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Abigail Bradish[1]
Female 1784 - 1864

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  • Birth  Abt 1784  Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Female 
    Name  Abigail Rice  [2
    Died  5 May 1864  West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried  Pine Grove Cemetery, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3378  West Brookfield Families
    Last Modified  11 Mar 2024 
     
    Father  John Bradish,   d. 30 Jan 1822, North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Elizabeth Milledge,   d. 8 Jan 1833, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F99  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Samuel Buckminster Rice,   d. 14 Apr 1828, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  4 Nov 1808  [3
    Children 
     1. Samuel Buckminster Rice,   b. 7 Nov 1806, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. George Merrick Rice,   b. 20 Nov 1808, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Nov 1894, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Charlotte Austin Rice,   b. 11 Jan 1812, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1888, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. James Chandler Rice,   b. 15 Apr 1815, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1880 and 1900
     5. Merrick Rice,   b. 4 Oct 1819, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1902, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William H. Rice,   b. Abt 1817, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1875, Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Francis Eaton Rice,   b. 8 Apr 1810, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1879
     8. Frederick Rice,   b. 8 May 1822, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1850, West Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F1106  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • An Abigail Rice died 5 May 1864 in West Brookfield. She was age 80y 3m. Her parents were named as John Baldwin and Betsey Millage both born Boston. Marriage record and other sources indicate that Abigail's father was John Bradish.

      Abigail B. Rice of West Brookfield Probate Case No. 49447 Administration 1864 Adminstrator George M. Rice
      List of children of Abigail
      Samuel B. Rice - Westfield
      George M. Rice of Worcester
      Frances E. Sabin of Providence
      Charlotte A. Tomblen of West Brookfield
      James C. Rice of Milfordton, Ohio
      William H. Rice of Sturbridge
      Merrick Rice of Westfield
      Worcester County Probate File Papers, American Ancestors
      (http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/worcester-county-probate-file-papers-1731-1881/image/?pageName=49447:5&volumeId=30217&rId=52301348:accessed 5 June 2016) Case No. 49447, 1864, List of children of Abigail B. Rice.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S977] Temple , J. H., History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts: Preceded by and Account of Old Quabaug, Indian and English Occupation, 1647-1676; Brookfield Records, 1686-1783, J. H. Temple, (Name: Town of North Brookfield ; Location: North Brookfield, Massacusetts; Date: 1887;).
      Information was given by Samuel Bradish and Charlotte Rice Tomblin, both elderly. [
      Death record of Abigail Rice died West Brookfield 1864 names father as John Baldwin, born Boston.]

    2. [S1852] Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), West Brookfield > 1864 > Record No. 11, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts) Ancestry (http://www.ancesty.com : accessed 1 November 2021.).
      Register entry for Abigail Rice, Widow, age 80y 3m, died 5 May in West Brookfield. Plave of birth not given. Parents listed as John Bladwin[sic] and Bestey Millage, both born Boston.
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2101&h=5265776&indiv=try

    3. [S1692] Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, (Name: Name: Franklin R. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts,;;), Brookfield Marriages p. 277.
      Bradish, Abigail and Samuel Buckminster Rice, Nov. 4, 1808. [1818?] *

      First child found- Samuel Buckminster born Nov. 7, 1806. [Brookfield births pg. 187]