Rachel (Rice) Dolliver (1664 - 1733)

Born 2 Sep 1664 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Dolliver — married 18 May 1699 in Kingston, South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1733 at about age 68 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

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Biography

Rachel Rice was born at Dedham, Massachusetts, 2 Sep 1664, the daughter of John Rice and Ann Hackley, ^{[1] [2]} her parents' marriage recorded at Dedham, the "27 of 9 mo" (27 Nov) 1649. ^[3]

She married (1) c. 1680, Jedediah Everett, b. 1656, d. Dedham, MA 1699, ^[4] the son of Richard and Mary Everett. Following Jedediah's death, she married (2) 18 May 1699,, Joseph Dolliver, ^[5] also a widower, whose first wife has not been identified. Rachel lived with her second husband in Greenwich (later East Greenwich), Rhode Island, following their marriage. She was living in 1731 as the executrix of her husband's will, and thought to have lived a few years thereafter. ^[6]

Note: No death or burial record has been found for Rachel, but she is likely buried in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with her second husband. Her death year is an approximation; she was living in 1731 when she was the executrix of her husband's will. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Hill, Don Gleason, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham, 1635-1845 - Volumes 1 & 2" (The Dedham Transcript, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1886), Vol. 1, p. 9. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2023.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JZ-WJ5 : 15 January 2020), Rachell Rice, 1664
3. ↑ Gleason, op. cit., Vol. 1, p. 126. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2023.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JZ-WJ5 : 15 January 2020), Rachell Rice, 1664
5. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 1, p. 464. Cit. Date: 11 Jul 2023.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 March 2020), memorial page for Rachel Rice Dolover (2 Sep 1664–1733), Find A Grave: Memorial #177960183. Maintained by Stan Arnold (contributor 48121400) Unknown.