Joseph Rice

• Joseph Rice
• Birth: Mar. 13, 1638 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
• Death: Dec. 23, 1711 Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• A son of Edmond & Thomasine (Frost) Rice.

Family links:

Parents:

• Edmund Rice (1594 - 1663)
• Thomasine Frost Rice (1600 - 1654)

Siblings:

• Henry Rice (1620 - 1711)*
• Edward Rice (1622 - 1712)*
• Thomas Rice (1625 - 1681)*
• Lydia Rice Drury (1627 - 1675)*
• Samuel Rice (1634 - 1685)*
• Joseph Rice (1638 - 1711)
• Ruth Rice Welles (1659 - 1742)**

Spouses:

1. Mercy (aka Martha) King, m. 4 May 1658 in Sudbury; d. Jan. 4, 1668-9 in Marlboro
2. Mary Beers Rice (1642 - 1677) of Watertown, m. 1670; died May 13, 1677 Watertown
3. Sarah Prescott Wheeler (1637 - 1727) m. February 22, 1677 at Dedham, MA.

Given that the 1675/6 Will of Thomas King lists as one of his grandsons Josiah Rice (and the only Josiah Rice recorded to be born of one of Thomas's daughters or for that matter of a son of Edmund Rice is Josiah Rice s/o Joseph and Martha born 1663), VERY strongly suggests Mercy and Martha are one in the same and she would have died sometime after this 1663 birth.

Children by Martha "Mercy"

• Rebecca Apr 1, 1660, Sudbury
• Martha Jan 14, 1662 Marlboro m. Jonathan Coolidge
• Josiah May 3, 1663 Marlboro
• Caleb May 19, 1666 Marlboro

Children by Mary Beers (all born in Marlboro)

• Joseph June 5, 1671 m. Mercy Kerley
• Eleazer Oct. 26, 1672 d. young
• Mary Aug 6, 1674 m. David Stone

Moved to Watertown temporarily after the destruction of Marlboro by the Indians in 1676.

Children by Sarah Prescott

• Jonathan Mar 26, 1679 in Watertown m. Anne Derby
• Sarah Feb 14, 1680/1; d. June 1681 in Watertown
• Phineas Aug 24, 1682 in Marlboro m. Elizabetth Willard
• Burial: Lower Village Cemetery Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 35927713 From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35927713 _______
• RICE, Joseph
• b. MAR 1637/8 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass.
• d. 23 DEC 1711 Stow, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: Rice, Edmund
• Mother: FROST, Thomasine
• Family:
• Marriage: 1669
• Spouse: BEERS, Mary
• b. 10 MAR 1641/2 Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
• d. 13 MAY 1677 Watertown, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: BEERS, Richard
• Mother: FURMAN, Elizabeth
• Children:
  • RICE, Joseph
  • RICE, Eleazer b. 26 OCT 1672 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass. d. ABT 1675 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass.
  • RICE, Mary Aug. 6, 1674; m. David Stone
• Family:
• Marriage: 22 FEB 1676/7
• Spouse:PRESCOTT, Sarah
• Children:
  • RICE, Jonathan
  • RICE, Sarah b. 14 FEB 1680/1 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass. d. JUN 1681 Sudbury, Middlesex, Mass.
  • RICE, Phineas
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_5.htm#281
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Sources

• A genealogical history of the Rice family, by Andrew Henshaw Ward, pp. 5, 8-9

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GEDCOM Note

2 AGE 0 2 AGE 72-73

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35927713/joseph_rice

A son of Edmond & Thomasine (Frost) Rice. He married Sarah Prescott on February 22, 1677 at Dedham, MA.

Siblings: Mary RICE, Thomas RICE, Matthew RICE, Daniel RICE, Edmund RICE, James RICE, Edward RICE, John RICE, Lydia RICE, Benjamin RICE, Samuel RICE, Anna RICE