Aaron Rice, son of Captain Moses Rice, was born January 31, 1724-25 [Worcester]. He merried, November 5, 1754, Freedom French, born April 22, 1730, died September 1809, daughter of Thomas and Joanna French... He died in 1808, aged eighty-four years. Following is the inscription on his grave: "Sacred to the memory of Deacon Aaron Rice and Freedom his wife; who, having sustained the hardships of an infant settlement in the time of war; having reared a family of eleven children, six of whom lie interred in this ground; and lived together in happy wedlock fifty-four years, departed this life, the first December 2, 1808, aged 84 years; the other September 15, 1809; aged 79 years."