Dinah (Walker) Rice (abt. 1706 - 1785)

Born about 1706 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Wolcott IV — married 1727 (to 1728) in Brookfield, Massachusetts

Wife of Peter Rice — married 22 Sep 1730 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Mar 1785 at about age 79 in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Dinah was born about 1706. She was the daughter of Edward Walker and Elizabeth Dean.

She married first John Wolcott, aka Willcott, on 12 Oct 1727 in Brookfield, Worcester county, Massachusetts.^[1]

She married second Peter Rice in 1730 in Brookfield.^[2][3][4]

The circumstances of her two marriages are described by the following summary^[5]:

"John Woolcott IV, b. 1695 Brookfield MA; mentioned in Rev. Fisk's "Historical Discourse": "Oct. 13, 1708, early in the morning, John Wolcott, a lad about 12 or 14 years old, was riding in search of the cows when the Indians fired at him, killed his horse under him, and took him prisoner.... John Wolcott, the lad above mentioned, was carried to Canada where he remained six or seven years, during which time by conversing wholly with Indians he not only entirely lost his native language but became so naturalized to the savages as to be unwilling for a while to return to his native country." He returned to Brookfield and was granted 40 acres at Brookfield 1718, 60 more in 1719, 20 more in 1720, and 80 more in 1721; served in Capt. Wright's Co. 1723-5; reported killed by Indians on the upper Connecticut River in 1728 while returning from a hunting trip with a cargo of furs. He is now believed to have deserted his family and returned to live among the Indians. Wilcott Island above Fort 4 on the Connecticut River was apparently where he lived. John Wilcott m. his sister-in-law, Dinah Walker, 1727 Brookfield MA. Dinah Woolcott m. (2) Peter Rice 1730 Brookfield MA. John is thought to have taken an Indian wife, either before returning from captivity or after returning to the wilderness, where he raised a son, John Wolcott, and possibly other children."

Dinah had one son with John Wolcott (born a few months after John disappeared). She had at least ten children with Peter Rice.

Dinah passed away in 1785 and is buried in Pine Grove cemetery in Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Brookfield/Images/Brookfield_M427.shtml
2. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Brookfield/Images/Brookfield_M395.shtml
3. ↑ A genealogical history of the Rice family : descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1639 or 1639
4. ↑ https://www.gengophers.com/book.html#/book/72152?page=371&given=Peter&exactGiven=false&surname=Rice&exactSurname=false&rels=Sarah%20Brown&exactRels=false
5. ↑ * John Woolcott of Watertown MA, 1599-1638 Revised July 2014, : http://www.wolcottfamily.com/watertown.html , Accessed 22 Feb 2015
6. ↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for Dinah (Walker) Wolcott Rice., Accessed 22 Feb 2015, Memorial # 126471957.

1. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Birth, Marriage & Death - indexes courtesy Ancestry.com): Dinah Walker, Spouse: John Willcoott (sic), Marriage: 12 October 1727, Brookfield, Worchester, Massachusetts
2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988: Danah (sic) Rice, Spouse: Peter, Birth: 1706, Death: 1785 Massachusetts
3. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991: Diana F Rice, Death: Massachusetts, USA

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Walker-3481 created through the import of Travis Family Tree.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Roger Travis. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Roger and others.
• http://www.wolcottfamily.com/watertown.html
• John Woolcott of Watertown MA, 1599-1638
• Wolcott Immigrants and Their Early Descendants - Published by The Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott 2002