D. Mason & Company, Syracuse, New York, 1893.