Mary Abigail Rice

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name
Mary Abigail Rice
aka
[Mary Ellingwood, Mary A. Ellingwood, Abigail Rice]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Mother of Dr. Finley Ellingwood, born in Maine, and probably a daughter of Rufus Rice of Dearborn County, Indiana, whose heirs included her and her husband, Elijah Ellingwood. She married Elijah in Dearborn County in 1841 and went with him to Momence and then Kankakee, Illinois. An invalid by 1871, she died at Watseka, Illinois, as the Ancestry tree has it.
born
date
2 Jan 1822
place
Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, census-1850-manchester-ellingwood]
note
Mary A., 28, born Maine, in the 1850 census.
died
date
7 Oct 1874
place
Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
As the Ancestry tree has it. Dead by 27 Jan 1875, when Ellsworth was "an orphan minor" (Kankakee County Court); Finley's biography says his mother died in 1875.
residences
date
24 Oct 1850
place
Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-manchester-ellingwood]
note
In her husband's household, as "Mary A."
date
1860
place
Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1860-momence-ellingwood]
note
In her husband's household, as "Mary A."
date
1870
place
Kankakee, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1870-kankakee-ellingwood]
note
In her husband's household.
father
id
rufus-rice-1794
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-lyons-2017-dearborn-probate, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
research
research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Master_Research.md
note
Mary Abigail and Elijah Ellingwood were among the heirs of Rufus Rice of Dearborn County, whose estate was administered from 1846 (Lyons).
mother
id
mary-sylvester-1801
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, index-familysearch-ellingwood-wives]
note
Mary Sylvester, who married Rufus Rice at Durham in 1819, three years before Mary Abigail was born; WikiTree (Rice-1694) lists Mary Abigail first among their children, with George Washington (1824), Nancy M. (1828), James H. (1831), John Wesley (1833), Lucy Plummer (1835) and Sarah Sylvester (1840). The Sylvesters were among the first settlers of Manchester in 1818.

Mother of Dr. Finley Ellingwood, named in his own Who's Who entry: "s. Elijah and Mary Abigail (Rice) E." (source). Married Elijah Ellingwood in Dearborn County in 1841 (record); with him at Manchester in 1850, at Momence in 1860, and at Kankakee in 1870 (record). An invalid by 1871, as Finley's biography says, she died at Watseka, Illinois, where her daughter Adeline Kay lived. Her maiden name is "Mary A. Rice" on her son Ellsworth's marriage return of 1885 (record) and "Mary Rice" on Finley's death certificate of 1920, which wrongly has her born in Connecticut (record).

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  2. name: Mary Abigail Rice
  3. aka: [Mary Ellingwood, Mary A. Ellingwood, Abigail Rice]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Mother of Dr. Finley Ellingwood, born in Maine, and probably a daughter of Rufus Rice of
  8. Dearborn County, Indiana, whose heirs included her and her husband, Elijah Ellingwood. She
  9. married Elijah in Dearborn County in 1841 and went with him to Momence and then Kankakee,
  10. Illinois. An invalid by 1871, she died at Watseka, Illinois, as the Ancestry tree has it.
  11. born:
  12. date: 2 Jan 1822
  13. place: Pownal, Cumberland County, Maine
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, census-1850-manchester-ellingwood]
  17. note: Mary A., 28, born Maine, in the 1850 census.
  18. died:
  19. date: 7 Oct 1874
  20. place: Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  24. note: As the Ancestry tree has it. Dead by 27 Jan 1875, when Ellsworth was "an orphan minor" (Kankakee County Court); Finley's biography says his mother died in 1875.
  25. residences:
  26. - date: "24 Oct 1850"
  27. place: Manchester Township, Dearborn County, Indiana
  28. basis: documented
  29. confidence: proven
  30. sources: [census-1850-manchester-ellingwood]
  31. note: In her husband's household, as "Mary A."
  32. - date: "1860"
  33. place: Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [census-1860-momence-ellingwood]
  37. note: In her husband's household, as "Mary A."
  38. - date: "1870"
  39. place: Kankakee, Illinois
  40. basis: documented
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [census-1870-kankakee-ellingwood]
  43. note: In her husband's household.
  44. father:
  45. id: rufus-rice-1794
  46. basis: compiled
  47. confidence: probable
  48. sources: [book-lyons-2017-dearborn-probate, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  49. research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Master_Research.md
  50. note: Mary Abigail and Elijah Ellingwood were among the heirs of Rufus Rice of Dearborn County, whose estate was administered from 1846 (Lyons).
  51. mother:
  52. id: mary-sylvester-1801
  53. basis: compiled
  54. confidence: probable
  55. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, index-familysearch-ellingwood-wives]
  56. note: 'Mary Sylvester, who married Rufus Rice at Durham in 1819, three years before Mary Abigail was born; WikiTree (Rice-1694) lists Mary Abigail first among their children, with George Washington (1824), Nancy M. (1828), James H. (1831), John Wesley (1833), Lucy Plummer (1835) and Sarah Sylvester (1840). The Sylvesters were among the first settlers of Manchester in 1818.'
  57. ---
  59. Mother of Dr. Finley Ellingwood, named in his own Who's Who entry: "s. Elijah and Mary Abigail
  60. (Rice) E." ([source](/files/sources/book-whos-who-america-ellingwood/)). Married Elijah Ellingwood in Dearborn County in
  61. 1841 ([record](/files/sources/index-indiana-marriages-ellingwood-rice/)); with him at Manchester in 1850, at Momence in 1860,
  62. and at Kankakee in 1870 ([record](/files/sources/census-1860-momence-ellingwood/)). An invalid by 1871, as Finley's
  63. biography says, she died at Watseka, Illinois, where her daughter Adeline Kay lived. Her maiden
  64. name is "Mary A. Rice" on her son Ellsworth's marriage return of 1885
  65. ([record](/files/sources/marriage-return-ellingwood-nichols-1885/)) and "Mary Rice" on Finley's death certificate of 1920,
  66. which wrongly has her born in Connecticut ([record](/files/sources/death-certificate-finley-ellingwood-1920/)).
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