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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 15 Apr 1747 Simsbury / Hartford / CT Death: 25 Jan 1827 East Granby / Hartford / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain Holcomb's Company
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
The following biography of Elezer Rice was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
Rice, Elezer - d. 25 Jan 1827, age 80.
Elezer AKA Eleazer was a soldier in the revolution. See general source for Eleazer. He and Rosannah resided in the west part of the present town of East Granby. According to Dorothy Schell, a letter to his wife shows he took part in the battle of Long Island. He manufactured potash and refined it into pearl ash.
Father: John Rice b: 21 MAY 1701 in Simsbury, Hartford, Conn. Mother: Esther Matson b: 19 OCT 1704 in Simsbury, Hartford, Conn.
Married: Rosannah Viets b: 13 MAY 1755 in Newgate, Hartford, Conn
Children
Rosanna RICE b: 1775 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct Mary RICE "Polly" b: 30 Jan 1777 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct c: in of E. Granby Eunice RICE b: ABT 1779 in East Granby, Hartford, Ct Lois RICE b: 12 May 1781 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct. Eunice RICE b: 18 Sep 1784 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct Charlotte RICE b: 13 Sep 1787 in Suffield, Ct Harriet RICE b: 15 Aug 1789 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct Eleazer RICE Jr. b: 24 Feb 1790 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct. Laura RICE b: 3 Aug 1795 in Simsbury, Hartford, Ct
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 November 2019), memorial page for Elezer Rice (1747–25 Jan 1827), Find A Grave Memorial no. 60252004, citing East Granby Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Zoe Tom (contributor 47000374) .
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