Azariah Rice was born on August 13, 1693, in Marlborough, Massachusetts to Benjamin Rice and Mary (Graves) Rice. He married Hannah Bartlett on June 17, 1720, in his hometown. They had nine children in 17 years. He died in 1779 in Brookfield, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 86 years.
Family
Children born to Hannah & Azariah Rice Brookfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay :
↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48580/107/1415730934
History of the Town of Marborough, Page 433; Hudson, Charles, 1795-1881, and Joseph Allen. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement In 1657 to 1861; With a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families In Marlborough to 1800, And an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incoporation of the Town. Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & son, 1862.
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 Andrew Henshaw Ward; C.B. Richardson, 1858
History of North Brookfield: page 182: History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts. Preceded by an account of old Quabaug, Indian and English occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield records, 1686-1783
A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bartlett of Newton, Mass., for seven generations, by Hibner, Aldis Everard, Publication date 1934, Topics: Bartlett family (Joseph Bartlett, 1630-1702), Publisher Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Co.; (entry 5) p21 Hathi Trust digital copy; p21 on WikiTree
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.; Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).; Name: Azariah Rice, Event Type: Marriage, Marriage Date: 17 Jun 1720, Marriage Place: Brookfield, Massachusetts, Father Name: Rice, Spouse Name: Hanah Bartlit
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NH-C83 : 10 February 2018), Azariah Rice, 13 Aug 1693; citing MARLBORO,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.
Mentioned in records of his children:
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6J-Y78 : 10 February 2018), Azariah Rice in entry for Benjamin Rice, 01 Feb 1722; citing BROOKFIELD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547195 IT 1.
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6J-PBN : 10 February 2018), Azariah Rice in entry for Jonas Rice, 30 Jun 1731; citing BROOKFIELD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547195 IT 1.
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Please note that Azaria Rice and his siblings were born to a different Mary. See the Edmund Rice Association website for details.
Benjamin Rice (b. Marlborough, 1666) and Mary Rice (b. Marlborough, 1669) were married at Marlborough on 15 Nov 1692, and had Azariah and his siblings, all listed in the Vital Records of Marlborough.
2. The other Benjamin Rice and Mary Graves were married at Sudbury on 1 April 1691.
Benjamin Rice (b. Marlborough, 1666) and Mary Rice (b. Marlborough, 1669) were married at Marlborough on 15 Nov 1692, and had Azariah and his siblings, all listed in the Vital Records of Marlborough.
2. The other Benjamin Rice and Mary Graves were married at Sudbury on 1 April 1691.