I have only planned to preserve in this little book <strong>the</strong> main facts regarding <strong>the</strong> Deacon, his children and grand-children, with <strong>the</strong>ir dates and records. Almost any one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present generation will be able to connect by tracing backwards, for surely any <strong>of</strong> us can tell who were our great-grand parents. There is an immense and ever increasing number <strong>of</strong> german <strong>Rice</strong> families in <strong>the</strong> U. S., and more are on <strong>the</strong> way. I am informed, in a hectic letter from an aspiring german <strong>Rice</strong>, that <strong>the</strong>re is "one entire Township <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rice</strong>s, in Switzerland." May <strong>the</strong> Lord preserve <strong>the</strong>m, in Switzerland. Among <strong>the</strong> descendants <strong>of</strong> Deacon Edmund <strong>Rice</strong> I have found almost every famous New England name. The families <strong>of</strong> many <strong>of</strong> our Methodist and Episcopal Bishops, <strong>of</strong> poets, authors, statesmen, clergymen, inventors, financiers, actors, musicians and politicians are descended from Deacon Edmund or some <strong>of</strong> his family. Directly descended from Deacon Edmund <strong>Rice</strong>, amongst many o<strong>the</strong>rs, are found <strong>the</strong> well known families <strong>of</strong>: Adams, Allen, Abbott, Alvord, Arnold, Alden, Ainsworth, Brigham, Brewer, Ball, Burke, Brintwell, Barber, Bouker, Barton, Baker, Bannister, Belcher, Bigelow, Bachellor, Boyd, Bacon, Bartlett, Bancr<strong>of</strong>t, Brooks, Baxter, Buckminster, Barnum, Briggs, Bowman, Barrows, Bugbee, Butterfield, Bascom, Babcock, Bradford, Bryant, Bagley, Baldwin, Boynton, Barnard, Bullard, Cutler, Carpenter, Coolidge, Curtis, Clifford, Chapin, Clarke, Cotton, Cook, Childs, C<strong>of</strong>fin, Cheney, Chandler, Crawford, Chase, Gushing, Cooper, Crosby, Dudley, Dole, Dwight, Dennison, Dana, DeGraff, Dickerson, Day, Dodge, Denio, Draper, Eames, Eaton, Erskine, Emerson, Edwards, Endicott, Fairbank, Fletcher, Fiske, Fay, Force, Froeman, Foster, Francis, Fuller, Fales, Farnsworth, Farrar, Field, Gary, Goodenow, Goddard, Gates, Goodale, Greenwood, Goldthwaite, Garfield, Gilman, Gray, Gerry, Grosvenor, Gordan, Hubbard, Howard, Holbrook, Haven, Howe, Hamilton, H<strong>of</strong>fman, Hart, Hale, Hoyt, Huntington, Holland, Hosmer, Hall, Hodges, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Kendall, Knight, Knapp, Kellogg, King, Kinsman, Kemp, Kingsbury, Lowell, Leland, Lamb, Livermore, Looker, Laurence, Lu<strong>the</strong>r, Lucas, Longfellow, Lee, LeCaine, Lewis, Morse, Moore, Maynard, Munroe, Miles, May, Manning, Manchester, Mann, Merrick, Marsh, Mead, Morrill, Morton, McClure, Mason, Newton, Newhall, Niles, Oakes, Osgood, Orcutt, Olmstead, Parmenter, Pratt, Parker, Paine,
Peck, Putnam, Pierce, Philipps, Prentice, Perry, 'Proctor, Prince, Peabody, Phelps, Pulsifer, Perkins, Phipps, Potter, Randall, Raymond, Reed, Ranny, Ross, Russell, Stone, Swift, Sp<strong>of</strong>ford, Snow, Sturtevant, Sherman, Symms, Shaw, Simpson, Sprague, Spencer, Stiles, Stillman, Toombs, Taylor, Trowbridge, Train, Tarbell, Tillotson, Trask, Torrey, Upham, Valentine, Welles, Wells, Ward, Wheelock, White, Wheeler, Willard, Whitney, Walker, Wilder, Warren, Whipple, Woolson, Willis, Whitcomb, Warner, Wright, Weed, Webber, Williams, Wadsworth, Washburn, Winchester, Waite, Woodward, Young. All <strong>the</strong>se can be definitely traced and for any one who can produce a grandfa<strong>the</strong>r "<strong>By</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rice</strong>," I will gladly supply <strong>the</strong> data that will complete <strong>the</strong> ascent to <strong>the</strong> Deacon, if he be <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Deacon's blood. CHAS. ELMER RICE. Alliance, Ohio. Nov. 1910.
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for that family, and in the light o
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This Little Chapter telling the sto
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and see the Washington family coach
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The oldest son Charles Hawley, who
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down the street, in his shirt sleev
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uried at the Augusta Friends' Meeti
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CIVIL AND MILITARY RECORD OF A FEW
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Abner Maynard, son of Abigail Rice,
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Nathan Rice, born Aug. 2, 1754, Har
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monly known as "Father of the Schoo
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Miss Barton, now nearing her 90th.
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Lydia Rice. Died Jan. 1793 aged 92.
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ICE FAMILY GRADUATES OF HARVARD AND
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