Deacon Edmund Rice (Immigrant)

• General Notes
  • Ancestor of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.
    
    !HISTORY: Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families1620-1700, Frank R. Holmes, Genealogical Pulishing Co., Baltimore,1964,page cci, RICE, ROISE Another form of Rys, Welsh, to rush, arushing, figuratively, a hero, a brave, impetuous man.
    EDMUND, known as deacon, b. Barkhamstead, county of Herts., Eng., 1594,settled in Sudbury, Mass., 1638, removed Marlboro, Mass., 1660.
    JOHN, resident Boston, Mass., 1669.
    JOHN, b. Eng. 1646, of Welsh descent, came to N. E.1661; married Warwick,R.I., 1674.
    JONATHAN, married Norwich, Conn., 1661.
    MICHAEL, freeman, New London, Conn., 1663.
    NATHANIEL,freeman New London, Conn., 1669.
    NICHOLAS, resident Boston, Mass., 1672.
    PHILIP, tailor, united with church, Boston, Mass., 1640.
    RICHARD, at Cambridge, Mass., 1635, removed Concord, Mass., 1636.
    ROBERT, freeman Boston, Mass., 1634,removed New London, Conn., before1657 from Stratford, Conn.
    SAMUEL, inhabitant New London, Conn., 1669.
    TIMOTHY, freeman Concord, Mass., 1690.
    
    !HISTORY: History of the Town of Marlborough, by Charles Hudson, Boston:Pressof T.R. Marvin & Son, 42 congress Street, 1862, page 431 - THE RICEFAMILY
    As the Riceswere one of the earliest,so they have been one of the mostnumerous families in the town - ranking withthe Howes and Brighams, andlike them sending out emigrants to many other towns. If either of thesefamilies had retained all their descendants within the township, thepopulation would have increased more rapidly than it has, though therehad been no other family inthe place.
    1. EDMUND RICE, b. about 1594, came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire,England, and settled in Sudbury in 1639. He was a prominent man inSudbury; was one oelectmen, or townsmen, as they were frequentlydenominat4ed, and was one of the Deacons of theChurch. He was honoredwith several appointments by the General Court, and wasdenominatedtherein "Goodman Rice." He was appointed to solemnized marriages inMarl., and enjoyed theconfidence of his fellow citizens in both towns. Hewasone of the petitionersfor the grant which was afterwards made the townof Marl., and moved to the place. His wife Tamazine, d. in Sudbury, June13, 1654, andhe m. as a 2d wife, Mercie, wid. of Thomas Brigham, theancestor of the numerous Brighams which afterwards settled at Marl. He m.Mercie, March 1, 1655, and d. at Marl. May 3, 1663, and was buried atSudbury. His wid. m. 1664, William Hunt, of Marl. an earlysettler ofConcord. He do at Marl., 1667, and his wid. d.Dec. 28, 1693. Edmund Ricecame to Marl. soon after the grant of the township,and took uphis abodeonwhat is known as the "great road." on the northerly side of the Pond, notfar from the Williams Tavern. We have no record of the birthof hischildren, and cannot set them down in Chronological order.
    (1-2) HENRY, b. ___; m. Elizabeth Moore, r. at Sud. and Framingham.
    (3) +EDWARD, b. ___; m. Ann ___.
    (4) +THOMAS, b. ____; m. Mary ___.
    (5) LYDIA, bap. 1627; m. Hugh Drury, r. at Sudbury.
    (6) MATTHEW, bap. 1629; m. Martha Lamson, lived in Sudbury.
    (7) +SAMUEL, bap. 1634; m. Nov. 8, 1655, Elizabeth King.
    (8) +JOSEPH, bap. 1637; m. Mercy King.
    (9) EDMUND, b. ____.
    (10) BENJAMIN, b. May 31, 1650; m. Mary Brown, r. at Sudbury.
    (11) RUTH, b. Sept. 29, 1759; m. Samuel Wells.
    (12) ANN, b. Nov. 19,1661; probably m. Nathaniel Gerry, of Roxbury.
    
    !BIRTH: Vital records of Wayland, Middlesex
    
    Emigration: 1638 to Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    
    Edmund Rice arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony about 1638. Our firstrecord of his presence is in Township Book of the Town of Sudbury in theyear 1639. Regrettably, no ship's passenger list has survived and wehaveno record of Edmund Rice and his family before 1639 so we can not becertain when or where he andhis family arrived in the New World.
    Knowing the names of Edmund Rice's children at Sudbury, family historia
    
    Arrived 1638-39.
    
    His grave is marked by a monument designed by a descendant, ArthurWallace Rice of Boston.  It was dedicated by the Rice Association on 29Aug 1914.  A boulder with a bronze tablet was also erected by theAssociation and it marks Edmund's homestead, on the Old Connecticut Pathin Wayland.
    
    Edmund married in st. Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, on 15Oct 1618, Thomasine Frost, daughter of Edward Frost and ThomasineBelgrave.
    
    He married 2nd, Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, 1 Mar 1655.  She was born inEngland about 1618.  D. 22 Dec 1693 Marlborough.
    
    Above info taken from "A Genealogical Register of Edmund RiceDescendants, The Edmund Rice (1638) Associations, Inc.  Ray LowtherEllis, Managing Editor.
    
    Other Rice Information from "By the Name of Rice", Charles Elmer Rice,1911, and "From Whence We Came" (Elden Brigham).  Also, "The History ofthe Brigham Family."
    
    The Deacon lists among his descendants Julia Ward Howe.
    
    History of the Town of Marlborough, Hudson, 1862, p. 431
    
    As the Rices were one of the earliest, so they have been one of the mostnumerous families in the town -- ranking with the Howes and Brighams, andlike them sending out emigrants to many other towns.  If either of thesefamilies had retained all their descendants within the township, thepopulation would have increased more rapidly than it has, though therehad been no other family in the place.
    
    Edmund Rice, b. about 1594, came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire,England, and settled in Sudbury in 1639.  He was a prominent man inSudbury; was one of the selectmen, or townsmen, as they were frequentlydenominated, and was one of the Deacons of the Church.  He was honoredwith several appointments by the General Court, and was denominatedtherein "Goodman Rice."  He was appointed to solemnize marriages inMarl., and enjoyed the confidence of his fellow citizens in both towns.He was one of the petitioners for the grant which was afterwards made thetown of Marl., and moved to the place.  His wife Tamazine, d. in Sudbury,June 13, 1654, and he m. as a 2nd wife, Mercie, wid. of Thomas Brigham,the ancestor of the numerous Brighams which afterwards settled at Marl.He m. Mercie, March 1, 1635, and d. at Marl. May 3, 1663, and was buriedat Sudbury.  His wid. m. 1664, William Hunt, of Marl., an early settlerof Concord.  He d. at Marl., 1667, and his wid. d. Dec. 28, 1693.  EdmundRice came to Marl. soon after the grant of the township, and took up hisabode on what is known as the "great road," on the northerly side of thePond, not far from the Williams Tavern.
    
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    One pedigree chart in SLC lists Edmund's parents as Henry or Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost.  Henry or Thomas's parents as William Rice & Thomasine Myal.  William Rice's parents as Griffith Rice and ______Howard (countess of Bridgewater).  "William RICE -Rhys ap Griffith FITZURYAN/Katherine HOWARD line"