Mary Rice

Mary King

• Birth: Feb. 12, 1630 Dorchester, England
• Parents: Thomas King (1600 - 1676) Ann (1610 - 1642)
• Spouse: Thomas Rice (1625 - 1681)
• Death: May 22, 1714 Sudbury Middlesex County Massachusetts
• NOTE: She is the Mary Rice who died in Sudbury Mar 22,1714/5. Her will was written in 1710, but it was not proved until May 1715. The stone, erected in the 20th century, is in error.

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Mary King was born in 1630 at Shaston, Dorsetshire, England, daughter of Thomas King and Anne his wife.

She married Thomas Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, in 1651 at Sudbury, Massachusetts (not found in the published records).

She gave birth to 13 children between 1651 and 1679.

From book Edmund Rice and His Family, p. 50:

"Thomas Rice, the son of Edmund, who fled Marlboro at the time of the Indian raid, never returned, but remained apparently in Sudbury for the rest of his life where he bought several small parcels of land from various people. His life was not a long one, for he died in 1681 when he was only about fifty-five years old, leaving Mary with several small children to bring up, the youngest, Elisha, only two years old. He left a will giving to his three older sons land in Marlboro where they were probably living. To the fourth son, Ephraim, he gave land in Sudbury to be his as soon as he became of age. The rest of his property he left to his wife who should divide it later between the younger children. Mary must have been an unusual woman, capable and independent. Unlike most widows, she never married again, but brought up her sons and daughters alone and did a marvelous job at it."

Children

1. Grace, born unknown, died 3 Jan 1653/4
2. Thomas, born 30 June 1654, married Mary; married 2nd Anna Rice
3. Mary, born 4 Sep 1656, married Josiah White
4. Peter, born 24 Oct 1658, married Rebecca How
5. Nathaniel, born 3 Jan 1660, married Sarah Stone
6. Sarah, born 16 Jan 1662, married John Adams
7. Ephraim, born 15 Apr 1665, married Hannah Livermore
8. Gershom, born 9 May 1667, married Elizabeth Balcom
9. James, born 6 Mar 1669, married Sarah Stone
10. Frances, born 3 Feb 1670/1, married Benjamin Allen
11. Jonas, born 6 Mar 1672/3, married Mary Stone
12. Grace, born 16 Jan 1675, married Nathaniel Moore
13. Elisha, born 11 Dec 1679, married Elizabeth Wheeler

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 17 2020, 15:02:38 UTC
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