Descendants of Edmund Rice (1594

Generation No. 1

1. DEACON EDMUND1 RICE was born 1594 in Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England, and died May 3, 1663 in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married (1) THOMASINE FROST October 15, 1618 in St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmund, Suffolk, England, daughter of EDMOND FROST and THOMASINE BELGRAVE. She was born August 11, 1600 in Hertfordshire, England, and died June 13, 1654 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. He married (2) MERCY HURD March 1, 1655. She was born Abt. 1616 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, and died December 23, 1693 in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for DEACON EDMUND RICE:
Edmund Rice was Mercy Hurd's second husband, 1 March 1655, then of Sudbury, but who moved in 1660 to Marlboro, where he died 3 May 1663. He was born 1594, and came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England; settled in Sudbury in 1638-9; resided on east side of Sudbury River in the southerly part of what is now Wayland, near the great meadows. He was selectman in 1644, and deacon of the church in 1648. His first wife was Tamazine, who came with him from England; also eight children. On Mercy's second marriage, she took with her to Sudbury and Marlboro all her children, and had 2 more with Edmund.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.Edmund Rice came from Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England and settled in Sudbury, MA in 1639. He was prominent in Sudbury, being a selectman and one of the Deacons of he church. He was honored with several appointments to the General Court, and was denominated therein "Goodman Rice". He removed to Marlboro soon after the grant of the township, and took up his abode on waht is known as the "great road," on the northerly side of the Pond, not far from the Williams Tavern. There are six lines in the Fay geneology which go back to Edmund Rice, and there is also at least one line in the Morse geneology. This is not surprising, as to quote Charles Hudson's "History of the Town of Marlboro, the Rices were one of the earlies and most numerous families in the town--ranking with the Howes and the Brighams, and like them sending out emigrants to many other towns. Edmund is buried in Wayland, MA. His grave is marked by a monument designed by a descendant, Arthur Wallace Rice of Boston. The monument was dedicated by the Edmund Rice Association on August 29, 1914. A boulder with a bronze tablet was also erected by the association and it marks Edmund's homestead on the old Connecticut Path in Wayland, MA.

Sources: A Geneological Register of Edmund Rice descendants, The Edmund Rice Assn., 1970, pg 1; New Englanders in Nova Scotia, 1931, Crowell; Geneological Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Savage.

Deacon Edmund Rice1,2 (M)
b. c 1594, d. 03 May 1663, #1
Deacon Edmund Rice was born circa 1594 at England. As reported later in this account of Edmund Rice, no record of his birth or christening has been found.1,3 Deacon Edmund Rice married 1st Thomasine Frost, daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave, on 15 October 1618 at St Marys Church, Bury St. Edmunds, England.4,2,5 Deacon Edmund Rice married Mercy Hurd? on 1 March 1655/56 at Sudbury, MA, (literally 1655) registered as Mary Brigham.2,6 Deacon Edmund Rice died on 3 May 1663 at Sudbury, MA, (not found in the published records).1,2 He was buried at Old Burying Ground, Wayland, MA; One possible site of the grave is marked by a monument designed by Arthur Wallace Rice of Boston, MA. It was dedicated by the Edmund Rice Association on 29 August 1914. A boulder with a bronze tablet was also erected by the Association and it marks Edmund's homestead on the Old Connecticut Path in Wayland.2
He and Thomasine Frost resided in 1627 at Berkhamstead, England.7,8 Deacon Edmund Rice was in a land transaction in 1638 where he acquired 4 acres in then Sudbury (now Wayland) and laid out in the fall of that year. He was one of the first to build in the area. According to Massachusetts Colonial Records, Volume 1, page 271, on 3 September 1639 Edmund Rice was one of the committee appointed by the Massachusetts General Court to lay out the land in Sudbury in 1639.
Edmund Rice's house was situated on the "Old North Street", near Mill brook. He received his proportion of "Meadowlands", which were divided "to the present inhabitants" under dates of 4 September 1639, 20 April, and 18 November 164-, his share being 42 1/2 acres. He shared in all the division of Uplands and Commons - the total number of acres which fell to his lot, as an original inhabitant, was 247.9

Deacon Edmund Rice was a Selectman in 1644 and subsequent years; a Deacon of the church in 1648, and, in 1656, one of the petitioners for a new plantation that became known as Marlborough at Sudbury, MA.10 He was designated a freeman on 13 May 1640 at Massachusetts.11 He became Deacon of the Church at Sudbury, MA, in 1648.8 He was a deputy to the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (the Massachusetts legislature) representing the Town of Sudbury, serving on 27 May 1652, 18 May 1653, and 3 May 1654 between 1652 and 1654 at Boston, MA.12 He resided after 1656 at Marlborough, MA, lived on "The Great Road" on the northerly side of the pond (Cochituate Pond), not far from Williams Tavern. The pond is also spelled Wachittuate, Caochituet, Chochichawicke, Coijchawicke, Catchchauitt, Charchittawick, Katchetuit, Cochichawauke, or Cochichowicke.13
Twice in the 20th century nationally recognized research genealogists have attempted to determine the parents and ancestors of Edmund Rice. Mary Lovering Holman described the negative result of her search for records in the parishes near Stanstead and Sudbury, Suffolk County, England in “English Notes on Edmund Rice”, The American Genealogist, Volume 10 (1933/34), pp. 133 - 137. Mrs Holman is considered by many to be one of the best research genealogists in the 20th century. In 1997 the Edmund Rice (1638) Association commissioned Dr. Joanna Martin, a nationally recognized research genealogist who lives in Hitcham, Suffolk, England, only a few miles from Stanstead and Sudbury, to search again for records of Edmund Rice's parents. Dr. Martin reported in 1999 that she found no record that identified Edmund's parents or ancestral line.
Several authors of published works and computer data sets have claimed names for Edmund Rice's parents. Regrettably they have not given sources that would assist in definitive genealogical research. For example, the Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index, two popular computer data sets widely distributed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, offer parent candidates that include: Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, and Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost.
From Mrs. Holman's paper we have an excellent record of one Henry Rice's marriage to Elizabeth Frost in November 1605 at Stanstead. Mrs. Holman also documents the baptism of Edmund's first child on 23 August 1619 at Stanstead. If this is the Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost to which the LDS records refer, the LDS records must be erroneous. Our researchers have not been able to find records that support any Henry Rice and Elizabeth Frost, Henry Rice and Margaret Baker, Thomas Rice and Catherine Howard, or Thomas Rice and Elizabeth Frost as parents of Edmund Rice.
A scholarly investigation by Donald Lines Jacobus, considered by many as the dean of modern American genealogy, appeared in The American Genealogist, volume 11, (1936), pp. 14-21 and was reprinted in the fall of 1968 and the winter of 1998 issues of Newsletter of the Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Jacobus traced many of the false accounts to the book by Dr. Charles Elmer Rice entitled "By the Name of Rice”, privately published by Dr. Rice at Alliance, Ohio in 1911.
Sudbury, England includes three parishes, two of which do not have complete records for the years near 1594, which is Edmund's most likely birth year. Edmund Rice deposed in a court document on 3 April 1656 that he was about 62 years old. Thus, if he were born in Sudbury his records have been lost and we may never know his origin.
In his address to the 1999 annual meeting of the Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Gary Boyd Roberts, Senior Researcher, New England Historic Genealogy Society, reviewed all of the genealogical sleuthing on Edmund's parentage. Mr. Roberts is well known for his research on royal lineage. He concluded that there was no evidence whatsoever that supports the published accounts of Edmund Rice's parents and no evidence that Edmund Rice was from a royal lineage.
The Edmund Rice (1638) Association is very interested in proving the ancestry of Edmund Rice. The association encourages anyone who can identify a primary source that names Edmund and his parents to identify that source. Records of a baptism, estate probate, or land transaction naming Edmund and his parents are the most likely records to contain that proof. Until someone can cite such a record, the association must state emphatically that Edmund Rice's parents and ancestry are not known and that Edmund Rice's descendants can not claim royal ancestry.14,15,16 WRN: 1.

Children of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost:
Henry Rice (c 1617 - 10 Feb 1710/11)
Deacon Edward Rice (c 1619 - 15 Aug 1712)
Mary Rice (23 Aug 1619 - b 1638)
Thomas Rice (26 Jan 1625/26 - 16 Nov 1681)
Lydia Rice (09 Mar 1627/28 - 05 Apr 1675)
Matthew Rice (c 1629 - 1717)
Daniel Rice (01 Nov 1632 - b 10 Nov 1632)
Samuel Rice (12 Nov 1634 - 25 Feb 1684/85)
Joseph Rice (13 Mar 1637/38 - 23 Dec 1711)
Benjamin Rice (31 May 1640 - 19 Dec 1713)

Children of Deacon Edmund Rice and Mercy Hurd?:
Lydia Rice (c 1657 - 26 May 1718)
Ruth Rice (29 Sep 1659 - 30 Mar 1742)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 1.
[S1126] Unknown author, Bio Sketches of Pioneer Settlers.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family.
[S320] Harold F. Jr Porter, "The Strutt Ancestry of Thomasine Frost", p. 166.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 258.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 136.
[S154] David Kent Young, Young, Siobhan Eddy.
[S282] Josiah H Temple, Gen Reg of Framingham Families, pp. 680-681.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 1.
[S288] Lucius R. Paige, Freemen of Massachusetts.
[S1427] Nathaniel B Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, vol. 3, pp. 259, 297, 340.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 2.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", pp. 133 - 137.
[S90] D. L Jacobus, "Edmund Rice of Sudbury, MA", pp. 14 - 21.
[S91] Mary Lovering Holman, "The Wife of Edmund Rice", p. 227.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About DEACON EDMUND RICE:
Burial: Unknown, Old Sudbury Cemetery, Wayland, MA
Christening: 1594, St. Gregory's, Sudbury, Suffolk, England

Notes for THOMASINE FROST:
Thomasine Frost1 (F)
b. 11 Aug 1600, d. 13 Jun 1654, #110
Pedigree
Thomasine Frost was baptized on 11 August 1600 at Saint James Church, Stanstead, England.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave. Deacon Edmund Rice married 1st Thomasine Frost on 15 October 1618 at St Marys Church, Bury St. Edmunds, England.5,1,6 She died on 13 June 1654 at Sudbury, MA.1,3,6,7
She and Deacon Edmund Rice resided in 1627 at Berkhamstead, England.8,9

Children of Thomasine Frost and Deacon Edmund Rice:
Henry Rice (c 1617 - 10 Feb 1710/11)
Deacon Edward Rice (c 1619 - 15 Aug 1712)
Mary Rice (23 Aug 1619 - b 1638)
Thomas Rice (26 Jan 1625/26 - 16 Nov 1681)
Lydia Rice (09 Mar 1627/28 - 05 Apr 1675)
Matthew Rice (c 1629 - 1717)
Daniel Rice (01 Nov 1632 - b 10 Nov 1632)
Samuel Rice (12 Nov 1634 - 25 Feb 1684/85)
Joseph Rice (13 Mar 1637/38 - 23 Dec 1711)
Benjamin Rice (31 May 1640 - 19 Dec 1713)

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 1.
[S50] Harold F. Jr Potter, "The Paternal Ancestry of Thomasine Frost", p. 134.
[S320] Harold F. Jr Porter, "The Strutt Ancestry of Thomasine Frost", pp. 165-166.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", pp. 134-135.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family.
[S320] Harold F. Jr Porter, "The Strutt Ancestry of Thomasine Frost", p. 166.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 323.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 136.
[S154] David Kent Young, Young, Siobhan Eddy.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About THOMASINE FROST:
Burial: Unknown, Old North Cem., Wayland, MA
Christening: August 11, 1600, St. James, Stamstead, Suffolk, England

More About EDMUND RICE and THOMASINE FROST:
Marriage: October 15, 1618, St. Mary's, Bury St. Edmund, Suffolk, England

Notes for MERCY HURD:
Mercy was 10 or 15 years younger than her husband, and that, persecuted in England for nonconformity, she came to New England with her sister, who married William (?) Cutter.

Mercy Hurd married for her second husband, 1 March 1655, Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury, but who removed in 1660 to Marlboro, where he died 3 May 1663.

On Mar 26, 1676, she was with the people of Marlboro when assembled in their meeting house for worship when the alarm was sounded and they barely reached the garrison house in time to find safety from the attacking Indians, who burned houses and barns and destroyed orchards and cattle. The people shortly retreated to the towns to the eastward, where they remained for some months until peace was assured.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Mercy Hurd?1,2 (F)
b. c 1613, d. 22 Dec 1693, #117
Mercy Hurd? was born circa 1613 at England.2,3 She married 1st Thomas Brigham circa 1637 at Cambridge, MA.4,5 Mercy Hurd? married Deacon Edmund Rice on 1 March 1655/56 at Sudbury, MA, (literally 1655) registered as Mary Brigham.2,6 Mercy Hurd? married 3rd William Hunt in May 1663 at Cambridge, MA, William of Marlborough.7,8 Mercy Hurd? died on 22 December 1693 at Marlborough, MA, under the name Hunt.2,9
The 1656 marriage record apparently gives her name as Mary, while the Brigham probate records call her both Mary and Mercy. However, it should be noted that 'Marcy' is often misread as 'Mary.' The probate file of Thomas Brigham confirms that his widow Mercy was married to Edmund Rice by 1656.10

Children of Mercy Hurd? and Thomas Brigham:
Thomas Brigham (1641 - 25 Nov 1717)

Children of Mercy Hurd? and Deacon Edmund Rice:
Lydia Rice (c 1657 - 26 May 1718)
Ruth Rice (29 Sep 1659 - 30 Mar 1742)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 2, 235.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 1.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 372.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 232.
[S299] Clarence A. Torrey, NE Marriages to 1700, p. 99.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 258.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 235.
[S299] Clarence A. Torrey, NE Marriages to 1700, p. 404.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S186] Winifred Lovering Holman, Stevens - Miller Ancestry - 2.
[Jim Boyce.FTW]

Source at genealogylibrary.com Genesis of the White Family page 324 Source at genealogylibra ry.com Bryant, Thomas, Descendants of page 210 spelt Heard Source at genealogylibrary.com T he History of the Brigham Family page 45 Source: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice at ERA (E dmund Rice Association) Mercy married Thomas Brigham about 1637 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Ma ss. Mercy also married Deacon Edmund Rice on 1 Mar 1655 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass. 1 . (Deacon Edmund Rice was born about 1594 in England 2, died on 3 May 1663 in Sudbury, Middle sex Co., Mass. 2 3 and was buried on 3 May 1663 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Mass..) Mercy als o married William Hunt in May 1663 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass.

More About MERCY HURD:
Died 2: December 28, 1693, Marlboro, Middlesex, MA
Record Change: July 23, 2002

More About EDMUND RICE and MERCY HURD:
Marriage: March 1, 1655

Children of EDMUND RICE and THOMASINE FROST are:
2. i. DEACON EDWARD2 RICE, b. 1619; d. August 15, 1712, Marlborough, MA.
ii. MARY RICE, b. August 23, 1619; d. 1638.
3. iii. HENRY RICE, b. February 1620, Stanstead, S, England; d. February 10, 1710, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.
iv. THOMAS RICE, b. January 26, 1625; d. November 16, 1681.
v. LYDIA RICE, b. March 9, 1627; d. April 5, 1675.
vi. MATTHEW RICE, b. 1629; d. 1717.
vii. DANIEL RICE, b. November 1, 1632; d. November 10, 1632.
4. viii. SAMUEL RICE, b. November 12, 1634; d. February 25, 1684.
ix. JOSEPH RICE, b. March 13, 1637; d. December 23, 1711.
x. BENJAMIN RICE, b. May 31, 1640; d. December 19, 1713.

Children of EDMUND RICE and MERCY HURD are:
xi. LYDIA2 RICE, b. 1657; d. May 26, 1718.
xii. RUTH RICE, b. September 29, 1659, Sudbury, Massachusetts; d. March 30, 1742; m. SAMUEL WELLES; b. April 13, 1660; d. August 28, 1731.

Notes for RUTH RICE:
Ruth Rice1,2,3 (F)
b. 29 Sep 1659, d. 30 Mar 1742, #123
Pedigree
Ruth Rice was born on 29 September 1659 at Sudbury (Marlborough), MA.4,2,3,5 She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Mercy Hurd?. Ruth Rice married Capt Samuel Wells on 20 June 1683 at Wethersfield, CT.4,2,3 Ruth Rice died on 30 March 1742 at Glastonbury, CT.6,3,7
She and Capt Samuel Wells were in a land transaction on 1 June 1684 at Weathersfield, Hartford Counte, New England, "In condsideration of thirty five pounds, paid by Eleazer How, Carpenter, for the town of Marlboro, in the Countie of Middlesex, &c, sold and conveyed to said Eleazer How, a parcel of upland or House lot of about 12 1/2 acres, lying within the bounds of the town of Marlboro...."8,7 WRN: 11.

Children of Ruth Rice and Capt Samuel Wells:
Mercy Welles (15 Oct 1684 - 01 Nov 1684)
Samuel Welles (09 Jul 1688 - 16 Oct 1688)
Rev. Samuel Welles (24 Dec 1689 - 20 May 1777)
Thomas Welles (14 Feb 1692/93 - 14 May 1767)
Thaddeus Welles (27 Mar 1695 - 22 Dec 1781)
Silas Welles (04 Mar 1699/0 - 17 Sep 1754)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 5, 10.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 4.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 1.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 4.
[S278] W. I. Tyler Brigham, Hist of Brigham Fam, Vol 1, p. 52.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 10.

Notes for SAMUEL WELLES:
Capt Samuel Wells1,2,3 (M)
b. 13 Apr 1660, d. 28 Aug 1731, #122
Capt Samuel Wells was born on 13 April 1660 at Wethersfield, CT, (18th per Supplement).4,3,5 He married Ruth Rice, daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Mercy Hurd?, on 20 June 1683 at Wethersfield, CT.6,2,3 Capt Samuel Wells died on 28 August 1731 at Glastonbury, CT.3,7
He and Ruth Rice were in a land transaction on 1 June 1684 at Weathersfield, Hartford Counte, New England, "In condsideration of thirty five pounds, paid by Eleazer How, Carpenter, for the town of Marlboro, in the Countie of Middlesex, &c, sold and conveyed to said Eleazer How, a parcel of upland or House lot of about 12 1/2 acres, lying within the bounds of the town of Marlboro...."8,9 Capt Samuel Wells was grandson of Governor Thomas Wells of the Connecticut Colony.3

Children of Capt Samuel Wells and Ruth Rice:
Mercy Welles (15 Oct 1684 - 01 Nov 1684)
Samuel Welles (09 Jul 1688 - 16 Oct 1688)
Rev. Samuel Welles (24 Dec 1689 - 20 May 1777)
Thomas Welles (14 Feb 1692/93 - 14 May 1767)
Thaddeus Welles (27 Mar 1695 - 22 Dec 1781)
Silas Welles (04 Mar 1699/0 - 17 Sep 1754)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 5, 10.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 4.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 4.
[S302] NEHG Register : p. 80:279.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S278] W. I. Tyler Brigham, Hist of Brigham Fam, Vol 1, p.52.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 10.
[S278] W. I. Tyler Brigham, Hist of Brigham Fam, Vol 1, p. 52.

xiii. ANN RICE, b. November 19, 1661; d. Unknown; m. NATHANIEL GARY, November 12, 1685; b. July 4, 1663, Roxbury, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

Notes for ANN RICE:
Ann Rice is not shown in Descendants of Edmund Rice website information.

More About NATHANIEL GARY and ANN RICE:
Marriage: November 12, 1685

Generation No. 2

2. DEACON EDWARD2 RICE (EDMUND1) was born 1619, and died August 15, 1712 in Marlborough, MA. He married AGNES BENT 1647 in Sudbury, MA, daughter of JOHN BENT and MARTHA BLANCHARD. She was born December 12, 1631 in Penton-Grafton, Hampshire, England, and died June 4, 1713 in Marlborough, MA.

Notes for DEACON EDWARD RICE:
Lived in Sudbury, MA.

Deacon Edward Rice1,2 (M)
b. c 1619, d. 15 Aug 1712, #57
Pedigree
Deacon Edward Rice was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost. Deacon Edward Rice was christened on 26 October 1622 at Stanstead, England; (20th per Rice Gen'l Register) under the name Ryce. The 1622 baptism record gives the child's name as Edmund, not Edward. Nonetheless, your authors are convinced that Edward was the child baptized (and of course born) that year, and that he exaggerated his age in later life.3,4 He married Agnes Bent circa 1647.5,3,6 Deacon Edward Rice died on 15 August 1712 at Marlborough, MA, at about age 93.5,7
He received one lot in the Sudbury Two-Mile Grant in 1655. In 1655 at Sudbury, MA.8 He resided in 1664 at Marlborough, MA, were he was a Deacon of the church.9 He declared age 42 in a paper filed in court on 2 October 1666 at Middlesex County Court, Cambridge, MA.10 He was assessed 8s 7d in the 1688 Marlborough tax roll. In 1668 at Marlborough, MA.11 He was in a land transaction on 1 April 1686 at Sudbury, MA, to their son Edmund Rice of Sudbury, half of the farm lying within the bounds of Sudbury, "near the spring". (Edward had purchased this from his father Edmund and some purchased from his brother Benjamin. John Rice of Sudbury, a brother of Edmund had the choice half.) Deed recorded 16 August 1734.5,12 He was elected deacon in 1687.13 He was questioned in court aged 70y in 1692 at MA.14 A 1712 obituary in the Boston News Letter gave the death year as 1711 and said he had been born in Berkhamstead in 1618. It also said he had 142 descendants at that time, of which 119 were living. It further said that Edward's brother Henry, who had died in Framingham in 1711, had a similarly large number of descendants.15 WRN: 3.

Children of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent:
Lydia Rice (30 Jul 1648 - 30 Jul 1648)
Lydia Rice (10 Dec 1649 - 24 Sep 1723)
John Rice (20 Dec 1651 - 06 Sep 1719)
Deacon Edmund Rice (09 Dec 1653 - 25 Sep 1719)
Daniel Rice (08 Nov 1655 - 14 Jul 1737)
Caleb Rice (08 Feb 1657 - 27 Apr 1658)
Jacob Rice (02 Feb 1660 - 30 Oct 1746)
Anna Rice (19 Nov 1661 - 02 May 1731)
Dorcas Rice (29 Jun 1664 - 24 Mar 1753)
Benjamin Rice (22 Dec 1666 - 23 Feb 1748/49)
Abigail Rice (09 May 1671 - a 1709)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 1, 6.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1 - 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 2.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 134.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 6.
[S73] Allen H. Bent, Bent Family, p. 15.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 384.
[S311] Sumner Powell, Puritan Village.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S265] Letter, Robert W., MD Goodenow to Dennis Rice, 27 August 1997, cites: Middlesex County Court, 1666, Folio 40.
[S302] NEHG Register : p. 36:191.
[S211] Andrew Henshaw Ward, Ward Family.
[S279] Charles Hudson, Marlborough, MA History, p. 285.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 133.
[S186] Winifred Lovering Holman, Stevens - Miller Ancestry - 2.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About DEACON EDWARD RICE:
Christening: October 20, 1622, Stanstead, Suffolk, England

Notes for AGNES BENT:
Barbara Abate's info suggests child Anna Rice married a Thomas Rice, apparent son of Thomas Rice and Mary King (a first cousin?)
Agnes Bent1 (F)
b. 12 Dec 1631, d. 04 Jun 1713, #58
Agnes Bent was born on 12 December 1631 at Wayhill, Penton Grafton, England.2,3,4 She was baptized in 1631 at Penton Grafton, England. She married Deacon Edward Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, circa 1647.5,6,7 Agnes Bent died on 4 June 1713 at Marlborough, MA.5,2,3
Barry's History of Framingham states Agnes Bent was without issue, which is clearly wrong. The will of John Bent of 1672 makes provision specifically for his daughter Agnes Rice and her son John Rice, which not only shows she was still living at that time, but also proves she was indeed the wife of Edward Rice (there being only one John Rice available as a grandson of John Bent). The confusion stems from the fact that the birth records of her children and the record of her death all show her name as Ann (a common variant of Agnes in her time). She was also known as Anna Bent.

Children of Agnes Bent and Deacon Edward Rice:
Lydia Rice (30 Jul 1648 - 30 Jul 1648)
Lydia Rice (10 Dec 1649 - 24 Sep 1723)
John Rice (20 Dec 1651 - 06 Sep 1719)
Deacon Edmund Rice (09 Dec 1653 - 25 Sep 1719)
Daniel Rice (08 Nov 1655 - 14 Jul 1737)
Caleb Rice (08 Feb 1657 - 27 Apr 1658)
Jacob Rice (02 Feb 1660 - 30 Oct 1746)
Anna Rice (19 Nov 1661 - 02 May 1731)
Dorcas Rice (29 Jun 1664 - 24 Mar 1753)
Benjamin Rice (22 Dec 1666 - 23 Feb 1748/49)
Abigail Rice (09 May 1671 - a 1709)

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1 - 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 384.
[S73] Allen H. Bent, Bent Family, p. 14.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 6.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 2.
[S73] Allen H. Bent, Bent Family, p. 15.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About EDWARD RICE and AGNES BENT:
Marriage: 1647, Sudbury, MA

Children of EDWARD RICE and AGNES BENT are:
5. i. DANIEL3 RICE, b. November 8, 1655, Sudbury, MA; d. July 14, 1737.
6. ii. JOHN RICE, b. December 20, 1651, Sudbury, Massachusetts; d. September 6, 1719, Sudbury, Massachusetts.

3. HENRY2 RICE (EDMUND1) was born February 1620 in Stanstead, S, England, and died February 10, 1710 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA. He married ELIZABETH MOORE February 1, 1643 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, daughter of JOSEPH MORSE and GRACE UNKNOWN. She was born 1625 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, and died August 23, 1705 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA.

Notes for HENRY RICE:
Henry Rice1,2,3 (M)
b. c 1617, d. 10 Feb 1710/11, #48
Pedigree
Henry Rice was born circa 1617, having called himself 50 years old on January 25, 1667, as appears by a deposition on the files of the court.1,4 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.1 Henry Rice was baptized on 13 February 1620/21 at Stanstead, England.4,3,5,6 He married Elizabeth Moore on 1 January 1643/44 at Sudbury, MA, (February per Ward).1,7,3,8 Henry Rice died on 10 February 1710/11 at Framingham, MA.1,9,10 His estate was probated on 28 February 1710/11 at MA.11,12
He swore an oath of fidelity on 9 July 1645 at Sudbury, MA.1,13 He was designated a freeman on 10 May 1648 at Massachusetts.14,15 He received one lot in the Sudbury Two-Mile Grant in 1655.16 He was one of the thirteen Sudbury petitioners for the grant of Marlborough in 1656.17 He received 50 acres at Rice's End from his father, where he built a house in 1659.18 He stated in a court action that he was 50 years old on 25 January 1667 at MA.1 He was an original member of the church in Framingham in 1701.18 WRN: 2.

Children of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore:
Mary Rice (19 Sep 1646 - b 30 May 1695)
Elizabeth Rice (04 Aug 1648 - 25 Feb 1739/40)
Hannah Rice (c 1651 - 11 Aug 1707)
Jonathan Rice (03 Jul 1654 - 12 Apr 1725)
Abigail Rice (17 Jun 1657 - 09 Dec 1735)
Deacon David Rice (27 Dec 1659 - 16 Oct 1723)
Tamasine Rice (02 Feb 1661/62 - 15 Apr 1748)
Rachel Rice (10 May 1664 - b 10 May 1730)
Lydia Rice (04 Jun 1668)
Mercy Rice (01 Jan 1670/71 - 30 Aug 1727)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1 - 2.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 1.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 134.
[S257] Elden L. Brigham, Whence We Came, p. 71.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 258.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S97] Framingham, MA Vital Records (published).
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family.
[S195] Probate Court, Case records (for place noted), docket 18712.
[S258] James Savage, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.
[S258] James Savage, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, p. 3:529.
[S288] Lucius R. Paige, Freemen of Massachusetts.
[S311] Sumner Powell, Puritan Village.
[S279] Charles Hudson, Marlborough, MA History, p. 27.
[S282] Josiah H Temple, Gen Reg of Framingham Families.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

Notes for ELIZABETH MOORE:
Original imported birth was January 10, 1649, which is 6 years after marriage. LDS records show birth 1625.

Elizabeth Moore1,2,3 (F)
b. c 1628, d. 23 Aug 1705, #49
Elizabeth Moore was born circa 1628.3 She married Henry Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 1 January 1643/44 at Sudbury, MA, (February per Ward).1,4,3,5 Elizabeth Moore died on 23 August 1705 at Framingham, MA, (3rd per Ward) under the name Rice.1,3,6

Children of Elizabeth Moore and Henry Rice:
Mary Rice (19 Sep 1646 - b 30 May 1695)
Elizabeth Rice (04 Aug 1648 - 25 Feb 1739/40)
Hannah Rice (c 1651 - 11 Aug 1707)
Jonathan Rice (03 Jul 1654 - 12 Apr 1725)
Abigail Rice (17 Jun 1657 - 09 Dec 1735)
Deacon David Rice (27 Dec 1659 - 16 Oct 1723)
Tamasine Rice (02 Feb 1661/62 - 15 Apr 1748)
Rachel Rice (10 May 1664 - b 10 May 1730)
Lydia Rice (04 Jun 1668)
Mercy Rice (01 Jan 1670/71 - 30 Aug 1727)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 5.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1 - 2.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 258.
[S97] Framingham, MA Vital Records (published).

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

More About HENRY RICE and ELIZABETH MOORE:
Marriage: February 1, 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA

Children of HENRY RICE and ELIZABETH MOORE are:
i. HANNAH3 RICE, b. 1651, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. August 11, 1707.
7. ii. MARY RICE, b. September 19, 1646, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. May 30, 1695, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.
iii. ELIZABETH RICE, b. August 4, 1648, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. 1739, Framingham, Middlesex, MA.
iv. JONATHAN RICE, b. July 3, 1654, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. April 12, 1725, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
v. ABIGAIL RICE, b. June 17, 1657, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. December 9, 1735, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
vi. DAVID RICE, b. December 27, 1659, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. October 16, 1723, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
vii. THOMASINE RICE, b. February 2, 1661, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. April 15, 1748, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.
viii. RACHEL RICE, b. May 10, 1664, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. WFT Est. 1693-1758.
ix. LYDIA RICE, b. June 4, 1668, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. WFT Est. 1696-1762.
x. MERCY RICE, b. January 1, 1670, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA; d. 1727, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA.

4. SAMUEL2 RICE (EDMUND1) was born November 12, 1634, and died February 25, 1684. He married ELIZBETH KING. She died Bef. October 30, 1667.

Notes for SAMUEL RICE:
Samuel Rice1,2,3 (M)
b. 12 Nov 1634, d. 25 Feb 1684/85, #171
Pedigree
Samuel Rice was baptized on 12 November 1634 at Berkhamstead, England.4,2,5 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost. Samuel Rice married Elizabeth King on 8 November 1655 at Sudbury, MA.1,2,6 Samuel Rice married Mary Dix in September 1668 at Sudbury, MA, (not found in the published records).7,2 Samuel Rice married Sarah White on 13 December 1676 at Concord, MA.2,8,9 Samuel Rice died on 25 February 1684/85 at Marlborough, MA, (literally 1684).10,11
The births of all three children of Samuel and Mary Rice are also entered in the Marlborough vital records under Samuel and his first wife Elizabeth.11 Samuel Rice's second wife is entered in the Marlborough VR as having died 18 June 1678. Therefore, either that death date or this marriage date is undoubtedly wrong. Your authors believe the marriage date to be correct. He and Elizabeth King resided circa 1661 at Marlborough, MA.12 Samuel Rice and Mary Dix retired during the King Phillip's War in 1675 at Concord, MA.13 WRN: 6.

Children of Samuel Rice and Elizabeth King:
Elizabeth Rice (26 Oct 1656 - 22 Dec 1727)
Hannah Rice (1658 - 09 Apr 1747)
Joshua Joseph Rice (19 Apr 1661 - 23 Jun 1734)
Edmund Rice (1663 - c Sep 1726)
Hester Rice (18 Sep 1665 - 11 Feb 1737)
Lt Samuel Rice King (14 Oct 1667 - 04 Mar 1713)

Children of Samuel Rice and Mary Dix:
Mary Rice (06 Aug 1669 - 22 Oct 1736)
Edward Rice (29 Jun 1672 - 20 Jul 1741)
Abigail Rice (10 Mar 1673/74 - a 1684)

Child of Samuel Rice and Sarah White:
Joseph Rice (16 May 1678)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 7.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 3.
[S154] David Kent Young, Young, Siobhan Eddy.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 11.
[S79] Mary Lovering Holman, "TAG, Vol. X, Notes on Edmund Rice", p. 136.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 8.
[S279] Charles Hudson, Marlborough, MA History, p. 432.
[S328] Town of Concord, Concord, MA Vital Records, p. 19.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 3.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 157.
[S265] Letter, Robert W., MD Goodenow to Dennis Rice, 27 August 1997.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

Notes for ELIZBETH KING:
Elizabeth King1 (F)
d. b 30 Oct 1667, #172
Elizabeth King married Samuel Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 8 November 1655 at Sudbury, MA.2,1,3 Elizabeth King died before 30 October 1667 at Marlborough / Sudbury, MA.4,5,6 She was buried on 30 October 1667 at Marlborough, MA.4,7,5,8
She and Samuel Rice resided circa 1661 at Marlborough, MA.9

Children of Elizabeth King and Samuel Rice:
Elizabeth Rice (26 Oct 1656 - 22 Dec 1727)
Hannah Rice (1658 - 09 Apr 1747)
Joshua Joseph Rice (19 Apr 1661 - 23 Jun 1734)
Edmund Rice (1663 - c Sep 1726)
Hester Rice (18 Sep 1665 - 11 Feb 1737)
Lt Samuel Rice King (14 Oct 1667 - 04 Mar 1713)

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 1, 3.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 7.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 384.
[S48] Norman Thomas (5375) Newton, NEHGR.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 3.
[S279] Charles Hudson, Marlborough, MA History, p. 384.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 157.

Child of SAMUEL RICE and ELIZBETH KING is:
8. i. EDMUND3 RICE, b. 1663; d. September 1726.

Generation No. 3

5. DANIEL3 RICE (EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born November 8, 1655 in Sudbury, MA, and died July 14, 1737. He married BETHIA WARD February 10, 1681, daughter of WILLIAM WARD and ELIZABETH STORY. She was born 1658, and died December 8, 1721 in Marlboro, MA.

Notes for DANIEL RICE:
Daniel Rice1,2,3 (M)
b. 08 Nov 1655, d. 14 Jul 1737, #70
Pedigree
Daniel Rice was born on 8 November 1655 at Sudbury, MA.1,2,4 He was the son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent. Daniel Rice married 1st Bethia Ward on 10 January 1681 at Marlborough, MA.1,2,3,5 Daniel Rice married Elizabeth Wells on 9 March 1725 at Marlborough, MA, (May per Ward) registered as Elizabeth Wheler.6,5 Daniel Rice died on 14 July 1737 at Marlborough, MA, (6th per Ward) aged about 82.6,7
WRN: 27.

Children of Daniel Rice and Bethia Ward:
Bethiah Rice (29 Oct 1682)
Daniel Rice (03 Jun 1684 - 1734)
Judith Rice (29 Sep 1687 - a 1737)
Luke Rice (30 Nov 1689 - 04 Jul 1754)
Priscilla Rice (06 Apr 1692 - 24 Dec 1721)
Eleazer Rice (16 May 1695 - b 02 Oct 1767)
Deborah Rice (14 Nov 1697 - 01 Dec 1725)
Hopestill Rice (22 Oct 1702 - Jan 1730/31)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 6, 19 - 20.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 119.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 300.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 20.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 384.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

Notes for BETHIA WARD:
Bethia Ward1,2 (F)
b. 1658, d. 08 Dec 1721, #71
Bethia Ward was born in 1658 at Sudbury, MA, birth year calculated from his reported age at death in the Marlborough vital records.3,4,5 Daniel Rice married 1st Bethia Ward, son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent, on 10 January 1681 at Marlborough, MA.6,7,2,8 Bethia Ward died on 8 December 1721 at Marlborough, MA, aged 63y, under the name Rice.1,5

Children of Bethia Ward and Daniel Rice:
Bethiah Rice (29 Oct 1682)
Daniel Rice (03 Jun 1684 - 1734)
Judith Rice (29 Sep 1687 - a 1737)
Luke Rice (30 Nov 1689 - 04 Jul 1754)
Priscilla Rice (06 Apr 1692 - 24 Dec 1721)
Eleazer Rice (16 May 1695 - b 02 Oct 1767)
Deborah Rice (14 Nov 1697 - 01 Dec 1725)
Hopestill Rice (22 Oct 1702 - Jan 1730/31)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 19.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 17, 19.
[S319] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Newton, MA Vital Records.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 6, 19 - 20.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 300.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About DANIEL RICE and BETHIA WARD:
Marriage: February 10, 1681

Child of DANIEL RICE and BETHIA WARD is:
9. i. BETHIA4 RICE, b. October 29, 1682; d. Unknown.

6. JOHN3 RICE (EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born December 20, 1651 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died September 6, 1719 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. He married TABITHA STONE November 2, 1674 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN RICE:
John Rice was born on 20 December 1651 at Sudbury, MA, (WARD indicates location of birth as Marlborough).2,3,4 He was baptized at Sudbury, MA. He was the son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent. John Rice married Tabitha Stone on 2 November 1674 at Sudbury, MA, (WARD indicates date of marriage as 27 November 1674).1,2,3,5 John Rice died on 6 September 1719 at Sudbury, MA.6,7 John Rice's estate was probated on 29 January 1719/20 at Wayland, MA. He died intestate. His widow Tabitha and son Moses were appointed Administrators. Inventory taken Sept 17, 1719, "Widow Tabitha, being aged and infirm, made oath at Weston."6
He resided in the part of Sudbury that is now Wayland, on the easterly side of the road leading from Weston to Saxonville, and on part of the homestead of his grandfather Edmund Rice, not far distant from 'the spring,' near which was the residence of his brother, Deacon Edmund Rice. He was a subscriber for Prince's Chronology, and fond of historical reading.6 WRN: 23.

Children of John Rice and Tabitha Stone:
John Rice (29 Sep 1675 - 28 Jul 1733)
Anna Rice (29 Aug 1678 - a 1727)
Deliverance Rice (14 Aug 1681 - a 1723)
Tabitha Rice (25 Nov 1683 - a Apr 1729)
Prudence Rice (26 Jul 1685 - a Aug 1728)
Abigail Rice (27 Nov 1687)
Deacon Edward Rice (23 Dec 1689 - 27 Sep 1756)
Dinah Rice (10 Feb 1691 - 05 Jun 1717)
Capt. Moses Rice (27 Oct 1694 - 11 Jun 1755)
Tamar Rice (29 Sep 1697 - a 02 Apr 1733)
Capt Aaron Rice (13 Aug 1700 - 1755)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 6, 17, 29.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 121.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 259, 272.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 17.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 322.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

Notes for TABITHA STONE:
Tabitha Stone was born on 29 May 1655 at Sudbury, MA.4 She married John Rice, son of Deacon Edward Rice and Agnes Bent, on 2 November 1674 at Sudbury, MA, (WARD indicates date of marriage as 27 November 1674).1,2,3,5 Tabitha Stone died after 17 September 1719 as she made a deposition on this date at Weston, Middlesex County for the settlement of her husband's estate.6,2

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 6, 17, 29.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 138.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 259, 272.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 17

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About JOHN RICE and TABITHA STONE:
Marriage: November 2, 1674, Sudbury, Massachusetts

Children of JOHN RICE and TABITHA STONE are:
i. JOHN4 RICE, b. September 29, 1675; d. Unknown.
ii. ANNA RICE, b. August 29, 1678; d. Unknown.
iii. DELIVERANCE RICE, b. August 14, 1681; d. Unknown.
iv. TABITHA RICE, b. November 25, 1683; d. Unknown.
v. PRUDENCE RICE, b. July 26, 1685; d. Unknown.
10. vi. ABIGAIL RICE, b. November 27, 1687, Sudbury, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
vii. DEACON EDWARD RICE, b. December 23, 1689; d. Unknown.
viii. DINAH RICE, b. February 10, 1691; d. Unknown.
ix. CAPTAIN MOSES RICE, b. October 27, 1694; d. Unknown.
x. TAMAR RICE, b. September 29, 1697; d. Unknown.
xi. CAPTAIN AARON RICE, b. August 13, 1700; d. Unknown.

7. MARY3 RICE (HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born September 19, 1646 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA, and died May 30, 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. She married THOMAS BRIGHAM December 27, 1665, son of THOMAS BRIGHAM and MERCY HURD. He was born Abt. 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died November 25, 1716 in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for MARY RICE:
Mary Rice1,2,3 (F)
b. 19 Sep 1646, d. b 30 May 1695, #125
Pedigree
Mary Rice was born on 19 September 1646 at Sudbury, MA.2,3,4 She was the daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore. Mary Rice married Thomas Brigham, son of Thomas Brigham and Mercy Hurd?, on 27 December 1665 at Marlborough, MA, registered without the bride's maiden name.5,3,6 Mary Rice died before 30 May 1695 at Marlborough, MA.1
WRN: 13.

Children of Mary Rice and Thomas Brigham:
Thomas Brigham (24 Feb 1666/67 - 05 Dec 1683)
Capt Nathan Brigham (17 Jun 1671 - 16 Feb 1746/47)
David Brigham (11 Aug 1673)
Jonathan Brigham (22 Feb 1674/75 - 04 Jan 1768)
David Brigham (12 Apr 1678 - 26 Jun 1750)
Gershom Brigham (23 Feb 1680/81 - 03 Jan 1748/49)
Elnathan Brigham (07 Mar 1683 - Oct 1758)
Priscilla Brigham (Feb 1684 - 10 Apr 1685)
Mary Brigham (26 Oct 1687)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 11.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 11, 232.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 233.

Notes for THOMAS BRIGHAM:
Thomas Brigham married a second wife Susanna, on 30 July 1695, daughter of William Shattuck of Watertown and widow (1) of Joseph Morse and (2) of John Fay, whose first wife was Mary, the sister of Thomas. It will be noted that every descendant of Thomas is also a descendant of Edmund Rice, who is an ancestor of many colonial families in eastern Massachusetts. He had a large number of children, some of whom were of mature age at the time of the emigration.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Thomas Brigham1,2,3 (M)
b. 1641, d. 25 Nov 1717, #1310
Pedigree
Thomas Brigham was born in 1641 at Cambridge, MA, (not found in the published records).4 He was the son of Thomas Brigham and Mercy Hurd?. Thomas Brigham married Mary Rice, daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore, on 27 December 1665 at Marlborough, MA, registered without the bride's maiden name.4,3,5 Thomas Brigham died on 25 November 1717 at Marlborough, MA, aged 76y.4,6 He estate was probated on 1 January 1717/18 at MA.7

Children of Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice:
Thomas Brigham (24 Feb 1666/67 - 05 Dec 1683)
Capt Nathan Brigham (17 Jun 1671 - 16 Feb 1746/47)
David Brigham (11 Aug 1673)
Jonathan Brigham (22 Feb 1674/75 - 04 Jan 1768)
David Brigham (12 Apr 1678 - 26 Jun 1750)
Gershom Brigham (23 Feb 1680/81 - 03 Jan 1748/49)
Elnathan Brigham (07 Mar 1683 - Oct 1758)
Priscilla Brigham (Feb 1684 - 10 Apr 1685)
Mary Brigham (26 Oct 1687)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 11, 101.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 2.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 11, 232.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 233.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S195] Probate Court, Case records (for place noted), docket 2703.

More About THOMAS BRIGHAM and MARY RICE:
Marriage: December 27, 1665

Children of MARY RICE and THOMAS BRIGHAM are:
i. THOMAS4 BRIGHAM, b. February 24, 1666; d. Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS BRIGHAM:
Thomas Brigham1 (M)
b. 24 Feb 1666/67, d. 05 Dec 1683, #1311
Pedigree
Thomas Brigham was born on 24 February 1666/67 at Marlborough, MA, (literally 1666).1,2,3 He was the son of Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice. Thomas Brigham died on 5 December 1683 at Marlborough, MA.4
WRN: 78.

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 11.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:49.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 350

11. ii. NATHAN BRIGHAM, b. June 17, 1671, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. February 16, 1746, Marlboro, Massachusetts.
iii. DAVID BRIGHAM, b. August 11, 1673; d. Unknown.
iv. ENSIGN JONATHAN BRIGHAM, b. February 22, 1675, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. January 4, 1768, Marlboro, Massachusetts; m. MARY FAY; b. February 10, 1674, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. November 9, 1751.

Notes for ENSIGN JONATHAN BRIGHAM:
Jonathan Brigham married his cousin, Mary Fay. He settled in what was a part of the Thomas Brigham Estate in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He was prominent in his community and held offices of responsibility. He was commonly called the "Indian Warrior". One day while chopping in the woods, he saw a savage preparing to take aim at him; he seized his musket, stepped forward in full view, exclaiming as he did so, "Shoot straight, you dog". Both fired at the same moment, then the Indian dropped his gun, and with a tremendous whoop, bounded high into the air and fell dead. The Indian's bullet passed close to the ear of Jonathan, who escaped unhurt.

Source WFT Pedigree number 893

12. v. GERSHOM BRIGHAM, b. February 23, 1680, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. January 3, 1748, Marlboro, Massachusetts.
13. vi. ELNATHAN BRIGHAM, b. March 7, 1683; d. April 10, 1758.
vii. MARY BRIGHAM, b. October 26, 1687; d. Unknown.

8. EDMUND3 RICE (SAMUEL2, EDMUND1) was born 1663, and died September 1726. He married RUTH PARKER November 15, 1692. She was born October 27, 1672, and died Bet. 1716 - 1720 in Westboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for EDMUND RICE:
Edmund Rice1,2,3 (M)
b. 1663, d. c Sep 1726, #176
Pedigree
Edmund Rice was born in 1663 at Sudbury, MA, (not found in the published records).4,3 He was the son of Samuel Rice and Elizabeth King. Edmund Rice married Ruth Parker on 15 November 1692 at Roxbury, MA, (not found in the published records).1,2,3 Edmund Rice married Hannah Brewer on 23 June 1720 at Sudbury, MA, listed as Edmond of Westborough and Hannah of Sudbury.5,2,6,7 Edmund Rice died circa September 1726 at Westborough, MA, (not found in the published records).5
He resided after 1692 at Marlborough, MA, in the part that was set off in 1717 as Westborough.5 He resided in 1717 at Westboro, MA, lived in the portion of Marlboro that became Westboro.5 He was one of the original members of the church in 1724 at Westborough, MA.5 WRN: 59.

Children of Edmund Rice and Ruth Parker:
Dinah Rice (15 Oct 1693)
Silas Rice (10 Apr 1695)
Timothy Rice (15 Sep 1697 - a 1790)
Nahor Rice (21 Aug 1699 - 08 Aug 1704)
Huldah Rice (05 Dec 1701)
Moses Rice (21 Mar 1703 - 04 Oct 1704)
Deacon Seth Rice (01 Oct 1705 - 18 Feb 1796)
Thankful Rice (04 Aug 1707)
Lt. Eleazer Rice (20 Aug 1709 - 1767)
Ruth Rice (17 Nov 1712 - 01 Jul 1752)
Ebenezer Rice (01 Nov 1714 - 20 Dec 1714)
Anna Rice (20 Feb 1715/16 - 09 Apr 1802)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 8, 35.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 5.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 3.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 8.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 35.
[S104] Franklin P. Rice, Westborough, MA Vital Records.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, pp. 173, 258

Notes for RUTH PARKER:
Ruth Parker1,2,3 (F)
b. 27 Oct 1672, d. bt 1716 - 1720, #1666
Ruth Parker was christened on 27 October 1672 at Roxbury, MA; (illegible month).4 She married Edmund Rice, son of Samuel Rice and Elizabeth King, on 15 November 1692 at Roxbury, MA, (not found in the published records).1,2,3 Ruth Parker died between 1716 and 1720 at Westborough, MA, (not found in the published records).5
She resided after 1692 at Marlborough, MA, in the part that was set off in 1717 as Westborough.5

Children of Ruth Parker and Edmund Rice:
Dinah Rice (15 Oct 1693)
Silas Rice (10 Apr 1695)
Timothy Rice (15 Sep 1697 - a 1790)
Nahor Rice (21 Aug 1699 - 08 Aug 1704)
Huldah Rice (05 Dec 1701)
Moses Rice (21 Mar 1703 - 04 Oct 1704)
Deacon Seth Rice (01 Oct 1705 - 18 Feb 1796)
Thankful Rice (04 Aug 1707)
Lt. Eleazer Rice (20 Aug 1709 - 1767)
Ruth Rice (17 Nov 1712 - 01 Jul 1752)
Ebenezer Rice (01 Nov 1714 - 20 Dec 1714)
Anna Rice (20 Feb 1715/16 - 09 Apr 1802)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 8, 35.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 5.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 3.
[S338] Essex Institute, Roxbury, MA Vital Records.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 35.

More About EDMUND RICE and RUTH PARKER:
Marriage: November 15, 1692

Child of EDMUND RICE and RUTH PARKER is:
14. i. DINAH4 RICE, b. October 15, 1693; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 4

9. BETHIA4 RICE (DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born October 29, 1682, and died Unknown. She married JONATHAN NEWTON October 26, 1708 in Marlboro, MA, son of MOSES NEWTON and JOANNA LARKIN. He was born September 30, 1679 in Marlboro, MA, and died 1759 in Marlboro, MA.

Notes for BETHIA RICE:
Bethiah Rice1,2 (F)
b. 29 Oct 1682, #1506
Pedigree
Bethiah Rice was born on 29 October 1682 at Marlborough, MA.3,4 She was the daughter of Daniel Rice and Bethia Ward. Bethiah Rice married Jonathan Newton on 26 October 1708 at Marlborough, MA, (WARD indicates the date of marriage as 28 October 1708).1,2,5
Bethiah Rice and Jonathan Newton resided in 1708 at Marlborough, MA.6 WRN: 171.

Children of Bethiah Rice and Jonathan Newton:
Tirzah Newton (16 Aug 1709 - 10 Aug 1755)
Jonathan Newton (03 Nov 1710)
Tabitha Newton (30 Jan 1711/12 - 18 Feb 1711/12)
Bethiah Newton (17 Apr 1713)
Joanna Newton (08 Dec 1714)
Hepzibah Newton (01 Nov 1716)
David Newton (23 Feb 1717/18 - 19 Mar 1807)
Thankful Newton (27 Jul 1719 - 14 Jul 1755)
Gideon Newton (01 Jul 1721 - 29 Mar 1798)
Nathan Newton (23 Jun 1723)
Elnathan Newton (11 Oct 1724)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 20, 53.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 8.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 20.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 153.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 300.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 53.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

Notes for JONATHAN NEWTON:
Jonathan Newton1,2 (M)
b. 30 Sep 1679, d. 22 Dec 1753, #1516
Jonathan Newton was born on 30 September 1679 at Marlborough, MA.3,4,5 He married Bethiah Rice, daughter of Daniel Rice and Bethia Ward, on 26 October 1708 at Marlborough, MA, (WARD indicates the date of marriage as 28 October 1708).1,2,6 Jonathan Newton died on 22 December 1753 at Southborough, MA, (WARD indicates the location of death as Marlborough, apparently in error).3,7
He and Bethiah Rice resided in 1708 at Marlborough, MA.3

Children of Jonathan Newton and Bethiah Rice:
Tirzah Newton (16 Aug 1709 - 10 Aug 1755)
Jonathan Newton (03 Nov 1710)
Tabitha Newton (30 Jan 1711/12 - 18 Feb 1711/12)
Bethiah Newton (17 Apr 1713)
Joanna Newton (08 Dec 1714)
Hepzibah Newton (01 Nov 1716)
David Newton (23 Feb 1717/18 - 19 Mar 1807)
Thankful Newton (27 Jul 1719 - 14 Jul 1755)
Gideon Newton (01 Jul 1721 - 29 Mar 1798)
Nathan Newton (23 Jun 1723)
Elnathan Newton (11 Oct 1724)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 20, 53.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 8.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 53.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:44.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 300.
[S304] Franklin P Rice, Southborough, MA Vital Records, p. 176.

More About JONATHAN NEWTON and BETHIA RICE:
Marriage: October 26, 1708, Marlboro, MA

Child of BETHIA RICE and JONATHAN NEWTON is:
15. i. THANKFUL5 NEWTON, b. July 27, 1719, Marlborough, MA; d. July 14, 1755, Southboro, MA.

10. ABIGAIL4 RICE (JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born November 27, 1687 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. She married URIAH WHEELER December 23, 1704. He was born April 12, 1678 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died Unknown.

Notes for ABIGAIL RICE:
Abigail Rice was born on 27 November 1687 at Sudbury, MA.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of John Rice and Tabitha Stone. Abigail Rice married Uriah Wheeler on 23 December 1704 at Watertown, MA, (28th per Sudbury VRs and Ward) both of Sudbury.1,2,3,5,6,7 WRN: 160.

Children of Abigail Rice and Uriah Wheeler:
Uriah Wheeler (12 Jun 1705 - 28 Aug 1705)
Uriah Wheeler (10 Jun 1706 - 28 Jul 1706)
Thankful Wheeler (07 Aug 1707)
Abigail Wheeler (26 Jan 1708/9)
Elisha Wheeler (01 Feb 1710/11 - b 1785)
Hepzibah Wheeler (23 May 1713 - 13 Aug 1713)
Asahel Wheeler (23 Nov 1714 - 17 Nov 1729)
Jonas Wheeler (01 Apr 1719 - 11 Dec 1729)
Meliscent Wheeler (07 Nov 1731)
Uriah Wheeler (28 Sep 1733 - 22 Oct 1740)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 17.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 25.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 118.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, pp. 257, 283.
[S357] Fred G. Barker, Watertown, MA Vital Records, p. 2:20.
[S385] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Wayland, MA Vital Records.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

Notes for URIAH WHEELER:
Uriah Wheeler was born on 12 April 1678 at Sudbury, MA, (not found in the published records).3 He married Abigail Rice, daughter of John Rice and Tabitha Stone, on 23 December 1704 at Watertown, MA, (28th per Sudbury VRs and Ward) both of Sudbury.1,2,3,4,5,6 Uriah Wheeler died on 10 December 1753.3

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 17.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 2.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 25.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, pp. 257, 283.
[S357] Fred G. Barker, Watertown, MA Vital Records, p. 2:20.
[S385] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Wayland, MA Vital Records.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About URIAH WHEELER and ABIGAIL RICE:
Marriage: December 23, 1704

Children of ABIGAIL RICE and URIAH WHEELER are:
i. URIAH5 WHEELER, b. June 12, 1705; d. Unknown.
ii. URIAH WHEELER, b. June 10, 1706; d. Unknown.
iii. THANKFUL WHEELER, b. August 7, 1707; d. Unknown.
iv. ABIGAIL WHEELER, b. January 26, 1708; d. Unknown.
v. ELISHA WHEELER, b. February 1, 1710; d. Unknown.
vi. HEPZIBAH WHEELER, b. May 23, 1713; d. Unknown.
vii. ASAHEL WHEELER, b. November 23, 1714; d. Unknown.
viii. JONAS WHEELER, b. April 1, 1719; d. Unknown.
16. ix. MELISCENT WHEELER, b. November 7, 1731, Sudbury, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
x. URIAH WHEELER, b. September 28, 1733; d. Unknown.

11. NATHAN4 BRIGHAM (MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born June 17, 1671 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died February 16, 1746 in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married (1) ELIZABETH HOWE, daughter of ISAAC HOWE and FRANCES WOODS. She was born January 17, 1673 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died March 29, 1733 in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married (2) MEHITABLE GOULD. She died Unknown.

Notes for NATHAN BRIGHAM:
Morse states that Captain Nathan Brigham settled on a part of the Thomas homestead, his house being a garrison house in Queen Anne's War. He was a weaver. He inherited the town-right of his father and drew shares of the public land in this right. He held town offices and was 7 years a selectman and for the last time in 1738; was representative in 1726 and '30. April 5, 1733, he made his will, giving his son Thomas 100 acres where he then resided, a house, 6 acres of meadow in Marlboro and 70 acres in Sutton; also a 16 acre town-right, originally John Rediet Jr.'s. His wife, Mehitable, received 20 pounds for a mourning suit, and Ephraim, who had the homestead, was to support her and pay her funeral expenses. March 26, 1746-7, the heirs signed an agreement dividing his estate.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Capt Nathan Brigham1,2 (M)
b. 17 Jun 1671, d. 16 Feb 1746/47, #1909
Pedigree
Capt Nathan Brigham was born on 17 June 1671 at Marlborough, MA.1,3,4,5 He was the son of Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice. Capt Nathan Brigham married Elizabeth Maynard circa 1690 at Marlborough, MA, (your authors note that the 1664 marriage date cited in Supplement 1 is actually Elizabeth's birth date. There is no record of the marriage in the Marlborough VR).6 Capt Nathan Brigham married Elizabeth How it is noted that this is a very unlikely marriage. Regrettably there is no marriage in the Marlborough vital records for Nathan Brigham. However, the death information about Nathan's wife Elizabeth correlates with the birth record for Elizabeth Maynard.7 Capt Nathan Brigham died on 16 February 1746/47 at Marlborough, MA, aged 75y 8m.7,8
Your authors note that no marriage for this Nathan Brigham is found in the Marlborough vital records. Thus, the identification of his wife Elizabeth depends on indirect evidence. Her recorded age at death is sufficient: it matches exactly the recorded birth of Elizabeth Maynard and is fully nine years off from the birth of Elizabeth How. It is, of course, conceivable that Nathan married two different Elizabeths in succession, although, in that case, we would have not just one, but three, unrecorded events to explain (the two marriages and the death of the first wife). If that is indeed the case, then the first wife (Elizabeth How) is most likely the mother of Nathan's children. Investigation of the How and Maynard probate records may shed light on this question. He and Elizabeth How resided at Marlborough, MA.9 WRN: 79.

Children of Capt Nathan Brigham and Elizabeth Maynard:
Nathan Brigham (28 Nov 1693)
Thomas Brigham (22 Feb 1695 - 25 Nov 1765)
Tabitha Brigham (20 Aug 1698 - 06 Feb 1730/31)
Elizabeth Brigham (04 Jan 1699/0 - 11 Oct 1757)
Sarah Brigham (14 Dec 1701 - 05 Nov 1744)
Zipporah Brigham (14 Sep 1704 - 02 May 1790)
Hannah Brigham (09 Mar 1706 - Mar 1781)
Ephraim Brigham (20 Jan 1707/8 - 07 Feb 1771)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 11, 44.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 1, 6.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 1.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:49.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 6.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 44.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 349.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 43.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

Notes for ELIZABETH HOWE:
Found dead, kneeling by a chair in her home.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Notes for MEHITABLE GOULD:
Mehitable Gould widow of Jonas Eaton of Charlestown, Mass. (See Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates, pp. 130, 317).

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Child of NATHAN BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH HOWE is:
17. i. LIEUT. NATHAN5 BRIGHAM, b. November 28, 1693, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. September 15, 1784, Southboro, Massachusetts.

12. GERSHOM4 BRIGHAM (MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born February 23, 1680 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died January 3, 1748 in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married MEHITABEL WARREN May 18, 1703, daughter of JOSEPH WARREN and EXPERIENCE WHEELOCK. She was born 1684, and died Unknown.

Notes for GERSHOM BRIGHAM:
Gershom Brigham1,2,3,4 (M)
b. 23 Feb 1680/81, d. 03 Jan 1748/49, #1314
Pedigree
Gershom Brigham was born on 23 February 1680/81 at Marlborough, MA, (literally 1680).5,2,3,4,6,7 He was the son of Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice. Gershom Brigham married Mehitable Warren on 18 May 1703 at Medfield, MA.5,2,3,4,8 Marriage banns for Gershom Brigham and Mehitable Spring were published on 28 December 1729 at Weston, MA; listed as Gershom of Marlborough and Mehitabel Stimson of Weston.9 Mehitable Spring married 2nd Gershom Brigham on 17 February 1729/30 at Marlborough, MA, Mehitable Stimpson was of Weston.2,3,10 He died on 3 January 1748/49 at Marlborough, MA.5,3,4,11
He was a surveyor for the west end in 1710 at Marlborough, MA.4 He was a "tythingman" in 1716.4 He was a constable in 1721.4 He was on the Committee to "seat the Meeting" in 1727.4 He was a Selectman in 1733.4 WRN: 83.

Children of Gershom Brigham and Mehitable Warren:
Martha Brigham (06 Oct 1704 - 15 Oct 1782)
Joseph Brigham (21 Apr 1706 - 29 Jul 1786)
Abigail Brigham (25 Nov 1708 - 06 Mar 1790)
Gershom Brigham Jr (04 Nov 1712)
Benjamin Brigham (19 Feb 1714/15)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 83.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 1.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 15.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 6.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 11.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:49.
[S898] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Medfield, MA Vital Records.
[S324] Town of Weston, Weston, MA Vital Records, p. 24.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 229.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 347.

More About GERSHOM BRIGHAM and MEHITABEL WARREN:
Marriage: May 18, 1703

Children of GERSHOM BRIGHAM and MEHITABEL WARREN are:
i. MARTHA5 BRIGHAM, b. October 6, 1704; d. Unknown.
ii. JOSEPH BRIGHAM, b. April 21, 1706; d. Unknown.
iii. ABIGAIL BRIGHAM, b. November 25, 1708; d. Unknown.
iv. GERSHOM BRIGHAM, b. November 4, 1712; d. Unknown.
18. v. BENJAMIN BRIGHAM, b. February 19, 1714; d. Unknown.

13. ELNATHAN4 BRIGHAM (MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born March 7, 1683, and died April 10, 1758. He married BETHIAH WARD 1705. She was born 1683, and died April 15, 1765 in Conventry, Conneticutt.

More About ELNATHAN BRIGHAM and BETHIAH WARD:
Marriage: 1705

Children of ELNATHAN BRIGHAM and BETHIAH WARD are:
i. JERUSHA5 BRIGHAM, d. Unknown.
ii. PAUL BRIGHAM, d. Unknown.
iii. URIAH BRIGHAM, b. April 30, 1706; d. July 9, 1710.
iv. PRISCILLA BRIGHAM, b. April 3, 1709; d. Unknown.
v. LEVINAH BRIGHAM, b. August 31, 1711; d. March 8, 1749; m. JOHN FAY, JR., December 16, 1729; b. November 30, 1669, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. January 5, 1747, Westboro, Massachusetts.

More About JOHN FAY and LEVINAH BRIGHAM:
Marriage: December 16, 1729

vi. PRUDENCE BRIGHAM, b. January 28, 1715; d. Unknown.
vii. ELNATHAN BRIGHAM, b. April 7, 1716; d. Unknown.
viii. URIAH BRIGHAM, b. Abt. 1723; d. Unknown.

14. DINAH4 RICE (EDMUND3, SAMUEL2, EDMUND1) was born October 15, 1693, and died Unknown. She married LIEUT. NATHAN BRIGHAM December 24, 1717, son of NATHAN BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH HOWE. He was born November 28, 1693 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died September 15, 1784 in Southboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for DINAH RICE:
Dinah Rice1,2 (F)
b. 15 Oct 1693, #1667
Pedigree
Dinah Rice was born on 15 October 1693 at Marlborough, MA.3,4 She was the daughter of Edmund Rice and Ruth Parker. Dinah Rice was baptized on 18 November 1705 at Marlborough, MA.4 She married Nathan Brigham, son of Capt Nathan Brigham and Elizabeth Maynard, on 24 December 1717 at Marlborough, MA.1,2,5
Dinah Rice and Nathan Brigham resided in 1718 at Marlborough, MA.6 WRN: 308.

Children of Dinah Rice and Nathan Brigham:
Dinah Brigham (05 Sep 1719)
Eunice Brigham (04 Oct 1721)
Moses Brigham (02 Jan 1722/23 - 03 Dec 1769)
Persis Brigham (03 Apr 1724 - 12 Jul 1740)
Elizabeth Brigham (18 Dec 1725 - 16 Dec 1799)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 35, 44, 84.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 6, 16.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 35.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, p. 154.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, pp. 232, 300.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 84.

Notes for LIEUT. NATHAN BRIGHAM:
Morse gather the following facts about Lieut. Natham Brigham. Prior to the second division of the original township of Marlboro, in 1727, Nathan held several minor town offices, but in the new town of Southboro, to which he was set off, he appears at once among her principal citizens, serving the first year as a selectman and soon after as treasurer. He was repeatedly placed on committees for hiring schoolmasters and chosen for the 29th time as a selectman at the age of 77 years, at which he remonstrated and was, with public thank,, excused. He lived near the houses of Samuel and Dana Brigham in the north part of Southboro, and is presumed to have inherited the lands southeast of Crane meadow, drawn in his grandfather Thomas' right. He did inherit the Bible, law-book, cane and sword of his father Nathan. He retained his vigor to a great age and when in his 90th year used to mount his horse without assistance.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Nathan Brigham1,2 (M)
b. 28 Nov 1693, #2064
Pedigree
Nathan Brigham was born on 28 November 1693 at Marlborough, MA.3,4,5,6 He was the son of Capt Nathan Brigham and Elizabeth Maynard. Nathan Brigham married Dinah Rice, daughter of Edmund Rice and Ruth Parker, on 24 December 1717 at Marlborough, MA.7,2,8 Nathan Brigham and Hepzibah Ward married 2nd circa 1729.2
Nathan Brigham and Dinah Rice resided in 1718 at Marlborough, MA.9 WRN: 383.

Children of Nathan Brigham and Dinah Rice:
Dinah Brigham (05 Sep 1719)
Eunice Brigham (04 Oct 1721)
Moses Brigham (02 Jan 1722/23 - 03 Dec 1769)
Persis Brigham (03 Apr 1724 - 12 Jul 1740)
Elizabeth Brigham (18 Dec 1725 - 16 Dec 1799)

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 44, 84.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 6, 16.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 44.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 6.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:5.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 35, 44, 84.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records, pp. 232, 300.
[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 84.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

More About NATHAN BRIGHAM and DINAH RICE:
Marriage: December 24, 1717

Children of DINAH RICE and NATHAN BRIGHAM are:
i. DINAH5 BRIGHAM, b. September 5, 1719; d. Unknown.
ii. EUNICE BRIGHAM, b. October 4, 1721; d. Unknown.
iii. MOSES BRIGHAM, b. January 2, 1722; d. Unknown.
iv. PERSIS BRIGHAM, b. April 3, 1724; d. Unknown.
v. ELIZABETH BRIGHAM, b. December 18, 1725; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 5

15. THANKFUL5 NEWTON (BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born July 27, 1719 in Marlborough, MA, and died July 14, 1755 in Southboro, MA. She married AARON FAY August 26, 1740, son of DAVID FAY and SARAH LARKIN. He was born April 18, 1719, and died January 4, 1798.

Notes for THANKFUL NEWTON:
Source for death date, place: Southborough Cemetery records.

Thankful Newton1,2,3 (F)
b. 27 Jul 1719, d. 14 Jul 1755, #2655
Pedigree
Thankful Newton was born on 27 July 1719 at Marlborough, MA.1,2,4,5,6 She was the daughter of Jonathan Newton and Bethiah Rice. Thankful Newton married Aaron Fay on 26 August 1740 at Southborough, MA.2,3,7 Thankful Newton died on 14 July 1755 at Southborough, MA, under the name Fay.4,8
WRN: 540.

[S1] Andrew Henshaw A.M. Ward, The Rice Family, p. 54.
[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 8.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 79, 110.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 110.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:37.
[S304] Franklin P Rice, Southborough, MA Vital Records.
[S304] Franklin P Rice, Southborough, MA Vital Records, p. 167.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About THANKFUL NEWTON:
Burial: Unknown, Southboro, MA

Notes for AARON FAY:
Aaron Fay1,2 (M)
b. 18 Apr 1719, d. 04 Jan 1798, #3471
Aaron Fay was born on 18 April 1719 at Marlborough, MA.3 He married Thankful Newton, daughter of Jonathan Newton and Bethiah Rice, on 26 August 1740 at Southborough, MA.1,4,5 Aaron Fay married Eunice Bradish, daughter of James Bradish and Damaris Rice, on 8 October 1755 at Southborough, MA.2,5 Aaron Fay died on 4 January 1798.6

[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, p. 8.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 27, 79.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 79, 110.
[S304] Franklin P Rice, Southborough, MA Vital Records.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, p. 79.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About AARON FAY and THANKFUL NEWTON:
Marriage: August 26, 1740

Child of THANKFUL NEWTON and AARON FAY is:
19. i. BETHIA6 FAY, b. June 9, 1754; d. Unknown.

16. MELISCENT5 WHEELER (ABIGAIL4 RICE, JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born November 7, 1731 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. She married SAMUEL EATON April 18, 1748. He was born 1725 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died Unknown.

Notes for MELISCENT WHEELER:
Meliscent Wheeler was born on 7 November 1731 at Sudbury, MA, under the name Wheller.1,2 She was the daughter of Uriah Wheeler and Abigail Rice. Meliscent Wheeler married Samuel Eaton on 18 April 1748 at Sudbury, MA, listed as Samuel of Worcester.1,3

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 25, 76.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 150.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, pp. 192, 284.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

Notes for SAMUEL EATON:
Samuel Eaton was born circa 1725. Samuel was baptized with four of his brothers and sisters on the same date in 1731. As he was listed first it is likely that he was the oldest and was born about 1725. Sister Elizabeth, the last named sibling in the church record, is the only sibling listed in the Sudbury vital records as born at Sudbury, MA.2,3 He was baptized on 29 August 1731 at First Parish Church, Sudbury, MA.2 He married Meliscent Wheeler, daughter of Uriah Wheeler and Abigail Rice, on 18 April 1748 at Sudbury, MA, listed as Samuel of Worcester.1,4

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 25, 76.
[S255] Sudbury, MA, First Parish Church : p. 90; LDS film number: 0185464.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, p. 42.
[S331] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Sudbury, MA Vital Records, pp. 192, 284.

Source: The Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Inc. on the internet at http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/ in November 2002.

More About SAMUEL EATON and MELISCENT WHEELER:
Marriage: April 18, 1748

Child of MELISCENT WHEELER and SAMUEL EATON is:
20. i. ABEL6 EATON, d. Unknown.

17. LIEUT. NATHAN5 BRIGHAM (NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born November 28, 1693 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died September 15, 1784 in Southboro, Massachusetts. He married (1) DINAH RICE December 24, 1717, daughter of EDMUND RICE and RUTH PARKER. She was born October 15, 1693, and died Unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH (WARD) SNOW Abt. 1729. She died Unknown.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

More About NATHAN BRIGHAM and DINAH RICE:
Marriage: December 24, 1717

Notes for ELIZABETH (WARD) SNOW:
Hepzibah Ward1 (F)
#2072
Hepzibah Ward and Nathan Brigham married 2nd, son of Capt Nathan Brigham and Elizabeth Maynard, circa 1729.1

[S2] Edmund Rice (1638) Association, Rice Family - Supp 1, pp. 6, 16.

Source: The Rice Association at http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p1.htm#i1

More About NATHAN BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH SNOW:
Marriage: Abt. 1729

Children are listed above under (14) Dinah Rice.

Child of NATHAN BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH SNOW is:
21. i. CAPT. WILLIAM6 BRIGHAM, b. April 8, 1735, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. April 20, 1793, Marlboro, Massachusetts.

18. BENJAMIN5 BRIGHAM (GERSHOM4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born February 19, 1714, and died Unknown. He married HANNAH MERRILL. She died Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN BRIGHAM:
Benjamin Brigham1,2 (M)
b. 19 Feb 1714/15, #3812
Pedigree
Benjamin Brigham was born on 19 February 1714/15 at Marlborough, MA.3,2,4,5 He was the son of Gershom Brigham and Mehitable Warren. Benjamin Brigham married Hannah Merrill on 9 March 1740/41 at Southborough, MA.1,6

[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 15, 56, 295.
[S4] Margaret Skinner Rice, Rice Family - S2/P1, p. 6.
[S3] Rice Gen'l Register, pp. 15, 56.
[S28] Franklin P Rice, Marlborough, MA Vital Records.
[S336] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:33.
[S304] Franklin P Rice, Southborough, MA Vital Records.

Children of BENJAMIN BRIGHAM and HANNAH MERRILL are:
i. BENJAMIN6 BRIGHAM, b. March 11, 1741; d. Unknown.
ii. CALEB BRIGHAM, b. November 20, 1743; d. Unknown.
iii. BENAJAH BRIGHAM, b. March 15, 1745; d. Unknown.
iv. HANNAH BRIGHAM, b. May 1, 1748; d. Unknown.
v. GERSHOM BRIGHAM, b. June 27, 1750; d. Unknown.
vi. WARREN BRIGHAM, b. November 16, 1753; d. Unknown.
vii. LYDIA BRIGHAM, b. February 28, 1758; d. Unknown.
22. viii. LEVINAH BRIGHAM, b. September 2, 1760; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 6

19. BETHIA6 FAY (THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born June 9, 1754, and died Unknown. She married REUBEN FAY October 21, 1771 in Holden, Massachusetts, son of ROBERT FAY and ELIZABETH JOSLYN. He was born September 25, 1749 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died November 12, 1797 in Southboro, Massachusetts.

Notes for REUBEN FAY:
Reuben Fay was a tythingman, surveyor, overseer of the poor, and Field Driver. He married Bethia Fay his cousin.

More About REUBEN FAY and BETHIA FAY:
Marriage: October 21, 1771, Holden, Massachusetts

Children of BETHIA FAY and REUBEN FAY are:
23. i. REUBEN7 FAY, b. July 20, 1772, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. April 2, 1835, Framingham, Massachusetts.
ii. SOLOMON FAY, b. October 22, 1774; d. Unknown.
iii. ISAAC FAY, b. June 22, 1777, Apr 1796; d. Unknown.
iv. STEPHEN FAY, b. April 4, 1779; d. 1796.
v. ANNA FAY, b. January 21, 1781; d. 1796.
vi. REBECCA FAY, b. February 9, 1785; d. April 30, 1796.
vii. BETHIA FAY, b. June 30, 1787; d. Unknown.
24. viii. LOVINAH FAY, b. February 19, 1788; d. December 18, 1860.
ix. HEPSIBAH FAY, b. March 3, 1789; d. Unknown.
x. BETSEY FAY, b. May 4, 1791; d. June 6, 1796.
xi. THANKFUL FAY, b. June 23, 1793; d. June 1796.
xii. DANA FAY, b. October 22, 1795; d. May 1796.
xiii. LOVICE FAY, b. July 3, 1798; d. Unknown, Royalton; m. ISRAEL HEMENWAY; d. Unknown, Royalton.

20. ABEL6 EATON (MELISCENT5 WHEELER, ABIGAIL4 RICE, JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of ABEL EATON is:
25. i. LOREN7 EATON, d. Unknown.

21. CAPT. WILLIAM6 BRIGHAM (NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born April 8, 1735 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died April 20, 1793 in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He married (1) LYDIA CHAMBERLAIN. She was born 1744 in Westboro, Massachusetts, and died February 8, 1793. He married (2) REBECCA BALL September 4, 1759. She died December 14, 1768.

Notes for CAPT. WILLIAM BRIGHAM:
Captain William Brigham resided near Gates Pond in Marlboro, and was tythingman 1762; warden '73; field-driver '74, and selectman '78, '82', and '85. He was Commander of a Company of Minute-men in Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment, and marched with them on the Lexington Alarm, 19 April 1775. He was the founder of Brigham cemetery in Marlboro.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

More About CAPT. WILLIAM BRIGHAM:
Cause of Death: Small-pox

More About LYDIA CHAMBERLAIN:
Cause of Death: Small-pox

More About WILLIAM BRIGHAM and REBECCA BALL:
Marriage: September 4, 1759

Child of WILLIAM BRIGHAM and LYDIA CHAMBERLAIN is:
26. i. COL. EPHRAIM7 BRIGHAM, b. October 9, 1771, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. September 13, 1847, Saxonville, Massachusetts.

22. LEVINAH6 BRIGHAM (BENJAMIN5, GERSHOM4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born September 2, 1760, and died Unknown. She married JOHN FAY December 16, 1779, son of JOHN FAY and THANKFUL TAYLOR. He was born May 23, 1756 in Sourthboro, Massachusetts, and died June 14, 1839.

Notes for LEVINAH BRIGHAM:
Levinah is spelling from Brigham Family book; Lovina is spelling from Orlin Fay Family book.

More About JOHN FAY and LEVINAH BRIGHAM:
Marriage: December 16, 1779

Children of LEVINAH BRIGHAM and JOHN FAY are:
i. WINDOSOR7 FAY, b. July 15, 1780; d. Unknown.
ii. LUCY FAY, b. October 13, 1781; d. Unknown.
iii. LYDIA FAY, b. September 17, 1783; d. Unknown.
27. iv. JOHN FAY, b. October 18, 1785; d. Unknown.
v. JOEL FAY, b. January 6, 1788; d. Unknown.
vi. LOVINA FAY, b. April 23, 1790; d. Unknown.
vii. LEVI FAY, b. June 9, 1792; d. Unknown.
viii. POLLY FAY, b. May 30, 1794; d. Unknown.
ix. SALLY FAY, b. June 18, 1796; d. Unknown.
x. ROXANNA FAY, b. April 24, 1798; d. Unknown.
xi. BETSEY FAY, b. October 12, 1802; d. Unknown.
xii. ORPHA FAY, b. November 9, 1804; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 7

23. REUBEN7 FAY (BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born July 20, 1772 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died April 2, 1835 in Framingham, Massachusetts. He married ESTHER PARKS July 24, 1796 in Framingham, Massachusetts, daughter of GIDEON PARK and HANNAH FULLER. She was born May 10, 1775 in Framingham, Massachusetts, and died August 13, 1854.

More About REUBEN FAY and ESTHER PARKS:
Marriage: July 24, 1796, Framingham, Massachusetts

Children of REUBEN FAY and ESTHER PARKS are:
28. i. DANA8 FAY, b. January 14, 1797, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
ii. SUSAN FAY, b. June 5, 1798, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. October 1849.
29. iii. PARK FAY, b. May 10, 1800, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. December 6, 1854, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
iv. AMANDA FAY, b. March 27, 1802, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. April 17, 1833; m. SAMUEL PARRY; d. Unknown, Brookfield, Massachusetts.
v. ISAAC FAY, b. June 9, 1804, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. July 1804.
vi. ISAAC FAY, b. July 25, 1805, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. 1832; m. HARRIET SHEPARD; d. Unknown, Framingham, Massachusetts.
30. vii. DINTHY FAY, b. August 4, 1807, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. 1853.
viii. GIDEON FAY, b. September 24, 1809, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. 1831.
ix. HANNAH FULLER FAY, b. 1812, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. 1813.
x. HARRIET FAY, b. March 15, 1814, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
31. xi. HANNAH FULLER FAY, b. November 26, 1816, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

24. LOVINAH7 FAY (BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born February 19, 1788, and died December 18, 1860. She married ELIHA ROOT November 21, 1803. He was born July 5, and died January 23, 1863 in Belchertown.

More About ELIHA ROOT and LOVINAH FAY:
Marriage: November 21, 1803

Children of LOVINAH FAY and ELIHA ROOT are:
i. HARRISON8 ROOT, b. January 27, 1808; d. Unknown.
ii. CAROLINE ROOT, b. November 26, 1809; d. Unknown.
iii. ELIHA ROOT, b. December 3, 1811; d. Unknown.
iv. HARRIET ROOT, b. September 10, 1816; d. Unknown.

25. LOREN7 EATON (ABEL6, MELISCENT5 WHEELER, ABIGAIL4 RICE, JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of LOREN EATON is:
32. i. ORLEANS8 EATON, d. Unknown.

26. COL. EPHRAIM7 BRIGHAM (WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born October 9, 1771 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died September 13, 1847 in Saxonville, Massachusetts. He married (1) LUCY RICE November 3, 1794, daughter of PETER RICE and LEVINA HOWE. She was born December 21, 1774, and died February 20, 1814. He married (2) MARY HUBBARD March 15, 1815, daughter of DANIEL HUBBARD. She was born February 8, 1789, and died August 1870 in Saxonville, Massachusetts.

Notes for COL. EPHRAIM BRIGHAM:
Colonel Ephraim Brigham was a resident of Marlboro, Sudbury and Saxonville, Mass., at different times during his life. In Marlboro he was for some time town treasurer and in 1808, '24, and '25 he served as selectman. Elected general, but declined to qualify. Was one of the leading men of his day. He deeded Brigham Cemetery to the town of Marlboro, in 1808.

Notes from The History of the Brigham Family from the New Hampshire Historic Society 20 Park Street, Concord, New Hampshire, obtained by Ken and Susan Barbi on August 12, 2000.

More About EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and LUCY RICE:
Marriage: November 3, 1794

More About EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and MARY HUBBARD:
Marriage: March 15, 1815

Child of EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and LUCY RICE is:
33. i. EPHRAIM8 BRIGHAM, b. October 21, 1799, Marlboro, Massachusetts; d. Unknown, Natick, Massachusetts.

27. JOHN7 FAY (LEVINAH6 BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN5, GERSHOM4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born October 18, 1785, and died Unknown. He married (1) BETSEY CLARK. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. He married (2) PHEBE LOCKE. She was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died Unknown.

Child of JOHN FAY and BETSEY CLARK is:
34. i. WILLIAM CLARK8 FAY, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 8

28. DANA8 FAY (REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born January 14, 1797 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. He married (1) MARY ANNA PARKER October 14, 1822, daughter of REV. JEROBEAM PARKER. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARTHA PARKER April 14, 1832, daughter of REV. JEROBEAM PARKER. She died Unknown.

More About DANA FAY and MARY PARKER:
Marriage: October 14, 1822

More About DANA FAY and MARTHA PARKER:
Marriage: April 14, 1832

Child of DANA FAY and MARY PARKER is:
i. MARY ELIZABETH9 FAY, b. December 24, 1823; d. Unknown; m. THOMAS G. FAY; d. Unknown.

29. PARK8 FAY (REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born May 10, 1800 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died December 6, 1854 in Lincoln, Massachusetts. He married SALLY S. WILLIAMS March 21, 1825 in Southboro, Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and SALLY UNKNOWN. She was born May 19, 1801 in Southboro, MA, and died Unknown.

Notes for PARK FAY:
He was Selectman 1830 and 1840.

Source: "Fay Genealogy - John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants" by Orlin P. Fay, 1898, page 277.

Notes for SALLY S. WILLIAMS:
Father probably was William Williams, husband of Sally. Suspect that Wetherbee and Sullivan are ancestral names, based on pattern of names of her children.

More About SALLY S. WILLIAMS:
Christening: July 29, 1874, Lincoln, MA

More About PARK FAY and SALLY WILLIAMS:
Marriage: March 21, 1825, Southboro, Massachusetts

Children of PARK FAY and SALLY WILLIAMS are:
35. i. GILBERT PARK9 FAY, b. March 6, 1826, South Framingham, Massachusetts; d. May 9, 1893, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
ii. SARAH JANE FAY, b. August 22, 1831, Holliston, Massachusetts; d. March 22, 1832, Holliston, Massachusetts.

Notes for SARAH JANE FAY:
Death information is from Vital Records of Holliston, Mass to the Year 1850 published in 1908. It is from the gravestone record in the Old North Cemetery.

Holliston, Mass, became part of South Framingham in the middle 1850's.

More About SARAH JANE FAY:
Burial: Unknown, Old North Cemetery, Holliston, Massachusetts

36. iii. SARAH JANE FAY, b. September 11, 1832, Holliston, Massachusetts; d. June 16, 1894, Concord, Massachusetts.
iv. ELIZA ANN FAY, b. June 13, 1836, Southboro, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
v. BENJAMIN WETHERBEE FAY, b. May 29, 1838, Holliston, Massachusetts; d. Unknown; m. HANNAH G. EDMUNDS, August 31, 1853; b. Anderson, New Hampshire; d. Unknown.

Notes for BENJAMIN WETHERBEE FAY:
Baptism information is from Vital Records of Holliston, Mass to the Year 1850 published in 1908. It is from the baptismal records of the Central Cemetery. The records also show his name spelled as Witherbey, but the Orlin Fay Book on the Fay Family and the WL Tyler Brigham Book on the Brigham Family show the spelling of Laura Sophia Brigham and Gilbert Park Fay's son as Irving Wetherbee Fay.

Holliston, Mass, became part of South Framingham in the middle 1850's.

Thought to have had 6 children, and resided in Boston in 1860.

More About BENJAMIN WETHERBEE FAY:
Baptism: November 20, 1831

More About BENJAMIN FAY and HANNAH EDMUNDS:
Marriage: August 31, 1853

vi. GEORGE GIDEON FULLER FAY, b. November 5, 1838; d. Unknown.
vii. MARTHA FULLER FAY, b. May 21, 1841; d. Unknown.

Notes for MARTHA FULLER FAY:
Died young.

viii. FRANKLIN SULLIVAN FAY, b. Aft. 1842; d. Unknown.

Notes for FRANKLIN SULLIVAN FAY:
Died young.

30. DINTHY8 FAY (REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born August 4, 1807 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died 1853. She married EDMUND C. FLAGG July 4, 1839. He died Unknown in Southboro, Massachusetts.

More About EDMUND FLAGG and DINTHY FAY:
Marriage: July 4, 1839

Child of DINTHY FAY and EDMUND FLAGG is:
i. FRANCIS J.9 FLAGG, d. Unknown.

31. HANNAH FULLER8 FAY (REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born November 26, 1816 in Southboro, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. She married WILLIAM F. STONE May 30, 1839. He died Unknown in Natick, Massachusetts.

More About WILLIAM STONE and HANNAH FAY:
Marriage: May 30, 1839

Children of HANNAH FAY and WILLIAM STONE are:
i. GEORGE D.9 STONE, b. April 23, 1840; d. Unknown.
ii. LEONARD P. STONE, b. October 17, 1843; d. Unknown.
iii. WILLIAM J. STONE, b. October 21, 1848; d. Unknown.

32. ORLEANS8 EATON (LOREN7, ABEL6, MELISCENT5 WHEELER, ABIGAIL4 RICE, JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of ORLEANS EATON is:
37. i. HERBERT9 EATON, d. Unknown.

33. EPHRAIM8 BRIGHAM (EPHRAIM7, WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born October 21, 1799 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died Unknown in Natick, Massachusetts. He married SOPHIA HOWE November 25, 1821 in Natick, Massachusetts, daughter of ARCHELAUS HOWE. She was born March 15, 1799 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died Unknown in Natick, Massachusetts.

More About EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and SOPHIA HOWE:
Marriage: November 25, 1821, Natick, Massachusetts

Children of EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and SOPHIA HOWE are:
38. i. LAURA SOPHIA9 BRIGHAM, b. December 26, 1830, Natick, Massachusetts; d. June 26, 1905, Winstead,Conneticutt.
39. ii. ALFRED MILO BRIGHAM, b. October 21, 1828, Natick, Massachusetts; d. June 15, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia.
iii. MARY HUBBARD BRIGHAM, b. June 1, 1838; d. Unknown.
40. iv. MATTHIAS BRIGHAM, b. June 25, 1833, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
v. THOMAS HARTWELL BRIGHAM, b. March 12, 1825, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
41. vi. EPHRAIM HARRIS BRIGHAM, b. September 26, 1822, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. August 21, 1877.

34. WILLIAM CLARK8 FAY (JOHN7, LEVINAH6 BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN5, GERSHOM4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of WILLIAM CLARK FAY is:
42. i. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS9 FAY, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 9

35. GILBERT PARK9 FAY (PARK8, REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born March 6, 1826 in South Framingham, Massachusetts, and died May 9, 1893 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He married LAURA SOPHIA BRIGHAM October 16, 1853 in Natick, Massachusetts, daughter of EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and SOPHIA HOWE. She was born December 26, 1830 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died June 26, 1905 in Winstead,Conneticutt.

Notes for GILBERT PARK FAY:
Baptism information is from Vital Records of Holliston, Mass to the Year 1850 published in 1908. It is from the baptismal records of the Central Cemetery. Holliston, Mass, became part of South Framingham in the middle 1850's. Merchant from South Framingham transacts business in Boston, with residence in Natick.

Source: "Fay Genealogy - John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants" by Orlin P. Fay, 1898, page 284.

More About GILBERT PARK FAY:
Baptism: November 20, 1831, First Congregational Church

Notes for LAURA SOPHIA BRIGHAM:
Laura Sophia Brigham is from the same Thomas Brigham Family that in 1669 had Mary Brigham marry John Fay. The Fay line in our family comes from John Fay's second marriage to Susanna Shattuck Morse in 1678. It is interesting to record that Laura Sophia's ancestor Thomas Brigham's (1640-1716) brother Samuel (1652-1713) was the progenitor of Peter Bent Brigham who left a sum of $1,000,000 which was not to be spent until 25 years after his death. By this time the fund had grown to $2,000,000 and was used to build the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, a world famous medical research hospital connected with Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.

Laura lived with her parents in Natick in 1850 census.

More About GILBERT FAY and LAURA BRIGHAM:
Marriage: October 16, 1853, Natick, Massachusetts

Children of GILBERT FAY and LAURA BRIGHAM are:
i. MARTHA FULLER10 FAY, b. September 15, 1854, Boston, Massachusetts; d. Unknown; m. JOHN EASTMAN CLARK, July 1885; b. Winsted, Conn; d. Unknown.

More About JOHN CLARK and MARTHA FAY:
Marriage: July 1885

43. ii. BRIGHAM PARK FAY, b. January 31, 1855, Natick, Massachusetts; d. April 4, 1928, Lakeport, NH.
44. iii. DR. IRVING WETHERBEE FAY, b. November 30, 1861, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
iv. JANET WILLIAMS FAY, b. November 24, 1866, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown; m. CLARENCE E. COZZENS, September 1888, Indianapolis, Ind; d. Unknown.

More About CLARENCE COZZENS and JANET FAY:
Marriage: September 1888, Indianapolis, Ind

45. v. ALFRED CHASE FAY, b. April 21, 1867, Natick, Massachusetts; d. 1940.
46. vi. HARRISON GILBERT FAY, b. May 10, 1869; d. Unknown.

36. SARAH JANE9 FAY (PARK8, REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born September 11, 1832 in Holliston, Massachusetts, and died June 16, 1894 in Concord, Massachusetts. She married GEORGE MINOT BAKER May 16, 1855, son of JACOB BAKER and LAVINA MINOTT. He was born April 24, 1826 in Concord, Massachusetts, and died October 17, 1916 in Sleepy Hollow Cemeter, Concord, Massachusetts.

More About SARAH JANE FAY:
Burial: Unknown, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts
Record Change: July 23, 2002

More About GEORGE MINOT BAKER:
Burial: Unknown, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts
Record Change: July 23, 2002

More About GEORGE BAKER and SARAH FAY:
Marriage: May 16, 1855

Children of SARAH FAY and GEORGE BAKER are:
i. GEORGE FAY10 BAKER, b. 1856; d. June 6, 1856, Sleepy Hollow Cemeter, Concord, Massachusetts.

Notes for GEORGE FAY BAKER:
Died as a child and is burried with his parents George and Sarah Baker.

More About GEORGE FAY BAKER:
Record Change: July 23, 2002

ii. SARAH SNOW BAKER, b. 1857; d. Unknown.

More About SARAH SNOW BAKER:
Record Change: July 23, 2002

iii. LAVINIA MINOTT BAKER, b. December 11, 1859; d. February 7, 1868.

More About LAVINIA MINOTT BAKER:
Record Change: July 23, 2002

iv. WALTER FAY BAKER, b. 1861; d. Unknown.

More About WALTER FAY BAKER:
Record Change: July 23, 2002

v. ARTHUR WILLIAM BAKER, b. July 30, 1869; d. March 23, 1870, Sleepy Hollow Cemeter, Concord, Massachusetts.

More About ARTHUR WILLIAM BAKER:
Record Change: July 23, 2002

47. vi. IDA FLORENCE BAKER, b. January 14, 1866; d. April 3, 1914, Concord, Massachusetts.

37. HERBERT9 EATON (ORLEANS8, LOREN7, ABEL6, MELISCENT5 WHEELER, ABIGAIL4 RICE, JOHN3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of HERBERT EATON is:
48. i. RALPH10 EATON, b. Private.

38. LAURA SOPHIA9 BRIGHAM (EPHRAIM8, EPHRAIM7, WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born December 26, 1830 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died June 26, 1905 in Winstead,Conneticutt. She married GILBERT PARK FAY October 16, 1853 in Natick, Massachusetts, son of PARK FAY and SALLY WILLIAMS. He was born March 6, 1826 in South Framingham, Massachusetts, and died May 9, 1893 in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Laura lived with her parents in Natick in 1850 census.

Source: "Fay Genealogy - John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants" by Orlin P. Fay, 1898, page 284.

More About GILBERT PARK FAY:
Baptism: November 20, 1831, First Congregational Church

More About GILBERT FAY and LAURA BRIGHAM:
Marriage: October 16, 1853, Natick, Massachusetts

Children are listed above under (35) Gilbert Park Fay.

39. ALFRED MILO9 BRIGHAM (EPHRAIM8, EPHRAIM7, WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born October 21, 1828 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died June 15, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia. He married CAROLINE DAMON, daughter of SEWELL DAMON. She was born April 12, 1828 in Wayland, Massachusetts, and died June 5, 1892 in Auburn, Massachusetts.

Notes for ALFRED MILO BRIGHAM:
Alfred Brigham died before Petersburg, Virginia, 15 Jun 1864 by a shell.

He was shoe manufacturer in Natick, and held town offices; Postmaster, 16 years; Adjutant 4th Regt., Colored Troops; also served in Co. I, 39th Mass. Vols.

More About ALFRED MILO BRIGHAM:
Military service: Union Forces in the Civil War
Occupation: Shoe manufacturer of Natick

Children of ALFRED BRIGHAM and CAROLINE DAMON are:
49. i. WALTER DAMON10 BRIGHAM, b. September 4, 1853; d. 1912, Macon, Georgia.
ii. NATHANIEL MAYNARD BRIGHAM, b. March 8, 1856; d. Unknown.
50. iii. HELEN SOPHIA BRIGHAM, b. December 28, 1858, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

40. MATTHIAS9 BRIGHAM (EPHRAIM8, EPHRAIM7, WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born June 25, 1833 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died Unknown. He married NANCY HELEN BACON, daughter of DAVID BACON. She died Unknown in Natick, Massachusetts.

Child of MATTHIAS BRIGHAM and NANCY BACON is:
i. HARRIS10 BRIGHAM, d. Unknown.

41. EPHRAIM HARRIS9 BRIGHAM (EPHRAIM8, EPHRAIM7, WILLIAM6, NATHAN5, NATHAN4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) was born September 26, 1822 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died August 21, 1877. He married CATHERINE HASTINGS December 2, 1842 in Natick, Massachusetts. She was born in Millbury, Massachusetts, and died January 2, 1881.

More About EPHRAIM HARRIS BRIGHAM:
Occupation: Commission merchant, town clerk and deputy sheriff

More About EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and CATHERINE HASTINGS:
Marriage: December 2, 1842, Natick, Massachusetts

Children of EPHRAIM BRIGHAM and CATHERINE HASTINGS are:
i. EMMA A.10 BRIGHAM, b. Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
ii. EDWARD HARRIS BRIGHAM, b. Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.
51. iii. ALICE FAY BRIGHAM, b. October 7, 1855, Natick, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

42. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS9 FAY (WILLIAM CLARK8, JOHN7, LEVINAH6 BRIGHAM, BENJAMIN5, GERSHOM4, MARY3 RICE, HENRY2, EDMUND1) died Unknown.

Child of FREDERIC AUGUSTUS FAY is:
52. i. EARL CLAUDE10 FAY, d. Unknown.

Generation No. 10

43. BRIGHAM PARK10 FAY (GILBERT PARK9, PARK8, REUBEN7, BETHIA6, THANKFUL5 NEWTON, BETHIA4 RICE, DANIEL3, EDWARD2, EDMUND1) was born January 31, 1855 in Natick, Massachusetts, and died April 4, 1928 in Lakeport, NH. He married IDA MAY HEMENWAY Bef. 1883 in Dover, New Hampshire, daughter of BENJAMIN HEMENWAY and ANNETTE BURLEY. She was born October 26, 1860 in Dover, New Hampshire, and died June 6, 1952.

Notes for BRIGHAM PARK FAY:
Brigham P. Fay's death certificate from the NH Vital Statistics Office who he was a stable foreman who died of multiple injuries from a railroad crossing accident. He died April 4, 1928, at age 70 years, 2 months, and 4 days which would make his date of birth February 4, 1858. Physician reporting death was George B. Magroth, Boston, Mass. Place of interment is Laconia, NH, date of interment, April 8, 1928, at the Bayside Cemetery. Undertaker was LH Wilkinson of Laconia, NH.

Based on The Brigham Family Book and the Fay Genealogy of John Fay of Marlborough and his Descendants his birth date is Jan 31, 1855, and he married Ida M. Hemenway of Wayland, Massachusetts. NH Vital Records for two of Brigham Park Fay children's birth show Ida M. Hemenway was born in Dover, NH.

More About BRIGHAM PARK FAY:
Burial: Unknown, Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, NH, Lot 3/054
Occupation: Stable Foreman

Notes for IDA MAY HEMENWAY:
NH Vital Statistics show Park Stone Fay's mother was Ida Harris born in Massachusetts. Ida Harris was 23 at his birth which agrees with age of Ida May Hemenway on the birth certificates of the other children. We think this is a transcription error.

Record from NH Vital Statistic Office show spelling of name Hemminway and Hemingway, and from the Brigham Family Book show spelling of name Hemenway which we are using here.

Ida and Brigham either separated or divorced. Source: Mildred Fay Rand

Birth Certificate for Ida May Hemmenway (name as shown here) b. October 26, 1860, shows father's name as Benj. Hemmenway born in Mass, Residence, Dover, Occupation shoemaker. His wife is shown as Annette M. Burley, born in Tamworth, NH.

Marriage Certificate for Benj. S. Hemmingway and Annette Burleigh (names as shown here) shows residence of groom and bride in Dover, New Hampshire. Age of groom 21 (calculated birth 1839 used here); age of bride 17 (calculate birth 1843 used here). Birthplace of groom Natick, Massachusetts; birthplace of bride Somersworth, New Hampshire [next to Tamworth, NH]. Married by Jas M. Buckley, Justice of the Peace Mar 8, 1860, place Dover, New Hampshire.

Death Certificate for a Benjamin S. Hemenway (name as shown here) shows place of death Tamworth, date of death August 13, 1889, at age 61 years 1 month 1 day (this calculates out to be July 12, 1828). Occupation is merchant, cause of death cancer of stomach. Father's name Wm. Hemenway birthplace of father Framingham, Massachusetts. Birthplace of unnamed mother Framingham, Massachusetts. Occupation of father farmer. Physi