William Rice of Rutland, tailor
One of Ari’s 6x great-grandfathers was William Rice. Working back from his death and marriage dates, he was probably born around 1730, when George II was on the throne. There is a baptism record in Uppingham for a William Rice on 2 August 1730, son of William, who was a joiner (mother not mentioned!). Finding this record has helped me find his seven siblings, four of whom died as babies, and put his parents’ marriage date at about 1726. On 7 October 1762, William married Mary