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Deacon Edmund Rice 1594–1663 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 October 1594

Birth Location: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 3 May 1663

Death Location: Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Henry America"

Mother: Lady Rice

Spouse(s): Thomasine FROST, Mercy Hunt

Children(s): Thomas Rice, Deacon Rice, Matthew Rice, Daniel Rice, Henry 1, Samuel Rice, Lydia Rice, Lady Immigrant, Edmund Rice, Richard Rice, John Rice, Benjamin Rice, Edward Rice

Deacon Edmund Rice was born in 1594 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Henry Thomas Rice First Rice To Emigrate To America And Lady Margaret Baker Rice. Deacon Edmund Rice married Mercy Hurd Brigham Rice Hunt, Thomasine Frost, and had children including Benjamin Rice, Daniel Rice, Deacon Edward Rice Of Berkhamstead Puritan Immigrant To Mass Common Ancestor With Edgar Rice, Edmund Rice, Edward Rice, Henry Rice 1, John Rice, Lady Mary Rice Axdell Immigrant, Lydia Rice, Matthew Rice, Richard Rice, Samuel Rice, Thomas Rice. Deacon Edmund Rice passed away in 1663 in Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Deacon Edmund Rice was born in 1594 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, the child of Henry Thomas Rice First Rice To Emigrate To America And Lady Margaret Baker Rice.
  • Deacon Edmund Rice married Mercy Hurd Brigham Rice Hunt, Thomasine Frost, and had children including Benjamin Rice, Daniel Rice, Deacon Edward Rice Of Berkhamstead Puritan Immigrant To Mass Common Ancestor With Edgar Rice, Edmund Rice, Edward Rice, Henry Rice 1, John Rice, Lady Mary Rice Axdell Immigrant, Lydia Rice, Matthew Rice, Richard Rice, Samuel Rice, Thomas Rice.
  • Deacon Edmund Rice passed away in 1663 in Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry America"
1564–1621
Birth Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, England
HA
Lady Rice
1558–1605
Birth Location: Sudbury, Suffolk, England
LR

Spouses(s)

Thomasine FROST
1600–1654
Birth Location: Stanstead, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
TF
Mercy Hunt
1605–1693
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, England
MH

Children(s)

Thomas Rice
1625–1681
Birth Location: Haverhill, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England
TR
Deacon Rice
1626–1712
Birth Location: St Mary, Leicestershire, England
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Matthew Rice
1629–1717
Birth Location: Hertfordshire, England
MR
Daniel Rice
1632–1632
Birth Location: Stanstead, Suffolk, England
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Henry 1
1620–1710
Birth Location: (1616/21) St James, Stanstead, Suffolk, England
H1
Samuel Rice
1634–1684
Birth Location: Berkhampsteaad, Hertfordshire, England
SR
Lydia Rice
1627–1675
Birth Location: Berkhamsted, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England
LR
Lady Immigrant
1619–1710
Birth Location: St James, Stanstead, Suffolk, England
LI
Edmund Rice
1616–1636
Birth Location: Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England
ER
Richard Rice
1609–1709
Birth Location: Richards Castle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
RR
John Rice
1624–1688
Birth Location: Stanstead, Suffolk, England
JR
Benjamin Rice
1640–1713
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
BR
Edward Rice
1622–1712
Birth Location: Stanstead, Babergh District, Suffolk, England (Hartforshire Co)
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Deacon Rice's Ancestors

Self
Deacon Rice
1594–1663
Birth Place: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Henry Thomas Rice " First Rice to emigrate to America"
1564–1621
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Lady (Margaret Baker \) Rice
1558–1605
Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
William (Thomas Rice (Royce)) Colonel
1522–1588
Newport, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Thomasine (13GGM Mynne) Rice
1527–1568
Little Fransham, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Deacon Rice's Descendants

1.
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Deacon (Edmund) Rice (15 October 1594–3 May 1663) m. Thomasine FROST (11 August 1600–13 June 1654) m. Mercy (Hurd Brigham Rice) Hunt (1605–22 December 1693)
  1. 1. Thomas Rice 1625–1681 m. Mary King 1630–1715
    1. 1. Thomas (Rice was a member of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts representing Marlborough in 1715 and) 1716 1654–1747 m. Anna Rice 1661–1731 m. Mary Holloway 1682–1733 m. Mary Withers 1648–1677
      1. 1. Asher Rice 1694–1773 m. Tabitha Wilson 1706–1764
        1. 1. Jedediah Rice 1755–1823 m. Jemima Hastings 1750–
        2. 2. ASHER Rice 1733–1823
        3. 3. Tabitha Rice 1735–1818
        4. 4. Anna Rice 1741–1784
        5. 5. Sarah Rice 1738–1808
      2. 2. Henry Rice 1675–1717
      3. 3. Charles Rice 1684–1773
      4. 4. Eunice RICE 1686–1750
    2. 2. Nathaniel Rice 1660–1726
    3. 3. Sarah Rice 1662–1742
    4. 4. Mary Rice 1656–1733
    5. 5. Peter (Rice) Sr 1658–1753
    6. 6. Ephraim Rice 1665–1732
  2. 2. Deacon (Edward Rice of Berkhamstead, Puritan Immigrant to Mass. Common Ancestor with Edgar) Rice 1626–1712
  3. 3. Matthew Rice 1629–1717
  4. 4. Daniel Rice 1632–1632
  5. 5. Henry (Rice) 1 1620–1710 m. Elizabeth Moore 1649–1728
    1. 1. Elizabeth Rice
    2. 2. David (Rice) Deacon 1659–1723 m. Hannah Walker 1669–1704
      1. 1. Hannah Rice 1691–1736
      2. 2. Bezaleel, (Dr.) Rice 1690–1742
      3. 3. Josiah Rice 1701–1745
      4. 4. Sarah (Rice) Twin 1689–1723
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Rice) Twin 1689–1736 m. Samuel (Frost Sr.) * 1686–1736
        1. 1. Amasa Frost 1717–1795 m. Abigail Livermore 1731–1795
        2. 2. Samuel Frost 1715–1799
        3. 3. Bezaleel Frost 1713–1739
    3. 3. Rachel Rice 1664–1730
  6. 6. Samuel Rice 1634–1684
  7. 7. Lydia Rice 1627–1675
  8. 8. Lady (Mary Rice Axdell) Immigrant 1619–1710 m. Sir (John Maynard Knight os Bassingbourn,) Immigrant 1598–1672 m. Thomas Axtell 1619–1646
    1. 1. Lydia Maynard 1648–1717
    2. 2. Elizabeth Maynard 1649–1676
    3. 3. Hannah Maynard 1653–1675
    4. 4. Zachary Maynard 1647–1723 m. Hannah Goodrich 1659–1719 m. Hannah Pendleton 1655–1741
      1. 1. Zachariah Maynard 1679–1754
      2. 2. Jonathan (Maynard) 7GG 1685–1763 m. Sarah Wheeler 1686–1743 m. Mehitable Needham 1687–1767
        1. 1. Lucy Maynard 1709–1779
        2. 2. Mehitable Maynard 1716–1806 m. Caleb (Drury) Jr 1713–1760
      3. 3. Capt. (Moses Andrew) Maynard 1696–1782
      4. 4. Hannah Maynard 1683–1723
      5. 5. John Maynard 1679–1775
    5. 5. Mary Axtell 1639–1721
    6. 6. Henry Axtell 1641–1676
    7. 7. Lydia Axtell 1644–1717
  9. 9. Edmund Rice 1616–1636
  10. 10. Richard Rice 1609–1709 m. Elizabeth Rice 1616–1681 m. Mary Wilford 1616–1698 m. Margaret Birdseye 1613–1698
    1. 1. Elizabeth Lambson 1641–1704 m. Joseph (I) Lamson 1631–1679
      1. 1. Joseph (II) Lamson 1664–1743
      2. 2. Abigail Lamson 1677–1710 m. Abraham Shepherd 1677–1710
        1. 1. Bathsheba Shepard 1707–1793 m. William Butterfield 1706–1785
        2. 2. Elizabeth Shepard 1704–
        3. 3. Mary Shepard 1703–
        4. 4. Sarah Shepard 1704–
        5. 5. Abegail Shepherd 1701–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Lamson 1658–1731
      4. 4. Hannah Lamson 1675–1717
      5. 5. Ebenezer Lamson 1673–1715
    2. 2. Mary Rice 1658–1709
    3. 3. Paul Rice 1651–1717
    4. 4. Hannah Wilcoxson 1639–1713
    5. 5. Hannah (Rice) 167 1639–1713
    6. 6. John Rice 1643–1717
    7. 7. Sarah Rice 1647–1712
    8. 8. Timothy Rice 1651–1692
  11. 11. John Rice 1624–1688
  12. 12. Benjamin Rice 1640–1713 m. Mary (Chamberlain Graves) (Rice) 1649–1736 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Brown 1643–1690
    1. 1. Ruth Rice 1659–1742
    2. 2. Ann Rice 1661–1753
    3. 3. Ebenezer Rice 1671–1724
    4. 4. Benjamin (Rice) II 1669–1748
    5. 5. Elizabeth Rice 1697–1775
    6. 6. Simon Rice 1699–1733
    7. 7. Zerubabel Rice 1702–1775
    8. 8. Mathias (Rice) Deacon 1706–1764
  13. 13. Edward Rice 1622–1712 m. Agnes (Anna Anne Bent Rice of) Wayhill 1631–1713 m. Mary Barrett 1672–1752 m. Elizabeth Moore 1622–1705
    1. 1. Lidia (Bent) RICE 1649–1723
    2. 2. John (S Rice of Sudbury , subscriber of Prince's Chronology found of historical reading) 'wsham 1651–1719
    3. 3. Daniel (Rice of) Sudbury 1655–1737
    4. 4. Edmund (Hobart) Rice 1653–1719
    5. 5. Benjamin Rice 1650–1725
    6. 6. James (Ross) Rice 1640–1719
    7. 7. Dorcas RICE 1664–1753
    8. 8. Anna (Rice of Sudbury Widower of Nathaniel Geary II wife of Thomas Rice of Sudbury two of her boys were abducted by Mohawk) Indians 1661–1753 m. Nathanael Gary 1663–1740
    9. 9. Martha Rice 1657–1716

Deacon Rice's Timeline

4 Records

1594
15 October 1594
Birth of Deacon Edmund Rice in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
1618
1618
Age 24
Deacon Edmund Rice was married in En
En
1655
1 Mar 1655
Age 61
Deacon Edmund Rice was married in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1663
3 May 1663
Age 69
Death of Deacon Edmund Rice in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 October 1594
    Event Place: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1618
    Event Place: En

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1655
    Event Place: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 May 1663
    Event Place: Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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