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Samuel Rice

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  • Name Samuel Rice 
    Born 1757  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I06141  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Peleg Rice,   b. 19 Dec 1730, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1789  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Anne Remington,   b. Abt 1732 
    Married 19 May 1754  Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • Theirs was the second marriage performed by Elder John Gorton (see "Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich" by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub. 2001 by RI Genealogical Society).
    Family ID F02117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellenor Pearce,   b. 20 Feb 1768, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Sep 1782  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Notes 
    • According to the marriage record by Elder John Gorton, Samuel & Ellenor were both of East Greenwich. They were married on the same day as Ellenor's brother Jonathan.
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04824  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel was a light-complected mariner, born in 1757 at East Greenwich, and 5' 4" tall, according to his own testimony. While serving on the ship "Satisfaction" in 1778, he was captured, along with Holden Rhodes, and put in Forten prison in England. He was released in a prisoner exchange on 11 Dec 1779. He also served as a seaman on the ship "South Carolina" during the Revolution. (notes from "Elder John Gorton and the Six Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich," p. 292, by Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, pub. 2001 by RI Genealogical Society)

  • Sources 
    1. [S012423] Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 292.

    2. [S012423] Elder John Gorton and the Six-Principle Baptist Church of East Greenwich, RI, Cherry Fletcher Bamberg, (Greenville, RI: RI Genealogical Society, 2001), 151 & 201.

    3. [S012451] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Warwick -- Marriages, 386.

    4. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 272 & 300.