Deacon Edward Rice

"Deacon" Edward Rice

Deacon Edward Rice was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.

Deacon Edward Rice was christened on 26 October 1622 at Stanstead, England: (20th per Rice Gen'l Register) under the name Ryce.

He married Agnes Bent circa 1647, Deacon Edward Rice died on 15 August 1712 at Marlborough Mass. at the age 93.

He received one lot in the Sudbury two mile grant in 1655. In 1664 at Marlborough, Mass were he was a Deacon of the Church. He declared age 42 in a paper filed in court on 2 Oct 1666 at Middlesex County Court, Cambridge Mass.

Edward Rice moved from Sudbury to Marlborough in 1664.

Source: A genealogical history of the Rice family, by Andrew Henshaw Ward, pp. 5, 6

Source: A genealogical history of the Rice family, by Andrew Henshaw Ward, pp. 5, 9

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From "A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants", compiled by The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc.; privately printed for the Association by Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publishers, 1970, Rutland, VT

Edward Rice, baptized 20 Oct 1622 Stanstead, Suffolk, England; died 15 Aug 1712, Marlborough (MA). Married Agnes Bent about 1647; she was probably born in England in 1631; died 4 Jun 1713, Marlborough (MA). She was the daughter of John Bent and Martha.

Rice children:

John, born 20 Dec 1651, married Tabitha Stone

Lydia, born 30 Jul 1648, died same day

Lydia, born 10 Dec 1649, married John Woods

Edmund, born 9 Dec 1653, married Joyce Russell

Daniel, born 8 Nov 1655, married Bethia Ward

Caleb, born 8 Feb 1657, died 27 Apr 1658

Jacob, born 2 Feb 1660, married Mary Barrett

Anna, born 19 Nov 1661, married Thomas Rice

Dorcas, born 29 Jan 1664, married Thomas Forbush

Benjamin, born 22 Dec 1666, married Mary Rice

Abigail, born 9 May 1671, married Samuel Forbush

May, 1656 Petition to Establish Village of Marlborough

To the Hon. Governor, Dep. Governor, Magistrates and Deputies of the General Court now assembled in Boston.

The Humble Petition of several of the inhabitants of Sudbury, whose names are here underwritten showeth: That whereas your Petitioners have lived divers years in Sudbury, and God hath been pleased to increase our children, which are now divers of them grown to man’s estate: and wee, many of us grown into years, so that wee should be glad to see them settled before the Lord take us away from hence, as also God having given us some considerable quantity of cattle so that wee are so straightened that wee cannot so comfortably subsist as could be desired; and some of us having taken some pains to view the country; wee have found a place which lyeth westward about eight miles from Sudbury, which wee conceive might be comfortable for our subsistence.

“It is therefore the humble request of your Petitioners to this Hon’d Court, that you would be pleased to grant unto us eight miles square for to make a plantation.

“If it shall please this Hon’d Court to grant our Petition, it is further then the request of your Petitioners to this Hon’d Court, that, you will be pleased to appoint Mr. Thomas Banforth, of Liestenul Fisher to lay out the bounds of the Plantation, and we shall satisfy those whom this Hon’d Court shall please to employ in it.

“So apprehending this weighty occasion, we shall no further trouble this Hon’d Court but shall ever pray for your happiness.

Edmund Rice Thomas Goodnow John Bent Sen’r

William Ward John Ruddocke John Maynard

Thomas King Henry Rice Richard Newton

John Woods John Howe Peter Bent

Edward Rice

Their children were:

1- Lydia Rice b: 30 July 1648; d: 30 July 1648

2- Lydia Rice b: 10 December 1649 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 24 September 1723 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

         +John Woods  b: 8 May 1641 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; m: Abt. 1669 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 5 April 1716

3- John Rice b: 20 December 1651 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 28 July 1733 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.

         +Tabitha Stone  b: 29 May 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; m: 27 November 1674 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: Aft. 1719

4- Edmund Rice b: 9 December 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 25 September 1719 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.

         +Joyce Russell  b: 31 March 1660 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; m: 13 October 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA

5- Daniel Rice b: 8 November 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 14 July 1737 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

         +Bertha Ward

6- Caleb Rice b: 8 February 1657 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 27 April 1658 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA

7- Jacob Rice b: 2 February 1660 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 30 October 1746 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

         +Mary Barrett  b: 24 April 1672 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; m: Abt. 1693; d: 6 October 1752 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

8- Anna Rice b: 19 November 1661 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d: 2 May 1731 in Westborough, Middlesex, MA

         +Thomas Rice  b: 30 June 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; m: 10 November 1681 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d: 26 December 1768 in Westborough, Middlesex, MA

9- Dorcas Rice b: 29 January 1664

         +Thomas Forbush

10- Benjamin Rice b: 22 December 1666 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d: 22 February 1748 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

         +Mary Graves  b: 18 January 1669 in Concord, Middlesex, MA; m: 1 April 1691 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA; d: 22 October 1736 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

11- Abigail Rice b: 9 May 1671 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA

         +Samuel Forbush  b: Abt. 1674; m: 8 March 1699; d: Abt. 1766

May, 1656 Petition to Establish Village of Marlborough
To the Hon. Governor, Dep. Governor, Magistrates and Deputies of the General Court now assembled in Boston. The Humble Petition of several of the inhabitants of Sudbury, whose names are here underwritten showeth: That whereas your Petitioners have lived divers years in Sudbury, and God hath been pleased to increase our children, which are now divers of them grown to man’s estate: and wee, many of us grown into years, so that wee should be glad to see them settled before the Lord take us away from hence, as also God having given us some considerable quantity of cattle so that wee are so straightened that wee cannot so comfortably subsist as could be desired; and some of us having taken some pains to view the country; wee have found a place which lyeth westward about eight miles from Sudbury, which wee conceive might be comfortable for our subsistence. “It is therefore the humble request of your Petitioners to this Hon’d Court, that you would be pleased to grant unto us eight miles square for to make a plantation. “If it shall please this Hon’d Court to grant our Petition, it is further then the request of your Petitioners to this Hon’d Court, that, you will be pleased to appoint Mr. Thomas Banforth, of Liestenul Fisher to lay out the bounds of the Plantation, and we shall satisfy those whom this Hon’d Court shall please to employ in it. “So apprehending this weighty occasion, we shall no further trouble this Hon’d Court but shall ever pray for your happiness. Edmund Rice Thomas Goodnow John Bent Sen’r William Ward John Ruddocke John Maynard Thomas King Henry Rice Richard Newton John Woods John Howe Peter Bent Edward Rice https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNXX-B1H

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