a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. David Rice came from Scotland and settled in Easton, in Washington County, New York State. He married Susanna Newel (later written Susan Newell) of Easton. He was killed by a log or tree falling on him. He served in Capt. John Petits company, in COL Lewis (or Lerois) Van Woert's Regiment of Militia of the 16th Albany Co. Militia (Cambridge Division) in the Revolutionary War. The Roster of State Troops shows Rice to have been a Sergeant.
