Born ‎13 Aug 1693 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, died ‎before. 7 sep 1779 Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA‎, at most 86 years
Azariah Rice1,2 b. 13 August 1693, d. 1779 Pop-up Pedigree Azariah Rice was born on 13 August 1693 at Marlborough, MA.3,4,5 Hewas the son of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice. Azariah Rice marriedHannah Bartlett on 17 June 1720 at Brookfield, MA.6,2,7 Azariah Ricedied in 1779 at Brookfield, MA; from cancer (not found in thepublished records).8 He left a will on 8 July 1772 at Brookfield, MA,, proved 7 September1779. The will mentioned sons Benjamin, Oliver, Jonas, Ephraim;daughters Miriam and Mary; granddaughter Zerviah Sanford. Brother,Matthias Rice, deceased - he to give me half the produce during mylife, and to provide for my support; ... Son Ephraim, Executor.9 Children of Azariah Rice and Hannah Bartlett: Zerviah Rice+ b. 23 Sep 1721, d. 21 Mar 1740/41 Benjamin Rice+ b. 1 Feb 1722/23, d. 8 Feb 1796 Miriam Rice b. 26 Nov 1724 Oliver Rice+ b. 7 Nov 1726, d. 23 Mar 1812 Levinah Rice b. 17 Mar 1729, d. 18 Mar 1772 Jonas Rice+ b. 30 Jun 1731, d. 1776 Mary Rice+ b. 20 Oct 1734 Ephraim Rice+ b. 28 Oct 1735, d. 1810 Patience Rice+ b. 20 Oct 1738, d. c 1760 Citations 1. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 20, 23, 57, 58. 2. [S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 3,9. 3. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 23. 4. [S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 3. 5. [S22] Mass Marlborough, Marlborough, MA, Vital Records, p. 153. 6. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 20, 57. 7. [S308] Brookfield MA, Brookfield, MA, Vital Records, p. 392. 8. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 57. 9. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 58. --------------------- ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS MCCLURE RICE AND ELIZABETH WILSONRICE http://home.swbell.net/txanita/Genealogy/p1.htm11 Will: Azariah Rice, July 8, 1772 In the name of God Amen. The eighth day of July, one thousand sevenhundred & seventy two: I Azariah Rice of Brookfield in the County ofWorcester & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman,being in health and of sound disposing mind & memory, thanks be givento God but calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that allmen must once die, do make this my last will and testament, that is tosay, first of all I give & I recommend my soul into the hand of Godwho gave it, & my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decentChristian burial at the discretion of my executor hereafter named, notdoubting but at the General resurrection, I shall receive the sameagain by the Mighty power of God-And as touching such worldly estatewherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise& dispose of the same in the following manner & form. I?. My will is that all my just debts & funeral charges paid by myExecutors out of my estate. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Benj’n. About two acres of half ofmeadow more or less as the same is in the southerly side (illegibleillegible) Pond, bounded all round by (illegible) & said Pond which ishis full part with what I have given him heretofore. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Oliver, one half part of fouracres of meadow for quantity & quality, lying near Pine Hill, be itmore or less as per Brookfield Book of record. I also give him more,viz. two acres of meadow at Bartlett’s Point (so called) be it more orless, as per record. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Jonas one half part of four acres ofmeadow near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per record. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Ephraim one half part of my housewhere I now live with the building thereon both for quantity & qualitywith all my husbandry tools and living stock of creatures of everykind I shall die seized of as the name is bounded southwesterly parton Jonas Rice & part on Elisha Rice, west on Cyprian Rice and fouracres of my own land here after mentioned on a town road. Northerly ona town road. Easterly part on (Ralph’s ?) land & part on south pondsoutherly, southerly on John Rice his land. Said homelot lyes on bothsides a town road & contains in the whole about one hundred acres,more four acres lying on the northerly side a town road, more or lessas per record. I also give him ten acres of meadow on Qualange Riverbound on north on the river, south & east on Josiah Partredge, west onBartlett’s Point. I give him more viz my part in the Meeting house andall my wearing apparel with all the money which is due or coming to mefrom my late brother Mattathias Rice deceased his estate with all mymoney I shall die seized & possessed of. Said bequests are on theconditions following viz. That the said Ephraim improve the halfheretofore bequeathed in a good husband-like manner during my life &deliverance yearly the whole produce of the same of every sortaffordance to be to my sole use & disposal. And also to provide for mycomfortable support in sickness & health during my natural life if Istand in need & at my death to give a decent Christian burial. Andalso pay out the legacies hereafter mentioned to his two sisters & mygranddaughter. Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter’s Miriam & Mary in equal partsall my household goods of every sort & name, as iron, (illegible)pewter, wood, bed & bedding, linen & woolen of every sort & whateverelse of indoor moveable not mentioned by name. And ten shilling moneyto each of them. And to Mary one milking cow to be paid by my executorat my decease. Item. I give, bequeath to my granddaughter Zerciah Sanford, one heifertwo years old, to be delivered to her by my executor within six monthsafter my decease. Item. I constitute my son Ephr. Rice, sole executor to this my lastwill and testament. And I utterly disallow & disannul all & everyother former or other wills, legacies and bequests or Executors by memade, willed or bequeathed. Ratifying & conforming this and no otherto be my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have put my hand & seal, the day & year abovewritten. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared said Azariah Rice ashis last will & testament in the presence of these subscribers: WmAyres, William Ayres Jr, Benjamin Ayers. Azariah Rice (seal) Worcester ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, LeviLincoln, Judge of the Probate of wills, in the County of Worcester,within the State of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, sendethGreeting. Know ye, that on the seventh day of September, anno domini 1779. Theinstrument herewith annexed purporting the last will & testament ofAzariah Rice, late of Brookfield in the County aforesaid, deceased,was presented for probate by Ephraim Rice the executor herein named.Then present William Ayres & Benjamin Ayers, two of the witnesses ofthe hereto described who made oath that they saw the said testatorsign seal & heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will& testament & that they with the other subscribing witnessessubscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereofin the said testator’s presence and that he was this to the best oftheir judgement, of sound & disposing mind: I do prove, approve & allow of the said instrument as the last will &testament of the before name deceased and do commit that theadministration thereof in all matters the same (illegible) & of hisestate whereof he died seized & possessed in said County unto EphraimRice the before named executor work faithfully to execute the saidwill, and to administer the estate of the said deceased accordingthereto, who accepted of his said inst. and he shall render aninventory of said estate into the Probate office according to law, andhe shall render an amount upon oath of his proceeding when thereuntolawfully required. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office thisday & year above written. Levil Lincoln, J. prob. Entered from the original, Josiah Wheeler Regr. He left a will on Jul8, 1772; http://www.sampubco.com/wills Massachusetts, Worcester County, Volume 15, page 293-296 Will: Azariah Rice, July 8, 1772 In the name of God Amen. The eighth day of July, one thousand sevenhundred & seventy two: I Azariah Rice of Brookfield in the County ofWorcester & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman,being in health and of sound disposing mind & memory, thanks be givento God but calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that allmen must once die, do make this my last will and testament, that is tosay, first of all I give & I recommend my soul into the hand of Godwho gave it, & my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decentChristian burial at the discretion of my executor hereafter named, notdoubting but at the General resurrection, I shall receive the sameagain by the Mighty power of God-And as touching such worldly estatewherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise& dispose of the same in the following manner & form. I?. My will is that all my just debts & funeral charges paid by myExecutors out of my estate. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Benj’n. About two acres of half ofmeadow more or less as the same is in the southerly side (illegibleillegible) Pond, bounded all round by (illegible) & said Pond which ishis full part with what I have given him heretofore. Item. I give and bequeath to my son Oliver, one half part of fouracres of meadow for quantity & quality, lying near Pine Hill, be itmore or less as per Brookfield Book of record. I also give him more,viz. two acres of meadow at Bartlett’s Point (so called) be it more orless, as per record. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Jonas one half part of four acres ofmeadow near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per record. Item. I give & bequeath to my son Ephraim one half part of my housewhere I now live with the building thereon both for quantity & qualitywith all my husbandry tools and living stock of creatures of everykind I shall die seized of as the name is bounded southwesterly parton Jonas Rice & part on Elisha Rice, west on Cyprian Rice and fouracres of my own land here after mentioned on a town road. Northerly ona town road. Easterly part on (Ralph’s ?) land & part on south pondsoutherly, southerly on John Rice his land. Said homelot lyes on bothsides a town road & contains in the whole about one hundred acres,more four acres lying on the northerly side a town road, more or lessas per record. I also give him ten acres of meadow on Qualange Riverbound on north on the river, south & east on Josiah Partredge, west onBartlett’s Point. I give him more viz my part in the Meeting house andall my wearing apparel with all the money which is due or coming to mefrom my late brother Mattathias Rice deceased his estate with all mymoney I shall die seized & possessed of. Said bequests are on theconditions following viz. That the said Ephraim improve the halfheretofore bequeathed in a good husband-like manner during my life &deliverance yearly the whole produce of the same of every sortaffordance to be to my sole use & disposal. And also to provide for mycomfortable support in sickness & health during my natural life if Istand in need & at my death to give a decent Christian burial. Andalso pay out the legacies hereafter mentioned to his two sisters & mygranddaughter. Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter’s Miriam & Mary in equal partsall my household goods of every sort & name, as iron, (illegible)pewter, wood, bed & bedding, linen & woolen of every sort & whateverelse of indoor moveable not mentioned by name. And ten shilling moneyto each of them. And to Mary one milking cow to be paid by my executorat my decease. Item. I give, bequeath to my granddaughter Zerciah Sanford, one heifertwo years old, to be delivered to her by my executor within six monthsafter my decease. Item. I constitute my son Ephr. Rice, sole executor to this my lastwill and testament. And I utterly disallow & disannul all & everyother former or other wills, legacies and bequests or Executors by memade, willed or bequeathed. Ratifying & conforming this and no otherto be my last will & testament. In witness whereof I have put my hand & seal, the day & year abovewritten. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared said Azariah Rice ashis last will & testament in the presence of these subscribers: WmAyres, William Ayres Jr, Benjamin Ayers. Azariah Rice (seal) Worcester ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, LeviLincoln, Judge of the Probate of wills, in the County of Worcester,within the State of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, sendethGreeting. Know ye, that on the seventh day of September, anno domini 1779. Theinstrument herewith annexed purporting the last will & testament ofAzariah Rice, late of Brookfield in the County aforesaid, deceased,was presented for probate by Ephraim Rice the executor herein named.Then present William Ayres & Benjamin Ayers, two of the witnesses ofthe hereto described who made oath that they saw the said testatorsign seal & heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will& testament & that they with the other subscribing witnessessubscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereofin the said testator’s presence and that he was this to the best oftheir judgement, of sound & disposing mind: I do prove, approve & allow of the said instrument as the last will &testament of the before name deceased and do commit that theadministration thereof in all matters the same (illegible) & of hisestate whereof he died seized & possessed in said County unto EphraimRice the before named executor work faithfully to execute the saidwill, and to administer the estate of the said deceased accordingthereto, who accepted of his said inst. and he shall render aninventory of said estate into the Probate office according to law, andhe shall render an amount upon oath of his proceeding when thereuntolawfully required. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office thisday & year above written. Levil Lincoln, J. prob. Entered from the original, Josiah Wheeler Regr. He died before Sep 7,1779 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, of cancer; willprobated on this date.

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