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Abel Meholah Rice[1, 2]
Male 1784 - 1872

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  • Birth  2 May 1784  Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Christened  23 May 1784  Union Church, West Claremont, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Gender  Male 
    Census  1810  Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel M Rice is living in a household of 2 males under 9 years of age. These may be Lonson and Lester, 2 males 16 to 25 and one male over 45. The older male might be his father, Hezekiah. No females are present.
    Census  1820  Newport, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel M. Rice is living in a household of 8 persons; 5 males and 3 females. Abel is possibly living with Clarissa and Abel's children Henry, Lester, Lonson and Louisa. There is one male 16 to 26 and one female under 10 that do not fit Abel's known children. These could be Clarissa's children from a previous marriage or possibly some employees, but there is no evidence one way or another.
      Males: 2,1,0,1,1,0
      Females: 1,1,0,1,0
    Census  1830  St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel M Rice is living in St. Johnsbury in a household of 10 persons. He is probably living with his wife Clarissa? and his children Louisa, Lonsin, Lester and Henry. One additional male 20 to 30 is present, one female 15 to 20 and two females 20 to 30 are present and cannot be identified. They may be husbands or wives of his children, hired hands, or hotel guests.
    Census  1840  Oxford, Grafton, NH Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel Rice is living in a household of 16 persons. He is probably living with wife Clarissa and sons Lonson, Lester and Henry. Seven other males and four females are unidentified. Louisa should be 33 years old, but no femal in that category is listed. Four persons are engaged in agriculture, four in manufacturing and one in learned professions. According to the Gazetteer Orange County, VT., page 268, Able ran a hotel in Orford before he left for Fairlee. Some of these people may be hotel guests.
    Census  1850  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel is 66 and living with his presumed spouse Clarissa, 62. He is a farmer and owns real property worth $1000. Clarissa has no occupation. They are living in a dwelling with Alexander McLane.
    Census  1860  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel is 78 and living with his wife Clarissa. Other household members are Nancy Williams, female, 20, b. abt 1840 New Hampshire, Milliner and Solon Burrington, male, 21, b. abt 1839 New Hampshire, Academy Student. Solon is Abel's grandson. The relationship with Nancy Williams is not known. Abel is a "Gentleman" and owns real property worth $1200 and personal property worth $1800. Clarissa has no listed occupation.
    Census  1870  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    US Federal 
    • Abel is 86, a widower and living with his son Lonson and wife Rumina. He has no occupation or real property.
    Alt. Death  Aft 1870  Saint Johnsbury, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 13] 
    Died  22 May 1872  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • From Tombstone
      Age 88 yrs 20 days. Calculates to 2 May 1784
    Alt. Death  Aft 8 Sep 1874  Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Name  Abel Mahala Royce  [5] 
    Name  Abel Mahola Rice  [1] 
    Name  Abel Mahole Rice  [16] 
    Name  Abel Mehelah Royce  [17, 18] 
    Name  Able M Rice  [14] 
    Buried  Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I998  Stearns Family
    Last Modified  06 Apr 2009 
     
    Father  Hezekiah Roys,   b. 16 Dec 1739, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 May 1813, Claremont, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Lois Damon,   b. 21 Jun 1743, Torrington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1790, Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F514  Group Sheet
     
    Family 1  Ellen Mathews,   b. 19 Nov 1785, Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1814 
    Alt. Marraige  5 Jan 1806  [3] 
    Married  22 Jun 1806  Claremont, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 18] 
    Alt. Marraige  22 Jun 1806  Housie, , New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • Possibly Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York
    Children 
     1. Louisa C Rice,   b. 9 Apr 1807 , Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1843, Burke, Caledonia, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Lonson L Rice,   b. 12 May 1808, Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1883, Fairlee, Orange, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Lester Rice, Sr,   b. 22 Jan 1810, Claremont, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1839, Macoupin County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Henry Royce,   b. 22 Feb 1812,   d. 1 Apr 1823
    Last Modified  02 May 2009 
    Family ID  F488  Group Sheet
     
    Family 2  Clarissa Orcutt,   b. Abt 1788, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1864 
    Last Modified  24 Feb 2009 
    Family ID  F954  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Inherited all the land in Claremont owned by his parents and siblings in 1814. [20]
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S966] Perry J Stearns Pedigrees, (From David B. Stearns genealogy files, Las Vegas, Nevada Copied March 9-14, 2005).

    2. [S2602] Union Church Membership Cards, (Union Church (Claremont, New Hampshire), Church Membership Cards; Fiske Free Library, Claremont.).

    3. [S545] Correspondence: Perry J Stearns, (Collection of letters from and to Perry Jay Stearns copied from Dave Stearns files in Las Vegas, NV March 9, 2005), Maud B. Newell letter to Perry J Stearns Jan 31, 1943 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1133] FamilySearch.org, Pedigree Resource File: Abel Mehelah Rice, (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=search_all1.asp&clear_form=true Individual Record FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File).

    5. [S1173] Perry Stearns - Correspondence, (Copied from Dave Stearns files March 9, 2005), Helen Royce (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S545] Correspondence: Perry J Stearns, (Collection of letters from and to Perry Jay Stearns copied from Dave Stearns files in Las Vegas, NV March 9, 2005), Rice, William Alexander - letter to Perry J Stearns Aug 12, 1943 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S46] 1810 US Census: Rice, Abel M - Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Claremont, Cheshire, New Hampshire; Roll: 23; Page: 152; Image: 91.00. Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71 rolls.).

    8. [S35] Newport, Cheshire, NH - 1820 US Census, (Roll: M33_59, Page: 176, Image Number: 156 from Ancestry.com).

    9. [S686] 1830 US Census: Rice, Abel M - St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: 187; Page: 341. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1830. M19, 201 rolls.).

    10. [S24] 1840 US Census: Rice, Abel M - Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: 237; Page: 243. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1840. M704, 580 rolls.).

    11. [S13] 1850 US Census: Rice, Abel M - Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Fairlee, Orange, Vermont; Roll: M432_926; Page: 92; Image: 180. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.).

    12. [S2] 1860 US Census: Rice, Abel M - Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Fairlee, Orange, Vermont; Roll: M653_1323; Page: 203; Image: 208. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.).

    13. [S1396] 1870 US Census: Rice, Abel M - Fairlee, Orange, Vermont, (Image Source: Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Fairlee, Orange, Vermont; Roll: M593_1622; Page: 313; Image: 189. Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls.).

    14. [S641] Gazetteer of Orange County, VT 1762-1888: Rice, Abel, (Gazetteer of Orange County, VT 1762-1888 Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child Syracuse, N.Y. The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders June, 1888).

    15. [S545] Correspondence: Perry J Stearns, (Collection of letters from and to Perry Jay Stearns copied from Dave Stearns files in Las Vegas, NV March 9, 2005), Will of Abel M. Rice (Reliability: 3).

    16. [S109] Dale Leyse Pedigree, (is-dbs.jpg).

    17. [S1243] Ancestry.com - One World Tree.

    18. [S1138] Ancestry.com Family Data Collection - Marriages: Rice, Abel, (Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.).

    19. [S645] IGI Family Group Record: Royce, Abel Mahalah, (109. Abel Mahalah Royce - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Marriage: 22 JUN 1806 Housie, , , New York Family Group Record).

    20. [S1079] Descendants of Robert Royce of New London, Connecticut, Michael E. Dobson, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/o/b/Michael-E-Dobson-MD/GENE1-0137.html Dobson - Pociernicki Genealogy Updated January 2, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael E Dobson 4706 Arbutus Ave Rockville, MD 20853-3109 United States 301-933-5909 dobfam4@juno.com).

  

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