Brief Life History of Jason
When Jason Rice was born on 21 May 1761, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jason Rice, was 32 and his mother, Susanna Haven, was 36. He married Dorcas Heald on 3 May 1782, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 14 November 1843, in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Legacy NFS Source: Jason Rice - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 21 May 1761; Massachusetts, United States
- Rice, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jason Rice in entry for Darcas, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
Spouse and Children
1761–1843 Male
1765–1819 Female
Children (8)
1790–1834 Male
1791–1886 Female
1791– Female
1793– Female
1796–1867 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1728–1801 Male
1725–1787 Female
Siblings (3)
1750–1821 Female
1755– Female
1761–1843 Male
World Events (8)
1776
Age 15
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 15
1783 · A Free America
Age 22
Name Meaning
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).
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English Rys(e) and Re(e)s which when without a preposition could derive from one or other of several Old French and Middle English words, including Anglo-Norman French ris ‘laughter, smile’, Middle English ris, res ‘stem, stalk’, in origin the same word as in 2 above, and Middle English ris, rise, rice, res, Old French ris, riz ‘rice’, perhaps a nickname for a rice dealer or a cook.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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