Edmund Rice (1594 Suffolk, England – May 3, 1663 Marlborough, Massachusetts) arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638 in the town of Sudbury. He was married to Thomasine Frost on October 15, 1618 and had 12 children including:[1]
- Mary Rice, born August 23, 1619
- Henry R. Rice, born February 13, 1619–20, died February 10, 1709–-10, married Elizabeth Moore February 1, 1641–42
- Edward Rice, born October 20, 1622, died August 15, 1712, married (1) Anna, (2) Agnes Bent 1646
- Thomas Rice, born January 26, 1625–6, died November 16, 1681, married Mary King 1652
- Lydia Rice, born March 9, 1626–27, died April 5, 1675, married Hugh Drury 1645.
- Matthew Rice, born February 28, 1627–28, died 1717, married Martha Lamson November 2, 1654
- Daniel Rice, stillborn
- Samuel Rice, born November 12, 1634, died February 25, 1683–84, married (1) Elizabeth King, (2) Mary Dix September 1668, (3) Sarah White December 13, 1676
- Joseph Rice, born March 13, 1636–37, died December 23, 1711, married (1) Sarah Prescott, (2) Mary Beers, (3) Mercy King
- Benjamin Rice, born May 31, 1640, died December 19, 1713, married (1) Mary Chamberlain, (2) Mary Browne
Edmund Rice was a leader in his communities at both Sudbury and Marlborough. In 1656 Edmund Rice petitioned the Massachusetts General Court to create the city of Marlborough. Rice was elected a Selectman at Marlborough in 1657. Sumner Chilton Powell wrote, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, "Not only did Rice become the largest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts legislature for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes."[2]
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association has conducted extensive ancestral haplotype DNA testing on males believed to have descended from Rice, identifying descendants from five of his sons. The testing also revealed an unrecorded adoption or illegitimacy that occurred.[3][4]
He has several notable descendants including Brigadier General Edmund Rice,
Congressman Edmund Rice, and Senator
References
- ^ Court, Helen Glenn. Rice/Massachusetts. Genealogy. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Who was Edmund Rice?. The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Perego, Ugo A. (December 2005). The Science of Molecular Genealogy. National Genealogy Society. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Rice Family DNA Project. Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
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