Captain Richard Rice

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Richard & Sarah had 10 children whose births are recorded at Coventry, RI.

Richard married Sarah Kee 21 Sep 1732, Warwick, RI. Sarah was born Abt 1712. [Group Sheet]

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Richard & Sarah were married by William Greene, Justice.Richard & Sarah were married by William Greene, Justice. Sarah was "of Killingly, CT."

1. Ebenezer Rice was born 29 Oct 1735, Coventry, RI.
2. John Rice was born 11 Dec 1746, Coventry, RI.

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Randall and his family lived in Coventry, RI.

Randall married Elizabeth George Abt 1701. Elizabeth was born Abt 1680; died 1746. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth was very possibly a daughter of Richard & Elizabeth George, who had a daughter Sarah b.c.1660, of Portsmouth, RI. Sarah married Joshua Coggeshall b. May 1656, d. 4 Sep 1723. (see RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 20, p. 15)

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Notes (edited) from JD Watson at Rootsweb's Worldconnect:
b. 1646 in Salisbury, Lancashire, England
d. 6 JAN 1730/31 in Warwick Rhode Island
Immigration: 1661 Warwick, Rhode Island
Settled age 15 or 16 to Rhode Island w Edmund Calverly, London innkeeper
May 1663 cleared timber at Paquabuck
bet. 1673 - 1674 purchased land near Potowomut & Cowesett Bay from the Indians
22 May 1674 Order of town, home lot of 6 acres granted at Warwick Cove adjacent to Edmund Calverly
4 May 1675 admitted freeman of Newport, RI
1687 served on Grand Jury
1710 Deputy from Warwick, Rhode Island

The following notes are from Norma Roberts:

Cherry Fletcher Bamberg has done extensive work on John Rice and his life. See her work for more info.

The name John Rice ("John Riss") shows up in Warwick records for the first time on 13 Jan 1661, when he joined Edmund Calverly and Randall Holden in witnessing an indenture. John O. Austin, who published a biographical sketch of John Rice, says he came from old England with Mr. (Edmund) Calverly.

No source has identified John's parents but he was very close to Edmund Calverly, and given the difference in their ages (Calverly was born in 1613), it can be assumed that John may have been an apprentice of Calverly's or some kind of relative back in England. Calverly made a deed of gift to John and Elizabeth Rice on 18 Nov 1676 "in consideration of the Love and affection which I have," but mentions no relationship. Calverly also made a second, also unexplained, deed of gift 23 Jan 1677/78 to John Rice alone.

No proof of when his wife Elizabeth died or whether he remarried, or no birth records of his children's births can be found in Warwick records. He had two sons to whom he made deeds of gift, but it is possible he may have had one or more daughters (unknown at this time). Elizabeth may have died young and John never remarried and this could explain why only two children are found for John and Elizabeth.

John married Elizabeth Holden 16 Jul 1674, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Elizabeth (daughter of Randall HOLDEN and Frances DUNGAN) was born Aug 1652, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Possibly Elizabeth died shortly after their second child was born. No record has been found of other children being born to this couple.

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Randall Holden was one of the signers of the first Portsmouth Compact, 7 March 1638. He was also one of the original settlers of Warwick, along with the Gortons and Greenes.

On 24 March 1639 Randall Holden witnessed the deed of the purchase of Rhode Island (Aquidneck Island) from the Indians. (source: RI Genealogical Register, Vol 14, p. 220)

Randall married Frances DUNGAN 1648, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Frances (daughter of William DUNGAN and Frances LATHAM) was born 1630, London, England; died 1697, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]