By the Name of Rice

This Little Chapter telling the story of their descent
from Deacon Edmund Rice is
only meant for the posterity
of Wm. Rice of Va. and Ohio, (1780-1827) for
unto us it was given to inherit from the Puritan Deacon,
through 2 of his English born Sons a double portion of
Rice characteristics and obliquities.
William Rice, born 1697, was the 3d. son of Deacon
Edmund Rice, (born Dec. 6, 1653) and Joyce Russell;
Dea. Edmund was the 2d. son of Deacon Edward Rice,
(born 1619) and his wife Anna; Edward was the 2d.
son of Deacon Edmund, the Pilgrim.
Martha Rice, (born 1693) was the daughter of Isaac
Rice (born May 1, 1668) and Sybil Collins; Isaac Rice
was the son of Matthew Rice, 1629, 5th. child and 4th.
son of Deacon Edmund Rice, the Pilgrim.
11 Now William Rice (1697) and Martha Rice (1693)
being great-grand children of Deacon Edmund and full
second cousins on the Rice side, concluded, very sensibly,
that this degree of consanguinity was not sufficient,
and accordingly they were married at Sudbury,
Mass., Oct. 7, 1719. William was at this time 22
years old and was the youngest member of his father's
family. He had 2 brothers and 2 sisters. The oldest
sister Joyce, married Samuel Abbot and became the
progenitor of the long line of Abbots, who have been
"Makers of History" in the U. S.
Martha (Rice) Rice was born Oct. 17, 1693, and so
was 26 years old plus 10 days, when she was married.
She evened up this discrepancy by departing this life
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