Barbara (Rice) Paine (1740 - 1823)

Born 4 Nov 1740 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of John Payne — married after 2 Dec 1765 (to before 14 Apr 1823) in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1823 at age 82 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

BARBARA RICE was the daughter of Henry Rice and his 1st wife Martha (_____).^[1]

Barbara was born, likely at Warwick, on 4 November 1740.^[2] She died at Freetown on 14 April 1823, widow, in her 82nd year.^[3]

She was called “Barbary Rice of Warwick” in her marriage intentions published at Freetown on 2 December 1763. Her husband was John Paine. His grandfather, also named John Pain, left him a quarter of his homestead farm in Freetown and made him executor of his will (made 5 Feb. 1763; proved 6 May 1766).“" John Pain 2"“ served at least one short enlistment in the local militia during the Revolution, marching to Warren, RI, on alarm in August 17801 but otherwise lived a quiet life farming the family land.^[4]

Barbara received $100 in her father’s will.^[5] By the provisions of that will, “John Pain of Freetown, yeoman,” on behalf of his wife, on 8 March 1801 joined with his wife's other Rice family members in setting up care for Barbara’s younger sister Elizabeth (Rice) Mellone who was a blind widow.^[6]

== Children ==
Children of Barbara Rice and John Paine, all born at Freetown:^[7]

1. JOHN PAINE, b. 25 Dec. 1765, d. at Freetown 2 Apr. 1841.

2. EBENEZER PAINE, b. 25 Sept. 1767, d. at Rollersville, OH.

3. MARTHA PAINE, b. 27 Sept. 1769, d. at Nantucket Feb. 1852.

4. AVIS PAINE, b. 19 Oct. 1771, d. at Newport, RI, 18 Apr. 1856.

5. ABIGAIL PAINE, b. 12 May 1773, d. at Freetown 17 Sept. 1808.

6. [[paine-2147 | ELIZABETH PAINE, b. 25 May 1783.

Sources

1. ↑ Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, "Major Henry Rice of Warwick and His Family," Rhode Island Roots vol. 24(1988) pp. 1-63. Hereinafter Bamberg, “Henry Rice.”
2. ↑ Arnold, RIVR, 1:1:198; Rice Bible (2) cited by Cheryl Bamberg, “Henry Rice,” RIR 24:9.
3. ↑ Thomas, VR Freetown- Deaths
4. ↑ *Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors of Massachusetts, 1775-1782, (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1903), 112779;DAR Patriot Index, Part 322212.
5. ↑ Warwick Wills, 5:120. For details of the will, see Bamberg, “Henry Rice”, 3-6.
6. ↑ Warwick Land Evidence, 14:148 cited by Bamberg, "Henry Rice," p. 10.
7. ↑ * Helen Thomas, Vital Records of Freetown, Massachusetts (1988). Mrs. Thomas' book is unpaginated but is divided into three sections: Births, Marriages and Deaths. Short title is Thomas, VR Freetown.

• Bristol County, MA, Probate Records, consulted at Bristol Co. Probate Court, Taunton, MA, 19:410-412.
• Robert M. Gerrity, Ralph Pain and His Descendants: Four Generations, manuscript at Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA, 1992, p. 47.
• Warwick Wills, 5: 120.

• Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899

Father Name: Henry Rice Spouse Name: John Paine Death Date: 14 Apr 1823 Death Place: Freetown, Massachusetts, USA Death Age: 83; Page Number: 446 Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Name: Barbara Rice Birth Date: 4 Nov 1740 Birth Place: Rhode Island, USA Father Name: Henry Rice Mother Name: Martha Rice Page Number: 198