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James Rice

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: October 14, 1730 (61)
Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Place of Burial: Worcester, Worcester, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Rice and Mary Rice
Husband of Sarah Rice
Father of Jotham Rice; Zebediah Rice; Tyrus Cyrus Rice; Frances Rice; James Rice and 5 others
Brother of Grace Rice; Thomas Rice; Mary Sawyer; Capt. Peter Rice; Nathaniel Rice and 11 others

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About James Rice

From "A Genealogical History of the Rice Family - Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice" by Andrew Henshaw Ward, A. M., Boston - C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858

James Rice (son of Thomas, grandson of Edmund), born 6 Mar 1669. Married Sarah Stone, bone 14 Feb 1675, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Ward) Stone of Sudbury (MA). Resided at Marlborough, where the births of 4 of his children are recorded. He was of Sudbury 1706, whence he removed to Worcester about 1716, and died there 14 Oct 1730, aged 61 years 7 months and 8 days - not 71, as said in "The Boston Gazette". He had 100 acres of land in Worcester granted him in 1718, of which town he was a proprietor.

James Rice took administration of the estates of his sons, Daniel and James, 19 June 1730. Jotham, his eldest son, took administration of the estate of his father, and the unsettled estates of his brothers, 23 Nov 1730. Barzilai Rice and Beulah Rice chose their brother Tyrus for their guardian 7 Nov 1733.

Children:

Jotham, born 17 Feb 1696, married Mary Earl

Zebadiah, born 23 Nob 1698, married Elizabeth

Tyrus, born 20 Oct 1700, married Eleanor

Frances, born 6 Mar 1702/3, married Abishai Rice

Daniel, born 13 Mar 1704/5, died at Worcester (MA) 8 Mar

          1729/30, probably unmarried

James, born 30 Apr 1707, died at Worcester (MA) 26 May

          1730

Jasoniah, born 6 Sep 1709, married Lydia

Grace, born 19 Jan 1712, died at Worcester (MA) 21 Feb

         1729/30

Barzilai, born 18 Apr 1714, married Abigail

Beulah, born 23 Nov 1716

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James Rice's Timeline

1669
March 6, 1669
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Colonial America
March 31, 1669
1696
February 17, 1696
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1698
November 23, 1698
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1700
October 20, 1700
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1702
March 6, 1702
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
1704
March 13, 1704
Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
1707
April 30, 1707
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1709
September 6, 1709
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts