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     Abigail Rice was born on 9 May 1671. She married Samuel Forbush, son of (?) Forbush, on 8 March 1698/99. Abigail Rice died after 1709.

     Samuel Forbush married Abigail Rice, daughter of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent, on 8 March 1698/99.

     Henry Rice Children of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore:
Mary Rice+
Elizabeth Rice+
Hannah Rice+
Jonathan Rice+
Abigail Rice+
Deacon David Rice+
Tasamine Rice+
Rachel Rice+
Lydia Rice+
Mercy Rice+. He was born circa 1617, having called himself 50 years old on January 25, 1667, as appears by a deposition on the files of the court.1,4 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.1 Henry Rice was baptized on 13 February 1620/21 at Stanstead, co Suffolk, England. He married Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John Moore Sr and Bridget (?), on 1 January 1643/44 at Sudbury, MA; (February per Ward). Henry Rice died on 10 February 1710/11 at Framingham, MA. His estate was probated on 28 February 1710/11 at Middlesex County, MA. He swore an oath of fidelity at Sudbury, MA on 9 July 1645. He was designated a Freeman on 10 May 1648 at Massachusetts. He received one lot in the Sudbury Two-Mile Grant in 1655. He was one of the thirteen Sudbury petitioners for the grant of Marlborough in 1656. He received 50 acres in 1659 at Rice's End from his father, where he built a house. He stated in a court action that he was 50 years old on 25 January 1667 at Massachusetts. He was an original member of the church in Framingham in 1701. He left a will on 3 October 1705, inventory was £527. The will mentions sons Jonathan and David; daughters Elizabeth Brewer, Hannah Taylor, Abigail Smith, Tamasin Parmenter, Rachel Drury, Lydia Wheelock, Mercy Allen; and granddaughter Mary Brigham. He was born in 1617 at England. He married Elizabeth Moore, daughter of John Moore and Bridget (?), on 1 February 1643. Henry Rice died on 10 February 1710/11.

     Elizabeth Moore married Henry Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 1 February 1643. Elizabeth Moore died on 3 August 1705.

     Matthew Rice was born in 1629 at England. He married Martha Lamson on 7 July 1654. Matthew Rice died in 1717.

     Martha Lamson married Matthew Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 7 July 1654.

     Samuel Rice. The births of all three children of Samuel and Mary Rice are also entered in the Marlborough vital records under Samuel and his first wife Elizabeth.¹¹ Samuel Rice's second wife is entered in the Marlborough VR as having died 18 June 1678. Therefore, either that death date or this marriage date is undoubtedly wrong. Your authors (Edmund Rice Association) believe the marriage date to be correct. He and Elizabeth King resided circa 1661 at Marlborough, MA.¹³ In testimony of court files at Cambridge, MA on 2 May 1666, Samuel Rice stated that he was 32 years old.⁵ Samuel Rice and Mary Dix retired during the King Phillip's War in 1675 at Concord, MA.¹⁴ Samuel Rice left a will on 10 February 1684 at Marlborough, MA, mentioning wife Sarah; sons Joshua and Edmund; daughters Elizabeth Haynes, Hannah Hubbard, and Esther Hubbard; 'my son Samuel Rice, whom I have given to brother and sister King for their own'; sons Edward and Joseph; and two daughters Mary and Abigail Rice, under 18. Brothers Edward and Joseph Rice were named overseers.⁷ Inventory £349.2.6.⁷ He was baptized on 12 November 1634 at Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire County, England. He married Elizabeth King, daughter of Deacon Thomas King and Anne Collins, on 8 November 1655 at Sudbury, Massachusetts; from ancestry.com: Name: Samuel Rice Gender: Male Spouse: Elizabeth King Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1655 City: Sudbury County: Middlesex Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0599521 item 4. Samuel Rice married Mary Dix, daughter of Edward Dix and Jane Wilkerson, on 1 September 1668 at Sudbury, Massachusetts. Samuel Rice married Sarah White, daughter of John White and Joane West, on 13 December 1676 at Concord, Massachusetts. Samuel Rice died on 25 February 1684 at Marlborough, Massachusetts, at age 49. His estate was probated on 7 April 1685 at Middlesex County, Massachusetts; from ancestry.com:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 Record
about Samuel Rice
Given Name: Samuel
Surname: Rice
Location: Marlborough
Date: 1685
Subject: Will
Number: 18798.

     Elizabeth King married Samuel Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 8 November 1655 at Sudbury, Massachusetts; from ancestry.com: Name: Samuel Rice Gender: Male Spouse: Elizabeth King Marriage Date: 8 Nov 1655 City: Sudbury County: Middlesex Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0599521 item 4.

     Joseph Rice was born on 13 March 1637/38 at England. He married Mercy King on 4 May 1658. Joseph Rice died on 23 December 1711 at age 73.

     Mercy King married Joseph Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 4 May 1658.

     Lydia Rice married Hugh Drury. Lydia Rice was born on 9 March 1627/28 at England. She died on 5 April 1675 at age 47.

     Hugh Drury married Lydia Rice, daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.

     Benjamin Rice was born on 31 May 1640 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Mary Brown, daughter of Deacon William Brown, in 1662. Benjamin Rice died on 19 December 1713 at age 73.

     Mary Brown married Benjamin Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, in 1662. Mary Brown died on 3 January 1691.

     Ruth Rice was born on 29 September 1659 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She married Samuel Wells. Ruth Rice died on 30 March 1742 at age 82.

     Samuel Wells married Ruth Rice, daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Mercy Hurd.

     Ann Rice was born on 19 November 1661. She married Nathaniel Gary (Gerry), son of Nathaniel Gery and Ann Dugglas, on 12 November 1685.

     Nathaniel Gary (Gerry) was born on 4 July 1663. He married Ann Rice on 12 November 1685.

     Nathaniel Gery married Ann Dugglas on 14 October 1658 at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Nathaniel Gery died on 28 January 1678 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, of small pox. He (an unknown value.)

     Ann Dugglas married Nathaniel Gery, son of Arthur Gary, on 14 October 1658 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.

     Agnes S. Hodges married Eugene Davis on 11 March 1875 at Goliad County, Texas.

     Eugene Davis married Agnes S. Hodges on 11 March 1875 at Goliad County, Texas.

     (?) Hicks married Kathy Lynn Newman, daughter of Howard Lee Newman.

      and was buried; [E. J. Freund, undertaker]. William J. Parker was born on 7 November 1849 at North Carolina. He married Mary Clay. William J. Parker died on 10 January 1933 at Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas, at age 83 [died of pneumonia, informant J. ? Parker; death certificate no. 1749] and was buried at Alexander Cemetery.

     Mary Clay was born on 21 November 1852. She married William J. Parker. Mary Parker died on 18 January 1938 at age 85 and was buried at Alexander Cemetery.

     Dicy Parker was born on 19 January 1886. She married D. S. Dubose on 16 August 1905 at DeWitt County, Texas. Dicy Dubose married Aylemer Jennings on 16 October 1919 at Matagorda. Dicy Jennings died on 18 September 1985 at age 99 and was buried at Alexander Cemetery.

     D. S. Dubose married Dicy Parker, daughter of William J. Parker and Mary Clay, on 16 August 1905 at DeWitt County, Texas.

     Aylemer Jennings married Dicy Dubose, daughter of William J. Parker and Mary Clay, on 16 October 1919 at Matagorda.