Randall Rice^[1]

1714 - 1769  (55 years)

• Name	Randall Rice  [2]
  Birth	21 May 1714	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1747	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA   [6]
  Death	8 Nov 1769	Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I27496	Master
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	John Rice, Jr,   b. 25 Jul 1675, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 9 Jan 1755, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elnathan Whipple,   b. 2 Jan 1675, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 1753, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1695	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F6955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dinah G Greene,   b. 24 Dec 1715, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 24 Jan 1765, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	16 May 1735	Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA   [9]
  Children	1. John Rice,   b. 19 Mar 1736, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 2 Jan 1758, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Job Rice,   b. 20 Feb 1737, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. Jul 1823, Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Olney Rice,   b. 12 Feb 1738, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 8 Dec 1764, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 26 years) + 4. Thomas Rice,   b. 11 Nov 1739, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 21 Apr 1825, Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Rhoda Rice,   b. 20 Feb 1741, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 19 Oct 1818, Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 77 years)   6. Fones Rice,   b. 30 Apr 1743, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 1783, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Mary Rice,   b. 28 Sep 1744, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 1778, , Washington, New York, USA (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Caleb Rice,   b. 16 Nov 1745, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. 13 May 1821, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 75 years)   9. Phebe Rice,   b. 12 Oct 1747, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 1748 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   10. Randall Rice, Jr,   b. 12 Oct 1747, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 24 Mar 1771 (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]   11. Nathan Rice,   b. 20 May 1749, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 1797 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]   12. Elnathan Rice,   b. Sep 1750, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 10 Nov 1832, Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]   13. James Rice,   b. 6 Jun 1752, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. Seneca, Ontario, New York, USA  [Father: natural] + 14. Daniel Rice,   b. 4 Jun 1756, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA d. 28 Dec 1814, Middlefield, Otsego, New York, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6952	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Mercy Williams,   b. 1720, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA d. 1783, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1768	Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  Family ID	F6953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 21 May 1714 - Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Marriage - 16 May 1735 - Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Residence - 1747 - Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Marriage - 22 Dec 1768 - Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Death - 8 Nov 1769 - Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rice City in Coventry Rice City was originally founded along the Great North Road around 1736 by two men named Adam and Gabriel Love. This section of Coventry was known as the Seven Mens Land in the original Shawmut Purchase. In 1711 Providence needed a road to Connecticut for trading but it did not come to fruition until 1714 when Rhode Island workers began constructing a road at the Weybosset Bridge in Providence to the colony line. This road, which became known as the Great North Road, passed through the lands of Adam Cason, John Burlingame, Randall Rice, Captain John Waterman, Thomas Havens, and Captain Richard Rice (See: Hopkins Hollow). The road was completed in 1716 at 60 miles long and was used to transport goods and people from Providence to Norwich. Because the road was heavily traveled it was in constant need of repair. The demand of maintaining the road became too great for all the towns along the road so in 1794 it was decided to turn it into a toll road. In October 1795 the Providence Norwich Turnpike Society was incorporated and a toll was charged for the use of this road, making it the second toll road in Rhode Island. In 1747 Caleb Greene, bought 200 acres of his father’s (John Greene) land complete with a homestead located along the north side of the Great North Road. In 1795 Caleb sold one acre of this property to Benjamin Clarke. In February 1805 a toll gate was constructed on this property on the north side of the turnpike within five miles of the Connecticut border. The toll booth was a one story wooden building that sat in the road with a small window and a door. The date of construction of the toll booth is not known but is believed to be mid-18th century. The toll for use of this road was 12 and a half cents for four-wheeled vehicles drawn by more than two horses, 10 cents for four-wheeled vehicles drawn by two horses, and eight cents for pleasure carriages drawn by one horse. The toll was waved if the person was traveling by foot, horseback or on town business. Benjamin Clarke sold the one acre to Stephen M. Pierce in 1808. In 1819 it was sold again, this time to Stephen Walker and Pardon Tillinghast. This property included a dwelling house, barn, tannery and building which was mostly likely the toll booth that became known as Walkers Toll. The Turnpike operated until December 1865 when the company deeded all the rights and title to the land to the Town of Coventry. Rice City was named after the Rice Family that resided and operated a Tavern along Plainfield Pike. Today, Rice City lies between Flat River Road and Sisson Road. Other roads making up Rice City are Vaughn Hollow Road, Potter Road and Plainfield Pike. The building that was originally the toll booth can still be seen today on the property of 732 Plainfield Pike.

  
  

• Sources

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