Saturday, November 15, 2014

Surname Saturday - RICE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1061 who is Hannah RICE (!658-1747)
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this RICE family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

264.  Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265.  Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)

530.  Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753)
531.  Sarah Clark (1681-1720)

1060.  Jonathan Hubbard, born 03 January 1659 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 17 July 1728 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2120. John Hubbard and 2121. Mary Merriam.  He married 15 March 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1061.  Hannah Rice, born 1658 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 09 April 1747 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Jonathan Hubbard and Hannah Rice are:
*  Mary Hubbard (1682-1769), married 1699 Daniel Davis (1673-1740).
*  Jonathan Hubbard (1683-1761), married 1704 Rebecca Brown (1684-1751).
*  Hannah Hubbard (1685-1725), married 1704 John Temple (1680-1734).
*  Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753), married (1) 1709 Sarah Clark (1681-1720); (2) 1721 Prudence Temple (1692-????).
*  Joseph Hubbard (1689-1768), married 1713 Rebecca Bulkeley (1696-1772).
*  Elizabeth Hubbard (1691-1757), married 1710 Samuel Hayward (1687-1750).
*  John Hubbard (1692-1761), married (1) 1716 Hannah Blood (1700-1727); (2) 1727 Azubah Moore (1704-1795).
*  Daniel Hubbard (1694-1784), married 1717 Dorothy Dakin (1698-1769).
*  Thomas Hubbard (1696-1728), married 1715 Mary Fletcher (1695-1764).
*  Abigail Hubbard (1698-????), married 1722 Samuel Fletcher (1692-????).
*  Ebenezer Hubbard (1700-1755), married 1724 Mary Conant (1703-????).

2122.  Samuel Rice, born before 12 November 1634 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; died 25 February 1685 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 08 November 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2123.  Elizabeth King, born about 1635 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England; died 30 October 1667 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4246. Thomas King and 4247. Anne.

Children of Samuel Rice and Elizabeth King are:
*  Elizabeth Rice (1656-1727), married 1677 Peter Haynes (1654-????).
*  Hannah Rice (1658-1747), married 1681 Jonathan Hubbard (1659-1728)
*  Joshua Rice (1661-1734), married Mary Sawyer (1671-1766).
*  Edmund Rice (1663-1726), married 1692 Ruth Parker.
*  Esther Rice (1665-1738), married 1683 Daniel Hubbard (1661-1744).
*  Samuel King alias Rice (1667-1713), married 1693 Abigail Clapp (1675-1713).

4144.  Edmund Rice, born about 1594 in probably Boemer, Buckinghamshire, England; died 03 May 1663 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8288. Thomas Rice and 8289. unknown.  He married 15 October 1618 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
4145.  Thomasine Frost, born before 11 August 1600 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England; died 13 June 1653 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 8290. Edward Frost and 8291. Thomasine Belgrave.

Children of Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost are:
*  Mary Rice (1619-????).
*  Henry rice (1621-1711), married 1644 Elizabeth Moore (1626-1705).
*  Edward Rice (1622-1712), married 1647 Agnes Bent (1631-1713).
*  Thomas Rice (1626-1681), married 1651 Mary King (1630-1715).
*  Matthew Rice (1629-1717), married 1654 Martha Lamson (1634-1717).
*  Lydia Rice (1629-1675), married 1645 Hugh Drury (1616-1689).
*  Daniel Rice (1632-1632).
*  Samuel Rice (1634-1685), married (1) 1655 Elizabeth King (1635-1667); (2) 1669 Mary Dix (1639-1675); (3) 1676 Sarah White (1643-1711).
*  Joseph rice (1638-1711), married (1) 1658 Mercy King (1638-1669); (2) 1670 Mary Beers (1643-1677); (3) 1678 Sarah Prescott (1637-1727).
*  Benjamin Rice (1640-1713), married (1) 1661 Mary Brown (1643-1691); (2) 1691 Mary Chamberlain (1650-1716).

The English ancestry of Edmund Rice was ably covered:

*  Mary Lovering Holman, "English Notes on Edmund Rice, " The American Genealogist, Volume 10, pg. 133, 1933.

*  Donald Lines Jacobus, "Pre-American Ancestries, IX. Edmund Rice of Sudbury, Mass.," The American Genealogist, Volume 11, page 14, 1934.

Vital record and biographical data was provided by:

*  Andrew Henshaw Ward, A Genealogical History of The Rice Family:  Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice (Boston :  C.B. Richardson, 1858) 

*  Ray Lowther Ellis (editor), A Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants (Rutland, Vt. : Edmund Rice (1638) Descendants, 1970).

The URL for this post is:  http://www.geneamusings.com/2014/11/surname-saturday-rice-england-to.html

Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


2 comments:

Barbara said...

Well Randy--it's finally happened! For the last few years, as I've read your blog, our common New England heritage kept "coming close." (Same town, same cemetery, etc.) I knew it would happen eventually. With this post--we are now officially cousins! Samuel Rice (1634-1685) and Elizabeth King are my 8th great grandparents. By a quick count, looks like they are your 9th, so I think that makes us 9th cousins once removed! Yours is my favorite genealogy blog--and I thought so even before I knew we were related! Thanks for all the enjoyment--you do a fantastic job. Your cousin, Barbara

Midge Frazel said...

As you already know, Edmund Rice's burial location is in present day Wayland. The Edmund Rice Family Association has does considerable research and disproved some earlier work. Email me and I will send you the link. Or leave me a FB message
midge