Grace (Rice) Bent (abt. 1711 - aft. 1761)

Born about 1711 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Micah Bent — married 1737 in Sudbury Middlesex MA.

Descendants

Died after 1761 after about age 50 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Grace Rice was born on 1 Jan 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Grace was a daughter of David Rice and Elizabeth Cutler. She was baptized December 25, 1731, along with her brother David^[1]

In 1730, she married Micah Bent in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[2], and they had children including:

1. David BENT, born March 18, 1739^[3]
2. William BENT, born June 8, 1741^[4]
3. Jane BENT, born abt 1742
4. Anna BENT, born April 8, 1744^[5]
5. Sarah BENT, born March 19, 1746^[6]
6. Martha BENT, born abt 1750
7. Elizabeth BENT, born about 1752

She was alive when her husband's will was proved in 1761^[7]

No further information found.

Sources

1. ↑ Quincy, MA: Vital and Church Records, 1672-1870, page 5599 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Unpublished transcription by Waldo C. Sprague from original records held at the Randolph Town Hall, donated from the estate of Mr. Sprague to NEHGS in 1962); showing Grace RICE Baptism 1731; Location Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; Original Text Dec. 25 David, s. & Grace, d. of David Rice of Milton; Record Type Baptism; Father David Rice; Page 5599
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHRR-844 : 13 July 2016), Micah Bent and Grace Rice, 1730; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,455.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-T3F : 4 December 2014), Micah Bent in entry for David Bent, 18 Mar 1739; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 27; FHL microfilm 185,455.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-T3V : 4 December 2014), Micah Bent in entry for William Bent, 08 Jun 1741; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 27; FHL microfilm 185,455.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-BB9 : 4 December 2014), Micah Bent in entry for Anna Bent, 08 Apr 1744; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 27; FHL microfilm 185,455.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4D7-GXC : 4 December 2014), Micah Bent in entry for Sarah Bent, 19 Mar 1746; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 27; FHL microfilm 185,455.
7. ↑ "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" Pg. 45.

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