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     Lydia Rice was born on 6-Jun-1695. She was the daughter of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice. Lydia Rice 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.

     Lydia Rice married Hugh Drury. Lydia Rice was born on 9-Mar-1627/28 at England. She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost. Lydia Rice died on 5-Apr-1675 at age 47.

     Lydia Rice was born circa 1657. She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Mercy Hurd. Lydia Rice died on 26-May-1718.

     Lydia Rice was born on 24-May-1690. She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund (2) Rice and Joyce Russell.

     Maggie Nora Rice was born on 8-Mar-1876 at DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Asa Samuel Rice and Mary Jane Bradley. Maggie Nora Rice died on 1-Oct-1895 at age 19.
     Her name is "M. A. Rice" and birth date is Feb 2, 1882 per Jim Fatheree's copy of family bible.

     Margaret Rice was the daughter of Edmund Rice and Margaret Smith.

     Margurett M. (Margie) Rice was born on 17-Apr-1916 at Yoakum, DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Claud Charles Rice and Evaline Bennett. Margurett M. (Margie) Rice married George Henry Draper, son of Joseph Thomas Draper and Janie Laurisa Bullard, on 25-Jan-1936 at DeWitt County, Texas.

     Marian Jean Rice is the daughter of Eugene Herman Rice and Deborah Lorette "Dora" Owen.

     Marilyn Joyce Rice was born on 26-Jun-1929 at DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Jesse James Rice and Wilhemena Minnie Schulz. Marilyn Joyce Rice died on 14-Jul-1929.

     Mark Rice was the son of Edmund Rice and Margaret Smith.

     Martha Rice married Elisha Rice, son of Captain Peter Rice and Rebecca How, on 6-Oct-1720.

     Martha Rice married Thomas Cole.

     Martha Ann Rice was born on 8-Nov-1900 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Charles Allison Rice and Sallie Belle Martindale. Martha Ann Rice married William M. Wiley on 20-Mar-1925 at Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. Martha Ann Rice died on 1-Sep-1968 at age 67.

     Martha Elizabeth Rice is the daughter of Walter William Rice and Clara Marie Beckman.

     Mary Rice married Jonathan Walker. Mary Rice was born on 20-Oct-1734 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Azariah Rice and Hannah Bartlett.
     Mary Rice witnessed the will of Azariah Rice on 8-Jul-1772 at Worcester County, Massachusetts; Volume 15, page 293-296
Will: Azariah Rice, July 8, 1772

In the name of God Amen. The eighth day of July, one thousand seven hundred & seventy two: I Azariah Rice of Brookfield in the County of Worcester & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, being in health and of sound disposing mind & memory, thanks be given to God but calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that all men must once die, do make this my last will and testament, that is to say, first of all I give & I recommend my soul into the hand of God who gave it, & my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor hereafter named, not doubting but at the General resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God-And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form.
I?. My will is that all my just debts & funeral charges paid by my Executors out of my estate.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Benj’n. About two acres of half of meadow more or less as the same is in the southerly side (illegible illegible) Pond, bounded all round by (illegible) & said Pond which is his full part with what I have given him heretofore.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son Oliver, one half part of four acres of meadow for quantity & quality, lying near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per Brookfield Book of record. I also give him more, viz. two acres of meadow at Bartlett’s Point (so called) be it more or less, as per record.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Jonas one half part of four acres of meadow near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per record.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Ephraim one half part of my house where I now live with the building thereon both for quantity & quality with all my husbandry tools and living stock of creatures of every kind I shall die seized of as the name is bounded southwesterly part on Jonas Rice & part on Elisha Rice, west on Cyprian Rice and four acres of my own land here after mentioned on a town road. Northerly on a town road. Easterly part on (Ralph’s ?) land & part on south pond southerly, southerly on John Rice his land. Said homelot lyes on both sides a town road & contains in the whole about one hundred acres, more four acres lying on the northerly side a town road, more or less as per record. I also give him ten acres of meadow on Qualange River bound on north on the river, south & east on Josiah Partredge, west on Bartlett’s Point. I give him more viz my part in the Meeting house and all my wearing apparel with all the money which is due or coming to me from my late brother Mattathias Rice deceased his estate with all my money I shall die seized & possessed of. Said bequests are on the conditions following viz. That the said Ephraim improve the half heretofore bequeathed in a good husband-like manner during my life & deliverance yearly the whole produce of the same of every sort affordance to be to my sole use & disposal. And also to provide for my comfortable support in sickness & health during my natural life if I stand in need & at my death to give a decent Christian burial. And also pay out the legacies hereafter mentioned to his two sisters & my granddaughter.
Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter’s Miriam & Mary in equal parts all my household goods of every sort & name, as iron, (illegible) pewter, wood, bed & bedding, linen & woolen of every sort & whatever else of indoor moveable not mentioned by name. And ten shilling money to each of them. And to Mary one milking cow to be paid by my executor at my decease.
Item. I give, bequeath to my granddaughter Zerciah Sanford, one heifer two years old, to be delivered to her by my executor within six months after my decease.
Item. I constitute my son Ephr. Rice, sole executor to this my last will and testament. And I utterly disallow & disannul all & every other former or other wills, legacies and bequests or Executors by me made, willed or bequeathed. Ratifying & conforming this and no other to be my last will & testament.
In witness whereof I have put my hand & seal, the day & year above written.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared said Azariah Rice as his last will & testament in the presence of these subscribers: Wm Ayres, William Ayres Jr, Benjamin Ayers.
Azariah Rice (seal)

Worcester ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, Levi Lincoln, Judge of the Probate of wills, in the County of Worcester, within the State of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, sendeth Greeting.
Know ye, that on the seventh day of September, anno domini 1779. The instrument herewith annexed purporting the last will & testament of Azariah Rice, late of Brookfield in the County aforesaid, deceased, was presented for probate by Ephraim Rice the executor herein named. Then present William Ayres & Benjamin Ayers, two of the witnesses of the hereto described who made oath that they saw the said testator sign seal & heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will & testament & that they with the other subscribing witnesses subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in the said testator’s presence and that he was this to the best of their judgement, of sound & disposing mind:
I do prove, approve & allow of the said instrument as the last will & testament of the before name deceased and do commit that the administration thereof in all matters the same (illegible) & of his estate whereof he died seized & possessed in said County unto Ephraim Rice the before named executor work faithfully to execute the said will, and to administer the estate of the said deceased according thereto, who accepted of his said inst. and he shall render an inventory of said estate into the Probate office according to law, and he shall render an amount upon oath of his proceeding when thereunto lawfully required.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day & year above written. Levil Lincoln, J. prob.
Entered from the original, Josiah Wheeler Regr.

     Mary Rice was born on 6-Aug-1669 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Samuel Rice and Mary Dix. Mary Rice married Benjamin Rice, son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes (Anna) Bent, on 15-Nov-1692 at Marlborough, Massachusetts; are first cousins.
Mary Rice died on 22-Oct-1736 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 67. She was buried at Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
     Mary Rice was also known as Mary Graves; (in error). She was named incorrectly in Ward's the Rice Family. Note that the marriage specified by WARD is apparently in error and that the Rice Genealogical Register line has the correct line. The Sudbury VR lists the marriage of Benjamin Rice and Mary (Chamberlain) Graves on 1 april 1691. This would be the Benjamin Rice born 1640 at Sudbury. The Marlborough VR lists the marriage of Benjamin Rice and Mary Rice on 15 Nov 1692. This would be the Benjamin Rice born 1666 at Marlborough as shown here.

     Mary Rice was born on 23-Aug-1619 at England. She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost. Mary Rice died before 1638.

     Mary Rice was born on 4-Sep-1656. She was the daughter of Thomas Rice and Mary King. Mary Rice married Joseph White in 1678. Mary Rice died on 22-Aug-1733 at age 76.

     Mary Rice married Paul Hazelton. Mary Rice was born on 23-May-1739. She was the daughter of Beriah Rice and Mary Goodenow.

     Mary Rice is the daughter of Ephriam Rice and Hannah Livermore.

     Mary Rice was the daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore.

     Mary Rice was born on 8-Apr-1767 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Benjamin Rice and Susannah Weeks. Mary Rice married Lewis Brigham, son of Asa Brigham and Elizabeth Warren, on 18-Sep-1786. Mary Rice died on 15-Jun-1797 at Marlborough, Massachusetts, at age 30.
     Mary Rice Children of Mary Rice and Lewis Brigham:
Asa Brigham+
Susanna Brigham+
Sally Brigham
Abigail Brigham.

     Mary Rice was the daughter of Edmund Rice and Margaret Smith.

     Mary Adeline "Addie" Rice was born on 28-Mar-1876 at DeWitt County, Texas; Probate Birth record, Book 1, #564 of Sylvester Adelbert Cooper: Mary Adeline Rice born DeWitt County, Texas, age 27 on11/29/1903, signed by Mary A. Cooper in 1943; Probate birth record, Book 12, # 293 of Amy Gertrude Cooper, (11/18/1900) Mary Adeline Rice, born Uvalde County, TX, age 22, signed by Marshall Jerone (his mark) Cooper in 1958; William Earl Cooper-Mary Adeline Rice, 30, born DeWitt County, Texas, signed by Mary Addline Cooper on Feb 20, 1843; Newell & Jewell Cooper (Mar 25, 1910). She was the daughter of Oren Adelbert Rice and Mary Alice Hodges. Mary Adeline "Addie" Rice married Marshall Jerone Cooper, son of Sylvester Cooper and Amy Harriet Marshall, on 7-Feb-1900 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas. Mary Adeline "Addie" Cooper died on 26-Jan-1945 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 68. She was buried at Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas. Her obituary read: "Mrs. Marshall J. Cooper, 68, of 4407 Chapman Street, died in a local hospital at 2:30 a.m. Friday. She was born in Uvalde County and had lived in Houston 16 years. Survivors are her husband, Marshall J. Cooper; three daughters, Mrs. J. S. Elkins and Miss Jewel Cooper of Houston, Mrs. Effie Dodd of Bertram; six sons, Sylvester, Earl, Lee, Newel, Harper and E. J. Cooper, all of Houston; four sisters, Mrs. Emily Parker, Mrs. Ethel Graham of Houston and Mrs. Lillie Parker and Mrs. Nora Williams of Cuero; three brothers, Jim Rice of Houston, Van Rice and Truman Rice of Yoakum. Funeral services at 3:30 Sunday in the Fogle-West Chapel, with Rev. M. A. Treadwell, assisted by Rev. W. E. Jones, officiating. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Pallbearers: Alden Foster, J. E. Hanna, L. A. Larry, Roy Fincher, Tommy Goddard and Dane Mason."
     The 1880 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Oren Adelbert Rice's household; Rice, Oren A., head, w/m/24, farmer, born Texas, father born Ohio, mother born Ireland, Alice, wife, w/f/20, born Texas, father born Alabama, mother born Illinois, Mary A., daughter, w/f/4, born Texas, Nancy E., daughter, w/f/2, born Texas. The 1900 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, w/m/Aug 1872/27/married 1 year, born Texas, father born Mississippi, mother born Mississippi, farmer, rent, farm, Addie, wife, w/f/1876/24/married 1 year, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Harriet, mother, w/f/1835/65/widowed, born Mississippi, father and mother born Mississippi. The 1910 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, m/w/37, married 10 years, born Texas, father and mother born Alabama, farmer, renter, Addie M., wife, f/w/34, 7 children, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Amy G., daughter, f/w/9, born Texas, Effie, f/w/8, born Texas, Sylvester, son, m/w/6, born Texas, Earl W.m/w/4, born Texas, Lee D., son, m/w/2, born Texas, Jewell, daughter, f/w/ 0/12, born Texas, Newell, son, m/w/0/12, born Texas, Amy H, mother, f/w/74, 7 children, 5 alive, born Alabama, father and mother born North Carolina. Mary Adeline "Addie" Cooper and Marshall Jerone Cooper moved to Houston. in 1929. The 1930 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Marshall Jerone Cooper's household; Cooper, Marshall, head, renter, monthly rent 20, married, age at first marriage 28, cannot read and write, night watchman, textile mill, Mary A, wife, f/w/54, age at first marriage 24, can read and write, born Texas, father and mother born Texas, Lee, son, m/w/22, born Texas, insurance agent, Jewel, daughter, f/w/20,born Texas, textile mill filler, Harper, son, m/w/17, born Texas, textile mill napper.

     Mary Alma Rice married (?) McCaslan. Mary Alma Rice was born on 8-Feb-1893. She was the daughter of Oliver James (Ollie) Rice and Lou Mills.

     Mary Elizabeth Rice was born on 17-May-1866 at Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Oliver Hugh Rice and Adeline Prudence Courtney. Mary Elizabeth Rice married James Milton Newman, son of Joseph Austin Newman and Elizabeth Dedrick Baker, on 13-Dec-1881 at DeWitt County, Texas. Mary Elizabeth Newman died on 6-Sep-1897 at age 31. She is believed to be buried at Alexander Cemetery, DeWitt County, Texas.
     The 1870 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Abraham Bowen's household; Bowen, Abraham, head, 20/m/w, stockraiser, personal estate value 1,150, born Texas, married May, 1870, Adeline, 50/f/w, born New York, Orrin Rice, 15/m/w, born Texas, William Rice, 12/m/w, born Texas, Amanda Rice, 9/f/w, born Texas, Mary, 4/f/w, born Texas. The 1880 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Abraham Bowen's household; Bowen, Abraham, head, w/m/30, farmer, born Illinois, father born Texas, mother born Illinois, Adeline P., wife, w/f/40, born New York, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania, Daniel H., son, w/m/10, born Texas, Dora Alice, daughter, w/f/5, born Texas, David, son, w/m/2, born Texas, Rice, Mary E., step-daughter, w/f/14, born Texas, father born Ohio, mother born New York. Mary Elizabeth Newman sold property to Abraham Bowen (signed by J M Newman and Mary Newman - her mark) on 2-Jun-1886 at Caldwell County, Texas. She bought land from Abraham Bowen for $250 on 22-Oct-1896 at DeWitt County, Texas.

     Mary Ellen Rice was born on 26-Nov-1869 at Stratton, DeWitt County, Texas. She was the daughter of Asa Samuel Rice and Mary Jane Bradley. Mary Ellen Rice married William B. Layton, son of Ametus Layton and Matilda (?), on 16-Apr-1900. Mary Ellen Layton died on 3-Dec-1954 at DeWitt County, Texas, at age 85. She was buried at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Yoakum, Texas.
     The 1870 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Asa Samuel Rice's household; head, 24/m/w, farmer, personal estate value 300, born Texas, Mary J., 21/f/w, born Texas, Mary E., 9/12(Oct)/f/w, born Texas. The 1880 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Asa Samuel Rice's household; age 33, wife Meary J, age 31; children Mary E, 10; Ann Elizabeth, 9; Oliver James, 7; Hermana Magdeline, 4; Edward Lee, 2. The 1900 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of William B. Layton's household; Layton, William B., head, w/m/Jan 1861/39, married 0 years, born Texas, father born Missouri, mother born Missouri, Ellen, wife, w/f/Nov 1869/30, born Texas, father born Texas, mother born Texas, Amates, father, w/m/Sept 1821/78, married 45 years, born Missouri, father born Maryland, mother born Maryland, Matilda, mother, w/f/Dec 1823/76, born Missouri, father born Kentucky, mother born Missouri.

     Mary L. Rice was born in 1830 at Ohio. She was the daughter of Thomas McClure Rice and Elizabeth Wilson. Mary L. Rice married Joseph Austin Newman, son of Joseph Newman and Rachel Rabb, on 9-Feb-1848 at Wharton County, Texas. Mary L. Newman died after 14-Sep-1850 in childbirth.
     The 1850 Federal Census enumerated her as a member of Joseph Austin Newman's household; Newman, Joseph A., head, 22/m/farmer, real estate value 600, born Texas; M. L., 20/f, born Ohio; Asa, 4/m, born Texas; L. G., 1/m, born Texas.

     Mary Louise Rice was born on 27-Jun-1935. She was the daughter of Orbria Lawrence Rice and Edna Earl Agnew. Mary Louise Rice died on 17-Nov-2008 at Austin, Texas, at age 73.