Gershom Rice

1667 - 1768  (101 years)

• Name	Gershom Rice
  Birth	9 May 1667	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	say 1692 (24 years)  [1]
  Elizabeth Balcom, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Hayes) Balcom. She was born on 16 August 1672 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Gershom Rice (c1696-____) 2. Elizabeth Rice (1696-____) 3. Abishai Rice (1701-____) 4. Sarah Rice (1703-____) 5. Matthias Rice (1707-____) 6. Ruth Rice (1710-____) There may have been a seventh child.
  Moved To	Before 1698 (30 years)	Groton, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  Moved to	Before 1713 (45 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  History	1713 (45 years)
  In 1713, he was one of the petitioners for a new settlement at Worcester to replace that destroyed by Indians. In his house in Worcester, the first meetings of the church were held and he planted the first orchard in the town.
  Death	19 Dec 1768	Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Obituary	26 Dec 1768 (101 years)  [1]
  From The Boston Gazette, 26 December 1768 as reported by Ward (1858): "This day died here Mr. Gershom Rice, who completed the age of 101 years some time last May, besides retaining his reason and understanding in a very good degree to the last. He enjoyed a long and almost uninterrupted state of bodily health; was able, till very lately, to travel on foot a mile or two a day among his neighbors; eat his food with a good appetite, and slept quietly at night without any attendance. He was naturally of very pleasant disposition, very courteous in his behavior towards all, and withal grave and serious. Of late the decays of nature came on him fast; and he went away calmly and quietly at last, expressing his hope and trust in his Redeemer for admission to a better world."
  Siblings	7 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Grace Rice   d. 03 Jan 1653/54, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Thomas Rice,   b. 30 Jun 1654, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1748, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years) + 3. Mary Rice,   b. 4 Sep 1656, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Aug 1733, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years) ▻ Sgt. Josiah White,  m. 28 Nov 1678 ;   Thomas Sawyer,  m. 15 Jul 1718   4. Captain Peter Rice,   b. 24 Oct 1658, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Nov 1753, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 95 years)   5. Nathaniel Rice,   b. 3 Jan 1660, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Nov 1726, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 66 years)   6. Sarah Rice,   b. 15 Jan 1662, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1742  (Age 79 years)   7. Ephraim Rice,   b. 15 Apr 1665, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Oct 1732, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   8. Gershom Rice,   b. 9 May 1667, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Dec 1768, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 101 years)   9. James Rice,   b. 6 Mar 1669, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Oct 1730, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 61 years) > 10. Frances Rice,   b. 3 Feb 1670/71, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1767, Weston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 95 years) ▻ Benjamin Allen,  m. 1690   11. Jonas Rice,   b. 6 Mar 1673, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 22 Sep 1753, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)   12. Grace Rice,   b. 15 Jan 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 7 Dec 1768, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)   13. Elisha Rice,   b. 4 Dec 1679, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1761, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Deacon Edmund Rice,   b. Abt 1594, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England d. 3 May 1663, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years)  (Grandfather)  Anne Collins   d. 24 Dec 1642, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I16426
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Thomas Rice,   c. 26 Jan 1625/26, St James Church, Stanstead, Suffolk, England d. 16 Nov 1681, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 55 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary King,   b. Abt 1630, England d. bta 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Gershom Rice(1667 – 1768) 2Thomas Rice(26 Jan 1625/26 – 1681) 4Deacon Edmund Rice(Abt 1594 – 1663) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Thomasine Frost(1600 – 1654) 10Edward Frost(13 Mar 1560/61 – 1616) 20John Frost( – 9 Feb 1609/10) 21Ann Scott( – 1588) 11Thomasine Belgrave(1 Feb 1561/62 – ) 22John Belgrave( – 12 Feb 1590/91) 23Joanna Strutt( – 1577) 3Mary King(Abt 1630 – 1715) 6Thomas King( – 1685) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Anne Collins( – 1642) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 May 1667 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - Before 1698 - Groton, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Moved to - Before 1713 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 19 Dec 1768 - Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1032] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858).