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Edmund Rice arrived in Massachusetts about 1638 and was first documented in the township Book of Sudbury in 1639. No ship passenger list has survived. Ties to England have been verified by church records for his marriage to Thomasine Frost on 15 October 1618 and in baptismal records for his children. No records naming his parents have yet surfaced, however. It was a Rice who married the granddaughter of the Mayflower passenger. It was also a Rice who marched out as a drummer in the Lexington alarm roll the morning after Paul Revere's ride.

Sources: Kellogg and Thomas, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Ward, Genealogical History of the Rice Family; Brooks family records

generation no. 1

Edmund Rice, born 1594 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England, died 3 May 1663 in Marlborough, MA. Married 15 October 1618 at Bury Saint Edmund's to Thomasine Frost, daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave, born 10 August 1600 in Stanstead and died 13 June 1653 in Sudbury.

Henry R. Rice, born 13 February 1620, married Elizabeth Moore, died 10 February 1710
Edward Rice, born 20 October 1622, married Agnes Bent, died 15 August 1712
Thomas Rice, born 26 January 1626
Lydia Rice, born 9 March 1627, married Hugh Drury, died 5 April 1675
Matthew Rice, born 28 February 1628, died 1717, married Martha Lamson
Daniel Rice, stillborn
Samuel Rice, born 12 November 1634, married (1) Elizabeth King, (2) Mary Dix, (3) Sarah White, died 25 February 1683
Joseph Rice, born 13 March 1637, married (1) Sarah Prescott, (2) Mary Beers, (3) Mercy King, died 23 December 1711
Benjamin Rice, born 31 May 1640, married (1) Mary Chamberlain, (2) Mary Browne, died 19 December 1713

generation no. 2

Thomas Rice, born 26 January 1626 in Stanstead, died 16 November 1681 in Marlborough, MA. Married in Sudbury 1651 Mary King, daughter of Thomas King and Anne Collins, born 22 February 1628 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, died 22 March 1715 in Sudbury.

Source: Boston Gazette, 26 December 1768, addresses longevity of children

Grace Rice, died 3 January 1653
Thomas Rice, born 30 January 1654, died 1747
Mary Rice, born 4 September 1656, married (1) Joseph White, (2) Thomas Sawyer, died 22 August 1733
Captain Peter Rice, born 24 October 1658, married Rebecca How, died 28 November 1753
Nathaniel Rice, born 3 January 1660, married (1) Sarah Stone, (2) Patience Brown, died 13 November 1726
Sarah Rice, born 15 January 1662, married John Adams
Ephraim Rice, born 15 April 1665, married (1) Hannah Livermore, (2) Mary Noyes, died 25 October 1732
Gershom Rice, born 9 May 1667, married Elizabeth Balcom, died 19 December 1768
James Rice, born 5 March 1669, married Sarah Stone, died 14 October 1730
Frances Rice, born 3 February 1671, married Benjamin Allen
Jonas Rice, born 6 March 1673, married Mary Stone, died 22 September 1753
Grace Rice, born 15 January 1675, married Nathaniel Moore, died 25 November 1761
Elisha Rice, born 11 December 1679

generation no. 3

Elisha Rice, born 11 December 1679 in Marlborough, died 1761 in Sudbury. Married on 10 February 1707 to Elizabeth Wheeler, born 7 February 1685.

Source: Kellogg and Thomas, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, p. 143

Adonijah Rice, married Persis Gates
Eliakim Rice, born 27 February 1709, married Mehitable Livermore
Elisha Rice, born 2 March 1710
Elizabeth Rice, born 3 November 1713, married Jonas Livermore 1735
Julia Rice, born 30 March 1716
Silas Rice, born 7 November 1719, married (1) Copiah Broughton, (2) Lois Pollard, (3) Mehitable Goodnow, died 24 March 1800
Elijah Rice, born 5 March 1722
Zebulon Rice, born 5 January 1725, married Susanna Allen

generation no. 4

Elijah Rice, born 5 March 1722 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, died March 1818 at Holden, MA. Married 23 November 1748 Huldah Keyes, daughter of Ebenezer Keyes and Tamar Wheelock.

Sources: Henshaw and Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 32, 74. Massachusetts Vital Records: Shrewsbury, p. 207. Edmund Rice Association, s1 p. 13. Rice General Register, p. 22

Elijah Rice Junior, born 10 September 1749, died 3 January 1827
Lois Rice, born 19 September 1751, died 22 January 1842
Joseph Rice, born c 1753
Tryphena Rice, born c 1753
Ebenezer Rice, born 12 March 1756, died 18 December 1831
Zerviah Rice, born 6 August 1760
Huldah Rice
Lettice Rice, born c 1765, died 24 June 1847

generation no. 5

Elijah Rice Junior, born 11 September 1749 in Boyleston, died 3 January 1827-29 in Shrewsbury. Farmer. Married 10 November 1772 Relief (Leafy) Williams, born 17 June 1750, buried Center Cemetery, Shrewsbury.

Sources: Henshaw and Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 74, 135; Massachusetts Vital Records: Shrewsbury, pp. 90, 272, Lancaster, p. 104. Edmund Rice Association, p. 30; tombstone record

Lois Rice, died after 1847
Joseph Rice, born 19 January 1773 in Holden, married, died Connecticut
Tryphena Rice, born 28 April 1774, married Rufus Holman, died 6 August 1848, buried Legg burying ground, Sterling MA
Nahum Rice, born 27 October 1775, married Nancy Young
Lucy Rice, born 25 July 1777, married Stephen Woods
David Rice, born 8 March 1779, married 1806, died 13 December 1830 in Baltimore MD on a visit, issue
Martin Rice, born 8 March 1781, married Lucy Wheeler, died 1852
Huldy Rice, born 28 February 1782, died 1784
Azubah Rice, born 14 August 1784, married Rufus Pratt
Elijah Rice III, born 5 December 1786
Alexander Rice, born 27 December 1788, married 1811, issue
Olive Rice, born 6 October 1790, married Billings Briggs
Abner Rice, born 7 September 1792, married

generation no. 6

Elijah Rice III, born 5 December 1786 in Holden, died 12 May 1853 in Shrewsbury, buried Center Cemetery. Married (2) on 26 November 1807 to Martha Goddard, died 26 August 1842 in Boyleston.

Luther Goddard Rice, born 18 September 1808
Charles Williams Rice, born 21 May 1810
Parley Goddard Rice. born 5 April 1812, died November 1827
Emerson Keyes Rice, born 29 April 1813, married c 26 September 1845
Elizabeth Goddard Rice, born 12 May 1815
Alvira Woods Rice, born 20 May 1817, died 4 April 1897

generation no. 7

Alvira Woods Rice, born May 20, 1817, died 4 April 1897 in Norwich, buried in Cedar Grove Cemetary, Dorchester, MA. Married 22 December 1836 to Williams Barker Brooks in Boston.

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