Re: RICE, Rachel 1774 Pa
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RICE, Rachel 1774 Pa
Audrey Groves 5/03/99
Audrey;
I also descend from Rachel Rice and John Gherkin.
Glad to know what part of Germany he was from;I will be in that part of Germany this month for about 2 weeks.I will try to look the name up in the local directories to see if there are many by that name still living there.
I thought there for awhile I found who Rachel's parents were;but now I am doubtful. I thought that maybe John Rice and Sarah Roach were her parents, as they would be of the correct generation, and many Roach family members moved into that part of Indiana about the same time the Rice and Gherkin families moved into Orange Co.Lawrence Co was taken from Orange Co in 1818......both my parents were born and raised in that area.
Also, Rachel and John's youngest child was named JONATHAN RICE G.,, so I figured she named him after her side of the family, as was the custom for many families back then.The poor wife got to name her last child or two after her side of the family.
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