Daniel Rice

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In 1769 when he wrote his will, Randall was a "yeoman, of Warwick, late residing in Cranston."

Children named in his will are: Job, William, Fones, Randall, Nathan, James, Caleb, Daniel, Thomas, Robe (Arnold), Mary (Thurber), Phebe, & Elnathan. He also mentions Charles, William, & George Higginbotham, sons of his (second) wife's first marriage.

I have estimated some of the birth years of Randall's children.

Randall married Dinah Greene 16 Mar 1735/36. Dinah (daughter of Fones Greene and Rebecca Tibbetts) was born 24 Dec 1715, Warwick, RI; died 24 Jan 1765. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Dinah is named in her father's will as Dinah Rice.

She died at 4 AM.

John married Elnathan Whipple 25 Jul 1695, Providence, RI. Elnathan (daughter of John Whipple, Jr. and Mary Olney) was born 2 Jan 1674/75, Providence, RI; died 7 Jan 1761; was buried 9 Jan 1761. [Group Sheet]

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John & Elnathan were married by Joseph Williams, Justice.

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His gravestone reads: "4th gen, Fones Greene, son of Capt. James Greene, died July 29, 1758, aged 67 years." This would make his birth year c1691.

Fones Greene married first to Dinah Battey, who drowned a few days after their marriage in 1711. She was sailing across the Bay from Newport to Jamestown.

Fones's uncle Samuel Fones married Ann Tibbetts, aunt of his second wife Rebecca.

For a brief bio, see "Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts" by J.H. Beers & Co, p 1304.

Fones resided in the house which he inherited, built by his father c1687, in the Buttonwoods/Nausauket area of Warwick, RI, bordering on Greenwich Bay. A second house was built in its place in 1715, and is still standing today, in 2008. A large part of the Greene estate was sold in 1868 to the Buttonwoods Association, which developed the area with homes and a campground on the shore.

Fones married Rebecca Tibbetts 5 Feb 1712/13, Warwick, RI. Rebecca (daughter of Henry TIBBETTS and Rebecca MEDBURY) was born Between 1694 and 1695; died 18 Feb 1765; was buried , Historical Cemetery 66, Surgeon Greene Lot, West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

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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]

Notes:

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

John — Mary Olney. Mary (daughter of Thomas OLNEY and Marie ASHTON) was born 1643, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

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All of James's children except Daniel were named in the will of Isbel Berton, dated 26 Jan 1721/22 at Warwick, RI.

James resided at Nausauket, in Warwick, RI, where he built a house in 1687 (source: "New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial" by William Richard Cutter; Google Books). This is the area where I grew up; my grammar school was Nausauket School.

In the Warwick records James is referred to as Ensign, Lieutenant, and Captain.

James married Mary Fones 25 Jan 1689/90, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of John Fones and Margaret Unknown) was born 1668; died 20 Mar 1721/22, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

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Henry Tibbetts, Junior is on a list of taxes under Gov. Andros, dated 6 Sept 1687, assessing estates of the Towne of Rochester in the King's Province.

According to "The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960, With Related Genealogy," by Martha R. McPartland (East Greenwich Free Library Assoc., 1960), Henry was born about 1640, was living in Kingstown in 1663, and died in 1713. He came to East Greenwich between 1690 and 1708 and built a home on Frenchtown Road. The Henry Tibbitts House, built before 1708, was given to John, son of Henry, in his will. This house is still in East Greenwich, at 1786 Frenchtown Road, and is owned and lived in by descendants of Henry, John Gifford Tibbitts and his son, Gifford C. Tibbitts. Some very old family furnishing are in the house, such as a maple desk originally owned by Esther Whitford Tibbitts.

Austin's book on early RI families has Henry's date of death as 27 Dec 1702.

Henry married Rebecca MEDBURY Between 1688 and 1690, Kingston, RI. Rebecca was born Abt 1667; died 10 Jun 1752. [Group Sheet]

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I have roughly estimated Rebecca's year of birth; also, I have estimated the birth years for all these children.

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Information on this couple is noted in New England Marriages Prior to 1750.