(CONNECTICUT) Small archive of Rice family papers

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(CONNECTICUT.) Small archive of Rice family papers. 21 manuscript documents; various sizes and conditions, a couple of them incomplete but most strong. Vp, 1697-1804

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Legal documents relating to four generations of the Rice / Royce family of Wallingford and Meriden, CT. Includes a probate inventory of Josiah Roys (1670-1694) dated 1697; a deed from Josiah's brother Samuel Roys (1673-1757) to son Ezekiel Roys (1699-1765); papers of Ezekiel Roys as justice of the peace; and other papers of his son Ezekiel Jr. (1739-1808). See also lot 36 for a letter addressed to Ezekiel Jr.'s son Oliver Rice (1760-1794).