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     Thankful Walker died on 5-Nov-1701 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She married Ephriam Rice, son of Azariah Rice and Hannah Bartlett.

     Lydia Rice was born on 6-Jun-1695. She married Cyprian Rice, son of Captain Peter Rice and Rebecca How, on 25-Dec-1721 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Lydia Rice died on 10-Jan-1755 at age 59.

     Cyprian Rice was born on 17-Dec-1691. He married Lydia Rice, daughter of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice, on 25-Dec-1721 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

     Ellizabeth Rice married Ephraim How. Ellizabeth Rice was born on 9-Dec-1697 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on 28-Dec-1775 at age 78.

     Ephraim How married Ellizabeth Rice, daughter of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice.

     Simon Rice married Grace Newton. Simon Rice was born on 9-Jan-1699. He died on 31-May-1733 at age 34.

     Grace Newton married Simon Rice, son of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice.

     Zerubabel Rice married Elizabeth Barrett. Zerubabel Rice was born on 1-Jan-1702. He died on 27-Aug-1775 at age 73.

     Elizabeth Barrett married Zerubabel Rice, son of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice.

     Rachel Rice was born on 2-Nov-1703 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. She married Abraham How "Jr.", son of Joseph How and Dorothy Martin, on 20-May-1724 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Rachel Rice died in 1782.

     Abraham How (Jr.) married Mary How. Abraham How (Jr.) was born on 6-Oct-1670 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. He died on 31-Jul-1704 at age 33.

     Deacon Matthias Rice was born on 4-Apr-1706 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Anna Bigelow. Deacon Matthias Rice died on 13-Feb-1764 at age 57.

     Anna Bigelow married Deacon Matthias Rice, son of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice.

     Priscilla Rice was born on 10-Sep-1708. She married Josiah Partridge on 1-May-1742 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Priscilla Rice died on 3-Mar-1792 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 83.

     Josiah Partridge married Priscilla Rice, daughter of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice, on 1-May-1742 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

     Damaris Rice married Jonathan Brigham. Damaris Rice was born on 20-Jul-1711 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

     Jonathan Brigham married Damaris Rice, daughter of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice.

     John Rice was born on 20-Dec-1651 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He named in his grandfather's will in 1672 at Sudbury, Massachusetts. He died on 6-Sep-1719 at age 67.

     Lidia Rice died on 30-Jul-1648. She was born on 30-Jul-1648 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

     Lidia Rice was born on 10-Dec-1649 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on 24-Sep-1723 at age 73.

     Deacon Edmund (2) Rice Deacon Edmund Rice was born on 9 December 1653 at Sudbury, MA.^4,2,5 He was the son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent. Deacon Edmund Rice married Joyce Russell, daughter of William Russell and Martha (?), on 13 October 1680 at Sudbury, MA.^6,2,7 Deacon Edmund Rice died on 25 September 1719 at Sudbury, MA.^8,2,9
Edmund Rice was a member of the church at Sudbury where he was a Deacon. He represented the Town of Sudbury in the Massachusetts General Court (legislative assembly) in 1707 at Boston, MA.¹⁰
On 6 June 1710 John Rice surrendered to his brother Edmund Rice, by deed, all his right to land "by the spring, and on which some part of Deacon Edmund Rice's house then stood"
"... at the request of Mr. John Rice and Deacon Edmund Rice, we have stated a way from John Rice's house by the southerly side of Deacon Edmund's house to THE SPRING, May 10, 1710.
Signed
John BrighamHopestill BrownDavid Haynes
Thomas FrinkJohn Balcom Selectmen.¹⁰ On 14 Nov 1718 Edmund and Joyce Rice convey to their son Jason: "...for love and good will, convey unto our son Jason Rice, all of Sudbury," their homestead, viz: "half the house, half the barn, two-thirds of the meadow land, orchard and pastures."⁸ The inventory of his estate, £451.1.0, was taken by Jonathan Rice, Richard Parks, and Edward Sherman on 19 November 1719. On 24 November 1719, Samuel Abbot and Joyce his wife; Joseph Parmenter and Lydia his wife; and William Rice and Martha his wife "convey all our right to Hon'd father Edmund Rice's estate in Sudbury or elsewhere to our brother, Jason Rice."⁸
[S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 6, 17 - 19.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 6.
[S2365] Sudbury MA, Sudbury, MA, Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 17, 19.
[S2365] Sudbury MA, Sudbury, MA, Vital Records, p. 258. He was born on 9-Dec-1653 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Joyce Russell, daughter of William Russell and Martha (?), on 13-Oct-1680 at Sudbury, Massachusetts. Deacon Edmund (2) Rice died on 25-Sep-1719 at age 65.

     Joyce Russell married Deacon Edmund (2) Rice, son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes (Anna) Bent, on 13-Oct-1680 at Sudbury, Massachusetts.

     Daniel Rice was born on 8-Nov-1655 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He married Bethiah Ward, daughter of William Ward and Elizabeth (?), on 10-Jan-1681 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. Daniel Rice house was one of those fortified against Indian attacks between 1711 and 1713. He died on 14-Jul-1737 at age 81.

     Caleb Rice was born on 8-Feb-1657 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He died on 27-Apr-1658 at age 1.

     Jacob Rice married Mary (?). Jacob Rice was born on 2-Feb-1660. He died on 30-Oct-1746 at age 86.

     Mary (?) married Jacob Rice, son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes (Anna) Bent.

     Anna Rice was born on 19-Nov-1661 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She married Thomas Rice, son of Thomas Rice and Mary King, on 10-Nov-1681. Anna Rice died on 2-May-1731 at Westboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at age 69.

     Thomas Rice was born on 30-Jun-1654. He married Anna Rice, daughter of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes (Anna) Bent, on 10-Nov-1681. Thomas Rice died in 1747.

     Dorcas Rice married Thomas Forbush, son of (?) Forbush. Dorcas Rice was born on 29-Jan-1664 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on 24-Mar-1753 at age 89.

     Thomas Forbush married Dorcas Rice, daughter of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes (Anna) Bent.