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     Mary Drury was born on 10 July 1672 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 She was the daughter of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.^1,2 Mary Drury married William Alden on 21 May 1691 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, They were married by Samuel Sewall. They had seven children. See www.widowmaker.com/~gwk/era for details.^1,2 Mary Drury died on 11 February 1727 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, at age 54.¹

     William Alden was born on 10 September 1669 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 He married Mary Drury, daughter of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare, on 21 May 1691 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, They were married by Samuel Sewall. They had seven children. See www.widowmaker.com/~gwk/era for details.^1,2 William Alden died on 9 February 1728/29 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, at age 59.¹
     He was a mariner.¹

     Daniel Hugh Drury was born on 19 July 1674 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 He was the son of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.² His death date has not been found. He died young.

     Elizabeth Drury was born on 9 July 1676 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.¹ She was the daughter of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.¹ Her death date has not been found. She died young.¹

     Mercy Drury was born on 25 October 1677 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 She was the daughter of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.^1,2 Her death date has not been found. She died young.¹

     John Drury was born on 26 December 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 He was the son of Lieut. John Drury and Mary Weare.^1,2 John Drury died on 1 November 1702 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, at age 23. He died of smallpox.¹

     Thomas Eames was born in 1618 in England.¹ He was the son of William Eames. Thomas Eames married as his first wife Margaret Dean before 1641.¹ Thomas Eames married as his second wife Mary Blandford, daughter of John Blandford and Mary (?), on 5 October 1662 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.^2,1,3 Thomas Eames died on 25 January 1680 in Sherborn, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He lived in the part of Sherborn that is now Framingham.^4,5,1,6
     He immigrated in 1634 departing from England arriving in Massachusetts Bay Colony, traveling with his brother Robert Eames.¹ His house was burned by Indians on 1 February 1676, his wife and five children killed, and four others taken into captivity. Three of those children eventually escaped.¹

     Margaret Dean was born in 1622 in Dorsetshire, England.¹ She married Thomas Eames, son of William Eames, before 1641.² Margaret Dean died in 1660 in Framingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.¹

     Deacon Edmund Rice was born circa 1593/94 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.^2,3 He married as his first wife Thomasine Frost, daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave, on 15 October 1618 in St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England.^2,4,3 Deacon Edmund Rice married as his second wife Mercy Brigham on 1 March 1655 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^2,5 Deacon Edmund Rice died on 3 May 1663 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^6,2,7 He was buried in May 1663 in Old Sudbury Cemetery, Wayland, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁸
     He became a freeman on 13 May 1640 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.² His estate was inventoried on 15 May 1663.⁹

From the Edmnd Rice Association website: "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 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. 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.
Edmund Rice deposed in a court document on 3 April 1656 that he was about 62 years old. 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. Thus, if he were born in Sudbury, England 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 Genealogical 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."²

     Thomasine Frost was born circa 1597 in Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave.¹ Thomasine Frost was baptized on 11 August 1600 in St. James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, England.^2,3 She married Deacon Edmund Rice on 15 October 1618 in St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England.^2,4,5 Thomasine Frost died on 13 June 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^6,2

     Mary Rice was baptized on 23 August 1619 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England.² She was the daughter of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.¹ Mary Rice died before 1638 in England.¹

     Deacon Edward Rice was born circa 1621 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England.³ He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.^1,2 Deacon Edward Rice was baptized on 26 October 1622 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England.^1,2 He married Agnes Bent, daughter of John Bent and Martha Blanchard, in 1646 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 Deacon Edward Rice died on 15 August 1712 in Marlboro, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^4,1

     Agnes Bent was born on 12 December 1631 in Wayhill, Grafton, Southampton, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Bent and Martha Blanchard.¹ Agnes Bent married Deacon Edward Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, in 1646 in Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 Agnes Bent died on 4 June 1713 in Marlboro, Province of Massachusetts Bay, at age 81. Her death was registered as Ann Rice.^1,3
     Agnes was also known as Ann.¹ She immigrated on the Confidence, departing from Southampton, England April 24, 1638 circa June 1638 in Massachusetts Bay Colony with her parents John Bent and Martha Blanchard.^1,4,5

     Thomas Rice was baptized on 26 January 1625/26 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England.^3,2 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.² Thomas Rice married Mary King circa 1650.² Thomas Rice died on 16 November 1681 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 55.⁴

     Mary King was born circa 1636 in Shaston, Dorsetshire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Collins) King.² She married Thomas Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, circa 1650.³ Mary King died on 22 March 1714 in Sudbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.⁴

     Matthew Rice was baptized on 28 February 1629/30 in England.^2,1 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.¹ Matthew Rice married Martha Lamson on 7 July 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had nine children.^2,3,1 Matthew Rice died in 1717 in Sudbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.²

     Martha Lamson was born before 13 January 1634 in Essex, England. She was the daughter of Barnabas and Mary (Liggett) Lamson.¹ She was baptized on 13 January 1634 in Ridgewell, Essex, England.¹ She married Matthew Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 7 July 1654 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony. They had nine children.^1,2,3 Martha Lamson died after 1717.¹

     Daniel Rice was baptized on 1 November 1632 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.^2,1 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.¹ Daniel Rice died before 10 November 1632 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.^2,1

     Samuel Rice was baptized on 12 November 1634 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.^1,2 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.¹ Samuel Rice married as his first wife Elizabeth King on 8 November 1655 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^3,1 Samuel Rice married as his second wife Mary Dix, daughter of Edward Dix and Jane Wilkinson, in September 1668 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^4,5 Samuel Rice married as his third wife Sarah White, daughter of John White and Joane West, on 13 December 1676 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁶ Samuel Rice died on 25 February 1684/85 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 50.⁷

     Elizabeth King was born in 1635 in Dorsetshire, England. She was the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Collins) King.¹ She married Samuel Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 8 November 1655 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^2,3 Elizabeth King died before 30 October 1667 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.⁴ She was buried on 30 October 1667 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^4,5

     Mary Dix was born on 2 May 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Middlesex County.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Dix and Jane Wilkinson.¹ Mary Dix married as her first husband Abraham Browne on 2 February 1662/63 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.¹ Mary Dix married as her second husband Samuel Rice , son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, in September 1668 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2 Mary Dix died on 18 June 1678 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 39.^3,1

     Sarah White was born on 9 April 1643 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony.¹ She was the daughter of John White and Joane West. Sarah White married as her first husband James Hosmer, son of James Hosmer and Mary (?), on 13 October 1658 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.² Sarah White married as her second husband Samuel Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 13 December 1676 in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony.² Sarah White died in 1711 in Woodstock, Province of Massachusetts Bay, now Windham County, Connecticut.¹

     Joseph Rice was born before 13 March 1637/38 in England.² He was baptized on 13 March 1637/38 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England.^4,3 He was the son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost.^2,3 Joseph Rice married as his first wife Mercy King on 4 May 1658 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2,5,3 Joseph Rice married as his third wife Mary Beers, daughter of Capt. Richard Beers and Elizabeth Firman, in 1670.^1,2,6 Joseph Rice married as his third wife Sarah Prescott, daughter of John Prescott and Mary Gawkroger-Platts, on 22 February 1677/78 in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Norfolk County.^2,7 Joseph Rice died on 23 December 1711 in Stow, Province of Massachusetts Bay.⁸

     Mercy King was born on 26 February 1638/39 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, now Middlesex County. She was the daughter of Thomas and Anne (Collins) King .² She married Joseph Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, on 4 May 1658 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2,3,4 Mercy King died on 4 January 1668/69 in Marlboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 29.^1,2

     Mary Beers was born on 10 March 1642/43 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Capt. Richard Beers and Elizabeth Firman.^1,2,3 Mary Beers married Joseph Rice, son of Deacon Edmund Rice and Thomasine Frost, in 1670.^1,2,3 Mary Beers died on 13 May 1677 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 34.^1,2,3