Individual Details
Persis Rice
(19 Nov 1737 - 6 Sep 1820)
Events
| Birth | 19 Nov 1737 | Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Jan 1765 | Westboro, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Rufus Putnam |  | | |
| Residence (family) | 7 Apr 1788 | led the establishment of Marietta, Ohio and the opening of the Northwest Territories. - Marietta, Northwest Territory, United States - Rufus Putnam | | ||
| Death | 6 Sep 1820 | Marietta, Washington, OH | | ||
| Census (family) | 1790 US Census | Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - Rufus Putnam | | ||
| Census (family) | 1810 US Census | Washington Co, Ohio, United States - Rufus Putnam | | ||
| Burial | Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Rufus Putnam (1738 - 1824) |
| Child | Elizabeth Putnam (1765 - 1830) |
| Child | Persis Putnam (1767 - 1822) |
| Child | Susanna Putnam (1768 - 1840) |
| Child | Abigail Putnam (1770 - 1805) |
| Child | William Rufus Putnam (1771 - 1855) |
| Child | Franklin Putnam (1774 - 1776) |
| Child | Hon Edwin Putnam (1776 - 1844) |
| Child | Patty or Martha Putnam (1777 - 1842) |
| Child | Catharine Putnam (1780 - 1808) |
| Father | Zebulon Rice (1711 - ) |
| Mother | Abigail Forbush (1718 - ) |
| Sibling | Adam Rice (1739 - ) |
| Sibling | Abigail Rice (1742 - ) |
| Sibling | Priscilla Rice (1744 - ) |
| Sibling | Enoch Rice (1746 - ) |
| Sibling | Levi Rice (1749 - ) |
| Sibling | Rachel Rice (1751 - ) |
| Sibling | Stillborn son Rice (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | Zeruiah/ Zemiah Rice (1755 - ) |
| Sibling | Susannah Rice (1758 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Biographical Sketches of Worcester County, MAImage 337-42/960
((V) Rufus Putnam, son of Elisha (4), married (first) PersisRice. Their children were: Elizabeth, born November 19, 1765; Persis, June 6,1767; Susannah, August 1768; Abigail, August 7, 1770; William Rufus, December12, 1771; Franklin, May 27, 1774, died April 1776; Edwin, January 19, 1776;Patty, November 25, 1777; Catherine, October 17, 1780; Agnes.
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From Vitals of Westborough, Middlesex, MA
Westborough Marriages p 198
Putnam, Rufus of Brookfield and Persis Rice, Jan 10, 1765
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Residence (family)
Rufus lead theexpedition of the Northwest Territories and the establishment of the first settlement at Marietta, Ohio. His family joined him in 1790.Census (family)
1790 US Census Rutland, Worcester, MA3-1-7
Census (family)
1810 US Census Washington Co, Ohio01101-01011
Burial
Persis Rice PutnamBIRTH 19 Nov 1737
DEATH 6 Sep 1820 (aged 82)Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL Mound CemeteryMarietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID 5892488 · View Source
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MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 13
PLANT TREES
Daughter of Zebulon Rice. Married Rufus Putnam on 10 Jan 1765 in MA. Mother of Elizabeth b. 19 Nov 1765, Persis b. 6 Jun 1767, Susanna b. 5 Aug 1768, Abigail b. 7 Aug 1770, William Rufus b. 12 Dec 1771, Franklin b. 27 May 1774, Edwin b. 19 Jan 1776, Patty b. 25 Nov 1777 and Catharine b. 17 Oct 1780.
Endnotes
1. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 161.
2. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 161.
3. Ancestry.com, "Worcester County, Massachusetts Memoirs, Volume I-II," digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); Original data: Ellery Bicknell Crane, ed. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Vol. I-II. New York, NY, USA: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907.; Page 337-342, Ancestry images 337-342/960.
4. Eben Putnam. A History of the Putnam Family in England and America: recording the ancestry and descendants of John Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Jan Poutman of Albany, N. Y., Thomas Putnam of Hartford, Conn. (Salem, MA, Salem Press, 1891-1908); 2 volumes, p 161.