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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Rice was born 5 Sep 1737 (son of Nathan Rice and Sarah Spencer).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nathan Rice was born 20 Jun 1704, Warwick, RI (son of John Rice, II and Elnathan Whipple); died 1800.

    Nathan married Sarah Spencer 21 Dec 1727, East Greenwich, RI. Sarah (daughter of Peleg Spencer and Elizabeth Coggeshall) was born 11 May 1709, East Greenwich, RI; died 26 Aug 1783, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah Spencer was born 11 May 1709, East Greenwich, RI (daughter of Peleg Spencer and Elizabeth Coggeshall); died 26 Aug 1783, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    Nathan & Sarah were married by Thomas Spencer, Justice.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Rice was born 23 Dec 1728.
    2. Peleg Rice was born 19 Dec 1730, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 May 1789.
    3. Elnathan Rice was born 1732.
    4. Mary (1) Rice was born 12 Mar 1734/35.
    5. 1. Benjamin Rice was born 5 Sep 1737.
    6. Mary (2) Rice was born 14 Aug 1739.
    7. Charles Rice was born 21 Jul 1741.
    8. Whipple Rice was born 16 Oct 1743.
    9. John Rice was born 18 Apr 1746.
    10. William Rice was born 23 Jul 1748.
    11. Randall Rice, Sr. was born 9 Feb 1750/51; died Bef Apr 1790.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Rice, II was born Abt 1675, Warwick, RI (son of John Rice, I and Elizabeth Holden); died 9 Jan 1755, Warwick, RI.

    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]


  2. 5.  Elnathan Whipple was born 2 Jan 1674/75, Providence, RI (daughter of John Whipple, Jr. and Mary Olney); died 7 Jan 1761; was buried 9 Jan 1761.

    Notes:

    John & Elnathan were married by Joseph Williams, Justice.

    Children:
    1. John Rice, III was born 6 Apr 1696, Warwick, RI; died Abt Feb 1746/47, Warwick, RI.
    2. Elizabeth Rice was born 6 May 1698, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died Aft 1758.
    3. Thomas Rice was born 26 Apr 1700, Warwick, RI; died 1779, Warwick, RI.
    4. Mary (1) Rice was born 22 Sep 1702; died Bef Jan 1709/10.
    5. 2. Nathan Rice was born 20 Jun 1704, Warwick, RI; died 1800.
    6. Barbara Rice was born 24 Apr 1706, Warwick, RI.
    7. William Rice was born 25 Mar 1708, Warwick, RI; died 23 Jan 1746/47, Warwick, RI.
    8. Mary (2) Rice was born 24 Jan 1709/10; died Between 1753 and 1793.
    9. Lydia Rice was born 30 Dec 1711, Warwick, RI; died Aft 11 Mar 1777.
    10. Randall Rice, Sr. was born 21 May 1714, Warwick, RI; died Abt 1769, Cranston, RI.
    11. Elnathan Rice was born 4 Aug 1716.

  3. 6.  Peleg Spencer was born 4 Dec 1683, EG (son of John Spencer and Susannah Unknown); died 13 Sep 1763, EG.

    Peleg married Elizabeth Coggeshall Jul 1708, Newport, RI. Elizabeth was born 29 Mar 1686, Newport, RI; died Aft 16 Mar 1755. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Coggeshall was born 29 Mar 1686, Newport, RI; died Aft 16 Mar 1755.
    Children:
    1. 3. Sarah Spencer was born 11 May 1709, East Greenwich, RI; died 26 Aug 1783, Warwick, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Rice, I was born 1646, Salisbury, England; died 6 Jan 1730/31, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Holden was born Aug 1652, Warwick, RI (daughter of Randall HOLDEN and Frances DUNGAN).

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. 4. John Rice, II was born Abt 1675, Warwick, RI; died 9 Jan 1755, Warwick, RI.
    2. Randall Rice, Sr. was born Abt 1677, Warwick, RI; died Abt 1741, RI.

  3. 10.  John Whipple, Jr. was born 9 Mar 1639/40, Dorchester, MA.

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


  4. 11.  Mary Olney was born 1643, Providence, RI (daughter of Thomas OLNEY and Marie ASHTON).
    Children:
    1. 5. Elnathan Whipple was born 2 Jan 1674/75, Providence, RI; died 7 Jan 1761; was buried 9 Jan 1761.

  5. 12.  John Spencer was born Abt 1640; died Abt Oct 1684.

    Notes:

    John Spencer received land in East Greenwich on 31 Oct 1677. He was Town Clerk from 1677 to 1683.

    He may have been a brother of Michall/Michael Spencer b.c. 1647.

    John married Susannah Unknown Abt 1665. Susannah was born Abt 1644; died 12 Apr 1719, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Susannah Unknown was born Abt 1644; died 12 Apr 1719, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    She may have been Susannah Griffin.

    Children:
    1. John Spencer, Jr. was born 20 Apr 1666; died Nov 1743.
    2. Michael Myceal Spencer was born 28 May 1668; died 10 Oct 1748.
    3. Benjamin Spencer was born 22 Jun 1670; died Abt Dec 1723.
    4. William Spencer was born 1 Jul 1672, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died Abt Oct 1748, North Kingstown, RI.
    5. Robert Spencer was born 6 Nov 1674; died Abt Jul 1748, Exeter, RI.
    6. Abner Spencer was born 4 Dec 1676; died 11 May 1759, East Greenwich, RI.
    7. Thomas Spencer was born 22 Jul 1679, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Apr 1752, East Greenwich, RI.
    8. Susannah Spencer was born 1 Dec 1681; died Between 1715 and 1725.
    9. 6. Peleg Spencer was born 4 Dec 1683, EG; died 13 Sep 1763, EG.