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Ephraim Rice

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death: October 25, 1732 (67)
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Wayland, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Rice and Mary Rice
Husband of Hannah Rice; Hannah Rice and Mary Rice
Father of Hannah Stevens; Hannah Rice; Ephraim Rice, Jr.; Mary Rice; Josiah Rice and 6 others
Brother of Grace Rice; Thomas Rice; Mary Sawyer; Capt. Peter Rice; Nathaniel Rice and 11 others

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About Ephraim Rice

Ephraim Rice

  • Birth: Apr 15 1665 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  • Parents: Thomas Rice, Mary King
  • Married: Hannah Livermore, Mary Noyes
  • Death: Oct 25 1732 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes

  • when 21, Ephraim inherited land in Sudbury from his father; he also received a grant of land in Worcester for his service in the French and Indian war (but he never lived in Worcester)
  • Military Service: French and Indian War
  • He and his wife are listed on the Edmund Rice monument, as are his parents.

His first wife was Hannah (Livermore) Rice. Daughter of John and Hannah (Grout) Livermore. From this marriage were born 10 children all born in Sudbury:

  1. Hannah, born 5 March 1690 and died July 1704
  2. Ephraim, born 26 September 1693
  3. Mary, born 27 July 1695
  4. Josiah, born 6 September 1696
  5. Grace, born 7 June 1699
  6. Thomas, born 21 March 1702
  7. Gershom, born 17 June 1703
  8. John, born 23 April 1704
  9. Isaac, born June 1710
  10. Hannah, born 31 July 1713

His second wife was Mary (Noyes) Rice, the daughter of Joseph Noyes and Mary (Darvell) Noyes. There were no children from this marriage.

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Ephraim Rice's Timeline

1665
April 15, 1665
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1690
March 5, 1690
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1693
September 26, 1693
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1695
July 27, 1695
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1696
September 6, 1696
Sudbury (Middlesex) MA
1699
July 7, 1699
Sudbury MA
1701
March 21, 1701
Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1703
June 17, 1703
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1704
April 29, 1704
Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America