Michael Rice (abt. 1680 - aft. 1738)

Born about 1680 in England

Descendants

Died after 1738 after about age 58 in Goochland County, Virginia Colony, British America

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Disputed Origins

No documentation has been found to link Michael as son of Thomas Rice and Marcy Hewes. He has been unlinked as son.

Biography

Michael Rice was a Virginia colonist.

Michael was apparently born in England, probably prior to 1680. He immigrated to Virginia 1691. Source Bibliography: Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977. 609p.^[1]

Michael's wife is unknown. He definitely had two son, Michael, Jr. and Samuel, and possibly two more Phillip R. and John. Michael is named in the will of his son Michael, Jr. as executor. (See below)

Research Notes

• Son of Michael Rice, b c 1684: Index to Wills in Goochland County Court House: Rice, Michael, Deed Book 3, p 83, 21 March 1737/38.^[2] Note the Index in Virginia Will Records is incorrect. It gives the date as 21 March 1731. Transcript of the will gives the recording date as 21 March 1737. Since the will was written 27 September 1737, the actual date would be 21 March 1737/8; new date 21 March 1738.

• Transcript of will posted at ancestry.com, Rice Family Tree:

Will Book 3, P. 83, Goochland County, Virginia In the name of God Amen. I Michael Rice being weak of Body but of sound mind do make Constitute and appoint this my last Will in manor following nprints. I desire to be deccently Buried where my Executor hereafter name shall appoint. My Will is that my Brother Samuel Rice have all my Estate after my decease, both real and personall, in fee simple, he paying my funerall charges.
I do appoint Said Brother Samuel Rice and Father Michael Rice Executors of this my last Will, so that my said father have the administration until my Brother Samuel Comes to the age of Twenty 0ne years and no longer and I revoke by these presents all and every Will and Wills by me heretofore made and that this is only to be taken for my last Will. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twenty seventh day of September One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Seven.
Tartleton Fleming, John Woodson, John Bates
Michael Rice (his mark)
My desire is that my Estate not be appraised. Witness my hand the twenty seventh day of September One thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Seven. Tarlton Fleming, John Woodson, John Bates
Michael Rice (his mark)
At a Court held for Goochland County March 21, 1737 This Will was proved by the Oaths of Tarlton Fleming, John Woodson and John Bates Witnesses hereto to be the Last Will and Testament of Michael Rice decsd. which was ordered to be recorded.

• Virginia Land Records; Extracts from King William County Records:^[3]
  • "1793. Samuel Squires Rice, Philip R. Rice, Wm. Rice and James Rice, to Wm. F. Gaines. Deed under will of Samuel Rice, deceased, dated 1783. Mentions son Mitchell's widow, grandson Samuel Squires Rice, son Philip Russell Rice, son Wm. Rice, son James Rice. (309-314)"
  • "1797. John Rice of the Co. of Mason, Ky. to Wm. Rice of King William. Land inherited by the will of his father, Michael Rice, deceased. Mentions brothers Samuel Squire Rice and Philip R. RIce. (P. 192.)"

Tentative inferences:

Michael Rice, born c 1680-1685; died after March 1738. Had sons:

1. Michael Rice, Jr., b c 1710, d c March 1738
2. Samuel Squire Rice, b aft 1716, not of age in September 1737; d Sep 1783.
   1. Samuel Squires Rice, Jr. (Feb 1743/4-1813?)
   2. Mitchell [Michael] Rice, d bef 1783
      1. Samuel Squires Rice
   3. Philip Russell Rice, b 1760 King William Co., VA; enlisted 1775; m Martha M Vaughan 1789 in Goochland County; d Dover, Mason Co., KY^[4]
   4. Wm. Rice,
   5. James Rice, b c 1755 -- "James served 2 yrs. in the Rev. War, applied for a pension and received it eventually. He moved from KY to OH to live on land his son Phillip gave him. His death date is listed in Clermont County, Ohio court records as April 30, 1835. Nov 1797 James Rice of Mason, Kentucky sold land to William his brother from King William, Virginia."^[5] Application for pension filed Bracken County, KY; stated age 68 years old in 1823.^[4] On 30 July 1823 James submitted an inventory of his assets, total $68.17. He listed as family a wife, age 44-47 yrs old; son Michael, age 12; dau Anetta, age 9; dau Betsy age 7 or 8; dau Cornelia between 5 & 6 yrs old; dau Parthena abt three years old. Brother Phillip made a deposition agreeing with James' service. James Rice was inscribed on the pension roll in Bracken Co., KY on 30 July 1823 @ $8/mo. Cert of pension issued 5 September 1823. Applied for transfer from Kentucky to Ohio on 7 October 1833.^[6]

1. John Rice
2. Philip R. Rice

• Samuel may be the youngest son since Michael, Jr. leaves his entire estate to him with father Michael Rice as trustee and executor. Have identified some of the descendants of Michael Rice, Sr., but have not found anything to connect him as son of Thomas Rice and Marcey Hewes.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Year 1691; p 362
2. ↑ Virginia Will Records. From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1883; ref: Deed Book 10, p 67-68; Index, p 138
3. ↑ Virginia Land Records. From The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982; p 313, 299
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} RICE-SOUTHERN-L Archives Samuel Rice NC Land Entries 2 Mar 2005
5. ↑ RICE-SOUTHERN-L Archives posted by Diana Miller 29 Sep 2001
6. ↑ U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Archive Roll #2032

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