Family:Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore (2)

From Genealogical Dictionary of New ENgland Settlers: HENRY, Sudbury, s. of Edmund the first, b. in Eng. m. 1 Feb. 1644, Eliz. Moore, had

Mary, b. 19 Sept. 1646;

Eliz. 4 Aug. 1648; m. John Brewer

Jonathan, 3 July 1654;

Abigail, 17 June 1657; m. Thomas Smith

David, 27 Dec. 1659;

Thomasine, 2 Feb. 1662; m. 1680 Benjamin Pementer

Rachel, 10 May 1664; m. 15 Dec 1687 Thomas Drury

Lydia, 4 June 1668; m. Samuel Wheelock

Mercy, 1 Jan. 1671; m. Elnathan Allen

beside Hannah... m. 5 Aug 1675 Eleazar Ward; m2. 17 Oct 1677 Richard Taylor

[What does "beside Hannah" mean? We know her birth was not recorded.]

The first child of theirs recorded in the SUDBURY records (NEHGS, Volume 17, p. 172) was Jonathan, b. 3 July 1654. Therefore they likely lived elsewhere prior to that time.

1. ↑ Edmund Rice Association
   http://www.edmund-rice.org/ERA5gens/p35.htm#i48.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850.

   1643: MOORE, Elizabeth and Henry Rice, Jan. 1, 1643. Marriage, Sudbury

3. ↑ Source:Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 258, gives marriage: "Rice, Henry and Elizabeth Moore, Jan. 1, 1643." The introduction on p. 4 says double dating is only used when written that way in the original records. This means the date given here represents the way the date was written in the records. Thus, the date represents 1 Jan 1643/44.
4. ↑ According to the Edmund Rice Association website, the marriage was in "February per Ward", presumably the other parts of the date agreeing. This appears to refer to one of their sources, Genealogical History of the Rice Family by Andrew H. Ward.