Absalom Rice (1709 - 1781)

Born 29 Aug 1709 in Sudbury, MIddlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Flagg) Rice — married 1732 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1781 at age 71 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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[Note: Worcester Burial Ground: Many of the graves originally interred there were later moved to other locations including Hope Cemetery in Worcester.]

Biography

Absalom was born on August 29, 1709, in Sudbury, MIddlesex, Massachusetts^[1], the son of Jonas Rice and Mary Stone. ^[2]

He married Elizabeth Flagg, daughter of Benjamin Flagg and Elizabeth Fiske. She was born on Watertown, Massachusetts on May 24, 1717. ^{[2] [3]}

Absalom died at Worcester on July 7, 1781, aged 72. ^{[2] [4]}

Absalom's will was written on June 8, 1771 and proved on January 8, 1782. In it he names: ^[5]

• wife Elizabeth
• grand daughter Azubah Harrington, child of my daughter Azubah Harrington, deceased
• daughter Lydia Ball, wife of James Ball
• daughter Elizabeth Gale, wife of Josiah Gale Jr.
• daughter Mary Stearns, wife of Nathaniel Stearns
• daughter Abigail Gale, wife of Abraham Gale
• daughter Lois Hastings, wife of Nathan Hastings
• son Jonathan Rice ^[5]

On June 7, 1776, Absalom added a codicil, leaving the daughter Mary Stearn's share to her two daughters, Mary and Eunice, their mother being deceased. ^[5]

His widow Elizabeth died on April 3, 1792, age 76. ^{[2] [4]}

Children

1. Azubah born on March 12, 1735; married Elijah Harrington on February 8, 1758. ^[6]
2. Jonathan Rice born on April 8, 1736; married Eunice Whipple on January 14, 1761. ^[6]
3. Lydia born on November 18, 1740; married James Ball on March 2, 1758. ^[6]
4. Elisabath born on Apr. 12, 1742; married Josiah Gale Jr in 1768. ^[6]
5. Mary born on February 5, 1743/4; married Nathaniel Stearns on October 13, 1768. ^[6]
6. Abigail, born on October 7, 1746; married Abraham Gale of Shrewsbury on November 28, 1769. ^[6]
7. Lois born on December 31, 1748/9; married Nathan Hastings of Shrewsbury on November 13, 1767. ^[6]
8. Absalom born on January 1, 1753. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1903)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 119
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Ward, Andrew Henshaw. 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, 1858, p. 30-1: 72
3. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possession, and the First Book and Supplement of Births, Deaths and Marriages, The Historical Society, Press of Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1894, p. 58
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Inscriptions from the old burial grounds in Worcester, Massachusetts, from 1727 to 1859: with biographical and historical notes, in: Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, The Society, Worcester, Massachusetts 1877, p. 55
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Case 49452: p. 1-6 : Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881(From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume XII, The Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1894, p. 218-22: 410-1

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