Edmund Rice (1638)
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Edmund Rice was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony
who was born in Suffolk, England, and lived in Stanstead, Suffolk
and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire prior to sailing with his family to America. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
in summer or fall of 1638, presumed to be first residing in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts
. Shortly thereafter he was a founder of Sudbury
in 1638, and later in life, was one of the thirteen petitioners for the founding of Marlborough
in 1656. He was a Deacon
in the Puritan Church
, and served in local politics as a selectman and judge, as well as serving five years as a member of the Great and General Court
, the combined colonial legislature and judicial court of Massachusetts.
in East Anglia
, is deduced from the location of his marriage and site of his earliest children's birth. Many of the church records from 1594 in Suffolk are lost, so any record of his birth or the identity of his parents or any of his ancestors is unknown. Edmund Rice had a presumed brother, Henry, who married Elizabeth Frost (sister of Edmund's wife Thomasine) on 12 November 1605 at St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk
52.111652°N 0.690641°W. Repeated attempts to find record of Edmund Rice's birth or the birth his presumed brother Henry in church or civil records of the Stanstead
, Sudbury
, Haverhill
, and Bury St. Edmunds region of Suffolk
have not been successful.
Considerable information about the early life of Edmund Rice in England can be gleaned from his children's baptismal records and land ownership and other public records in Stanstead, Suffolk
and Berkhamsted, Hertsfordshire
. He moved from Stanstead to Berkhamsted sometime in 1626, based upon the baptismal dates of his children Thomas and Lydia. That same year as a newcomer in town, Rice was named as a joint trustee along with Rev. Thomas Newman of a £50 grant from King Charles I
given on the occasion of his coronation for the benefit of the poor. As a result of a royal inquisition
held on 1 April 1634, funds remaining in the custody of Rice and Newman were to be transferred to the bailiff
and burgesses of Berkhamsted as part of an effort to consolidate several royal charity grants. While living in Berkhamsted, Rice acquired and was taxed on 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) of land in 1627, and on 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) from 1633 to 1637.
There is no surviving record of Edmund Rice's voyage to America with his family, but it is known to have occurred between the 13 March 1638 baptism of his son Joseph in Berkhamsted and the petition to the Great and General Court to found Sudbury, Massachusetts
6 September 1638, showing all the Sudbury founders residing in Watertown
, MA. However, the 6 September 1638 petition to the General Court to found Sudbury does not explicitly mention Rice's name, so there is in actuality poor documentation of Rice's short-term residence in Watertown.
Between 1638 and 1657, Rice resided in Sudbury where he became a leader in the community. He was appointed on 4 September 1639 by the General Court to lay out the roads and lots of Sudbury, and he was granted 4 acres (16,187.4 m²) of land near the original Sudbury meetinghouse 42.373835°N 71.372609°W. He served as a selectman in Sudbury in 1639 and subsequently for several years between 1644 and 1656. He was designated a freeman
on 13 May 1640, and was elected as a deputy (representative) of the Great and General Court in October of 1640. He was later appointed as a Judge of Small Causes by the Massachusetts General Court for the Sudbury district on 2 June 1641. Sumner Chilton Powell
wrote, in his 1964 Pulitzer Prize
winning Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, "Not only did Rice become the largest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts legislature for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes." In 1648, Rice was ordained as a Deacon
in the Puritan Church
at Sudbury. He was reelected as a deputy of the Massachusetts General Court in 1652 through 1654. And by 1659, he had acquired about 600 acres (2.4 km²) of land in southeastern Sudbury (present day Wayland and Cochituate), including lands purchased from the probate
d estate of Henry Dunster
.
Open field
or communal farming was practiced in most of Sudbury, following traditions of the commons and governance
practices brought from central and western England. Rice and twelve other dissenters from Sudbury who were interested in 'closed field' or owner-operator farming petitioned the Great and General Court in 1656 to create the town of Marlborough in which individual ownership of farmland was to be exclusively practiced. Rice was elected a selectman at Marlborough in 1657 as the town was being established. The town was formally chartered on 12 June 1660 by the General Court. With his maximum allotment of 50 acres (202,343 m²) of land in Marlborough, Rice was one of the largest initial landholders of the new town.
Edmund Rice died on 3 May 1663 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
, and is presumed to be buried at the Old North Cemetery (site of the first Sudbury Meeting House) in what is now Wayland, Massachusetts
42.370877°N 71.369052°W. Probate records show that his wife, Mercy, was executrix and that his estate was valued at £743, 8s, & 4p., which was a considerable sum for the time.
, Bury St. Edmunds
, Suffolk
, England52.242431°N 0.717315°W and they had 10 children including:
After the death of Thomasine Frost Rice on June 13, 1654 in Sudbury, MA, Edmund Rice married Mercy Brigham (ca1618-1693) on March 1, 1655 in Sudbury, MA. Mercy Brigham was the widow of Thomas Brigham (1603–1653). This marriage began the long association between the Rice and Brigham families. The maiden name of Mercy Brigham, often cited as Hurd, is uncertain due to lack of any primary documentation. Two daughters were born to Edmund and Mercy Rice as follows:
DNA
testing on males known to or believed to have descended from seven sons of Edmund Rice. Table 1 shows the reconstructed haplotype of Edmund Rice showing 75 Y-STR
markers.
Notes: 1) See List of Y-STR markers for explanation of the markers.
Data show that Y-chromosome markers (Y-STR
) from known descendants of Edmund are consistent with Haplogroup I1
(DYS455 = 8; YCA-IIa,b = 19, 21) with likely Norse
/Scandinavian
(DYS511 = 10; DYS462 = 13) or lesser likely Anglo-Saxon
deep ancestry origin. Thus Edmund's reconstructed haplotype lacks specific characteristics of Haplogroup R1b
consistent with Celtic Welsh
, Briton
, or Irish
ancestry predominantly found in other Rice family lines (See: Y-DNA haplogroups by ethnic groups
). Additionally, the Haplogroup I1 result for Edmund Rice is consistent with his presumed origins in East Anglia
, because this haplogroup is very frequently found among residents in that region of England and there is historic and archaeological evidence of Scandinavian colonization of the region.
The testing also revealed direct male descendants with the surname King as a name change had occurred with Samuel Rice 1667-1713, (aka Lt. Samuel Rice King). Likewise some descendants with Edmund Rice genetic markers have the surname Royce due to name changes, e.g. Alpheus Rice 1787-1871 (aka Capt. Alpheus Royce). The testing further revealed genetic markers of Edmund Rice among members of the Mohawk nation
with the surname of Rice; with the tested individuals most probably having descended from Silas Rice
, one of four Rice boys who were captured during Queen Anne's War
by Mohawks on 8 August 1704 at Marlborough (later Westborough
), Massachusetts, carried off and raised in Kahnawake, Canada.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
who was born in Suffolk, England, and lived in Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about from the of Glemsford, from Hadleigh, and from...
and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire prior to sailing with his family to America. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...
in summer or fall of 1638, presumed to be first residing in the town of Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
. Shortly thereafter he was a founder of Sudbury
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, population 17,659. The town was incorporated in 1639, with the original boundaries including what is now Wayland. Wayland split from Sudbury in 1780. When first incorporated, it included and parts of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow...
in 1638, and later in life, was one of the thirteen petitioners for the founding of Marlborough
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,499 at the 2010 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the...
in 1656. He was a Deacon
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
in the Puritan Church
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
, and served in local politics as a selectman and judge, as well as serving five years as a member of the Great and General Court
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the Colonial Era, when this body also sat in judgment of judicial appeals cases...
, the combined colonial legislature and judicial court of Massachusetts.
Biography
Edmund Rice's estimated birth date of 1594 is derived from a 3 April 1656 court deposition in Massachusetts in which he stated that he was 62 years of age. His presumed birthplace, somewhere in SuffolkSuffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, is deduced from the location of his marriage and site of his earliest children's birth. Many of the church records from 1594 in Suffolk are lost, so any record of his birth or the identity of his parents or any of his ancestors is unknown. Edmund Rice had a presumed brother, Henry, who married Elizabeth Frost (sister of Edmund's wife Thomasine) on 12 November 1605 at St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about from the of Glemsford, from Hadleigh, and from...
52.111652°N 0.690641°W. Repeated attempts to find record of Edmund Rice's birth or the birth his presumed brother Henry in church or civil records of the Stanstead
Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about from the of Glemsford, from Hadleigh, and from...
, Sudbury
Sudbury, Suffolk
Sudbury is a small, ancient market town in the county of Suffolk, England, on the River Stour, from Colchester and from London.-Early history:...
, Haverhill
Haverhill, Suffolk
Haverhill is an industrial market town and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies southeast of Cambridge and north of central London...
, and Bury St. Edmunds region of Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
have not been successful.
Considerable information about the early life of Edmund Rice in England can be gleaned from his children's baptismal records and land ownership and other public records in Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead, Suffolk
Stanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about from the of Glemsford, from Hadleigh, and from...
and Berkhamsted, Hertsfordshire
Berkhamsted
-Climate:Berkhamsted experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Castle:...
. He moved from Stanstead to Berkhamsted sometime in 1626, based upon the baptismal dates of his children Thomas and Lydia. That same year as a newcomer in town, Rice was named as a joint trustee along with Rev. Thomas Newman of a £50 grant from King Charles I
Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
given on the occasion of his coronation for the benefit of the poor. As a result of a royal inquisition
Inquisitorial system
An inquisitorial system is a legal system where the court or a part of the court is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, as opposed to an adversarial system where the role of the court is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecution and the defense...
held on 1 April 1634, funds remaining in the custody of Rice and Newman were to be transferred to the bailiff
Bailiff
A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
and burgesses of Berkhamsted as part of an effort to consolidate several royal charity grants. While living in Berkhamsted, Rice acquired and was taxed on 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) of land in 1627, and on 15 acres (60,702.9 m²) from 1633 to 1637.
There is no surviving record of Edmund Rice's voyage to America with his family, but it is known to have occurred between the 13 March 1638 baptism of his son Joseph in Berkhamsted and the petition to the Great and General Court to found Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Sudbury is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, population 17,659. The town was incorporated in 1639, with the original boundaries including what is now Wayland. Wayland split from Sudbury in 1780. When first incorporated, it included and parts of Framingham, Marlborough, Stow...
6 September 1638, showing all the Sudbury founders residing in Watertown
Watertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
, MA. However, the 6 September 1638 petition to the General Court to found Sudbury does not explicitly mention Rice's name, so there is in actuality poor documentation of Rice's short-term residence in Watertown.
Between 1638 and 1657, Rice resided in Sudbury where he became a leader in the community. He was appointed on 4 September 1639 by the General Court to lay out the roads and lots of Sudbury, and he was granted 4 acres (16,187.4 m²) of land near the original Sudbury meetinghouse 42.373835°N 71.372609°W. He served as a selectman in Sudbury in 1639 and subsequently for several years between 1644 and 1656. He was designated a freeman
Freeman (Colonial)
Freeman is a term which originated in 12th century Europe and is common as an English or American Colonial expression in Puritan times. In the Bay Colony, a man had to be a member of the Church to be a freeman. In Colonial Plymouth, a man did not need to be a member of the Church, but he had to be...
on 13 May 1640, and was elected as a deputy (representative) of the Great and General Court in October of 1640. He was later appointed as a Judge of Small Causes by the Massachusetts General Court for the Sudbury district on 2 June 1641. Sumner Chilton Powell
Sumner Chilton Powell
Sumner Chilton Powell was a historian and teacher of history at the Choate School. He was a 1946 graduate of Amherst College and received a doctorate in History from from Harvard University in 1956. His book Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town received the Pulitzer Prize for...
wrote, in his 1964 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
winning Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, "Not only did Rice become the largest individual landholder in Sudbury, but he represented his new town in the Massachusetts legislature for five years and devoted at least eleven of his last fifteen years to serving as selectman and judge of small causes." In 1648, Rice was ordained as a Deacon
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
in the Puritan Church
Puritan
The Puritans were a significant grouping of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries. Puritanism in this sense was founded by some Marian exiles from the clergy shortly after the accession of Elizabeth I of England in 1558, as an activist movement within the Church of England...
at Sudbury. He was reelected as a deputy of the Massachusetts General Court in 1652 through 1654. And by 1659, he had acquired about 600 acres (2.4 km²) of land in southeastern Sudbury (present day Wayland and Cochituate), including lands purchased from the probate
Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person by resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person's property under the valid will. A probate court decides the validity of a testator's will...
d estate of Henry Dunster
Henry Dunster
Henry Dunster was an Anglo-American Puritan clergyman and the first president of Harvard College...
.
Open field
Open field system
The open field system was the prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe from the Middle Ages to as recently as the 20th century in some places, particularly Russia and Iran. Under this system, each manor or village had several very large fields, farmed in strips by individual families...
or communal farming was practiced in most of Sudbury, following traditions of the commons and governance
Governance
Governance is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists of either a separate process or part of management or leadership processes...
practices brought from central and western England. Rice and twelve other dissenters from Sudbury who were interested in 'closed field' or owner-operator farming petitioned the Great and General Court in 1656 to create the town of Marlborough in which individual ownership of farmland was to be exclusively practiced. Rice was elected a selectman at Marlborough in 1657 as the town was being established. The town was formally chartered on 12 June 1660 by the General Court. With his maximum allotment of 50 acres (202,343 m²) of land in Marlborough, Rice was one of the largest initial landholders of the new town.
Edmund Rice died on 3 May 1663 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,499 at the 2010 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the late 20th century after the construction of the...
, and is presumed to be buried at the Old North Cemetery (site of the first Sudbury Meeting House) in what is now Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,994 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.-History:...
42.370877°N 71.369052°W. Probate records show that his wife, Mercy, was executrix and that his estate was valued at £743, 8s, & 4p., which was a considerable sum for the time.
Family data
Edmund Rice was married to Thomasine Frost (1600–1654) on October 15, 1618 in St. Mary's ChurchSt. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds
St Mary's Church is the civic church of Bury St Edmunds and claims to be the third largest parish church in England. It was part of the abbey complex and originally was one of three large churches in the town .-History:The present church is the second building to stand on the site, the first being...
, Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St. Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds is a market town in the county of Suffolk, England, and formerly the county town of West Suffolk. It is the main town in the borough of St Edmundsbury and known for the ruined abbey near the town centre...
, Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, England52.242431°N 0.717315°W and they had 10 children including:
- Mary Rice, baptized August 23, 1619 at St. James Church Stanstead, SuffolkStanstead, SuffolkStanstead is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. The name Stanstead comes from the Old English for "Stony place". Located off the B1066, it is around from Sudbury, and is part of Babergh district. It is about from the of Glemsford, from Hadleigh, and from...
, England (possibly =Mary Axtell, married John Maynard 16 June 1646 after death of first husband Thomas Axtell that year at Sudbury, MA). - Henry Rice, baptized February 13, 1620 at St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, died February 10, 1711 at FraminghamFramingham, MassachusettsFramingham is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 68,318 as of the United States 2010 Census. -History:...
, married Elizabeth Moore February 1, 1642 - Edward Rice, baptized October 20, 1622 at St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, died August 15, 1712 at Marlborough, MA, married Agnes Bent in 1646
- Thomas Rice, baptized January 26, 1626 at St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, died November 16, 1681 at Sudbury, MA, married Mary King 1652
- Lydia Rice, baptized March 9, 1627 at St. Peter's ChurchChurch of St Peter, Great BerkhamstedThe Parish Church of St Peter, Great Berkhamsted is a Church of England, Grade II* listed church in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, in the United Kingdom...
, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, died April 5, 1675, at BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, MA, married Hugh Drury 1645. - Matthew Rice, baptized February 28, 1628 at St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, died 1717 at Sudbury, MA, married Martha Lamson November 2, 1654.
- Daniel Rice, baptized November 1, 1632 at St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, died November 10, 1632 at Berkhamsted.
- Samuel Rice, baptized November 12, 1634 at St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, died February 25, 1684 at Marlborough, MA, married (1) Elizabeth King November 8, 1655, (2) Mary Dix September 1668, and (3) Sarah White December 13, 1676
- Joseph Rice, baptized March 13, 1638, at St. Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, died December 23, 1711 at StowStow, MassachusettsStow is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 6,590 at the 2010 census.- History :Stow was first settled c. 1660 by Matthew Boon and John Kettell...
, MA, married (1) Mercy King May 4, 1658, (2) Mary Beers in 1670, and (3) Sarah Prescott on February 22, 1678. - Benjamin Rice, born May 31, 1640 at Sudbury, MA, died December 19, 1713 at Sudbury, MA, married (1) Mary Browne on June 2, 1661, and (2) Mary Chamberlain in April 1, 1691
After the death of Thomasine Frost Rice on June 13, 1654 in Sudbury, MA, Edmund Rice married Mercy Brigham (ca1618-1693) on March 1, 1655 in Sudbury, MA. Mercy Brigham was the widow of Thomas Brigham (1603–1653). This marriage began the long association between the Rice and Brigham families. The maiden name of Mercy Brigham, often cited as Hurd, is uncertain due to lack of any primary documentation. Two daughters were born to Edmund and Mercy Rice as follows:
- Lydia Rice, born circa 1657 at Sudbury, MA, died May 26, 1718, married James Hawkins circa 1678
- Ruth Rice, born September 29, 1659 at Marlborough, MA, died March 30, 1742 at Glastonbury, ConnecticutGlastonbury, ConnecticutGlastonbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1693. The population was 31,876 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles southeast of Hartford. The town...
, married Capt. Samuel Welles, son of Thomas WellesThomas WellesThomas Welles is the only man in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary. In 1639, he was elected as the first treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and from 1640–1649 served as the colony's secretary...
on 20 June 1683
Genetic research
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association has conducted extensive haplotypeHaplotype
A haplotype in genetics is a combination of alleles at adjacent locations on the chromosome that are transmitted together...
DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
testing on males known to or believed to have descended from seven sons of Edmund Rice. Table 1 shows the reconstructed haplotype of Edmund Rice showing 75 Y-STR
Y-STR
A Y-STR is a short tandem repeat on the Y-chromosome. Y-STRs are often used in forensics, paternity, and genealogical DNA testing.-Nomenclature:Y-STRs are assigned names by the HUGO gene nomenclature committee....
markers.
| Y-STR Y-STR A Y-STR is a short tandem repeat on the Y-chromosome. Y-STRs are often used in forensics, paternity, and genealogical DNA testing.-Nomenclature:Y-STRs are assigned names by the HUGO gene nomenclature committee.... | Allele Allele An allele is one of two or more forms of a gene or a genetic locus . "Allel" is an abbreviation of allelomorph. Sometimes, different alleles can result in different observable phenotypic traits, such as different pigmentation... | Y-STR | Allele | Y-STR | Allele | Y-STR | Allele | Y-STR | Allele |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYS19 | 14 | DYS381i | 12 | DYS382ii | 28 | DYS385a | 14 | DYS385b | 14 |
| DYS388 | 14 | DYS390 | 23 | DYS391 | 10 | DYS392 | 11 | DYS393 | 13 |
| DYS395a | 15 | DYS395b | 15 | DYS406s1 | 9 | DYS413a | 25 | DYS413b | 25 |
| DYS425 | 12 | DYS426 | 11 | DYS436 | 12 | DYS437 | 16 | DYS438 | 10 |
| DYS439 | 11 | DYS441 | 16 | DYS442 | 12 | DYS444 | 13 | DYS445 | 11 |
| DYS446 | 13 | DYS447 | 23 | DYS448 | 18 | DYS449 | 28 | DYS450 | 8 |
| DYS454 | 11 | DYS455 | 8 | DYS456 | 14 | DYS458 | 15 | DYS459a | 8 |
| DYS459b | 9 | DYS460 | 10 | DYS461 | 12 | DYS462 | 13 | DYS463 | 21 |
| DYS464a | 12 | DYS464b | 14 | DYS464c | 15 | DYS464d | 16 | DYS472 | 8 |
| DYS481 | 25 | DYS487 | 12 | DYS490 | 12 | DYS492 | 12 | DYS511 | 10 |
| DYS520 | 20 | DYS531 | 11 | DYS534 | 15 | DYS537 | 11 | DYS557 | 15 |
| DYS565 | 11 | DYS568 | 11 | DYS570 | 20 | DYS572 | 11 | DYS576 | 17 |
| DYS578 | 8 | DYS590 | 8 | DYS594 | 10 | DYS607 | 14 | DYS617 | 13 |
| DYS635 | 23 | DYS640 | 11 | DYS641 | 10 | CDYa | 38 | CDYb | 39 |
| Y-GATA-A10 | 15 | Y-GATA-H4 | 11 | Y-GGAAT-1B07 | 11 | YCA-IIa | 19 | YCA-IIb | 21 |
Data show that Y-chromosome markers (Y-STR
Y-STR
A Y-STR is a short tandem repeat on the Y-chromosome. Y-STRs are often used in forensics, paternity, and genealogical DNA testing.-Nomenclature:Y-STRs are assigned names by the HUGO gene nomenclature committee....
) from known descendants of Edmund are consistent with Haplogroup I1
Haplogroup I1 (Y-DNA)
In human genetics, Haplogroup I1 is a Y chromosome haplogroup occurring at greatest frequency in Scandinavia, associated with the mutations identified as M253, M307, P30, and P40. These are known as single nucleotide polymorphisms . It is a subclade of Haplogroup I. Before a reclassification in...
(DYS455 = 8; YCA-IIa,b = 19, 21) with likely Norse
Norsemen
Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who spoke what is now called the Old Norse language belonging to the North Germanic branch of Indo-European languages, especially Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Swedish and Danish in their earlier forms.The meaning of Norseman was "people...
/Scandinavian
Scandinavian Peninsula
The Scandinavian Peninsula is a peninsula in Northern Europe, which today covers Norway, Sweden, and most of northern Finland. Prior to the 17th and 18th centuries, large parts of the southern peninsula—including the core region of Scania from which the peninsula takes its name—were part of...
(DYS511 = 10; DYS462 = 13) or lesser likely Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
deep ancestry origin. Thus Edmund's reconstructed haplotype lacks specific characteristics of Haplogroup R1b
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA)
The point of origin of R1b is thought to lie in Eurasia, most likely in Western Asia. T. Karafet et al. estimated the age of R1, the parent of R1b, as 18,500 years before present....
consistent with Celtic Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
, Briton
Britons (historical)
The Britons were the Celtic people culturally dominating Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages. They spoke the Insular Celtic language known as British or Brythonic...
, or Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
ancestry predominantly found in other Rice family lines (See: Y-DNA haplogroups by ethnic groups
Y-DNA haplogroups by ethnic groups
Listed here are notable ethnic groups by Y-DNA haplogroups based on relevant studies. The data is presented in two columns for each haplogroup with the first being the sample size and the second the percentage in the haplogroup designated by the column header...
). Additionally, the Haplogroup I1 result for Edmund Rice is consistent with his presumed origins in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
, because this haplogroup is very frequently found among residents in that region of England and there is historic and archaeological evidence of Scandinavian colonization of the region.
The testing also revealed direct male descendants with the surname King as a name change had occurred with Samuel Rice 1667-1713, (aka Lt. Samuel Rice King). Likewise some descendants with Edmund Rice genetic markers have the surname Royce due to name changes, e.g. Alpheus Rice 1787-1871 (aka Capt. Alpheus Royce). The testing further revealed genetic markers of Edmund Rice among members of the Mohawk nation
Mohawk nation
Mohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint...
with the surname of Rice; with the tested individuals most probably having descended from Silas Rice
Kahnawake surnames
The Mohawk Nation reserve of Kahnawake, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada, includes residents with surnames of Mohawk, French, Scots and English ancestry, reflecting the adoption of European children into the community, as well as intermarriage with local colonial settlers over the life of the early...
, one of four Rice boys who were captured during Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War , as the North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession was known in the British colonies, was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought between France and England, later Great Britain, in North America for control of the continent. The War of the...
by Mohawks on 8 August 1704 at Marlborough (later Westborough
Westborough, Massachusetts
Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,272 at the 2010 census. The town is governed under the New England open town meeting system, headed by a five member elected Board of Selectmen whose duties include licensing, appointing various...
), Massachusetts, carried off and raised in Kahnawake, Canada.
Edmund's descendants
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association estimates that after 13 or 14 generations, descendants of Edmund Rice may be in the many hundreds of thousands to millions. Edmund has several notable known descendants including:- Charles BentCharles BentCharles Bent was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September 1846....
(1799–1847), first American governor of New Mexico TerritoryNew Mexico Territorythumb|right|240px|Proposed boundaries for State of New Mexico, 1850The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of... - George BentGeorge BentGeorge Bent was the mixed-race son of the fur trader William Bent, the founder of the trading post named Bent's Fort; and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne. Born near present-day La Junta, Colorado, Bent served as a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and a Cheyenne warrior...
(1843–1918), son of William BentWilliam BentWilliam Wells Bent was a frontier trapper, trader, and rancher in the American West who mediated among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the Santa Fe Trail. In the early 1830s Bent built an...
and Owl WomanOwl WomanOwl Woman , was a Cheyenne princess. She married an Anglo American trader named William Bent, with whom she had four children. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her role in managing relations between Native American tribes and the Anglo American men...
; translator key in preservation of Cheyenne history and culture - Silas Bent (1744–1818), participant in the Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea PartyThe Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...
and lieutenant colonel in the RevolutionAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the... - Silas Bent, Jr.Silas Bent (judge)Silas Bent was a judge on the bench of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1817 to 1821. His son Charles was a fur trader and appointed as the first territorial governor of New Mexico...
(1768–1827), Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. - Silas Bent, IIISilas Bent (naval officer)Silas Bent III was a naval officer in the U.S. Navy prior to the American Civil War. Silas Bent sailed both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and was recognized by the Navy for his contributions to oceanography which were published by the Navy...
(1820–1887), United States naval officer and oceanographer. - Silas Bent, IVSilas BentSilas Bent IV , son of Silas Bent III and Ann Elizabeth Bent was an American was a journalist, author, and lecturer. He began newspaper work in 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky, on the Louisville Herald. After three years he moved to St. Louis and joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as...
(1882–1945), American journalist and author - William BentWilliam BentWilliam Wells Bent was a frontier trapper, trader, and rancher in the American West who mediated among the Cheyenne Nation, other Native American tribes and the expanding United States. With his brothers, Bent established a trade business along the Santa Fe Trail. In the early 1830s Bent built an...
(1809–1869), American frontiersman and founder of Bent's Old FortBent's Old Fort National Historic SiteBent's Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, USA. William and Charles Bent, along with Ceran St. Vrain, built the fort to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers for buffalo robes...
on the Santa Fe TrailSanta Fe TrailThe Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North America that connected Missouri with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Pioneered in 1822 by William Becknell, it served as a vital commercial and military highway until the introduction of the railroad to Santa Fe in 1880... - Asa BrighamAsa BrighamAsa Brigham was a Texas politician and businessman and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence , declaring independence from Mexico. He served as Texas Treasurer and mayor of Austin.- Biography :...
(1788–1844), signer of Texas Declaration of IndependenceTexas Declaration of IndependenceThe Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after errors were noted in the...
, Texas treasurer, Austin mayor - Carl Campbell BrighamCarl BrighamCarl Campbell Brigham was a professor of psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and pioneer in the field of psychometrics. His early writings influenced the eugenics movement and anti-immigration legislation in the United States, but he later disowned these views...
(1890–1943), controversial pioneer of psychometricsPsychometricsPsychometrics is the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of psychological measurement, which includes the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, personality traits, and educational measurement...
also known for creating the Scholastic Aptitude TestSATThe SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still... - Peter Bent BrighamPeter Bent BrighamPeter Bent Brigham was a self-made American millionaire businessman, restaurateur, real estate trader, and director of the Fitchburg Railroad...
(1807–1877), Boston businessman and philanthropist providing endowment for Brigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's HospitalBrigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds... - Robert Breck Brigham (1826–1900), Boston businessman and philanthropist; nephew of Peter Bent BrighamPeter Bent BrighamPeter Bent Brigham was a self-made American millionaire businessman, restaurateur, real estate trader, and director of the Fitchburg Railroad...
- Edgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...
(1875–1950), author and creator of the TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
character - George Rice CarpenterGeorge Rice CarpenterGeorge Rice Carpenter was a noted educator, scholar and author. He was a descendant of the Rehoboth Carpenter Family and Edmund Rice of Massachusetts.- Early life and education :...
(1863–1909), educator and literary scholar - Calvin CoolidgeCalvin CoolidgeJohn Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...
(1872–1933), thirtieth President of the United States - Charles Austin CoolidgeCharles A. Coolidge (general)Charles Austin Coolidge, Jr. was a United States Army soldier who served in the American Civil War, the American West, Spanish-American War, and in Asia before retiring in 1903 as a brigadier general....
(1844–1926), brigadier general - John CoolidgeJohn CoolidgeJohn Coolidge was an executive with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, the founder of the Plymouth Cheese Corporation and the first son of President Calvin Coolidge and Grace Anna Goodhue.-Biography:...
(1906–2000), businessman & philanthropist from Plymouth Notch, Vermont and son of President Coolidge - Allen Stuart Drury (1918–1998), journalist, and winner of the 1960 Pulitzer Price for FictionPulitzer Prize for FictionThe Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded for distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life. It originated as the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, which was awarded between 1918 and 1947.-1910s:...
for his novel Advise and ConsentAdvise and ConsentAdvise and Consent is a 1959 political novel by Allen Drury that explores the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell who is a former member of the Communist Party... - Alexander Greer Drury (1844–1929), physician, medical educator and medical historian
- Asa DruryAsa DruryAsa Drury was an American Baptist minister and educator primarily teaching at Granville Literary and Theological Institution in Granville, Ohio and the Western Baptist Theological Institute in Covington, Kentucky, and establishing the public schools in Covington...
(1801–1870), educator and Baptist minister best known as an antebellum abolitionistAbolitionismAbolitionism is a movement to end slavery.In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. At the behest of Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first... - Alexander Rice EstyAlexander Rice EstyAlexander Rice Esty was an American architect who is largely known today for designing many Gothic Revival churches in New England, however his work also encompassed university buildings, municipal and Federal buildings, office buildings, and private residences across the Northeastern United...
(1826–1881), 19th century New England architect - William Welles HollisterWilliam Welles HollisterWilliam Welles Hollister was a Californian rancher and entrepreneur.-Ancestors and early life :William Welles Hollister, was born on Jan...
(1818–1886) was a California rancher and entrepreneur, namesake of Hollister, CaliforniaHollister, CaliforniaHollister is a city in and the county seat of San Benito County, California, United States. The population was 34,928 at the 2010 census. Hollister is primarily an agricultural town.-History:... - Elias HoweElias HoweElias Howe, Jr. was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer.-Early life & family:Howe was born on July 9, 1819 to Dr. Elias Howe, Sr. and Polly Howe in Spencer, Massachusetts. Howe spent his childhood and early adult years in Massachusetts where he apprenticed in a textile factory in...
(1819–1867), inventor of the first practical sewing machine - Gilman Bigelow HoweGilman Bigelow HoweGilman Bigelow Howe was an American government official in the employ of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Commerce, known for his genealogical work on the families of New England and his 1922 presidency of the National Genealogical Society.-Biography:Gilman Bigelow...
(1850–1933), genealogist and president of the National Genealogical SocietyNational Genealogical SocietyThe National Genealogical Society is a genealogical interest group founded in 1903 in Washington, D.C.. Its headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia.... - Levi HubbardLevi HubbardLevi Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts to Jonas Hubbard and Mary Hubbard, he attended the common schools...
(1762–1836), Massachusetts state legislator, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (Maine District) - Charles Phillip IngallsCharles IngallsCharles Phillip Ingalls was the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie series of books...
(1836–1902), American pioneer whose life was depicted in the Little HouseLittle House on the PrairieLittle House is a series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder that was published originally between 1932 and 1943, with four additional books published posthumously, in 1962, 1971, 1974 and 2006.-History:...
books - James Harvey Irvine (1867–1947), prominent landowner in Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
; Irvine Ranch - Charles Reuben Keyes (1871–1951), educator, archaeologist and German scholar
- Margaret Naumann KeyesMargaret KeyesMargaret Naumann Keyes, was born 4 March 1918 to an academic family prominent in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. She was a professor of Home Economics at the University of Iowa and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of heritage conservation....
(1918 - ), educator and heritage conservation scholar - David Sjodahl KingDavid S. KingDavid Sjodahl King was a representative from Utah. He was a member of the Democratic Party.- Early life and education :...
(1917–2009), U.S. Congressman from Utah, ambassador - William Henry KingWilliam H. KingWilliam Henry King was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Salt Lake City, Utah. A Democrat, he represented Utah in the United States Senate from 1917 until 1941.-Life:...
(1863–1949), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Utah - Rose Wilder LaneRose Wilder LaneRose Wilder Lane was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist...
(1886–1968), writer, political theorist & co-founder of the modern American libertarian movement - Mary Ashton (Rice) LivermoreMary LivermoreMary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, was an American journalist and advocate of women's rights.-Biography:...
(1820–1905), American abolitionist, social activist, and author. - Catherine Ann Keyes Miller (1905–1978), music historian, archivist, and educator
- Frank Charles PartridgeFrank C. PartridgeFrank Charles Partridge was a United States Senator from Vermont.- Biography :Frank Charles Partridge was in East Middlebury, Vermont to Charles Frank Partridge and Sarah Ann Partridge. He graduated from Amherst College in 1882 and from the Columbia University Law School in 1884, earning an LL.B...
(1861–1943), lawyer, diplomat, and U.S. Senator from Vermont - Abbott Barnes RiceAbbott Barnes RiceAbbott Barnes Rice was a Boston merchant, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and a member of the Massachusetts Senate.-Biography:...
(1862–1926), businessman and Massachusetts state legislator - Alexander Hamilton RiceAlexander H. RiceAlexander Hamilton Rice was Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1856–1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and the 30th Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78.-Biography:...
(1818–1895), industrialist, Boston mayor, Massachusetts governor, and U.S. Congressman - Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr.Alexander H. Rice, Jr.Alexander Hamilton Rice, Jr. was an American physician, geographer, geologist and explorer. He graduated from Harvard University in 1898 with an A.B. degree, and earned his medical degree in 1904 also at Harvard...
(1875–1956), physician, geographer and explorer - Alexandrea Kawisenhawe RiceAlex RiceAlexandrea Kawisenhawe Rice born in 1972 in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada, is a First Nation actress.-Early life:Alex Rice is a Kanien'kehaka born in 1972 in Kahnawake, Quebec, and is proud of her Mohawk heritage. She is also a member of the Rice family of Kahnawake, having descended from Edmund...
(1972 - ), contemporary Canadian actress from the Kahnawake Mohawk nationMohawk nationMohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint... - Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), banker, brigadier general, U.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Caleb RiceCaleb RiceCaleb Rice was an American politician and businessman, the first Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts when it became a city in 1852, and also the first president of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, now a Fortune 100 company...
(1792–1873), attorney and politician who was first president of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyFounded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a leading mutual life insurance company with 1800 offices and 13 million clients worldwide. Mass Mutual is one of the largest Life Insurance companies globally and is currently ranked 93rd in the Fortune 500 list...
and mayor of Springfield, MassachusettsSpringfield, MassachusettsSpringfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern... - Charles RiceCharles Rice (general)Charles Rice was a brigadier general in the Massachusetts Militia, a selectman in Needham, a justice of the peace and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(1787–1863), brigadier general of the Massachusetts Militia and state representative - Charles Allen Thorndike RiceC. Allen Thorndike RiceCharles Allen Thorndike Rice was a journalist and the editor and publisher of the North American Review from 1876 to 1889.-Early life and family:...
(1851–1889), publisher, editor and journalist - Edmund Rice (1819–1889), U.S. Congressman from Minnesota
- Edmund RiceEdmund Rice (general)Edmund Rice was a soldier in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient who achieved the rank of Brigadier General.-Early life:...
(1842–1906), brigadier general and Medal of HonorMedal of HonorThe Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
awardee - Edward Everett RiceEdward E. RiceEdward Everett Rice was an American musical composer and theater producer active during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, known primarily for being a pioneer of American musical theater and introducing to Broadway a musical by African-American writers and performers.-Biography:Edward Everett...
(1847–1924), composer and musical theater producer - Edward Loranus RiceEdward Loranus RiceEdward Loranus Rice was a biologist and educator who served as the acting president of Ohio Wesleyan University. He was best known for his 1924 debate with William Jennings Bryan on the topic of biological evolution and serving as a scientific consultant to Clarence Darrow before the 1925 Scopes...
(1871–1960), biologist and university administrator - Franklin Pierce RiceFranklin Pierce RiceFranklin Pierce Rice was a self-taught printer and publisher who transcribed and printed and preserved vital records from Massachusetts and was a co-founder of the Worcester Society of Antiquity.-Early life and family:...
(1852–1919), publisher, historian and antiquarian - George Walter RiceGeorge W. RiceGeorge Walter Rice was a Canadian-born photographer who was first to photograph the Arctic region on the ill-fated American led Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881 to 1884. Rice died in the Arctic on 9 April 1884 while awaiting the arrival of a relief vessel.-Early life and education:George W...
(1855–1884), pioneering Canadian photographer and arctic explorer - George Washington RiceGeorge W. Rice (businessman)George Washington Rice was an American businessman known for founding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company.George Washington Rice was born on 7 November 1823 at Springfield, Massachusetts to John and Joanna Warriner Rice. He was a direct descendant of Edmund Rice an early immigrant to...
(1823–1856), businessman known for founding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance CompanyFounded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a leading mutual life insurance company with 1800 offices and 13 million clients worldwide. Mass Mutual is one of the largest Life Insurance companies globally and is currently ranked 93rd in the Fortune 500 list...
. - Harvey RiceHarvey RiceHarvey Rice, LL.D. was an American lawyer, a Democratic state legislator, poet, author and newspaperman prominent in Cleveland, Ohio.-Early life and education:...
(1800–1891), lawyer, publisher, author and Ohio state legislator - Henry RiceHenry Rice (politician)Henry Rice was an American Army officer in the War of 1812, a leading Boston merchant, a member of the Boston City Council and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(1786–1867), U.S. military officer, merchant and Massachusetts state legislator - Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), U.S. Senator from Minnesota, prominent in its statehood
- James Clay RiceJames Clay RiceJames Clay Rice was a lawyer from Massachusetts, who became a brigadier general of volunteers in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
(1828–1864), educator, lawyer and brigadier general - James Stephen RiceJames S. RiceJames Stephen Rice was an American businessman and rancher who was a pioneering resident of Orange County, California and a civic leader in Tustin, California.-Early life and education in Ohio:...
(1846–1939), businessman, rancher & early resident of Tustin, CaliforniaTustin, California-Top employers:According to the City's 2010 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Tustin had a population of 75,540. The population density was 6,816.7 people per square mile... - Joel Taylor RiceJoel Ryce-MenuhinJoel Ryce-Menuhin was an American pianist, who later became a Jungian psychologist in private practice.-Biography:...
(aka Joel Ryce-Menuhin), (1933–1998) pianist and Jungian psychologist - Jonas RiceJonas RiceJonas Rice was the first permanent settler of European descent in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was a founder and prominent citizen of the town...
(1672–1753), first permanent English AmericanEnglish AmericanEnglish Americans are citizens or residents of the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England....
settler and founder of Worcester, MassachusettsWorcester, MassachusettsWorcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston.... - Leon Scott RiceL. Scott RiceLeon Scott Rice is a major general in the United States Air Force, currently serving as commander of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and as an assistant to Mark A. Welsh III, Commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe. Rice has also served as Commander, Air Force Forces for United...
(1958- ) major general, U.S. Air Force; commander of Massachusetts Air National GuardMassachusetts Air National GuardThe Massachusetts Air National Guard is the air force militia of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is, along with the Massachusetts Army National Guard, an element of the Massachusetts National Guard... - Luther RiceLuther RiceLuther Rice , was a Baptist minister and missionary to India, who helped form a missionary-sending body that became the modern Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention...
(1783–1836), Baptist minister, missionary to India, and educator - Percy Fitch Rice (1882–1954), inventor and businessman
- Richard Henry RiceRichard H. RiceRichard Henry Rice was an American mechanical engineer and inventor who is known for many patents related to improvements to the Corliss steam engine, and his partnership in founding the Rice & Sargent Engine Company of Providence, Rhode Island....
(1863–1922), mechanical engineer and inventor - Thomas RiceThomas Rice (Massachusetts politician)Thomas Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Thomas Rice was born 30 March 1768 in Pownalborough, Massachusetts, , to Thomas Rice and Rebecca Rice. He graduated from Harvard University in 1791...
(1768–1854), Massachusetts state legislator, U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (Maine district) - Wallace deGroot Cecil RiceWallace RiceWallace deGroot Cecil Rice was an American author, lecturer, and poet from Chicago, Illinois.-Biography:Wallace Rice was born 10 Nov 1859, to John Asaph Rice and Margaret Van Slyke Rice in Hamilton, Ontario, while his parents were temporarily residing in Canada...
(1859–1939), author, poet and designer of the Chicago flag - Willard Wadsworth RiceWillard RiceWillard Wadsworth Rice was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.Rice was born in Newton, Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber Rice. He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922...
(1895–1967), silver medalist U.S. hockey player in the 1924 Winter Olympics - William Abbott Rice (1912–1991), geologist and university professor
- William Ball RiceWilliam B. RiceWilliam Ball Rice was an American industrialist who co-founded Rice & Hutchins, a shoe manufacturing company with main offices in Boston, Massachusetts...
(1840–1909), industrialist and president of Rice & Hutchins, Inc.Rice & HutchinsRice & Hutchins, Inc. was a shoe manufacturing and wholesaling company based in Boston, Massachusetts begun as a partnership in 1866, and later incorporated in 1892. By 1916 the company was considered to be among the largest shoe manufacturers in America, with sales that were nationwide and in... - William North RiceWilliam North RiceWilliam North Rice was an American geologist, educator, and Methodist minister and theologian concerned with reconciliation of science and religious faith.-Early life and education:...
(1845–1928), geologist, Methodist minister and university administrator - William Whitney RiceWilliam W. RiceWilliam Whitney Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attended Gorham Academy, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1846. He served as the preceptor of Leicester Academy, Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851...
(1826–1896), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts - George Edmund RoyceGeorge E. RoyceGeorge Edmund Royce was an American businessman from Rutland, Vermont prominent in the quarrying and building stone industry, owning the True Blue Marble Company and he was a banker jointly founding the Baxter National Bank of Rutland...
(1829–1903), businessman and state senator from Vermont - Joan Irvine Smith (1933- ), businesswoman and philanthropist prominent in Orange County, CaliforniaOrange County, CaliforniaOrange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. - William UphamWilliam UphamWilliam Upham was a United States Senator from Vermont.-Biography:William Upham was born in Leicester, Massachusetts to Samuel Upham and Martha Upham. He moved with his father to Montpelier, Vermont in 1802...
(1791–1853), Vermont state legislator and U.S. Senator from Vermont - Gideon WellesGideon WellesGideon Welles was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869. His buildup of the Navy to successfully execute blockades of Southern ports was a key component of Northern victory of the Civil War...
(1802–1878), Secretary of the NavyUnited States Secretary of the NavyThe Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America is the head of the Department of the Navy, a component organization of the Department of Defense...
during the LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
and Andrew JohnsonAndrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...
administrations. - Almanzo James WilderAlmanzo WilderAlmanzo James Wilder was the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted U.S. writers.- Early life :...
(1885–1949), husband of writer Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls WilderLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
and father of writer Rose Wilder LaneRose Wilder LaneRose Wilder Lane was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, and political theorist... - Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Ingalls WilderLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
(1867–1957), author of Little House on the PrairieLittle House on the Prairie (novel)Little House on the Prairie is a children's novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder and was published in 1935. This book is the third of the series of books known as the Little House series....
External links
- Edmund Rice (1638) Association
- Edmund Rice at Find a Grave
- Edmund Rice (1638) Association at Facebook