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Abigail (Marie Appolonia) Hartman (daughter of Johannes Hartmanss and Margaret Moss) was born September 04, 1742 in Wurtemburg, Germany, and died November 06, 1790 in Pikeland Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania. She married Zacariah E. Rice(Reys, Reiss).

 Includes NotesNotes for Abigail (Marie Appolonia) Hartman:
Mrs. Rice was a stout well built woman, warm hearted and always ready to lend a helping hand. It is related that after the Battle of Brandywine, Washington retreated across the Chester Valley to the Yellow Springs, passing by way of the Rice home. Halting with his staff officers, he asked for some water to drink. Mrs. Rice quickly sent one of her daughters to the spring for a bucket of water, and mixing into it some sugar, rum, and spice, made Flip, a then common drink, and presenting the bucket to Washington, addressed him as "my lord." Washington immediately replied; "We have no titles here, we are all brothers; my heart is with my poor men who lie on the Battlefield at Brandywine."

During the winter of 1777-1778 when General George Washington's army was camped at Valley Forge, the hospital was filled with sick and wounded. She made food and delicacies at home and carried them to the hospital.

Mrs. Rice's death was due to weakness from the typhus fever, which she contacted among the soldiers at the Hsp. She is buried at Pikeland Church, Chester County, Pa.

She had a monument dedicated to her by the Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Washington D.C. in 1947.


More About Abigail (Marie Appolonia) Hartman:
Burial: Unknown, St. Peters Cem., Pikeland Twp., Chester, PA.

Children of Abigail (Marie Appolonia) Hartman and Zacariah E. Rice(Reys, Reiss) are:
  1. +Conrad Rice, b. 1770, Chester Springs, Chester, Pennsylvania, d. October 13, 1856.
  2. Johannes (John) Rice, b. 1759, Chester County, PA, d. January 02, 1837, Church Hill, Pa.
  3. Elisabetha (Elizabeth) Rice, b. November 24, 1760, d. October 24, 1823, Marietta, Pa.
  4. Peter Rice, b. 1764, Chester County, PA, d. February 1839, Camp Hill, Pa.
  5. Anna Marie Rice, b. 1765, d. October 24, 1834.
  6. Maria Engel Rice, b. December 23, 1769, Chester County, PA, d. 1822, Charlestown, VA.
  7. Jacob Rice, b. January 15, 1757, d. April 01, 1838.
  8. George Rice, b. 1769, d. January 25, 1841.
  9. Saloma (Sallie) Rice, b. 1771, Chester County, PA, d. date unknown.
  10. Polly Rice, b. 1773, d. date unknown, Peru, Indiana.
  11. Zacariah Rice II, b. 1774, Chester County, PA, d. January 19, 1848.
  12. Heinrich (Henry) Rice, b. 1778, d. September 21, 1853.
  13. Catherina (Catherine) Rice, b. October 25, 1780, d. date unknown.
  14. Margaretha (Margaret) Rice, b. 1762, d. date unknown.
  15. Benjamin Rice, b. December 21, 1785, d. date unknown.
  16. Susannah (Susan) Rice, b. 1772, d. 1822, Church Hill, Juniata, Pennsylvania.
  17. Maria (Mary) Rice, d. 1822, Charlestown, VA.
  18. Elisabetha (Betsy) Rice, d. date unknown, Kentucky.
  19. Madeline Rice, b. 1787, d. date unknown.
  20. Baby Rice, d. date unknown.
  21. Baby Rice, d. date unknown.
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