from a lookup in HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTRY, by Futhey and Cope; (what a very strange surname...I've never run into it before, and feel fairly sure it didn't 'start life' with this spelling.) The only one I found in F&C is included below, and with a given name of Reece, I think you can proceed on the theory that he was Welsh; (as the following is an early date I also looked in the court records 1697-1710, but had no luck....I looked through all the Rs for another possible spelling, but nothing. There were also no area wills, including Chester and surrounding counties, that contained the name, that spelling, in any way. 1689 Land-Holders of Chester Co; Reece Rhithry...250 acres