Elizabeth Billings

Elizabeth Rice was born on 27 October 1641 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass..1 She was the daughter of Richard Rice and Elizabeth (__?__). She married (1) Joseph Lamson, son of Barnabas Lamson and Marie (__?__), circa 1663 , possibly in Cambridge or Concord.2 She married (2), at age 44, John Billings, son of John Billings, on 31 December 1685 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass..2 She died after 1708 when she is named in her father's will.1

Children of Elizabeth Rice and Joseph Lamson

1. Abigail Lamson
2. Ebenezer Lamson
3. Joseph Lamson+ b. c 1665, d. 1743
4. Hannah Lamson d. 15 Feb 1716/17
5. Elizabeth Lamson d. b 5 Apr 1731
6. Mary Lamson b. c 1679, d. 25 Jun 1711 Sources

• NEHGR, George E. McCracken, "Richard Rice of Concord", 112(1958):67.
• NEHGR, George E. McCracken, "Richard Rice of Concord", 112(1958):68.

Links

• http://www.bankert.org/genreport/p63.htm#i1572
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ted%5Fric...

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GEDCOM Note

<p><p> </p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p>Name:</p></p><p><p>Elizabeth Rice</p></p><p><p>Birth:</p></p><p><p>27 Oct 1641 - Middlesex, USA</p></p><p><p>Death:</p></p><p><p>31 Mar 1704 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA</p></p><p><p>Marriage:</p></p><p><p>1663 - Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States</p></p><p><p>Parents:</p></p><p><p>Richard Rice, Mary Wilford</p></p><p><p>Spouse:</p></p><p><p>Joseph Lamson</p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p>At Joseph Lambson's death he was 41 years old. Elizabeth Rice Lambson remarried six years later to the widower, John Billings. Mr. Billings died in 1704 leaving Elizabeth a widow for the second time. Her death is not recorded, however, she was alive when her father's will was probated in Aug. 1709.</p></p><p><p> </p></p><p><p>RICHARD RICE OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS By George E. McCracken, Ph.D., F.A.S.G.; Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa</p></p><p><p>... Elizabeth, third daughter mentioned as living in the will of 1708, b. in Concord 27.8 1641 (27 Oct. 1641). In the will she is called Elizabeth Billing. Though Concord records contain numerous Billings entries, no marriage of Elizabeth Rice to a Billings appears. JohnBillings is, however, recorded as having married there, 11 Nov. 1661, Elizabeth Hastings (with seven children born between 1662 and 1677), and, again, probably the same man, John Billings, is married, 31 Dec. 1685, to Elizabeth Lamson (no children subsequently recorded for them in Concord). In the Concord records there is no indication of who this Elizabeth Lamson was, and the marriage record does not state that she was a widow, thigh the fact that she married a man who had been first married twenty-four year previously strongly suggest that she, too, had a previous marriage to her credit. Indeed, Middlesex Deeds, vol. 9, p. 78, refer, in 1683, to a marriage of Elizabeth Lamson to Peter Wright, permission being given by her mother Elizabeth Lamson. O. E. Lamson's "Memorial of Elder Ebenezer Lamson" p. 17, shows that Paul Rice was uncle to Ebenezer Lamson (Joseph2, Barnabas1), though the author did not know how, not anything at all about the wife of Joseph2 Lamson, Ebenezer's mother. Joseph2 Lamson died intestate in February 1679, death not recorded in Concotd. Where he died I am not prepared to state, but certainly in Middlesex County, for there is on file (Middlesex Probate file 13536) an undated inventory to his estate coming to ￡40/11 (and perhaps some pence -- the paper is here torn), made by Edward Wright, John Barker, and Roger Chandler. The file contains no record of date of granting administration nor any other paper. If, however, Elizabeth Rice had married Joseph Lamson for her first husband, that would make Paul Rice uncle to Ebenezer Lamson. John Billings diedin Concord 31 March 1704, so Elizabeth was a widow for the second time when her father name her in his will.</p></p><p><p>Elizabeth's children:</p></p><p><p>Joseph, d. in Concord in 1743; m. there, 18 Aug. 1686, Elizabeth Adams.</p></p><p><p>Abigail, m. in Concord, 11 Feb. 1700/1, Abraham Shepard.</p></p><p><p>Ebenezer, m. in Concord, 19 April 1698, Sarah Hartwell, b. 12 April 1677, d. 13 Nov. 1715, daughter of John and Priscilla (Wright) Hartwell.</p></p><p><p>Hannah, m. 7 Dec. 1709 Henry Sparks.</p></p><p><p>Mary, b. about 1679; d. 25 June 1711, aged 32; m. James Clark.</p></p><p>Elizabeth,m. about 31 Dec. 1683 Peter Wright, son of Edward, with mother's permission.</p>