Joseph Rice

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 4 May 1658, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mercy King, the daughter of Thomas King. She died on Wednesday 4 January 1668/69 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Rebecca Rice (1660-____) 2. Martha Rice (1662-1695) 3. Josiah Rice (1663-____) 4. Caleb Rice (1666-____)
• Married: Abt 1670; Mary Beers, the daughter of Capt. Richard and Elizabeth Beers. She was born on 10 March 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her birth is recorded as 10 (1) 1642. She died on Thursday 13 May 1677 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Rice (1671-1745) 2. Eleazer Rice (1672-____) 3. Mary Rice (1674-____)
• Moved to: 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was probably driven out of Marlborough during King Philip's War as his third wife died in Watertown and his first two children by his fourth wife were born in Watertown.
• History: 10 Feb 1684; His brother, Samuel, appointed him one of the overseers of his will. This is the last record of him.
• Living: 1685, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Notes:

Christened:
Father: Deacon Edmund Rice (c1594-1663)
Mother: Thomasine Frost (1600-1654)

Joseph married Sarah Prescott on 23 Dec 1677 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts) was christened on 16 Apr 1637 in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England; died on 25 Aug 1714 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]