Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

William Rice

Male Abt 1733 - 1794  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name William Rice 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born Abt 1733  [1
    Research Status Brick Wall 
    Died Jul 1794  [1
    Buried 9 Jul 1794  St Mary, Teddington, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2021 

    Wife Mercy Cook
              b. 1731
              d. Nov 1783  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1756  St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Age at Marriage He was 23, she was 25  
    Children 
     1. Jane Rice
              b. 1758
              d. 1844, Croydon, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Mary Rice
              b. 1759, Teddington, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1837  (Age 78 years)
     3. Lt. William McPherson Rice, RN
              b. Abt 1760
              d. 1800  (Age ~ 40 years)
     4. Thomas Rice
              b. 1768
              d. 1773  (Age 5 years)
     5. Richard Rice
              b. 1772
     6. Thomas Rice
              b. 1774
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      We do not yet know who William Rice's parents were, but he would have been born around 1733, assuming that the age at death (62) is reported correctly.

      Looking for possible candidates born in the SE of England around this time, we have:
      - William Rice, bapt. 1 Jul 1730 in Esher, to William Rice and Frances
      - William Rice, bapt. 20 Jun 1731 at St George in the East, Stepney, to William Rice, a "mariner" and Phillis
      - William Rice, bapt 1 Jul 1733 at Saffron Walden in Essex, to William Rice
      - William Rice, bapt 28 Feb 1734 at Shorwell in Hampshire, to Edward Rice
      - William Rice, bapt 11 Jan 1735 in Goudhurst, Kent, to Richard Rice and Anne

      The first is possibly the most likely, given how close Esher is to Teddington.

      Family Life
      William married Mercy Cook, daughter of William Cook and Mercy Chandler, at St Martin-in-the-Field in Westminster on the 25th of December 1756. Witnesses to the marriage were Stephen Claxston and Elis[abeth] Claxston1.

      They had the following children:
      1. Jane, b. 1758 and who married Louys Gruaz in 1791
      2. Mary, bapt. 1759 and alive in 18152; she married ___ Rance3 and died in 1837
      3. William McPherson, b. 1760, and who married Ann Stigant of Portsmouth
      4. Thomas, bapt. 1768 but who died in October 1773
      5. Richard, bapt. 1772 and poss. married Elizabeth Smith in 1793 at Hampton, alive in 18152
      6. Thomas, bapt. 1774, died 1858
      7. John, birth date unknown, but mentioned in the will of Mary Budd, his great-aunt; he was a painter in Hampton and married Elizabeth ____


      Death
      William died in 1794 and was buried on the 9th of July at St Mary's in Teddington. His wife Mercy had died 11 years previously.

      Footnotes
      [1] A Stephen Claxton married an Elizabeth Smith at Westminster St George that same year - could this be the same person?
      [2] The will of Louys Gruaz (husband of Jane Rice), dated 1815, makes bequests to Mary and Richard
      [3] The will of Mary Budd (nee Chandler, the aunt of Mercy Cook) describes her as "Mary Rance late Rice"

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1756 - St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Jul 1794 - St Mary, Teddington, Middlesex, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S0046] findagrave, William Rice; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86080875/william-rice (Reliability: 1).

    2. [S0046] findagrave, William Rice; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86080875.

    3. [S0309] England Marriages, 1538–1973, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), William Rice; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJY8-BZH : 13 March 2020), William Rice, 1756., 25 Dec 1756.

    4. [S0170] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), William Rice / Mercy Cook; FHL Film Number 561155, 25 Dec 1756.