William Benjamin
Trice
Sr.
Born in Washington County, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Trice
and Patience (Gibson) Jones
Brother of
Sarah (Trice) Harrell, Nancy (Trice) Chandler, Elizabeth Trice, Martha Ann Trice, James Madison Trice, Thomas Jefferson Trice and Louisa Trice
Husband of
Jane (Tamplin) Trice
— married
17 Jan 1809 in Baldwin County, GA
Descendants 
Father of
James Trice, Mourning (Trice) Matthews, Milly Ann Trice, Nancy Hudson (Trice) Mathews, Sarah Jane Trice, William Benjamin Trice Jr., Esq., Elizabeth Jane (Trice) Abercrombie, John Zachariah Trice, Mary Ann Trice, Martha Ann Trice, Frances Ann Trice, Matilda Ann (Trice) Roberts, Emily Ann Trice and Susan Ann (Trice) Holloway
Died
at age 68
in Upson County, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
- Date: 10 JUL 1789
- Place: Baldwin or Jones County, GA
- Washington or Hancock County, GA Used Washington County. Hancock County was formed in 1793.
Death
- Date: 26 JUN 1858
- Place: Baldwin County, Georgia
Burial
- Trice Cemetery, Upson, Georgia, United States.
Title
- Title: Sr., Deacon
Property
- Property: a 500 lb., 84 gallon cast iron kettle, acquired by willaim Trice about 1840-1850 from either the Findlay Iron Works or J.S. Schofield & Son (foundries in Macon, GA) is preserved and displayed in the yard of the historicWash Collier House of Gwen & Jimmy B
- Property: William & his children amassed thousands of acres of land into plantations in Eastern Upson. A grist mill was built on the creek south of the cemetary and an extensive cotton gin and press buisness was operated on the land immediately across from the cem
- Place: Upson County GA
- Property: 1825 - first year taxes were paid in Upson county, on land lot 125 in the 10th district. Willaim and Jane were believed to have been the first people to live on this land after the removal of the Creek Indians in 1821.
- Place: Upson Co. (area formerly part of Pike Co)
Will
Will of William Trice. Upson Co., GA, WB A (1825-1875), pp. 173-174, written 22 Jun 1857, proved 5 Jun 1858. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/005764824_00130?pId=254706
my grandson Thomas (J. ?) Nelson
my granddaughter Mary Jane Roberts
my granddaughter Melvina McAfee; my sons James Trice & William B. Trice, trustees
my grandson William Gibson
my granddaughter Frances Black; my sons James & William B., trustees
my granddaughter Mary Howell; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my grandson William _?_ Mathews; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my granddaughter Elizabeth R Mathews; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my granddaughter Mary Mathews now Mary Hughly; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my granddaughter Frances Mathews; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my grandson Joel Rabun Mathews; my said sons James & William B., trustees
my eleven grand-children above named whose mothers are dead
He wants the residue “divided into ten equal shares.”
my son James Trice
my son William B. Trice
my eight daughters now in life, to wit, Mourning, Elizabeth, Martha Ann, Mary Ann, Frances Ann, Matilda Ann (R. ?), Emily Ann, Susan Ann; my said sons James & William B., trustees
Exrs: James Trice, William B. Trice, Joel Mathews
Wit: Xenophon Bowdre, Geo (W. ?) Davis, Thos. F. Bethel, (W. ?) D. Woodson
Sources
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Trice-40 created through the import of Barnett Zellner.ged on Sep 9, 2011 by M J Barnett.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William Benjamin 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 William Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William Benjamin 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 William Benjamin:
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~3.12%
Fletcher Trice
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fletch2018
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Marilyn (Thomas) Hansen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033692 [compare], Ancestry member gneolog
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Abby Weaver :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A817894 [compare], Ancestry member sleepmere
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