Isaac Rice (1734 - abt. 1818)

Born 21 Apr 1734 in Orange, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Randolph) Rice — married 1757 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1818 at about age 83 in Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

born Prince Georges Co, MD or Orange, Virginia

Death

Death:

Date: 1812?1815

Place: McMinn, Tennessee, United States

Will of John Rice dated Sep 22, 1812 names wife Susannah, Milly Bartlett, son William ( son of my first wife); 2 grand children - Betsy and Esau Rice, children of my son John, (deceased). Names son Isaac Rice executor.

John Rice of Virginia, North Carolina, and Roane, Tennessee who died before April 1815 when his will was probated has been shown as Isaac or Isaac John Rice. That misinformation most likely came from records of his descendant Martha "Mattie Elizabeth Rice (John R. Howard) who wrote a biography of her family at the age of 18 that was informative and very interesting, but had a couple of flaws. She referred to her ancestor John as Isaac Rice. John Rice was not the same as man as Isaac. He had a brother named Isaac Rice who came from Rutherford, North Carolina to Roane Tennessee and lived near John. In Isaac's will he left his estate to his brothers and their children, indicating that he probably had no living direct descendants of his own. The name Isaac was passed down through his brother's children, including John who had a son named Isaac born 27 March 1771, a grandson, g-grandsons, and so on named Isaac. John and Isaac also had several other brothers, including a brother who for a time contested Isaac's will.

John was reportedly married 3 times. It's not known exactly which of his children belonged to each wife, but there's an indication that William (Miss Roberts), Hannah (Wm. Wallen), and Amy Rice (Mathew Wallen) were the children of Margery Wallen. It's believed that he was also possibly married to Elizabeth Crenshaw, and that his last wife was Susannah. The other known children were Sarah Rice (John Thompson), Nancy Rice (Joseph Mee), Millicent Rice (Joseph Bartlett), John Rice, Mary Rice (Benjamin Green), Isaac Rice (Sarah Senter and Martha Matlock), and Elizabeth Rice (James Thompson).

• Fact: Will for Isaac John Rice 22 September 1812 ‎(Age 78)‎ April 1815 ‎(Age 80)‎ Will Book a, pages 60-61 Roane County, Tennessee

Sources

• Bible Notes of Mattie Elisabeth Rice Howard, 1868; copied by Mary C. Howard, 1939; contained in the "Allen Papers," Research notes of Penelope Johnson Allen; Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee; transcription, Daniel Mahar, "Re: McClung Collection/Rice Family Rec.," (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/rice/3514/ : accessed 26 May 2021).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 January 2018, 15:37), entry for Isaac John Rice(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6J2-Z9D); contributed by various users.
• Wills and Settlements, Vol A-D, 1802-1846 Probate Records; Author: Tennessee. County Court (Roane County); Probate Place: Roane, Tennessee; Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lpdambe&id=I0849

• Family Central, database http://www.familycentral.net/index/family.cfm?ref1=4856:2728&ref2=4856:2729

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Rice-1152 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.
• Information provided by Nyla Gay 2/3/2016