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Bradley Family Tree - Amos Rice, Revolutionary War Veteran

Amos Rice - Revolutionary War Veteran

Family Connection - 4th Great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen

Howard Street Cemetery in Northborough

Amos Rice was born on February 11, 1743 to parents Jacob Rice and Hannah (Howe) Rice, in Westborough, Massachusetts. 

He married Sarah Graves in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on May 8. 1766.  They had at least six children:
                Asaph        b. 1768            d. 1856
                Curtis        b. 1770            d. 1795
                Elizabeth   b. 1774            d. 1779
                Jacob         b. 1778            d. 1780
                Hannah     b. 1780            d. 1860
                Luther       b. 1783            d. 1836

By 1770, the family was living in Northborough, Massachusetts. Amos was a farmer. 

Amos began his military service as a Sargent in Col. Wood's company of Minutemen when they were activated on April 19, 1775, the date of the Battles of Lexington and Concord.  He served for 22 days. 

On Aug. 27, 1776, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Timothy Brigham's Second Northborough Company of the 6th Worcester Regiment, Massachusetts Militia. 

 In August 1777, he served as 2nd Lieutenant in Lt. Seth Rice's company of Job Cushing's regiment and served for seven days, marching to assist the Northern Army, then discharged at Hadley, Massachusetts. 

On January 1, 1778, he was promoted to Lieutenant. He was assigned to Capt. Nathan Fisher's company of Col. Nathan Wade's regiment, and served in Rhode Island from June 21, 1778 to October 16, 1778. 

Following the war, Amos returned to his farm. Although it appears from his military records that his highest rank was Lieutenant, the townspeople of Northborough referred to him as Captain Rice.

His youngest son, Luther, became a well-known Baptist missionary, and his writings tell us a little more about his father. Luther refers to himself as the youngest of nine children. I list six - the other three may have died before baptism so they don't appear in official records, or I just haven't found them yet. 

Luther also notes that his mother was very active in the local Congregational Church, but his father was not a regular church attendee. He also referred to his father as someone who swears and drinks to excess, but whether that is due to the son's Baptist viewpoint or his father's actual behavior is unknown. 

Amos died on December 24, 1827 at the age of 84. He was buried in the Howard Street Cemetery in Northborough, Massachusetts. 

Amos Rice > Hannah Rice > John M. Babcock > Charles Sydney Babcock  > Jesse Louise Babcock > Charles Stuart Bradley > Ruth Anne Bradley

Amos Rice is in the outermost ring, blue section, near the bottom edge of the blue section 



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