Eleazer Rice

16 May 1695–about 2 October 1767 (Age 72)
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Eleazer

When Eleazer Rice was born on 16 May 1695, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Rice, was 39 and his mother, Bethiah Ward, was 36. He married Thankful Fletcher on 8 December 1720, in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died about 2 October 1767, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Rice
1695–1767
Thankful Fletcher
1701–1735
Marriage: 8 December 1720
Eleazer Rice
1717–
Bethia Rice
1721–1767
Thankful Rice
1724–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    8 December 1720Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 54404;2007: 111519; 2010: 149500)Welsh: Anglicized pronunciation of one of the most common Welsh personal names, Rhys, from a form originally meaning ‘rash, impetuous’, also spelled Rys and Re(e)s. See also Reese , with which it is interchangeable as a result of different Anglicized forms of the Welsh vowel y, and also compare Preece and Price . Initial R- in Welsh is voiceless and often spelled Rh-, but in English R- is voiced as in the Anglicized surnames Rees and Rice. Welsh y is a short back vowel /ɪ/. In the medieval period the English approximation of this vowel was either /i/ or /e/, lengthened to /i:/ and /e:/. Subsequent sound changes in English produced the alternative pronunciations represented in Rees, Preece and Rice, Price. The name has also been established in Ireland from an early date.English: either a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a thicket (Middle English ris, rice, ris, from Old English hrīs, Old Norse hrís), or a habitational name for someone who came from a place called with this word, such as Rise (East Yorkshire).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Reese
    Rees
    Ryce
    Rise
    Wrice

    Sources (9)

    • Elliazer Rice, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
    • Eleazer Rice, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
    • Cleason Rice, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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