Joseph Rice
Sex: M
Individual Information
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Christening: 13 Mar 1637-13 Mar 1638 - Berkhamstead, Hertford, England
Death: 23 Dec 1711 - Stow, Massachusetts
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Parents
Father: Edmund Rice Deacon (Abt 1594-1663)
Mother: Thomazine Frost (1600-1654)
Spouses and Children
1. *Mercy King (Abt 1638 - 4 Jan 1668-4 Jan 1669)
Marriage: 4 May 1658 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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2. Martha ( - 4 Jan 1668-4 Jan 1669)
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3. Mary BEers ( - )
Marriage: 1670
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4. Sarah ( - )
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Notes
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Berkhamstead parish register (TAG)Marriage Notes (Mercy King)
Massive confusion about who he married. The Edmund Rice Association web site reports
"Joseph Rice married Mercy King, daughter of Deacon Thomas King and Anne Collins [incorrect], on 4 May 1658 at Sudbury, MA. There is some uncertainty about whether Mercy King died soon after her marriage to Joseph or whether she is the Martha Rice, wife of Joseph, who appears in the Marrlborough vital records as having died on 4 Jan 1668. Ward lists both Mercy King and Martha (?) as wives of Joseph. The Rice Genealogical Register lists only wife Mercy King and takes the death record on 4 Jan 1668 to be that of Mercy King. There is no mention of a marraige between Joseph Rice and Martha (Eames) in the Sudbury vital records. On the other hand, the birth records of Joseph's first four children all list the mother as Martha. Joseph Rice married 3rd, Mary Beers, daughter of Capt. Richard Beers, and Elizabeth Firman, in 1670. Joseph Rice married Sarah Prescott, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Platts, on 22 Feb 1677/8 at Dedham, MA, under the name Wheeler." The Rice association divides Joseph's children among the first three wives.
He lived in Marlborough in 1675. His house was one of the garrisons set up in Marlborough during King Philip's War. Between 1677 and 1681 he lived at Watertown, Massachusetts. He was chosen one of the tithingmen in Watertown in 1680.
She didn't live long after marriage