Dr.
John
Jones
Brice
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of William Brice
and Rachel (Jones) Brice
Husband of
Ann (Wilson) Brice
— married
6 Jan 1806 in Harrison Co., West Virginia
Father of
Benjamin W. Brice
Died about
at about age 72
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jul 2015
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Biography
John was the youngest of 5 children born to William Brice of Maryland. He moved with his family to Alexandria, VA. After his father died in 1786, the family moved with their widowed mother to western Pennsylvania. John's 3 sisters married in Pennsylvania. His older brother, Benjamin J. Brice moved to Harrison Co., Virginia where he married Sarah (Ann Wilson's sister) Wilson, daughter of Col. Benjamin Wilson. His brother remained there for the rest of his life.
John studied medicine with Dr. Mowry of Pittsburg and joined his practice for a time. He traveled west to Lawrenceburg in Indiana Territory, then returned through Newark, Ohio to Harrison Co., Virginia where he married Ann, to whom he had been engaged. In January of 1807 he took his wife to Newark along with their only son, Benjamin W. Brice.
Dr. Brice practiced medicine in Neward for about 50 years. At his death, he was one of the wealthiest men in Licking Co., Ohio.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newardk, Licking Co., Ohio
Sources
- *West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRDJ-RTB : accessed 9 July 2015), John Brice and Ann Wilson, 06 Jan 1806; citing Harrison Co, West Virginia, v 1 p 90, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,273.
- DESCENDANTS OF DAVID DAVIS by Billie Jo Runyon and Don Norman, http://hackerscreek.com/norman/WILSON/DAVID
- Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=47142772
- History of Licking County, O., Its Past and Present Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the Northwest: A Complete History of Licking County ... a History of Its Soldiers in the Late War... Biographies and Histories of Pioneer Families, Etc
Albert Adams Graham, 1881 https://books.google.com/books?id=d6o-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA566&lpg=PA566&dq=Archibald+Wilson+1801&source=bl&ots=UCqmEAXl6Y&sig=LrnJ0vgj0s1tXREAdrIfjsu-2c8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDwQ6AEwCDgeahUKEwiLocPWu9TGAhXCW4gKHXAaBhI#v=onepage&q=Wilson&f=false
- US Census from 1820, 1830, 1840
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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