Samuel RICE

                   Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Vol. 8with additions and corrections by Donald Lines Jacobus & William Herbert Wood, under supervision of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1943, p. 206

Woodstock, Connecticut Vital Statistics No. 1 1686-1744, Vol. 1, p. 3

"The first son in the towne born."

       From 1732 to 1734 Samuel was living in Pomfret, Connecticut and in 1737 he was in Canterbury, Conn.  He was the first boy born in Woodstock.
                  

                   Woodstock, Connecticut Vital Statistics No. 1 1686-1744, Vol. 1, p. 3
                  

                   Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut, Vol. 8with additions and corrections by Donald Lines Jacobus & William Herbert Wood, under supervision of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1943, p. 206-207

Barbour Collection, Connecticut Vital Records, Glastonbury 1690-1854
Woodstock, Connecticut Vital Statistics No. 1 1686-1744, Vol. 1, p. 3

ESTATE OF JOHN RICE:
       Town of Glastonbury, Hartford Probate District, Connecticut, No. 4462

Contents: 1 Bond, 1 Inventory, 1 Order of the court, 1 Accounts of Administration,
1 Receipt, 6 Total Documents, Deposited in Connecticut State Library

Adminis. or Bond:  Estate John Rice on Sep. 15th 1772.
Know all men by these presents, That we Eliphalet Rice & Samuel Rice of Glassenbury in the County & District of Hartford are Holden, and hand firmly Bound and Obliged unto Joseph Talcott Esq. Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford in the Penal Sum of one hundred pounds money of said Colony: To be paid to the said Joseph Talcott Exq. Judge, or his certain Attorney, or Successors, in Hartford To the which payment well and truly to be made, and done, we the said Eliphalet and Samuel Rice do bind, ourselves, and each of us, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and each and every of them, for, and in the whole, Firmly by these Presents, Signed with our Hands, and Sealed with our Seals.  Dated at Hartford the 15th Day of Septemr in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George III by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland KING, defender of the Faith, &c, Annoque Domino, One Thousand Seven Hundred, and Seventy Two.

The Condition of this Obligation is such, That if the above Bounden Eliphalet Rice Administrator of all, and singular the Goods, Chattels, Credits, and Estate of John Rice of Glassenbury Deceased, do make, or cause to be made a true and prefect Inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Estate of the said Deceased, which have, or shall come to the Hands, Possession, or Knowledge of the said Eliphalet Rice ____ or into the Hands, or Possession of any other Person, or Persons for him; and the same so made do Exhibit, or cause to be Exhibited into the Registry of the said Court of Probate in the District of Hartford at, or before the 15th Day of Nov. next ensuing; And the same Goods, Chattels, Credits & Estate; and all other the Goods, Chattels, Credits and Estate of the said Deceased at the Time of his Death, which after shall come the Hands, or Possession of the said Eliphalet or into the Hands or Possession of any other Person or Persons for him, do well and truly Administer according to Law.  And further, Do make or cause to be made a true and just Account of (his) said Administration, at or before the 15th day of Sept 1773 And all the rest and residue of the said Goods, Chattels, Credits & Estate which shall be found remaining upon the said Administrat Account; the same being first Examined & Allowed by the said Court of Probate, shall deliver, & pay unto such Person or Persons respectively, as the said Court pf Probates, by their Decree or Sentence, pursuant to the true intent, & Meaning of the Law shall limit & appoint.  And if it shall hereafter Appear that any Last Will & Testament was made by the said Deceased, & the Executor or Executors therein Named do Exhibit the same into the said Court, making Request to have it Allowed & Approved accordingly; if the said Eliphalet Rice being thereunto required, do render, and deliver the said Letters of Administration, (approbation of such Testament being first had and made) in the said Court, then this Obligation to be Void, and of none Effect; or else to remain in full Force and Virtue.

Signed, Sealed & Deld                                           Eliphalet Rice
in Court                                                                 Samuel Rice

___Jos. Talcott Jun. Clerk

Inventory:  Inventory John Rice, 15th Sept. 1772, finished Adminis made oath in court

An Inventory of What moveable Estate Remains of Mr. John Rice Late of Glassenbury Deceased.  Taken by us the Subscribers December the 13th 1771
     To one old Bed at 1/6 & one Ragg Rug at 1/6 & 1 blanket 2/.        0:5:0
     To one Dutch Blanket at 2/ & one old Dito at 6d                           0:2:6
     To one old Bedsled & Cord at 3/ one Beattle & wedges at 4/         0:7:0
     To one old Cagy at___& one Small Tubb at 6d                             0:1:3
     To one old Grindstone at 2/ & one old Chest 1/ & one Ditto at 1/    0:4:0
     To one old Count Boot at 1/ & 1 old warming pan at 6d                  0:1:6
     To 3 sheets at 15/ & one old under bed at 3/                                 0:18:0
     To one old Great Coat at 2/ & 1 old Saddle at 1/                            0:3:0
     To one pair old ?Shawl or Shews? at 3/                                        0:3:0
     To one old Cotten (Cotton?) Shirt at 2/6 & 2 old woollen shirts
          at 1/3 each                                                                            0:5:0
     To one pair Linner (Linnen?) Britches at 1/6d                                 0:1:6
                                                                                                      2:11:6
     Sep.r 14th 1772 To 1 note of Gershom Rice                                  7:2:0

                                                                                                      9:13:6
William Welles, David Hale, Apprizers

NB David Hale under oath
William Welles no authority to sware him

Order of the Court:
       Att a Court Probate Holden at Hartford for the District of Hartford on the 15th day of Sep.r A.D. 1772 We the Subscribers being appointed Commisors on the Estate of Mr. John Rice Late of Glassenbury Deceas.d
(Represented to be Insolvent) to adjust the Claims of the Creditors to Said Estate to Se how they are made out &c, we having Notified in the Public News Papers the Creditors to Said Estate & attended Said Business at Time & place appointed &c, and no Claims being brought in but, Samuel Rice which is L 11:9s:11d.

William Welles, David Hale, Commisners under oath

Commisr Charge is 16d what they paid the prints of for advertising &c.   L 0:6:0
which they recd of the Administrator or G receipt and or their hands.

Accounts of Administration:

Eliphalet Rice Administrator to the Estate of my honord father John Rice desed
An account of my charges for a Jurny to Hartford to take a
letter of Administration                                             L 0:5:0
Court Fees                                                              0:5:0
Payd to Samll Rice for going to be bondsman             0:5:0
Payd to the Apprizers                                               0:1:6
To a journey to Exhibit my account to the                   0:5:0
Court fees allow___of acct & Co____report                  0:1:6
                                                                                 1:3:0
Allowed JI Talcott Judge

The Administrators Charge to a Journey to Hartford to take Administration  0:5:0
Court fees for granting Admins & V record Inventory                                  0:5:0
To the bondsman                                                                                   0:5:0
Paid to the Apprizers                                                                              0:1:6
To a journey to Exhibit my Acct                                                               0:5:0
Court fees allowing my Accts & Commisr report                                        0:1:6
1:3:0

Queridg Estate of John Rice  30 March 1773 & Commissr report &c

An Queridge Made on the Estate of John Rice late of Glassonbury Deceased the Estate being Insolvent
The Totall Sum of the Inventory esp record amount to the sum of  9:13:6
Including a estate of L7-3-6d---
allowed to be paid in full as follows:
To the Administrator Eliphalet Rice Sundry Charges & time spent as G asst L1-3
To the Commisrs (?) and the Prints for advertising  0-16
Court fees making the Queridge & Copy   0-2
                                                               L 2-10
Submitted from the Inventory there rem
Remains to be Proportioned - - as follows   L-12.6
To Samuel Rice the only (_____at)   11-9-11
To Commisr Report "-----------)    8s
of which the said Samuel Rice proportion is to be paid   7-12.0
The foregoing Queridge Made by the Court of Probate in Hartford March 30, 1773

Receipt:  Glassenbury Feby 2d: 1773 Then recd of Eliphalet Rice of (P.?) Glassenbury the Sum of Sixteen shillings lawful money for our Trouble and to the Printer as Commers on the Estate of Mr. John Rice late of (P.?) Glassenbury Decd.
Ent. on the Original Report
William Welles
David Hales