Person Info
- Name: Edmond RICE
- Sex: M
- Birth: Abt 1594 in Sudbury, Suffolk Co, England b
- Baptism: Abt 1594 in St Gregory's, Sudbury, Suffolk, England c
- Death: 3 May 1663 in Marlborough, Massachusetts d
- Burial: Old Burying Ground, Wayland, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts u
Parents:
- Father:
- Henry RICE
Death: Nov 1621 in Stanstead, Suffolk Co, England
Mother:
- (Unk) (RICE)
Family:
Marriage:
- Thomasine FROST on 15 Oct 1618 at St Mary's, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England .m1
- Thomasine FROST
Birth: Aug 1600 in Stanstead, Co Suffolk, England
Death: 13 Jun 1653 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Children:
- Mary RICE Birth: Aug 1619 in Stanstead, Suffolk Co, England
Death: Before 1638 in England
- Henry RICE Birth: Feb 1621 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England
Death: 10 Feb 1711 in Framingham, Massachusetts
- Edward Deacon RICE Birth: 20 Oct 1622 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England
Death: 15 Aug 1712 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Thomas RICE Birth: Jan 1626 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England
Death: 16 Nov 1681 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Lydia RICE Birth: 9 Mar 1628 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
Death: 5 Apr 1675 in Boston, Massachusetts
- Matthew RICE Birth: Feb 1630 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
Death: 1717 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
- Daniel RICE Birth: Oct 1632 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
Death: 10 Nov 1632 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
- Samuel RICE Birth: Nov 1634 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
Death: 25 Feb 1685 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Joseph RICE Birth: Mar 1638 in Berkhamstead, Herts, England
Death: 23 Dec 1711 in Stow, Massachusetts
- Benjamin RICE Birth: 31 May 1640 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Death: 19 Dec 1713 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Marriage:
Children:
- Lydia RICE Birth: Abt 1657 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Death: 26 May 1718
- Ruth RICE Birth: 29 Sep 1659 in Sudbury, Massachusetts
Death: 30 Mar 1742 in Glastonbury, Connecticut
Bibliography
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Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
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Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
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Banks, Charles Edward, Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650, Philadelphia, PA: Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, 1937. LDS Film#0874196#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/283805. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Topo p[0-9]*].
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Bennett, Archibald F, Ancestry of the Wife of Edmund Rice, The American Genealogist, vol 26 no 1, Jul 1950, p10-11. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bennett ThomasineFROST p1[01]].
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Ellis, Ray Lowther, A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants, Compiled by the Edmund Rice Association, 1970. Univ Microfilm G1740. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/45311. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis RICE p[0-9]*].
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Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Vol 1: Dawes and Allied Families. Privately printed: Charles G Dawes, 1943. LDS Film#1035529#2. NEHGS CS71/D269/1931v1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/256356. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p[0-9]*].
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Holman, Mary Lovering, English Notes on Edmund Rice, The American Genealogist, vol 10 no 3, Jan 1934, pp133-137. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008128263 images 234-6. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman RICE p[0-9]*].
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Holman, Winifred Lovering, Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and Frances Helen Miller. Concord, NH: Rumford Press, 1953. Sutro CS71.S844 1948. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005763135, Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v[12]p[0-9]*].
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Holman, Mary Lovering, The Wife of Edmund Rice, The American Genealogist, vol 15 no 4, Apr 1939, p227. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holman ThomasineFROST p[0-9]*].
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Jacobus, Donald Lines, Pre-American Ancestry of Edmund Rice of Sudbury, MA, The American Genealogist, vol 11 no 1, July 1934, p14-21. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Jacobus RICE p[12][0-9]].
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Martyn, Charles, The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass, 1638-1925, New York, Artemus Ward, 1925, LDS Film#1035525 item#9. Available at http://archive.org/details/williamwardgenea1925mart. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Martyn WARD p[0-9]*].
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Moore, Winifred H, Moore Genealogy, Report of the Genealogical Records Commttee District of Columbia Daughters of American Revolution, 1948-50. LDS Film#0874739#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007831154 images 490-625. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p[0-9]*].
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Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
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Porter, Harold F., The Paternal Ancestry of Thomasine Frost, wife of Deacon Edmund Rice of Sudbury, Mass, in The American Genealogist, vol. 63 no. 3, July 1988, pp129-137. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Porter FROST p[0-9]*].
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Porter, Harold F, The Strutt Ancestry of Thomasine Frost, Wife of Edmund Rice of Sudbury, Mass, The American Genealogist, vol 61 no 3, Jan 1986, p161-166. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Porter STRUTT p[0-9]*].
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Edmund Rice Association, Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice (through his grandchildren, a narrative report), http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/era00001.htm, 9/25/2000 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000].
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Rice, Charles Elmer, The Name of RICE, an Historical Sketch of Deacon Edmund Rice, The Pilgrim (1594-1663), Allicance, OH: Williams Printing Co, 1911. Available at http://archive.org/details/bynameofricehist00riceiala. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: RiceCE RICE p[0-9]*].
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Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
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Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1903. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sudbury/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SudburyMA vitals p[0-9]*].
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Ward, Andrew Henshaw, Genealogical History of The RICE Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, who came from Berkhamstead, England, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1638 or 1639. Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858. Univ Microfilm G-426. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=DKxOAAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ward RICE p[0-9]*].
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Wheelock, Danford E, The Name and Family of WHEELOCK, prepared for the First Family Reunion of descendants of Alvan Wheelock, Jul 20 1980. LDS Film#1312461 item#8. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007967884 images 581-682. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WheelockDE WHEELOCK p[AB][0-9]*].
- date:
- abt 1594 [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Rice Association 9/25/2000, Sav-age RICE
Edmund]
- abt 1601 [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p28]
- deposition in Court files at Cambridge 3 Apr 1656, states age "about 62
years" [Ref: Ward RICE p2],
- place:
- [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p109]
- Berkhamstead Co Herts [Ref: Banks Topo p66, Sav-age RICE Edmund]
- England [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, MooreWH MOORE p28],
- parents:
- Henry RICE & ___ ___ [Ref: Holman RICE p136, Martyn WARD p73,
WheelockDE WHEELOCK pB7]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- place:
- Sudbury, Buckinghamshire, England [Ref: RiceCE RICE p12],
- great-great-grandfather:
- Sir Griffith Rice [Ref: RiceCE RICE p12]
- disproven [Ref: Jacobus RICE p14]
Sources for baptism Information
- date:
- abt 1594 [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p109],
- place:
- [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p109]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Rice Association 9/25/2000]
- May 1663 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v1p402, Pope PioneersMA p383],
- place:
- [Ref: Ellis RICE p1]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
- place:
- Sudbury, but ref to Marlborough vital records [Ref: Rice Association
9/25/2000]
Sources for burial Information
- place:
- [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000]
- Sudbury, recorded at Marlboro [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v1p402]
- Wayland, Massachusetts [Ref: Ellis RICE p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Thomasine FROST
- date:
- [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p144, Holman ThomasineFROST
p227, Porter STRUTT p166, Rice Association 9/25/2000]
- 1619 [Ref: Bennett ThomasineFROST p10]
- first marriage of Edmund [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p28],
- place:
- [Ref: Bennett ThomasineFROST p10, Ellis RICE p1, Holman STEVENS-MILLER
v2p144, Holman ThomasineFROST p227, Porter STRUTT p166, Rice Association
9/25/2000],
- names:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p206, Porter FROST p134],
- child:
- [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Ellis RICE p4, Holman RICE p134, Holman RICE p136,
Holman RICE p137, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p131, Martyn WARD p73, MooreWH MOORE
p28, Pope PioneersMA p383, Rice Association 9/25/2000, WheelockDE WHEELOCK
pB7]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mercy (BRIGHAM)
- date:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v1p402]
- 1 Mar 1655 [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, MooreWH MOORE p28, Pope PioneersMA p383,
Rice Association 9/25/2000, Sav-age RICE Edmund, Ward RICE p2]
- 1655 as second marriage of Mercy [Ref: MooreWH MOORE p27]
- second marriage of Mercy [Ref: Sav-age HUNT William],
- place:
- [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v1p402, Rice Association 9/25/2000,
Ward RICE p2],
- names:
- Edmond RICE & Mercy ___ [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Holman RICE p137, Holman
STEVENS-MILLER v2p121, MooreWH MOORE p27, MooreWH MOORE p28, Pope PioneersMA
p383, Sav-age RICE Edmund, SudburyMA vitals p123, Ward RICE p2]
- Edmund RICE & Mercy HURD [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000]
- Edmund RICE & Mercy ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v1p402],
- child:
- [Ref: Ellis RICE p1, Holman RICE p137, Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p121,
Rice Association 9/25/2000, SudburyMA vitals p123]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
- names:
- Edmond RICE & Mercy HURD [Ref: Sav-age HUNT William],
- child:
- Ann RICE (#7351) wife of Thomas RICE [Ref: Sav-age RICE Edmund]
Research Notes:
Possibly born in Sudbury, Suffolk, England [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p109]
Born in Barhamstead, Co Herts [Ref: Sav-age RICE Edmund]
probably born in the little town of Sudbury, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Town is only 8 miles north of London. He gave the name of Sudbury to his home
town in Massachusetts in 1638. [Ref: RiceCE RICE p12]
modestly descended from Sir Griffth Rice, Knight of the Bath (1501) being his
great great grandson, and was therefore 24th in descent from the Duke of
Cornwall, and 23d in the male line from Vryan Reged. Burke's Peerage and
Lodge's Peerage cited (Rice, Charles Elmer, The Name of RICE) this descent
completely disproven by Jocabus [Ref: Jacobus RICE p14, RiceCE RICE p12]
abt 1627: (between Jan 26 1626 and Mar 9 1628) moved with family some
sixty miles away, to Berhamstead, Herts [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p110]
abt 1639: (between Mar 13 1637/8 and Sep 4 1639) departed England and
arrived in New England, may have made voyage during Summer 1639 [Ref: Holman
STEVENS-MILLER v2p110]
settled in Sudbury in 1638 or 1639, as he shared in the three divisions of
land in Sudbury, the first of which was made in 1639 [Ref: Ward RICE p1]
Sep 4 1639: one of the inhabitants of Sudbury comissioned to lay out lands to
the present inhabitants of the town. [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p110]
1639: prop. and selectman [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p383]
Feb 1639/40: first division of meadows; Edmund Ryce had nine acres and a half
for allowance. Widdow Rice was given two acres [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER
v2p110]
Mar 1639/40: second division of meadows; had eighteen and one-half acres [Ref:
Holman STEVENS-MILLER v2p110]
his residence was on the east side of Sudbury River, in the southerly part of
what is now Wayland, and near the border of the extensive meadows through
which that river flows in a northeasterly course to the Merrimac. [Ref: Ward
RICE p1]
lived on "The Great Road" on the northerly side of the Pond, not far from
Williams Tavern. The Pond is spelled Conchituate, Wachittuate, Caochituet,
Chochichawicke, Coijchawicke, Catchchauitt, Charchittawick, katchetuit,
Cochichawauke, or Chocichowicke [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000]
freeman May 13 1642 [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p383]
May 13 1640: freeman [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000]
Selectman 1644 and subsequent years; Deacon of the church 1648 [Ref: Ward RICE
p1]
1648: became Deacon of the Church at Sudbury [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000]
Before May 18 1653: bought from William Jennison 200 acres. This land was
granted by General Court Sep 6 1638, and ordered set out at "the furthest end
of Watertown bounds and near to Dedham bounds" but had not been laid out by
Oct 7 1646 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p1087]
Feb 20 1654: sold land to sons Edward and Henry R [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p383]
Feb 20 1654: also sold to sons Matthew and Thomas [Ref: Holman STEVENS-MILLER
v2p110]
1654-56: deputy to the General Court representing town of Sudbury [Ref: Rice
Association 9/25/2000]
Member of committee to convey lands at Whip Sufferage in 1657 [Ref: Pope
PioneersMA p383]
one of thirteen petitioners for new plantation west of Sudbury (Marlborough)
in 1656, and one of first settlers when incorporated in 1660 [Ref: Ward RICE
p2]
House lot in Marlborough was at the westerly part of the town, on the old
county road leading from Marlboro to Northboro, and in the bend as it passes
round the northerly side of the pond, a short distance northerly of the
ancient "Williams Tavern" [Ref: Ward RICE p2]
inventory of estate taken May 15 1663 by Thomas King, John Woods, and John
Stone, L566.0.0. House etc, L170. Another paper in Probate Office, an
inventory amounting by L743.8.4 was taken of the estate by William Ward,
Thomas Loring, John Woods, and John Stone, also May 15 1663. Apparently he
left property in both Marlborough and Sudbury, and inventories were
consolidated in the second return. Widow Mercy was administrix, and settled
estate. How the estate was distributed does not appear; there is some
evidence tending to show that he left a will, but none has been found. It may
have been imperfect and never filed for probate. [Ref: Ward RICE p3]
petition for division of estate was signed 16 (4) 1663 by widow Mercy, 8 elder
and 2 younger children [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p383]
burial is recorded in Marlborough vital records as "at Sudbury" [Ref: Rice
Association 9/25/2000]
grave is marked by a monument designed by Arthur Wallace Rice of Boston,
MA. Dedicated by the Rice Association on Aug 29 1914. A boulder with a
bronze tablet was also erected by the Association and it marks Edmund's
homestae, on the Old Connecticut Path in Wayland. [Ref: Rice Association
9/25/2000]
Pedigree of Edmond RICE
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Henry RICE
Edmond RICE
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