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Moses Rice[1]

Male 1694 - 1755  (60 years)


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  • Name Moses Rice  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Birth 27 Oct 1694  Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Jun 1755  Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I18050  Master
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2018 

    Father John Rice,   b. 22 Dec 1651, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1719, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Tabitha Stone,   b. 29 May 1655, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1719, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 2 Nov 1674  Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F4593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah King,   b. 16 May 1699, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1719  Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Samuel Rice,   b. 10 Aug 1720, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1793, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     2. Peter Rice,   b. 1722, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     3. Abigail Rice,   b. 20 Feb 1722, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Aug 1753, Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
     4. Aaron Rice,   b. 31 Jan 1725, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1808, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     5. Dinah Rice,   b. 21 Jan 1726, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1818, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    +6. Sylvanus Rice,   b. 6 Jan 1728, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 1819, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     7. Tamar Rice,   b. 15 Jun 1732, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1747, Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     8. Artemus Rice,   b. 22 Oct 1734, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1797, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
     9. Paul Rice,   b. 1738, Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
    Family ID F4604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 27 Oct 1694 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Nov 1719 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jun 1755 - Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Moses Rice's Death
      In June of 1755, Moses and others were working in a meadow in the upper part of Charlemont near Rice's fort. A small group of Algonquin Indians were lying in wait, and attacked and ambushed the party. Captain Moses Rice was shot in the thigh, was severely wounded, and carried off into the woods where he was tomahawked and scalped.

      A young soldier, Phineas Arms who had been pacing the field with his musket and acting as sentinel was shot and killed outright. Titus King, a relative, and Moses' grandson 9-year old grandson Asa Rice, who was riding a horse but was thrown off when the horse was spooked by gunfire, were both captured by the Indians and taken to Canada. Asa Rice was ransomed six years later and returned to Charlemont. King was eventually sent to France, then to England, and from there returned to his native town of Northampton. Moses' youngest son, 20-year old Artemas Rice escaped after a hot pursuit and was able to make it to nearby Taylor's Fort. Later that day, Moses was found barely still alive. He was brought to his son's house but died later that evening.
    • Moses was in the military in 1724 at Rutland under the command of Capt. Samuel Wright of Rutland on garrison duty with others from Worcester. He commanded a company of cavalry while he resided at Worcester
    • In 1743, Moses was the first settler of a new plantation called Charlemont having purchased 2200 acres there. The location was among the furthest out in the wilderness from the established towns of Massachusetts. At the time, the nearest town was Deerfield, 22 miles away. In August of 1746, the Rices were warned that hostile Indians were approaching from the north. They fled to Deerfield for safety. Unfortunately, their home, crops, tools and everything they left behind were destroyed by the Indians. Three years later, the family returned and settled permanently. By 1752, there were about a dozen families in Charlemont. Because Charlemont was a frontier settlement and vulnerable to attack, a series of fortifications and blockade houses were built for protection. They were not manned as heavily as they should have been according to several petitions made to the General Court. As the French and Indians continued to make attacks on the English settlements, the most outlying ones such as Charlemont were most at risk of attack.

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=117125034&pid=361

    2. [S102] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).
      Marriage date: 16 Nov 1719 Marriage place: Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts

    3. [S102] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).
      Marriage date: 16 Nov 1719 Marriage place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    4. [S340] Findagrave.com, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 16 July 2011.).
      Birth date: 27 Oct 1694 Birth place: Death date: 11 Jun 1755 Death place:

    5. [S338] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.).
      Birth date: 27 Oct 1694 Birth place: Wayland, Massachusetts

    6. [S102] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).
      Marriage date: 2 Nov 1674 Marriage place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    7. [S102] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).