Benjamin RICE: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1640 - 1713 (73 years)

Generation: 1

Benjamin RICE was born on 31 May 1640 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 19 Dec 1713 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Notes:

Name:
May 23, 1685, Benjamin Rice, of Sudbury, sued Dr. William Avery, of Boston, for malpractice. Verdict for defendant. In that suit, Daniel Pond testified that, "ten years ago, Benjamin Rice, of Sudbury, came to my house, in Dedham, with his feet frozen, and lodged there. Dr. William Avery's son, Benjamin, cut off one foot at the lowest joint, and stanched the blood with a masquash skin." Dr. William Avery does no appear, by the evidence in the case, to have therefore not chargeable to him, but to his son, Benjamin; hence the verdict.

Benjamin married Mary BROWN about 1662 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Mary died on 3 Jan 1690/1. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Ebenezer RICE was born on 1 May 1671 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died in 21 Jun1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

Ebenezer RICE

(1.Benjamin¹) was born on 1 May 1671 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died in 21 Jun1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Ebenezer married Bethia WILLIAMS in 1698. Bethia (daughter of Stephen WILLIAMS and Sarah WISE) was born about 1675; died on 6 Jul 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]